Contacts
Dr. Paolo Pasini

7th Italian-JapaneseWorkshop on
Liquid Crystals∏INFN Sezione di Bologna
Via Irnerio 46,
40126 Bologna,
ItalyE-mail: pasini@bo.infn.it
Phone: +39 051 2091193

SICLJLCS

Prof. Antonio d'Alessandro
Dip.to di Ingegneria dell'Informazione,
Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni
via Eudossiana 18,00184 Roma,
Italy
E-mail:antonio.dalessandro@uniroma1.it
Phone: +39 06 44585459

Prof. Claudio Zannoni
Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale"Toso Montanari"viale Risorgimento 4,
Università di Bologna,
40136 Bologna,
ItalyE-mail: claudio.zannoni@unibo.it
Phone: +39 051 6447012

2014
Via Baccarini 3
Ravenna

SOCIETA’ ITALIANACRISTALLI LIQUIDIWith the support of:July 7—9, 2014
Ravenna
ITALY

www.sicl.it

Introduction
We are pleased to announce the 7th ItalianJapanese Workshop on Liquid Crystals which will
be held in Ravenna, Italy, from July 7 to 9, 2014.
The meeting will be organised jointly by theItalian Liquid Crystal
Society (SICL) and theJapanese Liquid Crystal Society (JLCS)
incollaboration with the Istituzione BibliotecaClassense.
The aim of the Workshop, event which continues aseries of successful meetings, is to bring together
members of the Liquid Crystal communities ofItaly and Japan for a presentation and discussionof the most recent research results in the field. It
is hoped that the Workshop will further enhanceexchange and scientific cooperation between Italy
and Japan in the more innovative areas of Liquid
Crystal science and technology.
The format of the workshop will be based on anumber of keynote talks of leading Italian andJapanese scientists. In addition there will be theopportunity for all participants to present their

Scientific Topics• Molecular design, synthesis, new materials andphases• Structures, ordering, and defects• Simulations and dynamic properties• Photonic and optoelectronic applications• Surfaces and confined systems• Display and other applications• Colloids, nanostructured systems andself-assembly• Polymeric and elastomeric liquid crystals• Biological and lyotropic systems

Venue

Excursion

The Workshop will be held at Biblioteca Classense in Ravenna, an ancient city which was the lastcapital of the western Roman Empire. It is famous for the Byzantine mosaics and its monuments which were declared by UNESCO “Heritageof Humanity”.
(http://www.turismo.ra.it)

A visit of the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna willben.organized.
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Arrival and Accommodation
The closest airport is the Guglielmo Marconi one
in Bologna. Bologna can be reached from Bologna airport by train.
The accommodation will be in selected hotels inRavenna. Hotel information will be available on
the web site: www.sicl.it/meetings2014/.
Participants should arrive on Sunday July 6.
The scientific sessions will start on Monday July 7
morning and will end on Wednesday July 9 morning with a joint session of the National meeting of
the Italian Liquid Crystal Society which continues
until July 10.

Registration
The registration fee for the Workshop is 350
Euro. It includes social dinner, lunches, coffee
breaks, excursion, conference proceedings andrelated materials.

Abstract submission
Abstract should be submitted in electronic form
(one A4 page, ““Times New Roman” fonts, size12), and sent by e-mail to
P. Pasini(pasini@bo.infn.it) and to A. d’ Alessandro(antonio.dalessandro@uniroma1.it)

Deadline for registration andabstract submission isApril 30th 2014Proceedings
The proceedings will be published in a special issue of Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals.

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Organizing Committee
Italy:
G. Assanto (Università “Roma Tre”)
G. Abbate (Univ. di Napoli “Federico II”)
Totale:R. Asquini (Univ. “La Sapienza”)
IVA:
A. d’Alessandro (Univ. “La Sapienza”)
Trasporto:
R. Bartolino (Università della Calabria)
Totale:T. Bellini (Università di Milano Statale)
C. Chiccoli (I.N.F.N. Bologna)
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G. De Luca (Università della Calabria)
Indirizzo
G. Galli (Università di Pisa)L. Marrucci (Univ. di Napoli “Federico II”)
D. Pucci (Università della Calabria)
Telefono
P. Pasini (I.N.F.N. Bologna)
F. Simoni (Univ. Politecnica delle Marche)
Modalità di pagamento
G. Strangi (Case Western Univ., USA)
Assegni
E. Virga (Università di Pavia)
Contanti
C. Zannoni (Università di Bologna)
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Japan:American Express
T. Ikeda (Chuo University)
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T. Kato (University of Tokyo)
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N. Kawatsuki (University of Hyogo)
H. Kikuchi (Kyushu University)
K. Kishikawa (Chiba University)
N. Koide (Tokyo University of Science)
S. Kurihara (Kumamoto University)
S. Kutsumizu (Gifu University)
I. Nishiyama (DIC)
M. Ozaki (Osaka University)
T. Sasaki (Tokyo University of Science)
T. Seki (Nagoya University)
Y. Shimizu (AIST)
Y. Tabe (Waseda University)
H. Takatsu (DIC)
J. Yamamoto (Kyoto University)