Workshop in the honour of Prof. Pierre Gaspard
Brussels, 9 - 11 December 2024 - ULB - Campus Plaine
(Quartier Jaune - Building N.O. - 5th Floor - Solvay room )
The Workshop is organized in the honor of Pierre Gaspard, covering various aspects of statistical mechanics, thermodynamics and nonlinear physics.
Invited Participants
Daniel Alonso (U. de La Laguna, Spain)
David Andrieux (McKinsey & Company, Belgium)
Felipe Barra (U. de Chile, Chile)
Dick Bedeaux (Norwegian U. of Science and Technology, Norway)
Sergio Ciliberto (ENS Lyon, France)
Alain Destexhe (Université Paris-Saclay, France)
Massimiliano Esposito (U. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Raymond Kapral (U. of Toronto, Canada)
Norbert Kruse (Washington State U., USA)
Jorge Kurchan (ENS Paris, France)
David Lacoste (ESPCI Paris, France)
Christian Maes (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Jean Sabin McEwen (Washington State U., USA)
Luca Peliti (Università Federico II, Italy)
Tomaž Prosen (U.of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Astero Provata (NCSR Demokritos, Greece)
Felix Ritort (U. de Barcelona, Spain)
Udo Seifert (U. of Stuttgart, Germany)
Thomas Speck (U. of Stuttgart, Germany)
Shoichi Toyabe (Tohoku U., Japan)
Scientific Committee
David Andrieux (McKinsey & Company, Belgium)
Massimiliano Esposito (U. of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
David Lacoste (ESPCI Paris, France)
Raymond Kapral (U. of Toronto, Canada)
Organising Committee
Yannick De Decker (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Nathan Goldman (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Practical information for attendees
Registration
Attendance is free of charge but registration is required (limited space).
To register, please click on ‘Click HERE to register’ at the top right of the webpage.
After registering you should receive an automatic response confirming that your registration has been submitted.
This message is then followed by an email confirming your participation.
Name badges will be distributed on site on Monday 9 December from 09:00.
For any enquiries, please contact Isabelle Van Geet (isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be)
Location
The workshop will be held at ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) - Campus Plaine - Bld de la Plaine
1050 Brussels (Quartier Jaune - SOLVAY ROOM.) Click HERE for the map of the Campus.
Banquet
A banquet will be held on Tuesday 10 December at 7:30 p.m.
For those who wish to attend, there will be a 50 Euro banquet fee to be paid cash on the first day of the workshop.
An email with the banquet registration details will be sent to all participants in November.
Getting here
Metro line 5 (direction "Hermann Debroux") - Station "Delta". Delta is the metro station on the campus.
Click HERE for the map of the metro.
For more information about public transport in Brussels go to the STIB's website.
MORE INFORMATION HERE ON REACHING CAMPUS PLAINE
Travel and accommodation
Attendees will have to arrange and pay for their own travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs.
Please see below links that might help you find accommodation in Brussels.
Brussels City Center:
Hôtel Atlas - Sleep Well - Booking.com - Hotel Saint-Nicolas
Hotels close to the venue:
Hotel Barsey by Warwick: 3,8 km (28 minutes walk - tram number 8: 21 minutes)
Hotel Ibis Styles Hotel Brussels Louise: 3.6 km (25 minutes walk - tram number 8: 20 minutes)
Hotel Capital: 3.3 km (19 minutes walk - tram number 8: 16 minutes)
For any enquiries, please contact Isabelle Van Geet (isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be)