Hydrodynamic Approaches to Active Matter: Successes and Future Challenges

International Workshop
09 - 13 November 2026

On the occasion of John Toner’s 71st birthday, this workshop will bring researchers from soft, hard, and active matter physics together to survey the latest advances. A particular focus will be on the hydrodynamic and universal behaviour that emerge in these subfields of condensed matter physics in honour of John’s contributions to these areas.

Topics include

  • Active matter
  • Soft condensed matter
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Universal behaviour
  • Renormalization  group
  • Biological physics

Invited speakers

Karen Alim (DE)
Denis Bartolo (FR)
Abhik Basu (IN)
Dietrich Belitz (US)
Michael Cates (UK)
Andrea Cavagna (IT)
Bulbul Chakraborty (US)
Noel Clark (US)
Francesco Ginelli (IT)
Ramin Golestanian (DE/UK)
Stephan Grill (DE)
Isabella Guido (UK)
Jean-Francois Joanny (FR)
Frank Jülicher (DE)
Chiu Fan Lee (UK)
Andrea Liu (US)
Ananyo Maitra (FR)
Davide Marenduzzo (UK)
David Nelson (US)
Ahmad Omar (US)
Peter Palffy-Muhoray (US)
Jacques Prost (FR)
Leo Radzihovsky (US)
Sriram Ramaswamy (IN)
Andela Saric (AT)
Karl Saunders (US)
Tyler Shendruk (UK)
Julien Tailleur (US)
John Toner (US)
Yuhai Tu (US)
Vincenzo Vitelli (US)
Alexandra Zidovska (US)

Scientific Coordinators

Leiming Chen
(Xuzhou, CN)

Frank Jülicher
(Dresden, DE)

Chiu Fan Lee
(London, UK)

 

Organisation

Kristina Aliabiev

(MPIPKS Dresden)

Poster Download

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Poster [pdf]

Application

Applications for HAAM26 are now closed. The deadline was August 9th, 2026.

The registration fee for the international workshop is 200 Euro and should be paid by all participants.

Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute.

Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses.

Scientific Program

Program structure:

Sunday, 8th November - arrival (recommended)

Monday, 9th November - Program start

Friday, 13th November - noontime program closure & departure

The detailed program will be available by beginning of October 2026, approximately.

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