Wednesday April 22, 2026
From Nonlinear Physics to Active Soft-matter
9:00 - 9:15 Registration
9:15 - 9:20 Welcome from Organizing Committee, Dr. Pietro Tierno
I. TOPIC Statistical Mechanics. Chair: Dr. José Maria Sancho
9:20 - 10:00 Dr. Igor Sokolov
"Homogenization problems for generalized Langevin subdiffusion: The bath always wins!"
10:00 - 10:40 Dr. Maxi San Miguel
"Reducibility of higher order interactions"
☕ 10:40-11:05 Coffee and cookies
II. TOPIC Active matter. Chair: Dr. Jaume Casademunt
11:05 - 11:45 Dr. Jean François Joanny
"Self-organization of microtubules and motors"
11:45 - 12:25 Dra. Julia Yeomans
"Active and elastic turbulence"
III. TOPIC Soft-matter. Chair: Dr. Jordi Ortin
12:25 - 13:05 Dr. Ignacio Pagonabarraga
"Non-equilibrium control of defects, morphologies, and turbulence in active fluids"
13:05-14:30 Lunch break
14:30 - 15:10 Dr. Alberto Fernández Nieves
"Confined Nematics – Defects, Geometry and Topology"
15:10 - 15:50 Dr. Patrick Oswald
"Lehmann and Leslie Effects in Liquid Crystals: A Paradigm Shift"
IV. TOPIC Biophysics. Chair: Dra. Marta Ibanes
15:50 - 16:30 Dr. Javier Buceta
"On Bacteria and Flies"
16:30 - 17:15 Dr. Jordi García-Ojalvo
"Learning from a multidisciplinary scientist"
17:15 - 18:15 Poster Session & ☕ Coffee and cookies
Thursday April 23, 2026
Celebrating the 70th birthday of Francesc Sagués
9:30 Welcome from Chemistry Faculty Dean, Dra. Maria Sarret
9:30 - 11:00 Francesc Sagués over the years (Part I)
9:40 - 10:20 The Origins. Chair: Dr. Ramon Reigada
Dr. Miquel Pons
Dr. Juan Carlos Paniagua
10:20 - 11:00 Collaborators and Still Friends. Chair: Dr. Pietro Tierno
Dr. Igor Sokolov
Dr. José María Sancho
☕ 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee and cookies & Best Poster Award
11:30 - 13:00 Francesc Sagués over the years (part II)
11:30 - 12:15 The PhD Crew. Chair: Dr. Jordi Ignés
Dra. Berta Martinez & Dr. Pau Guillamat
Olga Bantysh, Joel Torres, Marc Vergés
12:15 - 13:00 Friends and Family. Chair: Dra. Mariangels Serrano
Dra. Carme Calderer
Dra. Margot Mitjana
13:00 Closing remarks