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                 LAST ANNOUNCEMENT

       SOUTHERN WORKSHOP ON GRANULAR MATTER 2009

        place   Viña del Mar, Chile     (120Km of Santiago)
        dates   November 30 to December 4, 2009
        web     http://www.dfi.uchile.cl/~granular09/

        deadline for submitting abstracts October 1st, 2009


Our workshop intends to address a variety of theoretical and experimental
issues in granular physics. We are particularly interested on the dynamics
and rheology of granular flows (with and without interstitial fluids),
segregation, granular statics, aging and the statistical mechanics of
granular gases and fluids.  We hope as well to emphasize the practical point
of view such as applications to industrial processes, or soil mechanics,
without abandoning the basic science aspect of granular materials.

Interested people please visit our workshop web page and fill the
application form.

There will be a registration fee of US$500 on arrival. It includes lodging
(four nights at the hotel) and living expenses during the meeting.

Scientific Committee:

* Igor Aranson (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, U.S.A),
* Javier Brey (Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain)
* Eric Clement (ESPCI, Paris, France)
* Isaac Goldhirsch (Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel)
* James T. Jenkins (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)
* Stefan Luding (Twente University, Twente, The Netherlands) * Narayanan
Menon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
* Olivier Pouliquen (Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Marseille)

Organizing Committee:

Marcel Clerc*, Patricio Cordero*, Eugenio Hamm+, Francisco Melo+ (chair),
Nicolas Mujica*, Dino Risso#, Rodrigo Soto* (chair), Francisco Vivanco+

* Universidad de Chile
+ Universidad de Santiago
# Universidad del Bio-Bio