The international symposium "POLYCONDENSATION 2002" (15-18 September, in Hamburg, Germany) was the 4th meeting of a series launched in Paris 1996. This symposium covered topics such as:

• New theories



• New synthetic methods



• Block copolymers



• Hyperbranched polymers



• Liquid crystalline polymers



• Properties and application

This book contains (oral) contributions of the symposium.