Natural Rubber Symposium

“Sustainability of Natural Rubber : Latest Challenge and Solutions”
“A 1-day meeting for discussing and exchanging expert ideas and opinions in order to tackle the critical issues facing the sustainability of natural rubber industry today.”

Natural rubbers (NRs) as a whole are indispensable materials for our future mobility, health and well-being. They are derived from nature, hence are renewable, and are truly sustainable rubbery materials compared with the fossil-based synthetic rubbers (SRs). However, the knowledge of their structures, properties and many potential applications are still incomplete. Certain unsolved problems of NR still exist despite extensive past research and development, which might hinder its wider uses ; examples are : 1. The molecular structure and bulk structure of NR 2. The inconsistent properties of NR 3. The Odour of NR 4. Commercial viability of chemically modified NR 5. Allergic properties of NR. Solutions to these issues of NR must ultimately be found, with some sense of urgency, if the targets of the rubber industry in achieving sustainability and net-zero carbon emission are to be met.

Natural Rubber Symposium will provide a premier opportunity for rubber researchers and users alike to learn about new knowledge and novel technologies which have been recently developed in connection with sustainability issues of NR and discuss about their possible total solutions.

Programme to be announced
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