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Nordic Rheology Conference 2012The 21st Nordic Rheology Conference will be held in Oslo on June 13-15, 2012. The local organiser is The Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Oslo is the capital and largest city in Norway with a population of more than 605 000. The city is in the southern part of Norway, some 400 kilometers west of Stockholm, Sweden, and 500 kilometers north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Oslo is well connected to major cities in Europe by air and can also be reached by daily ferries to Copenhagen, Frederikshavn and Kiel. The cultural and tourist activities in Oslo during the summer period are abundant. For more information about these and Oslo in general please visit the city’s official pages and see the map for the location of the conference.
The special focus for NRC2012 is "Rheology for industrial processes”, with a main theme of “Rheology of food and emulsions". The conference, as usual, covers all aspects and areas of rheology. All kinds of papers are welcome, especially e.g. industrial case studies. The aim is a large gathering of people interested in the scientific, technical, and application development within the field of rheology.
The program will include several distinguished invited speakers and we have already the pleasure to present the first one. Críspulo Gallegos from University of Huelva in Spain, is mainly focused on microstructured product engineering, which deals with the relationship between microstructure, rheology and processing of complex fluids. He has applied his research in close cooperation with industry and is presently on leave from his university to act as Vice-president of Fresenius Kabi to head of the I&D Centre “Complex Formulations”. Críspulo is also the president of the ESR.
Presentations in all areas of rheology are welcome, both as posters and oral presentations. Presenters should send a one-page abstract to the NRS editor Anni Karppinen by March 15, 2012. A print ready manuscript should be prepared using the transaction template and sent to Mia in pdf-form by April 15. Further instructions are found in the transaction template.
The conference will be located at Thon Hotel Opera, some 200 m from Oslo Central Station where high speed trains connect to Oslo Airport. There will be a mixture of plenary lectures by the invited lecturers and contributions from NRC delegates. The lectures start Thursday 14th.The topics will cover all aspects of rheology, both theory and application, with the plenary lectures representing the special topic. There will also be a poster presentation and an exhibition by leading rheology companies. The Annual Business Meeting of NRS will be held within with the conference programme.
Prior to the conference a Rheology Course Prior to the conference a course on basics of rheology will be given on Wednesday, June 13th by professor Críspulo Gallegos and others.
A Welcome reception is planned for the
evening of Wednesday the 13th and a Conference dinner for the evening of
Thursday 14th. Both are included in the conference fee.
A view of Oslo with the conference venue encircled.
Conference registration is online.
A limited number of hotel rooms with at or very close to the conference site have been pre-booked for the participants with a special conference rate:
As early June is a busy period in Oslo, we recommend early reservation of accommodation.
Those interested in exhibiting at the conference should contact the organizers directly.
Sponsors are kindly asked to contact the NRC 2012 secretariate. Students who are NRS members are encouraged to apply for the NRS Student Travel Grant. Please send a one-page letter with supervisors signature, to the NRS President Mikael Rigdahl before April 1.
The letter should outline how how your contribution will contribute to promoting rheology in the Nordic Countries, together with the title of the talk/poster. Grants of 250 Euro each are available.
Reidar Barfod Schüller, chairman (The Norwegian University of Life Sciences), Elling-Olav Rukke (The Norwegian University of Life Sciences), Carlos Salas (The Norwegian University of Life Sciences), Mats Stading, SIK (web information).
Contact address: NRC2012@nordicrheologysociety.org
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