The 4th Symposium on Innovative Polymers for Controlled Delivery (SIPCD 2016) was held in the Worldhotel Grand Dushulake, Suzhou, China in September 23-26, 2016.

Jiwei Cui received the inaugural Rising Star Award at the meeting. Each of the 12 awardees was invited to give a talk. Prof. Cui’s talk was entitled “Stealth and Soft Poly(ethylene glycol) Particles for Improved Biodistribution”. Rising Star talks paralleled with all invited lectures were presented to show the most recent developments as well as challenges in innovative delivery.