Colleagues: Please help us forward this announcement to your colleagues.
This IUTAM symposium is free for all. Program and Zoom links: https://sites.utexas.edu/iutam2021/program/
IUTAM SymposiumMechanics of Smart and Tough GelsStart on Monday, 24 May 2021 9 am Boston2 pm London3 pm Paris9 pm Beijing10 pm Tokyo  
Scientific CommitteeConstantino Creton
Alfred J. CrosbyNorman Fleck
Jianping Gong
Rui Huang (co-chair)
Hua Li
Zhigang Suo
Xuanhe Zhao (co-chair)

Brussels, 14 – 16 June 2021 (ONLINE VIA ZOOM)

See all infos on the WEB page http://www.solvayinstitutes.be/event/workshop/nonlinear_2020/nonlinear_2020.html
This workshop will be dedicated to the memory of Prof. Grégoire NICOLIS who passed away on October 18, 2018. Grégoire Nicolis was a pioneer in the science of nonlinear phenomena and complex systems, who published many influential publications in this area. His contributions are known worldwide for having initiated a vast field of research unifying the physical sciences in our understanding of the emergence by nonlinear  bifurcations of stationary, oscillating, and chaotic spatio-temporal structures from chemistry and physics to biological systems, neuroscience, meteorology and climate science. Today, this vast field is blossoming internationally and we hope to commemorate Grégoire Nicolis’ contributions to these advances at this workshop. The workshop will also have the aim to establish the state of the art for future research in this multidisciplinary area.

To register and submit an abstract for a contributed talk, please see http://www.solvayinstitutes.be/event/workshop/nonlinear_2020/registration.php
Best wishes, 
Anne De WitIn name of the organizing committeeSolvay Instituteshttp://www.solvayinstitutes.be/index.html

Dear colleague,

We are happy to inform you that the KITP program on “The Physics of Elastic Films: from Biological Membranes to Extreme Mechanics” will be held virtually from May 17 until June 18, 2021. If you have not registered yet and are interested, please visit and register at

https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/activities/films21
For each of the five weeks of the program, four pre-recorded talks will set the basis for two-hours long discussion sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 8:00am Pacific Standard Time. Each of the five weeks will be devoted to one of the following themes:

• (Non-) Equilibrium fluctuations of fluid membranes and solid shells
• Extreme Mechanics
• Frustrated solid sheets and fluid membranes
• Mechanical stress propagation in fluid and solid membranes
• Wetting of deformable sheets

You can find the core program at the end of this email. Additionally, we plan to start each week on Monday with a “meet and greet” event, where participants will have the opportunity to briefly present themselves and their interests. We will also make sure to offer possibilities for spontaneously organized meetings for further discussions and interactions. 

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you require additional information.

Best Regards,
Markus Deserno, Rumiana Dimova, Andrej Kosmrlj, and Carlos Marques

PS. Please feel free to advertise the attached flyer.

Tentative program
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WEEK 1 (May 17-21): (Non-) Equilibrium fluctuations of fluid membranes and solid shells

Monday: 8:00-9:00 AM PDT
Meet & Greet

Tuesday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Petia Vlahovska 
David Nelson 

Thursday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Richard Pastor 
Patricia Bassereau 

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WEEK 2 (May 24-28): Extreme Mechanics

Monday: 8:00-9:00 AM PDT
Meet & Greet

Tuesday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Sabetta Matsumoto 
Marcelo Dias 

Thursday:8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Dominic Vella 
Benny Davidovitch

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WEEK 3 (May 31-June 4): Frustrated solid sheets and fluid membranes

Monday: 8:00-9:00 AM PDT
Meet & Greet

Tuesday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Shu Yang
Arezki Boudaoud

Thursday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Ed Lyman
Paola Nardinocchi

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WEEK 4 (June 7-11): Mechanical stress propagation in fluid and solid membranes

Monday: 8:00-9:00 AM PDT
Meet & Greet

Tuesday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Hiroshi Noguchi 
Margarita Staykova

Thursday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Padmini Rangamani
Martin Müller

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WEEK 5 (June 14-18): Wetting of deformable sheets

Monday: 8:00-9:00 AM PDT
Meet & Greet

Tuesday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Reinhard Lipowsky
Joseph Paulsen 

Thursday: 8:00-10:00 AM PDT
Luca Monticelli
Abdou Rachid Thiam

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Chers Collègues,

Alexandre Nicolas et moi-même organisons un mini-colloque intitulé « les mobilités humaines à travers le prisme de la physique » pendant les Journées de la Matière Condensée, qui se tiendront du 24 au 27 août 2021, entièrement en distanciel. Ce mini-colloque est l’occasion pour les chercheur.e.s travaillant sur la dynamique des piétons, la physique des villes et les mobilités transnationales de se retrouver et de croiser leurs approches et points de vue.

Nous serions ravis de recevoir vos contributions, afin de créer des échanges fructueux au sein de cette communauté très interdisciplinaire. Pour ce faire nous vous invitons à soumettre un résumé sur le site de la conférence, https://jmc17.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/12, avant le 15 mai prochain.

N’hésitez pas, par ailleurs, à transmettre ce message plus largement au sein de vos établissements.

En espérant vous voir nombreux à ce mini-colloque,

Bien cordialement

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Dear Colleagues,

Alexandre Nicolas and myself are organising, during the « Journées de la Matière Condensée » (JMC17, held online from August 24th to 27th), a mini-colloquium called « Human mobilities through the lens of physics ». This colloquium will a great opportunity for researchers working on pedestrian dynamics, the physics of cities or international mobilities to gather and exchange ideas.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions, which we are sure will trigger fruitful conversations in this very interdisciplinary field. If you wish to participate, please send your abstract directly to the conference’s website https://jmc17.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/12 before May 15th.

Wishing you a pleasant day

Nicolas Bain

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Ces deux mini-colloques sont soutenus par le GDR!

ATTENTION: la date limite de soumission pour des présentations orales est le 15 Mai, sur le site de la conférence: https://jmc17.sciencesconf.org/

Détails sur les mini-colloques :
MMM11. Milieux Granulaires : du micro au macro, du grain aux écoulements naturels et industriels
Organisateurs : Sylvain Courrech du Pont (MSC, Paris), Renaud Delannay (IPR, Rennes), Umberto D’Ortona (M2P2, Marseille), Philippe Gondret (FAST, Orsay), Patrick Richard (IFFSTAR, Nantes), Alexandre Valance (IPR, Rennes)             

MMM12. Frottement solide : des échelles microscopiques à la dynamique macroscopique

Orateurs invités:

Bloen Metzger (IUSTI, Marseille)

Osvanny Ramos (ILM, Lyon)

Alberto Rosso (LPTMS, Saclay)

Organisateurs: Axelle AMON (IPR, Rennes), Elsa BAYART (ENS Lyon), Julien SCHEIBERT (LTDS, CNRS / Ecole Centrale de Lyon)