26 April – 29 April CEST
Naples, Italy.
The International Symposium on Flowing Droplets: Where Fluid Mechanics and Rheology meet Soft Matter for Industrial applications will take place in Naples (Italy) from April 26 to 29, 2026 under the auspices of the Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering of the University of Napoli Federico II and of the Italian National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM). The symposium will address fundamental and applied aspects of droplet flow behaviour, with emphasis on deformation, breakup, and coalescence phenomena in both dilute and concentrated systems. Particular attention will be given to the role of hydrodynamic interactions, interfacial properties, and external fields in governing droplet behaviour. The symposium will also encompass complex droplet systems, including biological, multiphase, and active droplets, where additional physicochemical and dynamical couplings give rise to novel flow responses. The symposium aims to bring together participants from several disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology and engineering, who share a common interest in the experimental and theoretical aspects of the flow behaviour of droplets and its applications.