Autumn School on Soft Condensed Matter

Organizers:

A. Lasanta (UGR - Ceuta), A. Fernandez-Nieves (UB - ICREA)


The goal of this First Autumn School on Soft Condensed Matter is to introduce young students and researchers to key themes in some of the areas of the Soft Matter Spanish community. Additionally, we aim to promote interactions between participants among this community. The School is just before the Spanish Soft Matter 1 1/2 Day. The speakers are recognized researchers in their field, and will give a pedagogical view of the current state of the art of their areas. The First Autumn School will cover four themes:

   - Dr. Petra Bacova: Polymers in Soft Matter: From Structure to Emerging Applications.
   - Dr. José María Montanero: Shaping and controlled fragmentation of complex liquids on the submillimeter scale. Stability analysis and some applications
   - Dr. Eva González Noya: Phase transitions and self-assembly in soft matter.
   - Dr. Iker Zurigel: Emergence of collective behavior in systems of macroscopic particles: from granular matter to pedestrian dynamics.

There will be a poster session so that participants can present their work.

Benasque is a beautiful mountain village located 1140m above sea level offering fantastic landscapes, and scenic hikes to the highest peaks in the Pyrenees.

The School will formally start on Friday morning, October 31. Participants and lecturers can take advantage of the bus service from either Barcelona airport or University of Barcelona at Diagonal, and arrive on Thursday, Oct 30.
The School will end on Sunday, November 2. A bus returning to Barcelona will depart in the early afternoon of this last day for those participants and lecturers not staying to the Soft Matter 1 1/2 Day.

The School is organized by the Spanish Soft Condensed Matter Network.

Poster submission

Poster submission should be done through here.

* Abstracts files should be 1 page abstract in .pdf format
* The use of graphics in the abstract is optional.
* A complete editable abstract example and guidelines could be downloaded here.
* You have to be registered before abstract submission

Poster submission deadline: Oct 15

Registration fee information

The registration fee for this conference is 300 eur.

The registration fee includes:

- organised bus transportation (reserve seat in advance)
- one reception buffet
- one coffee break with pastries a day
- use of the Centro de Ciencias facilities
- technical assistance and secretarial support


- The deadline for requesting your bill is 15 Jan 2026

Pay by bank transfer

The registration fee must be paid to the account of the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual after your application has been accepted.

Ibercaja (account number): 2085 2310 3803 3004 4193
IBAN: ES44 2085 2310 3803 3004 4193
BIC: CAZRES2Z

Remember that your registration is complete only after the payment is made.

* Please, pay after your application has been accepted.
* Please, send a confirmation by e-mail to info@benasque.org.
* Please pay all bank charges
* Include as a subject in the transfer '2025scb Your_Surname'
* In the comments section include:
      Full name of the conference and your name.

Pay by credit card

Credit card online payments here.

* You have to be registered.
* Please, pay after your application has been accepted.

*Cancellation Policy*
A 30 euro charge will be applied for cancellations made up to 10 days before the conference start date.
A no refund policy will be applied to cancellations made after this date.

Bus transportation

The center provides free buses:
From Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 686, Metro: L3 Palau Reial at 15:00h (Note that the bus stops opposite University of Barcelona, Facultat de Física i Química)

From Barcelona airport ('El Prat', Terminal T2A: on leaving exit, turn left and you will find a police building called 'Mossos d'Esquadra'.
Cross the road using the zebra crossing and turn left. The bus will stop there) at 15:30h.

Return buses:
From Benasque to Barcelona airport and then university, departure at 12:00h.
The trip by bus to Barcelona takes 4-5h. approximately. The trip by car only takes 3h 30m.

Bus trajectories and dates:
- Barcelona-Benasque, Oct 30.
- Benasque-Barcelona, Nov 02.

Registration & accommodation

Application deadline is September 30

Further Information.