• Conference :"11th Pacific Polymer Conference and the 31st Australian Polymer Symposium", Cairns, Australia, 6-10 December 2009

Oral presentations by Jozef Rychly and Lyda Matisova-Rychla (PISAS):

 "Light emission from degraded polymer materials - relation to the residual service life"
 "Chemiluminescence from Polypropylene Stabilized with Natural Antioxidants"

• Workshop :"User day - Quad Service" (French supplier of pyrolysis equipment), C2RMF, Paris, France, 6 November 2009

Oral presentations by Nathalie Balcar (LC2RMF) about Py-GC-MS for identification of plastics (round robin on SamCo) and degradation products.

• Conference : Future Talks 009 "The Conservation of Modern Materials in Applied Arts and Design”, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, October 22 and 23, 2009.

Presentation of posters by the ICN and the IFAC-CNR.

• Conference : "V Conferenza Nazionale Gruppo del Colore - SIOF", Palermo, Italy, 7-9 Oct. 2009.

Oral presentation by the IFAC-CNR :"Materie plastiche nell arte contemporanea: problematiche legate alla caratterizzazione UV-Vis-NIR di materiali con diversi gradi di trasparenza".

• Workshop : Consolidation of PUR ether foams, ICN, Amsterdam, 30 June-2 July, 2009.

Organized by the ICN.

• Conference : 13èmes journées d’étude de la SFIIC : Conservation and restoration of contemporary art, Paris, 24-26 June 2009.

Presentation of a poster for the Popart project by Bertrand Lavédrine.

• Workshop : International workshop on plastics AIC, Omaha, Nebraska USA, June 2009.

Popart representative : Thea Van Oosten

• Conference : Incredible Industry conference, Copenhagen, May 2009.

Popart representative : Yvonne Shashoua.

• Trade fair : Ferrara Restauro, Ferrara, Italy, 25-28 March 2009.

Presentation of a poster for the Popart project on the IFAC-CNR stand.