From Nonlinear Physics to

Active Soft Matter

Celebrating the 70th birthday of Francesc Sagués

Barcelona, April 22-23, 2026

Registration is open!

The goal of this meeting is to bring together researchers and students from various fields of soft matter, statistical physics, and biophysics to share knowledge and passion for science, honor Prof. Francesc Sagués’s contributions to these disciplines, and celebrate his 70th birthday.

Attendance is free for all students and researchers! Registration is mandatory

Speakers

Javier Buceta (Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Spain)

Alberto Fernández Nieves (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)

Jean François Joanny (Le Collège de France, France)

Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain)

Patrick Oswald (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France)

Ignacio Pagonabarraga (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)

Maxi San Miguel (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain)

Igor Sokolov (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

Julia Yeomans (University of Oxford, UK)

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