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8:00am Registration & Welcome coffee Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
9:30am Opening Speech Location: Room 604 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
9:45am Plenary Speech by Emmanuel Villermaux Location: Room 604 Chair: Benoit Scheid , Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumFragmentation with, and without mechanism: Are principles enough?
10:30am Plenary Speech by Petra S. Dittrich Location: Room 604 Chair: Benoit Scheid , Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumDroplets-on-a-plate: High-throughput creation, analyses and applications
11:15am Poster Pitches Session 1 Location: Room 604 Chair: Benoit Scheid , Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
12:00pm Lunch Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) Poster Session 1 Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) +R.52 + R.53
1:30pm Keynote Speech by Dominique Legendre Location: Room 604 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 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 Chair: David John Fairhurst , University of Edinburgh, United KingdomWetting of complex fluids
2:00pm Oral Session 1 | Droplet Manipulation I Location: Room 604 Chair: Jacco Snoeijer , University of Twente, Netherlands, TheOral Session 2 | Leidenfrost Location: Room 304 Chair: Elise Lorenceau , CNRS et Université Grenoble Alpes, FranceOral Session 3 | Emulsions Location: Room 204 Chair: David John Fairhurst , University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3:30pm Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
4:00pm Oral Session 4 | Droplet Manipulation II Location: Room 604 Chair: Philippe Bourrianne , ESPCI Paris, FranceOral Session 5 | Wetting I Location: Room 304 Chair: Burak Eral , TU Delft, Netherlands, TheOral Session 6 | Coalescence & Break-up I Location: Room 204 Chair: Suzie Protiere , CNRS - Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, France
6:00pm Welcome Reception Location: B4 outside place (level -1)
8:45am Plenary Speech by Suzie Protière Location: Room 604 Chair: Stéphane Dorbolo , ULiège, BelgiumFreezing water and hydrogel drops
9:30am Poster Pitches Session 2 Location: Room 604 Chair: Stéphane Dorbolo , ULiège, Belgium
10:15am Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
10:45am Keynote Speech by Tadd Truscott Location: Room 604 Chair: Emmanuel Villermaux , Aix Marseille Université, FranceExtremely Large Droplet Formation and Breakup
Keynote Speech by Burak Eral Location: Room 304 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 Chair: Djamel Lakehal , AFRY, SwitzerlandWetting dynamics on stochastic superhydrophobic surfaces
11:15am Oral Session 7 | Impacts I Location: Room 604 Chair: Emmanuel Villermaux , Aix Marseille Université, FranceOral Session 8 | Droplets on Ice Location: Room 304 Chair: Hanneke Gelderblom , Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, TheOral Session 9 | Friction Location: Room 204 Chair: Djamel Lakehal , AFRY, Switzerland
12:15pm Lunch Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) Poster Session 2 Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) +R.52 + R.53
1:45pm Keynote Speech by Jose Manuel Gordillo Location: Room 604 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 Chair: Petra Dittrich , ETH Zürich, SwitzerlandActive bacterial pattern formation inside evaporating droplets
Keynote Speech by Elise Lorenceau Location: Room 204 Chair: Hans-Jürgen Butt , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, GermanyStress distribution upon the impact of droplet
2:15pm Oral Session 10 | Coalescence & Break-up II Location: Room 604 Chair: Catherine Barentin , University of Lyon 1 / Institut of Light and Matter, FranceOral Session 11 | Evaporation I Location: Room 304 Chair: Petra Dittrich , ETH Zürich, SwitzerlandOral Session 12 | Slippery Surfaces Location: Room 204 Chair: Hans-Jürgen Butt , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
3:15pm Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
3:45pm Oral Session 13 | Impacts II Location: Room 604 Chair: Dominique Legendre , Toulouse INP-IMFT, FranceOral Session 14 | Evaporation II Location: Room 304 Chair: Xiaofeng Wei , Zhejiang Normal University, China, People's Republic ofOral Session 15 | Wetting II Location: Room 204 Chair: Anne Juel , University of Manchester, United Kingdom
6:15pm Departure of coaches for the Gala Dinner Location: Place de Bronckart, 4000 Liège
7:00pm Gala Dinner Location: Ferme du Banneway (Transportation provided from Liège-Guillemins station)
11:30pm Coaches leave to bring participants back to the station Location: Ferme du Banneway
8:30am Plenary Speech by Petia M. Vlahovska Location: Room 604 Chair: Tristan Gilet , University of Liège, BelgiumDynamics of complex interfaces: biomimetic membranes, charged droplets, and active fluids
9:15am Plenary Speech by Hans-Jürgen Butt Location: Room 604 Chair: Tristan Gilet , University of Liège, BelgiumSpontaneous charging of sliding water drops
10:00am Poster Pitches Session 3 Location: Room 604 Chair: Tristan Gilet , University of Liège, Belgium
10:45am Coffee Break Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)
11:15am Oral Session 16 | Electro-Hydrodynamics Location: Room 604 Chair: José Manuel Gordillo , Universidad de Sevilla, SpainOral Session 17 | Evaporation III Location: Room 304 Chair: Petia Vlahovska , Northwestern University, United States of AmericaOral Session 18 | Wetting III Location: Room 204 Chair: Maja Vuckovac , Aalto University, Finland
12:15pm Lunch Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) Poster Session 3 Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus) +R.52 + R.53
1:45pm Keynote Speech by Wei Xiaofeng Location: Room 604 Chair: Virgile Thiévenaz , CNRS & ESPCI Paris, FranceSatellite Formation in Ligament Breakup: Viscosity and Stretching Effects
Keynote Speech by Jacco Snoeijer Location: Room 304 Chair: Miguel Quetzeri-Santiago , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MexicoSoft Condensation
Keynote Speech by Anne Juel Location: Room 204 Chair: Tadd Truscott , KAUST, Saudi ArabiaFragmentation via Horizontal Vibration: A Pathway to Scalable Monodisperse Emulsification
2:15pm Oral Session 19 | Wetting IV Location: Room 604 Chair: Virgile Thiévenaz , CNRS & ESPCI Paris, FranceOral Session 20 | Condensation Location: Room 304 Chair: Miguel Quetzeri-Santiago , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MexicoOral Session 21 | Coalescence & Break-up III Location: Room 204 Chair: Tadd Truscott , KAUST, Saudi Arabia
4:00pm Goodbye Coffee Location: B4 Europe Main Hall (Pas Perdus)