The aim of the International Conference is to establish the state-of-the-art in our understanding of nonlinear phenomena and complex systems on the basis of the physico-chemical laws of thermodynamics, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, and the theory of stochastic processes. The conference will gather specialists on the random and nonlinear aspects of nonequilibrium phenomena and complexity in order to report on the most recent theoretical and experimental results in the field and to discuss their implications and applications. The conference will include a celebration of the 65th birthday of Grégoire Nicolis who has made many prominent contributions to the field and has formed many scientists.

Themes:

	Bifurcation and chaos
	Nonlinear dynamical systems
	Nonequilibrium fluctuations and Brownian motion
	Stochastic resonance
	Reaction-diffusion systems, low-dimensional systems, and heterogeneous catalysis
	Patterns, spatially extended systems, and spatio-temporal chaos
	Complex systems, information, and biology
	Evolution of physico-chemical systems and climate

Programme

Location:

Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Campus Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, B-1050 Brussels,
Building NO, 5th floor, Solvay room.
Map of the Campus

Organizing Committee:

F. Baras (Dijon, France)
P. Borckmans (Brussels, Belgium)
J. Bricmont (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
A. DeWit (Brussels, Belgium)
P. Gaspard (Brussels, Belgium)
A. Goldbeter (Brussels, Belgium)
R. Lefever (Brussels, Belgium)
M. Malek Mansour (Brussels, Belgium)
M. Mareschal (Brussels, Belgium)
C. Van den Broeck (Brussels & Diepenbeek, Belgium)

With financial support from:

Communauté française de Belgique
European Science Foundation (Programme on Stochastic Dynamics)
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique
International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry
Université Libre de Bruxelles

For information please contact:

Anne De Wit ( adewit@ulb.ac.be) or Pierre Gaspard ( gaspard@ulb.ac.be),
Service de Chimie Physique,
Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Campus Plaine, Code Postal 231,
B-1050 Brussels, Belgium,
tel: +32-2-650.55.35, fax: +32-2-650.57.67.