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Registration & Welcome coffee Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Opening Speech Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Stéphane Dorbolo , ULiège, BelgiumOpening speech by the Conference Chairs — Prof. Stéphane Dorbolo (ULiège), Prof. Tristan Gilet (ULiège), and Prof. Benoit Scheid (ULB) — followed by a welcome address from Prof. Pierre Duysinx, Vice-Rector for International Relations and Mobility at ULiège
Plenary Speech by Emmanuel Villermaux Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Benoit Scheid , Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumFragmentation with, and without mechanism: Are principles enough?
Plenary Speech by Petra S. Dittrich Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Benoit Scheid , Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumDroplets-on-a-plate: High-throughput creation, analyses and applications
Poster Pitches Session 1 Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Benoit Scheid , Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Lunch Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Poster Session 1 Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) +R.52 + R.53
Keynote Speech by Dominique Legendre Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Jacco Snoeijer , University of Twente, Netherlands, TheDroplet lift force peak due to internal 3D flow bifurcation
Keynote Speech by Djamel Lakehal Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Elise Lorenceau , CNRS et Université Grenoble Alpes, FranceComputational droplet dynamics and heat transfer: from microfluidics and MedTech applications to large-scale energy systems
Keynote Speech by Catherine Barentin Location: Room 204 Session Chair: David John Fairhurst , University of Edinburgh, United KingdomWetting of complex fluids
Oral Session 1 | Droplet Manipulation I Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Jacco Snoeijer , University of Twente, Netherlands, The
Oral Session 2 | Leidenfrost Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Elise Lorenceau , CNRS et Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Oral Session 3 | Emulsions Location: Room 204 Session Chair: David John Fairhurst , University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Oral Session 4 | Droplet Manipulation II Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Philippe Bourrianne , ESPCI Paris, France
Oral Session 5 | Wetting I Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Burak Eral , TU Delft, Netherlands, The
Oral Session 6 | Coalescence & Break-up I Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Suzie Protiere , CNRS - Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, France
Welcome Reception Location: B4 outside place (level -1)
Plenary Speech by Suzie Protière Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Stéphane Dorbolo , ULiège, BelgiumFreezing water and hydrogel drops
Poster Pitches Session 2 Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Stéphane Dorbolo , ULiège, Belgium
Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Keynote Speech by Tadd Truscott Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Emmanuel Villermaux , Aix Marseille Université, FranceExtremely Large Droplet Formation and Breakup
Keynote Speech by Burak Eral Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Hanneke Gelderblom , Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, TheNon-photochemical laser induced nucleation: Transient thermocavition bubbles triggered by light for controlling crystallization from solution
Keynote Speech by Maja Vuckovac Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Djamel Lakehal , AFRY, SwitzerlandWetting dynamics on stochastic superhydrophobic surfaces
Oral Session 7 | Impacts I Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Emmanuel Villermaux , Aix Marseille Université, France
Oral Session 8 | Droplets on Ice Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Hanneke Gelderblom , Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The
Oral Session 9 | Friction Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Djamel Lakehal , AFRY, Switzerland
Lunch Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Poster Session 2 Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) +R.52 + R.53
Keynote Speech by Jose Manuel Gordillo Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Catherine Barentin , University of Lyon 1 / Institut of Light and Matter, FranceFrom drop splashing to Worthington jets
Keynote Speech by Hanneke Gelderblom Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Petra Dittrich , ETH Zürich, SwitzerlandActive bacterial pattern formation inside evaporating droplets
Keynote Speech by Elise Lorenceau Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Hans-Jürgen Butt , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, GermanyStress distribution upon the impact of droplet
Oral Session 10 | Coalescence & Break-up II Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Catherine Barentin , University of Lyon 1 / Institut of Light and Matter, France
Oral Session 11 | Evaporation I Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Petra Dittrich , ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Oral Session 12 | Slippery Surfaces Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Hans-Jürgen Butt , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Oral Session 13 | Impacts II Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Dominique Legendre , Toulouse INP-IMFT, France
Oral Session 14 | Evaporation II Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Xiaofeng Wei , Zhejiang Normal University, China, People's Republic of
Oral Session 15 | Wetting II Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Anne Juel , University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Departure of coaches for the Gala Dinner Location: Place de Bronckart, 4000 Liège
Gala Dinner Location: Ferme du Banneway (Transportation provided from Liège-Guillemins station)
Coaches leave to bring participants back to the station Location: Ferme du Banneway
Plenary Speech by Petia M. Vlahovska Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Tristan Gilet , University of Liège, BelgiumDynamics of complex interfaces: biomimetic membranes, charged droplets, and active fluids
Plenary Speech by Hans-Jürgen Butt Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Tristan Gilet , University of Liège, BelgiumSpontaneous charging of sliding water drops
Poster Pitches Session 3 Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Tristan Gilet , University of Liège, Belgium
Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Oral Session 16 | Electro-Hydrodynamics Location: Room 604 Session Chair: José Manuel Gordillo , Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Oral Session 17 | Evaporation III Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Petia Vlahovska , Northwestern University, United States of America
Oral Session 18 | Wetting III Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Maja Vuckovac , Aalto University, Finland
Lunch Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
Poster Session 3 Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) +R.52 + R.53
Keynote Speech by Wei Xiaofeng Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Virgile Thiévenaz , CNRS & ESPCI Paris, FranceSatellite Formation in Ligament Breakup: Viscosity and Stretching Effects
Keynote Speech by Jacco Snoeijer Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Miguel Quetzeri-Santiago , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MexicoSoft Condensation
Keynote Speech by Anne Juel Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Tadd Truscott , KAUST, Saudi ArabiaFragmentation via Horizontal Vibration: A Pathway to Scalable Monodisperse Emulsification
Oral Session 19 | Wetting IV Location: Room 604 Session Chair: Virgile Thiévenaz , CNRS & ESPCI Paris, France
Oral Session 20 | Condensation Location: Room 304 Session Chair: Miguel Quetzeri-Santiago , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Oral Session 21 | Coalescence & Break-up III Location: Room 204 Session Chair: Tadd Truscott , KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Goodbye Coffee Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)