The RACI Polymer Division was formed in 1964 with the objective of advancing the theory and practice of polymer science in Australia. Even though the Polymer Division is part of a Chemical Institute, the Division has always looked beyond the chemistry of polymers and takes a broader view to encompass chemical, physical, engineering and industrial aspects of polymers. A feature of the Polymer Division’s activities has been the participation of chemists, physicists, engineers, mathematicians and biologists with an interest in polymers. Polymer Division meetings bring together industrialists and academic and government polymer scientists and technologists from all over Australasia and from overseas.