The 5th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC2019) will be held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom from 3-7 June 2019.

The Organisers are looking forward to welcoming you to this Conference, held under the auspices of the SoftComp Network of Excellence. 

Confirmed Plenary Speakers include:

- Lydéric Bocquet (CNRS, ENS): ‘Flow and rheology at ultimate scales’
- Stephen L Craig (Duke University): ‘Macromolecular Mechanochemistry’
- Kohzo Ito (University of Tokyo): ‘Tough topological polymers and their applications to energy-efficient vehicles and medicine’
- Susan Perkin (University of Oxford): ‘A Cabinet of Curiosities: Stories of Electrostatics in Soft Matter’

There will be 10 scientific sessions:

- Active Soft Matter
- Arrested Soft Matter
- Colloidal and Granular Soft Matter
- Interfacial Soft Matter
- Living Soft Matter
- Stressed Soft Matter
- Polymeric Soft Matter
- Making and Measuring Soft Matter
- Processing Soft Matter
- Self-assembled Soft Matter

Registration Opens                        3 June, Morning
Scientific Programme Starts         3 June, 2pm
Opening Social Reception             3 June, Evening
Conference closes (with lunch)    7 June, 12:30 pm