4th Edwards Symposium - Emerging Trends in Soft Matter

Registration and Lunch

Mike Cates University of Cambridge
Welcome and Introduction

Howard Stone Princeton University
Chair: Jerome Bibette, ESPCI ParisTech
Electrokinetics and Diffusiophoresis: Transport in Confined Systems and Detergency

John Girkin Durham University
Chair: Jerome Bibette, ESPCI ParisTech
World's Smallest Washing Machine and Dishwasher

Chair: Jerome Bibette, ESPCI ParisTech
Tea and Coffee

David Zwicker Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organisation
Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
IoP Liquids and Complex Fluids Group Early Career Lecture: Active Phase Separation in Biology

Lynn Walker Carnegie Mellon University
Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
Electrodynamics of Emulsion Droplets

Mike Cates University of Cambridge
Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
Continuum Theories of Active Phase Separation

Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
Posters, Networking and Drinks

Wilson Poon University of Edinburgh
Chair: Armand Ajdari, Saint-Gobain
The Physics of Conching Chocolate: Taking Rheology from the Lab to the Factory

Roseanna Zia Stanford University
Chair: Armand Ajdari, Saint-Gobain
"Phase Mechanics" of Arrested Colloidal Gels: Modelling Yield as Non-equilibrium Phase Transitions in Soft Matter

Chair: Armand Ajdari, Saint-Gobain
Tea, coffee and Posters

Annette Zippelius
Chair: Armand Ajdari, Saint-Gobain
Emergence of Long Range Stress Correlations at the Glass Transition

Andreas Poulos Unilever R&D
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Designing Complex Formulations for Films in Beauty and Personal Care

Dylan Jones Sanofi UK
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
The Role of Spray Drying in Product Drug Formulation - Soft Matter Challenges

Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Lunch and Posters

Jean-Christophe Castaing Solvay
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Reducing Biocides Level in Formulations - a New Challenge for Soft Matter?

Robert Farr Jacobs Douwe Egberts
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Soft Matter Challenges in Coffee Processing

Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Mixer Session and Posters

Tea and Coffee

Davide Michieletto University of Edinburgh
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Topological Tuning of Polymer Dynamics

Junju Mu University of Manchester
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Modelling the Viscosity of Complex Fluids

Christopher Ness University of Cambridge
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Absorbing-state Transitions in Granular Materials Close to Jamming

Paula Gago Imperial College London
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
An Invasion Percolation Model for the Study of Fluid Injection Driven Fracturing in Weakly Consolidated Granular Media

Simon Ramirez Hinestrosa University of Cambridge
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Computing Polymer Diffusiophoretic Mobilities

Hideki Kobayashi University of Cambridge
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
The Self-consistent Multi-scale Simulation of Complex Fluids

Jakub Dolezal University of Cambridge
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Large Deviations and Optimal Control Forces for Diffusing Hard Particles in One Dimension

Adil Mughal Aberystwyth University
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Equilibrium Configurations of Hard Spheres in a Cylindrical Harmonic Potential

Mazi Jalaal University of Cambridge
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Active Droplets: A Path to Chaos

Jin Sun University of Edinburgh
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Testing the Wyart-Cates Model for Thickening Rheology using Binary Granular Suspensions

Sepideh Khodaparast Imperial College London
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Spontaneous Formation of Multilamellar Vesicles in Micellar Solutions of Anionic Surfactants

Ren Liu University of Cambridge
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Towards DNA-Driven Re-Entrant Gelation of Pluronic Solutions

Elsen Tjhung University of Edinburgh
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Theory and Simulations of Liquid Crystal Emulsions

Yuting Li University of Cambridge
Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Non-equilibrium Phase Separation with Chemical Reactions

Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Poster Exhibition and Networking

Chair: Erika Eiser, University of Cambridge
Workshop dinner (Gonville and Caius, West Road Site)

Tony Ryan University of Sheffield
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Soft Matter in the Circular Economy: Both the Product and the Packaging

Rudy Koopmans Plastics Innovation Competence Centre
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Icarus' Dream

Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Tea and Coffee

Jens-Uwe Sommer Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
From the LCST Transition to Aquamelts

Tom McLeish University of Leeds
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Round table discussion - Sustainable Eco Plastics

Mike Cates University of Cambridge
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Open Discussion and Wrap-up

Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Lunch, Posters and Finish