The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019, which general theme is „Plastics heritage: history, limits and possibilities” intends to emphasize the synthetic material’s „plasticity“ that makes them crucial in today’s globalized world and to understand the chameleon capability of plastics, their limits and possibilities. The congress takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, May 29-31, 2019.

This congress aims to address plastics history and heritage by encouraging papers that contribute to a deeper understanding of the socioeconomic culture and material culture of historic polymeric materials (HIPOMS) in their various representations and functions in society.
The main theme embraces the concepts of history, limits and possibilities of plastics heritage as organizing principles, thus perceiving their impact on the consumer and their technical and scientific developments.

Proposal Submissions
The final deadline for session proposals is 30th August 2018 and for individual paper proposals is 15th November 2018.

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