We are pleased to announce the workshop RING POLYMERS, where recent advances and applications regarding ring polymers will be discussed. The workshop will take place in Hersonissos, near Heraklion, Crete, Greece, at the “Aldemar Knossos Royal Hotel” (www.aldemar-resorts.gr), from 25 to 27 September 2017. The format will include invited and contributed (oral and poster) presentations and ample time for both formal and informal discussions.

Speakers include:

• Rae Anderson (San Diego),
• Ralf Everaers (Lyon),
• George Floudas (Ioannina,
• Mark Foster (Akron),
• Scott Grayson (Tulane),
• Nikos Hadjichristidis (KAUST),
• Margarita Krutyeva (Jülich),
• Youn Joon Jung (Seoul),
• Kurt Kremer (Mainz),
• Christos Likos (Vienna),
• Vlasis Mavrantzas (Patras/Zurich),
• Greg McKenna (Lubbock),
• Hendrik Meyer (Strasbourg),
• Davide Michieletto (Edinburgh),
• Wim Pyckhout-Hintzen (Jülich),
• Takahiro Sakaue (Fukuoka),
• Sachin Shanbhag (Tallahassee),
• Charles Schroeder (Urbana),
• Hiroshi Watanabe (Kyoto).

Organizers:

• Dieter Richter, Forschungszentrum Jülich ;
• Michael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
• Dimitris Vlassopoulos, FORTH and University of Crete.

Oral and poster slots are available.

To register and book accommodation, please visit: www.ringpolymers.synedry.com/.
Deadline: March 31, 2017.