Program

The scientific program consists of a series of 65th Anniversary Commemorative Sessions, that will take place on September 24, October 12, October 21 and November 5, 2021. Each session consists of several guests and a host addressing general themes related with soft condensed matter and non-equilibrium matter. Each speaker has 25 minutes for presentation plus 5 minutes for questions. Additional 20 minutes will be devoted for discussion with the audience. The detailed information is the following.

Session 1: September 24, 15:00-17:30 hrs. San Luis Potosí time (CDT).

“FUNDAMENTAL OPEN ISSUES OF THE GLASS TRANSITION”.

Focus: In this session, the invited guests share their views on past, present and future challenges on the subject of glass transition, with the aim of illustrating the importance of the problem for physics and science in general.

Guests (by alphabetic order):

Prof. Gregory B. McKenna, North Carolina State University.

Prof. Pedro Ramírez-González, IF-UASLP.

Prof. Kenneth S. Schweizer, University of Illinois.

Prof. Roseanna N. Zia, Stanford University.

Host: Prof. Patricia Mendoza-Méndez, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.

Format: Each speaker has 25 mins for presentation plus 5 mins for questions, with 20 additional minutes for discussion and conclusions.

Session 2: October 12, 11:00-13:30 hrs. San Luis Potosí time (CDT).

“STATISTICAL PHYSICS APPROACHES TOWARDS NON-EQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS”.

Focus: This session is aimed at emphasizing the synergy of experimental research in soft condensed matter and the development of a statistical physical understanding of non-equilibrium systems.

Guests (by alphabetic order):

Prof. Jan Dhont, Institute of Biological Information Processing, Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Prof. Fernando Donado Pérez, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo.

Dr. Luis Fernando Elizondo-Aguilera, UASLP.

Prof. Marco Laurati, Università di Firenze.

Host: Prof. Magdaleno Medina-Noyola, UASLP.

Format: Each speaker has 25 mins for presentation plus 5 mins for questions, with 20 additional minutes for discussion and conclusions.

Session 3: October 21, 10:00-12:30 hrs. San Luis Potosí time (CDT).

“TOWARDS A UNIFIED THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GLASS TRANSITION”.

Focus: In this session, the invited guests will discuss recent advances in the theoretical description of slow dynamics and dynamical arrest phenomena towards the development of a unified theory for the glass transition.

Guests (by alphabetic order):

Prof. Magdaleno Medina-Noyola, IF-UASLP, Mexico.

Prof. Tommaso Rizzo, Sapienza University of Rome.

Prof. Grzegorz Szamel, Colorado State University.

Prof. Thomas Voigtmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR-Köln).

Host: Dr. Luis Fernando Elizondo-Aguilera, LANIMFE-UASLP.

Format: Each speaker has 25 mins for presentation plus 5 mins for questions, with 20 additional minutes for discussion and conclusions.

Session 4: November 5, 10:00-12:30 hrs. San Luis Potosí time (CST).

“RHEOLOGY OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM MATTER”.

Focus: In this session, the invited guests will discuss recent experimental and theoretical advances in the understanding of the non-equilibrium rheological and viscoelastic properties of matter near dynamical arrest conditions.

Guests (by alphabetic order):

Prof. Mathias Fuchs, University of Konstanz, Germany.

Dr. Thomas Gibaud, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

Dr. Leticia López-Flores, Northwestern University.

Prof. George Petekidis, University of Crete-Heraklion, Crete.

Host: Dr. Luis Fernando Elizondo Aguilera, LANIMFE-BUAP.

Format: Each speaker has 25 mins for presentation plus 5 mins for questions, with 20 additional minutes for discussion and conclusions.