Organisers: Karsten Kruse (Saarbrücken), Len Pismen (Technion) and Alexander Leshansky (Technion)

in association with the Newton Institute programme Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Complex Fluids and Active Media in Evolving Domains
(1 May - 23 August 2013)

Apply (deadline 28 February 2013) | Programme | Participants | Poster Session

Theme

The workshop will cover recent experimental and theoretical developments in the field of active soft matter, including both biological and biomimetic applications, and ranging from self-propelled particles to active elastomers. The talks and discussions will elucidate unique features of complex dynamic phenomena in these media. This workshop will bring together experts in all the above fields, to compare and contrast the various them, to discuss topical and future problems and methods of their solution, and to explore possible applications.

Some sessions will be held jointly with the concurrent workshop on Liquid crystal defects and their geometry, active and solid liquid crystals, and related systems.

Speakers

Invited speakers will include:

• Alexeev, A, (Georgia Institute of Technology), USA
• Aronson, I, (Argonne National Laboratory), USA
• Baer, M, (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)), Germany
• Balazs, AC, (University of Pittsburgh), USA
• Bausch, A, (Technische Universität München), Germany
• Brady, JF, (CALTECH (California Institute of Technology)), USA
• Crowdy, D, (Imperial College London), United Kingdom
• Döbereiner, H-G, (Universität Bremen ), Germany
• Farge, E, (Institut Curie), France
• Feng, JJ, (University of British Columbia), Canada
• Goldstein, RE, (University of Cambridge), United Kingdom
• Golestanian, R, (University of Oxford), United Kingdom
• Graham, M, (University of Wisconsin-Madison), USA
• Joanny, J-F, (Institut Curie), France
• Keaveny, EE, (Imperial College London), United Kingdom
• Lipowsky, R, (Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung ), Germany
• MacKintosh, F, (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Netherlands
• Needleman, DJ, (Harvard University), USA
• Rieger, H, (Universität des Saarlandes ), Germany
• Spagnolie, S, (University of Wisconsin-Madison), USA
• Stark, H, (Technische Universität Berlin), Germany
• Subramanian, G, (Jawaharalal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research), India
• Toner, J, (University of Oregon), USA
• Truskinovsky, L, (École Polytechnique), France
• Vladimirov, V, (University of York), United Kingdom
• Yeomans, JM, (University of Oxford), United Kingdom
• Yoshinaga, N, (Tohoku University ), Japan

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Fees

Registration Only

• Registration fee: £125
• Student registration fee: £75

The registration fee includes admission to all seminars, refreshments on the days that lectures take place, wine reception and conference dinner, but does not include other meals or accommodation.

Registration and Accommodation

• Standard Accommodation Package: £475

The Standard Accommodation Package includes a registration fee, bed and breakfast accommodation at Churchill College from the evening of Sunday 23 June 2013 to breakfast on Saturday 29 June 2013, together with lunches and refreshments during the days that lectures take place. The conference dinner is also included, but no other evening meals.

Conference Dinner Only

• Conference dinner: £40

Participants on the Standard Accommodation Package or Registration Package, including organisers and speakers, are automatically included in this event. For all remaining participants who would like to attend, such as Visiting Fellows, programme participants or their guests, the above charge will apply.

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Financial Support

The accommodation costs and registration fee may be waived for some junior applicants who are chosen to present a talk.

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Accommodation

The Standard Accommodation Package includes bed and breakfast accommodation at Churchill College. Accommodation is single study bedrooms with shared bathroom facilities.

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Meals

Lunch

Lunch will be served at Wolfson Court in the Cafeteria from 12:30 to 13:30 on days that lectures take place.

• Standard Accommodation Package participants should present their badge as payment for their meal
• Those issued with a blue Institute door entrance card can add money onto the card via the Porters' Lodge at Wolfson Court
• Other participants must purchase their meal using their dining card via the Porters' Lodge (forms can be found on the registration desk or at the Porters' Lodge)

Evening Meal

Participants are free to make their own arrangements for dinner.

Conference Dinner

The Conference Dinner will take place at 19:30 on Wednesday 26 June at Lucy Cavendish College. Dress is smart casual. Participants on the Standard Accommodation Package or Registration Package, including organisers and speakers, are automatically included in this event. All remaining participants are encouraged to attend for the price of £40 each.

If you are on the dinner list please ensure you arrive by 19:15 at the College. A copy of the menu will be available on the registration desk.

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