POC '09, the 13th IUPAC-sponsored International Conference on Polymers and Organic Chemistry, will be held in Montreal, Canada, from July 5 - 9, 2009. We will put together an exciting scientific program aimed at bringing together scientists working in the area of natural and synthetic polymers and their applications with special attention to new methods in polymer synthesis, bio-related polymers, electro- and photoactive polymers, self-assembled polymer systems and functional materials for various industrial applications