The Pacific Polymer Federation (PPF) was conceived during one of the first Pacifichem meetings in 1984, when an organizing committee for PPF was formed, which drafted a constitution expanding the bilateral agreements between SPSJ and POLY to include RAIC. and outlined the objectives of PPF. The founding members: Jim O'Donnell and David Hill, RAIC, Takeo Saegusa and Akihiro Abe, SPSJ, and Otto Vogl and Joe Salamone, POLY, became the first PPF council. The first Pacific Polymer Conference (PPC) meeting was held in Maui in December 1989, establishing a tradition of relating the PPC meeting to Pacifichem.Since 1989, PPF has grown to a membership of 17 societies from 15 countries bordering the Pacific Rim. PPC's hosted by one of the member nations are held biennially in venues selected by the host since 1991. In addition to the biennial PPC conferences, many smaller conferences have evolved thanks to the interactions promoted by PPF membership. PPF is fulfilling the objectives of the founding committee of facilitating interactions among polymer organizations and promoting the exchange of scientific knowledge through specialized polymer meetings and visits by polymer scientists around the Pacific Rim.

Pacific Polymer Federation: A model for international cooperation

248th National Meeting (2014)

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