Program:

09:20             Opening remarks:

Koichiro Watanabe, Vice-president of Kyushu University

Stefan Bengtsson, President of Chalmers University of Technology

Tadaharu Tsumoto, JSPS Stockholm (to be confirmed)

09:40             K. Holmberg/ Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

“Surfactant-lipase interactions”

10:15             F. M. Winnik/ University of Helsinki, Finland

“How polymeric particles affect the collective migration of cellular aggregates”

10:50             Fika

11:10             T. Kunitake/ Kyushu University, Japan

“Molecular self-organization and functional nanomembranes”

11:45             M. Antonietti/ Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany

“Hydrothermal refining of biomass: Using all component of wood for sustainable materials”

12:20             Lunch

13:30             K. Kurihara/ Tohoku University, Japan

“Surface forces measurement for materials science”

14:05             K. Moth-Poulsen/ Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

“Self-assembled devices made from nanoparticles and single molecules”

14:40             R. Zentel/ University of Mainz, Germany

“Cationic nanohydrogel colloids as carriers for oligonucleotide delivery”

15:15 Fika

15:45             M.-P. Pileni/ Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

“Binary supracrystals: unexpected behavior”

16:20             A. Takahara/ Kyushu University, Japan

“Precise characterization of soft interfaces by quantum beam”

16:55             Closing Remarks/ N. Kimizuka, Kyushu University, Japan

17:15             Drinks and a light symposium dinner