The 12th Latin American Symposium on Polymers (SLAP 2010) and the 10th Ibero American Conference on Polymers (CIP 2010) will take place at the Convention Center of the Ramada Herradura Hotel in Costa Rica, from July 13th through 16th, 2010.

The local committee will use this occasion to launch the First Costa Rican Conference on Polymers and Nanotechnoscience, and the First Central American Conference on Nanotechnoscience. 

Key-note lectures, podium presentations, and posters will be presented, and a prize for young researchers will be given by the GEP (Specialized Polymers Groups) of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry and the Spanish Royal Physics Society. Furthermore, a special edition of the Ibero American Polymer Journal will be published regarding this event. 

This event provides an opportunity to deepen ties among Latin, and Ibero American polymer scholars, and the special guests from places like Japan, United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Greece and Korea among others.

Specific sessions of the Costa Rican and Central American Conference on Polymers and Nanotechnoscience will be celebrated along with the SLAP and CIP events. Finally, foreign and national companies in the area of polymer providers, processors, and equipment will be showing their products during this event.

See you soon in Costa Rica..!