Dear Colleagues,

after the first two successful editions in 2014 and 2016, we are happy to announce the third edition of Italian Soft Days, which will be held in Padova on September 13 and 14, 2018. Additional information is available through our website (https://sites.google.com/site/italiansoftdays). We kindly ask you to keep note of these dates and to do your best to participate and support the Italian Soft Matter community in Italy and abroad.

The conference will start in the late morning of Thursday 13 and it will end in the afternoon of Friday 14 September 2018.

Most of the features of the first two editions, such as devoting particular attention to young researchers and granting free registration to everyone, will remain. There will be 5 regular sessions and a special session on Active Matter which will feature two Perspective Talks delivered by Davide Marenduzzo and Roberto Di Leonardo. Each of the 5 regular sessions will be ended by an open discussion guided by the senior scientists. It is particularly important to us that Italian scientists working abroad in Soft Matter related topics participate in order to build and strengthen the connections. Please help us spread the word among your collaborators.

Registration and abstract submission will be open from January 23 until March 15 2018.

Thank you very much for your interest, and we look forward to seeing you in Padova.

Best regards,

the ISoDays18 Organizing Committee

Stefano Buzzaccaro (Politecnico di Milano)

Roberto Cerbino (Univ. di Milano)

Alberta Ferrarini (Univ. di Padova)

Achille Giacometti (Univ. Ca Foscari, Venezia)

Matteo Pierno (Univ. di Padova)

Flavio Romano (Univ. Ca Foscari, Venezia)

Emanuela Zaccarelli (CNR ISC & Univ. Sapienza, Roma)