THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"MICROPLASTICS IN POLYMER SCIENCE"
October 20-24, 2025, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
August 15, 2025
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Dear colleagues and friends!

The issue of microplastics is one of the 21st century’s most serious “deferred” environmental problems. Increasing polymer production is leading to the appearance of an uncontrolled spread of polymer waste, which with its slow rate of decomposition is turning into a vast quantity of microscopic particles. The appearance of these particles poses a large number of interdisciplinary challenges relating to the detection, characterisation and study of the impact of microplastics on human health and the wider environment.

The significance of these studies at an international level is confirmed by Resolution 5/14 dated 2 March 2022 of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) on the necessity to prevent plastics pollution and to conclude a legally binding international treaty in this area. The drafting of this agreement is taking place as part of the work of the Intergovernmental Committee, and is based on modern, scientifically proven data. However, polymer scientists have so far been less involved in resolving problems associated with microplastics.

This conference provides an opportunity for specialists from all related fields to take part in the discussion of a whole range of issues associated with microplastics.

The conference programme will be divided into five sections:
● Modelling in microplastic research
● Analysis and characterisation of microplastics
● Microplastics in environmental and earth sciences
● Microplastics in biology, pharmacology, and medicine
● Research and industrial strategies for the prevention and reduction of microplastics  pollution, including plastics recycling and development of biodegradable polymers

The working languages of the conference will be English and Russian.

Sincerely,

Sergey Lyulin
Chairman of the Organizing Committee
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science, Novgorod State University, Head of the Laboratory of Theory and Computer Simulation of Polymer Systems, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Samarkand is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. With 551,700 inhabitants (2021), it is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan.
There is evidence of human activity in the area of the city dating from the late Paleolithic Era. Though there is no direct evidence of when Samarkand was founded, several theories propose that it was founded between the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Prospering from its location on the Silk Road between China, Persia and Europe, at times Samarkand was one of the largest cities in Central Asia, and was an important city of the empires of Greater Iran.

Modern Samarkand is divided into two parts: the old city, which includes historical monuments, shops, and old private houses; and the new city, which was developed during the days of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union and includes administrative buildings along with cultural centres and educational institutions. On 15 and 16 September 2022, the city hosted the 2022 SCO summit.

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