Flemish Network for Particle Technology VNPT and Particle Events Calendar

Dear Particle Experts,

please find in this mail a resume of all particle events in Belgium and abroad for the coming months. You will find more details on our website:

www.vnpt-vzw.be and click though to events.

Events in Belgium

- Emulsions and food (Wegwijs in emulsies): VNPT - Flanders Food course

Date: Tuesday March 4th and Tuesday April 22nd - NEW COURSE DATE!!!

Venue: Meeting center "De Montil", Affligem, Belgium

Registration: due to the high participation, registration is closed for March 4th, Only registration is possible for April 22nd!

- Modeling and Simulation as an industrial tool: VNPT - KULeuven workshop

how to boost your company’s performance and innovation potential, Introduction on several modeling techniques.

How relevant are they for industrial applications? How can they practically be used?

Finite Element Models - Computational FLuid Dynamics

Discrete Element Methods - Molecular modeling

Date: Date: April 8th 13:30 – 19:00

Venue: KULeuven, Heverlee, Belgium

- Formulation and Characterization of Highly Concentrated Colloidal Fluids: BePCIS Seminar at Procter & Gamble

Finalized Program!

Shear Induced Formation of Multi-lamellar Vesicles (by Prof. U. Olsson, Lund Univ. Sweden)

Highly concentrated micro-emulsion stable upon dilution ( by Prof. W. Kunz, Regensburg Univ. Germany)

Aggregation in concentrated catanionic mixtures: features and Characterization tools (by Prof. E. Marques, Porto Univ. Portugal)

Rheology of Concentrated Surfactant containing Fluids (by Prof. J. Vermant, KUL. Belgium)

Date: Wednesday April 16th 1:00 pm to 6 pm

Venue: Procter & Gamble - Brussels Innovation Center (Temselaan 100, 1853 Strombeek-Bever)

- Lecithin & Phospholipids in Emulsions: ILPS Short Course

Date: Thursday and Friday 5-6 June 2008

Venue: “Het Pand”, Ghent , Belgium

Events abroad

- Short courses at ParticlesCIC - Leeds, UK:

"Getting Started in Particle Technology": date: 3rd- 6th March 2008

"Rheology of Complex Fluids" : date: on 23rd- 24th April 2008

- From Synthetic to Biological Materials:

Spring courses at the Institute of Solid State Research, Juelich, Germany (IFF) on Soft Matter:

when: 03 - 14 March 2008

- Colloid and Particle Technology Short Courses at Particles 2008 Conference in Orlando, FLorida

Title: 1-Introduction to Colloidal Dispersions (2-day course; Friday and Saturday)

2-Particle-Based Materials (Friday)

3-Precision Control of Crystallization Processes (Friday)

4-Synthesis, Processing and Properties of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles (Saturday)

5-Surface Modification Techniques for Colloidal Solids: Chemistry and Applications

Date: Friday and Saturday, May 9th and 10th

- 4th Gordon Conference on Granular and Granular-Fluid Flow

when: June 22-27, 2008

where: Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA

what: theory and experiment on granular physics, colloids and susensions, jamming, applications to engineering, particular flows in nature,...

speakers: Martin van Hecke, Andrea Liu, Charles Campbell, Prabhu Nott, Christine Hrenya, Takashe Matshshima, Nicolas Vandervelle, Doug Durian, Olivier Dauchot, Matthieu Wyart, Veronique Trappe, Erik Flekkoy, Deniz Ertas, Anael Lemaitre, Gerd Gudehus, Karen Daniels, David Cole, Sal Torquato, Tomaso Aste, Nicolas Taberlet, Meiying Hou

- Structures and Granular Solids conference: from Scientific Principles to Engineering Applications

when: June 30 - July 2, 2008

where: University of Edinburgh

organization: Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

- "Inter-particle forces and collision dynamics in granular systems": mini-symposium

when: July 6 to 10, 2008

Where: Advanced Problems in Mechanics 2008 conference: St. Petersburg, Russia

For any of these events, don't hesitate to contact VNPT. We'll be glad to help you.

Friendly greetings,

cedric

Dr. C. Bravo

VNPT-vzw

Kasteelpark Arenberg 30

3001 Heverlee

phone: 016 32 85 95

fax: 016 32 85 90

http://www.vnpt-vzw.be/ ■