PolyChar has a tradition of having a day long short course before the start of the conference. The short course is a set of lectures by experts in the field describing different aspects of interest to the participants of PolyChar. This year the short course is set for May 11, 2015, and includes the following presentations:

1. Holger Schönherr, Germany, Microscopy
2. Brett P. Fors, USA, Photochemistry in Polymer Science
3. Witold Brostow, USA, Friction, Wear and Scratch Resistance
4. Bernhard Blümich, Germany, Solid State NMR.
5. Dirk Schubert, Germany, Rheology & Processing
6. Jean-Marc Saiter, France, Glass Transition and Glass Transition Temperature
7. Jean-Michel Guenet, France, Scattering
8. Kevin Menard, USA, Dynamic Mechanical Properties
9. Sven Henning, Germany, Micromechanics