At this workshop researchers will gather to discuss advances in understanding polymers, liquid crystals, emulsions, colloidal suspensions and granular materials. Each of these topics is a mature field of research, but together they have evolved into a coherent branch of physics, with a growing scope, where ideas cross over between topics.

While reflecting the diversity of soft matter, the workshop aims at demonstrating a common research strategy, based on simple models and experiments. In this context, self-assembled hierarchical structures, where aggregates form under equilibrium conditions, and the unusual dynamics of glassy and jammed systems, are two of the themes that will be highlighted.

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