2012 International conferences ■　 33rd Australasian Polymer Symposium (33APS), Feb. 12-15, Hobart Tasmania, Australia. Mohd Edeerosey Abd Manaf, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　 Influences of Functional Groups on the Orientation Birefringence of Uniaxially Drawn Cellulose Ester Films ■　 4th International Workshop on Polymer Engineering and Processing, March 15, Nomi, Japan. Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Novel methods to enhance the elastic property of a polymer melt Kultida Songsurang, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Control of Out-of-Plane Birefringence of Solution-Cast Film Vu Anh Doan, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Nucleating Activity of Silica Particles for Poly(butadiene) Rubber Jiraporn Seemork, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Rheological Properties of Aqueous Foam Prepared from Surfactant Solution Monchai Siriprumpoonthum, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Effect of Shear History on Flow Instability at Capillary Extrusion for Long-Chain Branched Polyethylene Mohd Edeerozey Abd Manaf, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Effect of Low Mass Compounds on Orientation Birefringence of Cellulose Acetate Propionate Azusa Miyagawa, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Development of High Performance Retardation Film Composed of Polycarbonate ■　 8th Zieglar-Natta Colloquium, March 28, Kanazawa, Japan. Shuji Takahashi, Shogo Nobukawa,Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Control of optical transparency for PMMA/rubber blends Monchai Siriprumpoonthum, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Molecular weight fractionation by thermal annealing with temperature gradient Monchai Siriprumpoonthum, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Impact of Shear History on Melt Fracture for LDPE Panitha Phulkerd, Shogo Nobukawa, Yohei Uchiyama, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Structure and Properties of Extruded Polypropylene Sheet with Anomalous Molecular Orientation ■　 International Seminar on Emerging Nanotechnologies for More than Moore and Beyond CMOS Era (ISEN2012), March 28, Kanazawa, Japan. Azusa Miyagawa, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Control of Optical Anisotropy of Hot-Drawn Polycarbonate Mohd Edeerozey Abd Manaf, Kultida Songsurang, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Wavelength Dispersion of Orientation Birefringence in Cellulose Esters ■　 Annual Meeting of Plastic Engineering ANTEC2012, April 2-4, Orlando, USA. Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Enhancement of melt elasticity of long-chain branched polyethylene by blending a linear polyethylene Panitha Phulkerd, Shogo Nobukawa, Yohei Uchiyama, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Deformation Behavior of Extruded Polypropylene Sheet with Anomalous Molecular Orientation Vu Anh Doan, Shogo Nobukawa, ShigekiToshi Otsubo, Toshio Tada, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Crystallization behaviors of poly(butadiene)rubber with silica particles Kultida Songsurang, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Control of Orientation Birefringence of Cellulose Triacetate with Aromatic Compound Monchai Siriprumpoonthum, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Effect of Shear History on Flow Instability for Long-Chain Branched Polyethylene ■　 International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, IACIS 2012, May 13-18, Sendai, Japan. Masayuki Yamaguchi, Chiyo Kanoh, Jirapoon Seemork, Shogo Nobukawa, Kaori Yanase 　　　Rheological properties of foams prepared from aqueous solution of surfactant ■　 International Conference on Biobased Polymers and Composites, May 27-30, Lake Balaton, Hungary. Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Control of optical anisotropy of cellulose esters Doan Ahn Vu, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Impact of addition of silica particles on the crystallization behavior of poly(butadiene) Shuji Takahashi, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Reduction of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for the paint-less parts composed of 　　　 Poly(methyl methacrylate) and Acrylate core-shell latex Shuji Takahashi, Tadashi Yokohara, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for paint-less parts composed of 　　　Poly(methyl methacrylate) and Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer ■　7th Inthernational Symposium on High-performance Polymer Materials (HTPM-VII) June 17 - 21, Xi'an, China. Masayuki Yamaguchi (invited) 　　　Novel Material Design of Immiscible Polymer Blends with Localized Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes ■　15th European Conference on Composite Material, ECCM15 June 21 - 25, Venice, Italy. Masayuki Yamaguchi, Howon Yoon, Yuki Hachiya, Shogo Nobukawa 　　　Novel Material Design of Immiscible Polymer Blends with Localized Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes Panitha Phulkerd, Shogo Nobukawa, Yohei Uchiyama, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Anomalous Mechanical Anisotropy of Extruded Popypropylene Sheet with beta-Form Crystallites ■　Plastic Extrusion Asia 2012, PEA2012 July 9 - 10, Bangkok, Thailand. Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Effect of Processing History on Extrusion Processability of Low-Density Polyethylene Panitha Phulkerd, Shogo Nobukawa, Yohei Uchiyama, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Mechanical Properties of Injection-Molded Polypropylene with Plywood structure ■　16th International Congress on Rheology, ICR2012 Aug. 5 - 10, Lisbon, Portugal. Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Effect of flexible nanofibers on the rheological response under elongational flow Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　 ■　The second International Conference on Engineering Mechanics and Automation (ICEMA2), Aug. 16 - 17, Hanoi, Vietnam Masayuki Yamaguchi (invited) 　　　Material Reinforcement of Injection-Molded Polypropylene Having Plywood Structure 　　　 ■　Asian Workshop on Polymer Processing, AWPP2012 Aug. 29 - 31, Kyoto, Japan. Panitha Phulkerd, Shogo Nobukawa, Yohei Uchiyama, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Mechanical Properties of Injection-Molded Polypropylene with Plywood structure Doan Ahn Vu, Shogo Nobukawa, Shigeki Ohtsubo, Toshio Tada, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Nucleating Ability of Silica Particle for Poly(butadiene) Rubber Monchai Siriprumpoonthum, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Effect of Shear History on Flow Instability for Long-Chain Branched Polyethylene Azusa Miyagawa, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Structure and Properties of Polycarbonate Containing Anti-plasticizer Huang Tong, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Crystallization Behavior and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Plasticized Poly(Lactic Acid) ■　Annual Meeting of Polymer Processing Society, PPS28 Dec. 11 - 14, Pathaya, Thailand. Monchai Siriprumpoonthum, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Effect of Shear History on Flow Instability for Long-Chain Branched Polyethylene Azusa Miyagawa, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Structure and Properties of Polycarbonate Containing Anti-plasticizer Huang Tong, Shogo Nobukawa, Masayuki Yamaguchi 　　　Crystallization Behavior and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Plasticized Poly(Lactic Acid)