Welcome!

The second biennial Australian Colloid and Interface Symposium will be held at the Crowne Plaza, Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia on 13 - 17 February 2005.

On-line registration is now available.

The ACIS2005 Programme, listing all talks, is available here.

Instructions to presenters are now available.

This international four-day conference, held at one of Australia's most magnificent beach resorts, will provide an opportunity for international and local colloid, surface and interface scientists to meet and discuss recent developments in their areas of research.

Details are now available regarding the conference themes and Organising Committee. Abstract submission has now closed.

Plenary Speakers:
Prof. Alice Gast (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) RACI Divisional Plenary Lecture
Prof. John Ralston (Ian Wark Research Institute) A.E. Alexander Plenary Lecture

Keynote Speakers include:
Prof. Hans-Jürgen Butt (Max Planck Institute of Polymer Research) Germany
Prof. Nissim Garti (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Israel
Prof. Steve Granick (University of Illinois) USA
Prof. Eric Kaler (University of Delaware) USA
Prof. Takehiko Kitamori (Tokyo University) Japan
Prof. Fred Lange (University of California Santa Barbara) USA
Prof. Hans Jörg Mathieu (Department of EPFL) Switzerland
Prof. David Quéré (Collége de France) France
Prof. Bob Thomas (University of Oxford) United Kingdom
Prof. Lee White (Carnegie Mellon University) USA

Invited Speakers include:
Prof. Shenda Baker (Harvey Mudd College) USA
Prof. Theyencheri Narayan (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) France
Dr Hans Riegler (Max Planck Institut for Colloid und Interface Science) Germany
Dr Ulrich Jonas (Max Planck Institut for Polymer Research) Germany
Prof. Geoffrey C Maitland (Schlumberger Cambridge Research) UK
Prof. Joel de Coninck (University of Mons-Hainaut) Belgium
Dr Colin D Bain (University of Oxford) UK
Dr Terry Blake (University of Mons-Hainaut) Belgium
Prof. Josef Holzwarth (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Germany
Dr Paul Jenkins (Unilever R&D) UK
Dr Vijay Shenoy (Indian Institute of Science) India
Dr Patrick Spicer (Procter & Gamble)
Prof. Karin Jacobs (Saarland University) Germany
Prof. Brian Vincent (University of Bristol) UK

We look forward to seeing you at Coogee in 2005!

Dr Patrick Hartley
Conference Chair ACIS2005