16th
European
Conference
on Liquid
Crystals
July 10 - 14
University of Calabria - Rende (CS) - Italy
16th European Conference on Liquid Crystals
July 10 - 14
University of Calabria - Rende (CS) - Italy
European Conferences on Liquid Crystals (ECLC) are the traditional forums of European scientists working in the interdisciplinary field of Liquid Crystals, Soft Anisotropic Materials and now also Active Matter, bringing together specialists from academic and industrial research centers across the world. This traditional Conference dates back to 1991. In the 21th century they were held in Germany (Halle, 2001), Spain (Jaca, 2003), Italy (Sesto, 2005), Portugal (Lisbon, 2007), France (Colmar, 2009), Slovenia (Maribor, 2011), Greece (Rodos, 2013) and United Kingdom (Manchester, 2015), Russia (Moscow, 2017) and Poland (Wrocław, 2019). After a forced stop, due to Covid pandemic, the 16th European Conference on Liquid Crystals restarts on 2023 at the University of Calabria in Rende (Italy) from 10th to 14th of July 2023.
European Conferences on Liquid Crystals (ECLC) are the traditional forums of European scientists working in the interdisciplinary field of Liquid Crystals, Soft Anisotropic Materials and now also Active Matter, bringing together specialists from academic and industrial research centers across the world. This traditional Conference dates back to 1991. In the 21th century they were held in Germany (Halle, 2001), Spain (Jaca, 2003), Italy (Sesto, 2005), Portugal (Lisbon, 2007), France (Colmar, 2009), Slovenia (Maribor, 2011), Greece (Rodos, 2013) and United Kingdom (Manchester, 2015), Russia (Moscow, 2017) and Poland (Wrocław, 2019). After a forced stop, due to Covid pandemic, the 16th European Conference on Liquid Crystals restarts on 2023 at the University of Calabria in Rende (Italy) from 10th to 14th of July 2023.
Topics
Confined and Self-assembled systems - Sustainable and Biological materials - Complex and Chiral LC Phases - Ferroelectric Nematics - Active Matter - LCs in Photonics - Responsive and Reactive LCs - Exotic Phenomena with LCs - Design and Synthesis of LC Materials - Theory and Simulations of LC Systems - Innovative Technologies - Topology and Defects - Other topics related to LCs.
Plenary Speakers
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
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Gaetano Assanto, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Italy
Etiennne Brasselet, Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d’Aquitaine, France
Morten Andreas Geday, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Emmanuelle Lacaze, Sorbonne Universitè, UPMC - Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, France
Teresa Lopez-Leon, (ESPCI Paris), France
Richard Mandle, University of Leeds, UK
Miha Ravnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Albert P.H.J. Schenning, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Jacek Szczytko, University of Warsaw, Poland
Elisabeta Ildyko Szerb, “Coriolan Dragulescu” Institute of Chemistry, Romanian Academy
Confirmed Invited Speakers
01
Tommaso Bellini
Università degli Studi di Milano “La Statale”, Italy
02
Alberto Concellón
Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-University of Zaragoza, Spain
03
Simon Čopar
University of Ljubljana & Jožef Stefan Institutes, Slovenia
04
Luciano De Sio
Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy
05
Alexey Eremin
Institut für Physik (IfP), University of Magdeburg, Germany
06
Luiz Roberto Evangelista
Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
07
Susete Maria Brazão Nogueira Fernandes
Nova University Lisbon, Portugal
08
Tommaso Fraccia
ESPCI Paris, France
09
Ewa Górecka
University of Warsaw, Department of Chemistry, Poland
10
Antal Jakli
Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute, USA
11
Rafał Kowerdziej
Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, Poland
12
Oleg Lavrentovich
Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute, USA
13
Daniele E. Lucchetta
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
14
Liana Lucchetti
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
15
Joseph MacLennan
University of Colorado, USA
16
Alenka Mertelj
Jožef Stefan Institute, IJS, Complex Matter, Slovenia
17
Sara Nocentini
LENS - European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, Italy
18
Vladimíra Novotná
FZU Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
19
Eva Otón
Military University of Technology, Poland
20
Victor Yu. Reshetnyak
“Taras Shevchenko” National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
21
Ivan Smalyukh
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
22
Eric Grelet
Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul-Pascal, Bordeaux, France
Venue
The 16th edition of the European Conference of Liquid Crystals (ECLC) will be held at the University of Calabria in Rende (Italy) from 10th to 14th of July 2023. With its dynamic environment due to the presence of lively Unical Campus, Rende represents a very convenient site to enjoy the many beauties of Calabria which has been recently declared by TIME magazine one of the world top 50 destinations to visit. The University of Calabria or Unical was established in 1968 with the aim of rooting in this area a strategic resource for the development of Calabria, capable of creating prospects for cultural, social and economic growth for its students and their families. Unical is well positioned in the international rankings as a top University.
Chairman
Prof. Riccardo Cristoforo Barberi
International Advisory Board
Anca Luiza Alexe Ionescu (Romania) Riccardo Cristoforo Barberi (Italy) Roberto Bartolino (Italy) Tommaso Bellini (Italy) Alexej Bubnov (CZ) Vladimir G Chigrinov (Hong Kong) Gabriella Cipparrone (Italy) Alessandra Crispini (Italy) Antonio D’Alessandro (Italy) Ingo Dierking (UK) Luiz Roberto Evangelista (Brasil) Alberta Ferrarini (Italy) Mauro Ghedini (Italy) Maria Helena Godinho (Portugal) Ridha Hamdi (Tunisia) Philip Hands (UK) Antal Jákli (USA) Samo Kralj (Slovenia) Emmanuelle Lacaze (France) Oleg Lavrentovich (USA) Ioannis Lelidis (Greece) Teresa Lopez-Leon (France) | Liana Lucchetti (Italy) Yordan Marinov (Bulgaria) Andrew Master (UK) Nigel Mottram (UK) Kristiaan Neyts (Belgium) Susete Nogueira Fernandes (Portugal) Jose Manuel Oton (Spain) Janusz Parka (Poland) Paolo Pasini (Italy) Gia Petriashvili (Georgia) Alexander G. Petrov (Bulgaria) Pawel Pieranski (France) Victor Reshetnyak (Ukraine) Peter Salamon (Hungary) José Luis Serrano (Spain) Francesco Simoni (Italy) Elisabeta Ildyko Szerb (Romania) Uroš Tkalec (Slovenia) Cesare Umeton (Italy) Epifanio Virga (Italy) Claudio Zannoni (Italy) Slobodan Zumer (Slovenia) Laschat Sabine (Germany) |
International Advisory Board
Anca Luiza Alexe Ionescu (Romania)
Riccardo Cristoforo Barberi (Italy)
Roberto Bartolino (Italy)
Tommaso Bellini (Italy)
Alexej Bubnov (CZ)
Vladimir G Chigrinov (Hong Kong)
Gabriella Cipparrone (Italy)
Alessandra Crispini (Italy)
Antonio D’Alessandro (Italy)
Ingo Dierking (UK)
Luiz Roberto Evangelista (Brasil)
Alberta Ferrarini (Italy)
Mauro Ghedini (Italy)
Maria Helena Godinho (Portugal)
Ridha Hamdi (Tunisia)
Philip Hands (UK)
Antal Jákli (USA)
Samo Kralj (Slovenia)
Emmanuelle Lacaze (France)
Oleg Lavrentovich (USA)
Ioannis Lelidis (Greece)
Teresa Lopez-Leon (France)
Liana Lucchetti (Italy)
Yordan Marinov (Bulgaria)
Andrew Master (UK)
Nigel Mottram (UK)
Kristiaan Neyts (Belgium)
Susete Nogueira Fernandes (Portugal)
Jose Manuel Oton (Spain)
Janusz Parka (Poland)
Paolo Pasini (Italy)
Gia Petriashvili (Georgia)
Alexander G. Petrov (Bulgaria)
Pawel Pieranski (France)
Victor Reshetnyak (Ukraine)
Peter Salamon (Hungary)
José Luis Serrano (Spain)
Francesco Simoni (Italy)
Elisabeta Ildyko Szerb (Romania)
Uroš Tkalec (Slovenia)
Cesare Umeton (Italy)
Epifanio Virga (Italy)
Claudio Zannoni (Italy)
Slobodan Zumer (Slovenia)
Laschat Sabine (Germany)
Riccardo Cristoforo Barberi (Italy)
Roberto Bartolino (Italy)
Tommaso Bellini (Italy)
Alexej Bubnov (CZ)
Vladimir G Chigrinov (Hong Kong)
Gabriella Cipparrone (Italy)
Alessandra Crispini (Italy)
Antonio D’Alessandro (Italy)
Ingo Dierking (UK)
Luiz Roberto Evangelista (Brasil)
Alberta Ferrarini (Italy)
Mauro Ghedini (Italy)
Maria Helena Godinho (Portugal)
Ridha Hamdi (Tunisia)
Philip Hands (UK)
Antal Jákli (USA)
Samo Kralj (Slovenia)
Emmanuelle Lacaze (France)
Oleg Lavrentovich (USA)
Ioannis Lelidis (Greece)
Teresa Lopez-Leon (France)
Liana Lucchetti (Italy)
Yordan Marinov (Bulgaria)
Andrew Master (UK)
Nigel Mottram (UK)
Kristiaan Neyts (Belgium)
Susete Nogueira Fernandes (Portugal)
Jose Manuel Oton (Spain)
Janusz Parka (Poland)
Paolo Pasini (Italy)
Gia Petriashvili (Georgia)
Alexander G. Petrov (Bulgaria)
Pawel Pieranski (France)
Victor Reshetnyak (Ukraine)
Peter Salamon (Hungary)
José Luis Serrano (Spain)
Francesco Simoni (Italy)
Elisabeta Ildyko Szerb (Romania)
Uroš Tkalec (Slovenia)
Cesare Umeton (Italy)
Epifanio Virga (Italy)
Claudio Zannoni (Italy)
Slobodan Zumer (Slovenia)
Laschat Sabine (Germany)
Local Organizing Committee
Roberto Caputo - Marco Castriota - Antonio De Luca - Maria P. De Santo - Pasquale Pagliusi - Iolinda Aiello - Nicolas Godbert - Massimo La Deda - Federica Ciuchi - Roberto Termine - Giuseppina De Luca - Cesare Oliviero Rossi - Amerigo Beneduci
Important dates:
- Abstract submission deadline: Extended to April 15th- Decision on submission: April 23rd
- Early Registration deadline: May 22th
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