Dear colleagues, 

it is with great pleasure that we announce this new event designed for the Italian soft matter community and beyond! 

Following the tremendous success of the Italian Soft Days, we have devised a fresh approach to keep our community actively connected between IsoDays editions and to extend our activities to an international audience. 

For this reason, we have launched a series of webinars called "Soft Discussions: Roads to the IsoDays." 

These webinars, held almost every two months, stand out for their unique structure. Each session, lasting approximately 1 hour, will kick off with an entertaining initiative,called "Ask Me Anything!" (AMA), primarily aimed at young researchers and students approaching the soft matter world. The AMA session will allow the audience to interact with world-renowned soft matter experts, posing questions about their work and life as scientists. A moderator will select the questions from the audience and lead the interview. This initial entertaining part  will set the stage for a seminar on cutting-edge topics in soft matter, also presented by a globally renowned expert.

For the 2023-2024 edition, we have a long list of guests who can undoubtedly be described as giants in the field of soft matter.

For additional details regarding dates and speakers, please refer to the Webinars page on this website.

We warmly invite you to participate and spread the word, with the hope that this will become a new opportunity to keep the community united and promote the dissemination of knowledge in the field of soft matter.

Best Regards,

Nicoletta Gnan, CNR-ISC, Italy 

Stefano Buzzaccaro, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Luigi Gentile, University of Bari & CSGI, Italy

Francesca Serra, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Eleonora Secchi, ETH, Switzerland

Lorenzo Rovigatti, La Sapienza & INFN, Italy

Alberto Giacomello, La Sapienza, Italy