Ninth Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter Conference

The Ninth SM² Meeting will be held at Murdoch University on 20-22 November, 2023, and will be followed by a one-day summer school on 23 November.

SM² is a discussion meeting on all aspects of the equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of soft condensed matter, from fundamentals to applications, relating to liquids, colloids, polymers, gels, biological molecules, liquid crystals and other forms of soft matter.

This year the meeting returns to its traditional single-stream in-person format only.

Program, registration and title submissions

The preliminary program is available at this link.

The conference will start at 12 noon on Monday 20 November and finish at lunch time on Wednesday 22 November.

We will continue to accept submissions for further talk titles or abstracts (optional), and registration is open until the event, at this link.

There is no registration fee, but we might ask for a voluntary contribution to cover catering of morning and afternoon tea. This will be paid in cash at the start of the conference.

If you wish to be added to our mailing list please send an email to: smsq.meeting@gmail.com.

Summer School

We will hold a low-key summer school on Thursday 23 November, 2023, and will be designed with honours student, PhD students, and postdocs in mind. Please see the program for details.

Local information

The meeting will be held at the main campus of Murdoch University, on South Street.

The venue is “The Loft” located on the first floor of Sir Walter's restaurant (Club Murdoch) on Bush Court.

For public transport to Murdoch, check TransPerth for 20-minute bus connections to/from Fremantle (999/998) and 70-minute routes to/from airport. The bus stop at Murdoch is called "Discovery Way - Amenities" then walk up hill to Bush Court, or 25 minute walk from "Murdoch Station". Taxis from the airport take about 25 minutes and cost around $80.

If you come by car, the best car parks to use are P3 or P4 near the Chancellery Building. These have pay parking machines accepting cash and cards.

Accommodation

There are many accommodation option in Fremantle. A casual conference dinner will be held in Fremantle on Tuesday night at a restaurant to be confirmed.

Organisers

Ricardo Mancera	Curtin University
Gerd Schroeder-Turk	Murdoch University
Conference email:	g.schroeder-turk@murdoch.edu.au

Past SM² meetings

2013	Inaugural meeting at RMIT, Melbourne
2015	Second meeting at Swinburne University of Technology
2016	Third meeting at the University of Melbourne
2017	Fourth meeting at the University of Sydney
2018	Fifth meeting at the University of Auckland
2019	Sixth meeting at the University of Adelaide
2020	Seventh meeting hosted virtually by Griffith University and the University of Queensland
2022	Eighth meeting at Monash University

Sponsors

We are grateful to Murdoch University for the support and facilities that enable this workshop and school. We are grateful to the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics for generous sponsorship of a conference lunch. We acknowledge the availability of funding to support participation of underrepresented groups or to enhance equity.