Preface (S.Kobayashi); Ring-Opening Polymerization Processes Involving Activated Monomer Mechanism. Cationic Polimerization of Cyclic Ethers Containg Hydroxyl Groups (M.Bednarek, et al.); Synthesis of a Novel Polymeric Carbohaydrate Via Regio- and Stereoselective Cyclopolymerization of 1,2:5,6-dianhydrohexitol (K.Yokota, et al.); Living Ring-Opening Polymeriztion Based on Neighboring Group Participation (T.Endo, et al.); Synthesis of Conducting Block and Graft Copolymers With Polyether Segments (Y.Yagci, et al.); Controlled Ring-Opening Polymrtization of Lactones and Lactides (A.Albertsson, et al.); Novel Functionalization Routes of Poly( -Caparolactone); On the Mechanism of Polymerization of Cyclic Esters Induced by Tin(II) Octoate (S.Penczek, et al.); Ting-Opening Polimeriztion by Various Ionic Processes (H.Hvcker, H.Keul); The Indabyl Cation: A Real Time Obeservation (M.Givehchi, et al.); The Polymer Structures Based on Vinyl Ether Polymerization (E.J.Goethals, et al.); Cationic Macromolecular Enfineering Via Furan Derivatives (R.Faust); Free Radical Accelerated Cationic Polymerizations (J.V.Crivello, et al.); Synthesis of End-Functionalized Oligomers by One-Batch Cationic Polymerization (H.A.Nguyen, et al.); Macromolecular Synthesis Using Mesoporous Zeolites (K.Kageyama, et al.); Synthesis of Novel Hydrocarbon Polymers Containing 6-Membered Rings in the Main Chain:Living Anionic Polimerization of 1,3-cyclohexadiene (I.Natori, K.Imaizumi); Anionic Synthesis of Well-defined Polymers With Amine end Groups (R.P.Quirk, Y.Lee); Synthesis of PMMA and PMMA Block Copolymers at Elevated Temperatures by Phosphor Ylide-mediated Polymerizations (D.K.Dimov, et al.); Novel Segmented Copolymers by Combination of Controlled Ionic and Radical Polymerizations (K.Matyjaszewski, et al.); Ru(II)-mediated Living Radical Polymerization: Block and Random Copolymerizations of N,N-dimethykacrylamide and Methyl Methacrylate (M.Senoo, et al.); Novel Polymers From Atom Transfer Polimerisation Mediated by Copper(I)Schiff Base Complexes (D.M.Haddleton, et al.); Stereospecific Polimerization of -substituted Acrylates (Y.Okamoto, et al.); Star-Shaped Nanomicelles of Polyisobutylene-polystyrene Diblock Copolymers. New Stabilizer for Living Despersion Polymerization of Strene (S.Khki, et al.); Synthesis and Morphology of Model 3-miktoarm Star Terpolymers of Styrene, Isoprene and 2-Vinyl Pyridine (A.Zioga, et al.); Titanium and Vanadium Based Non-metallocene Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization (K.Takaoki, T.Miyatake).