​Constitutive behaviour of soft tissues: connecting experimental and modelling perspectives.


​Chancellors Hotel, Manchester
​31 Aug-2 Sep 2016
This workshop aims to bring together those who are interested in understanding the constitutive behaviour of soft tissue. In particular, those who work at the interface of theoretical and computational modelling and experiments. A key objective is to encourage discussion between these communities and to build and grow networks for future research initiatives. 

Directions to the venue can be found here.

Programme

A full programme is now available to download here. 

Registration

Please register at our "e-store"  by clicking here. You will also be able to provide the title of your talk/poster and an associated abstract at this time. All facilities and accommodation are provided at the Chancellors centre. We have done our best to keep costs at a minimum, whilst ensuring we provide an environment that is conducive to collaborative discussion.
The deadline for "early bird" registration is Friday 17th June 2016, for which the associated registration fee is £130 (£100 for PhD students).

​After this the registration fee is £160 (£130 for PhD students). It will be difficult to accommodate any registration requests after Friday 8th July 2016. 

The registration fee includes all costs associated with the conference including refreshments and lunches. 

Accommodation at Chancellors can be reserved at the time of registration. The accommodation costs for Weds 31 Aug (£90) and Thurs 1 Sep (£100) include bed and breakfast as well as the 3 course evening meal and banquet on those evenings respectively. Bed and breakfast accommodation can also be reserved at Chancellors for the evening of 30 Aug (£65) if required.  

Confirmed participants


  • Jean-Marc Allain (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
  • Sanjay Anand (Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK)
  • Aisling Ni Annaidh (UCD, Ireland)
  • Valentina Balbi (Manchester, UK)
  • Martine Ben Amar (ENS, France)
  • Yuhang Chen (Heriot-Watt, UK)
  • Glen Cooper (Manchester,UK)
  • Frances Davis (Southampton, UK)
  • Rafaella De Vita (Virginia Tech, USA)
  • Michel Destrade (Galway, Ireland)
  • Sam Evans (Cardiff, UK)
  • Alan Freed (ATM, USA)
  • Daniel Garcia Gonzalez (Oxford, UK)
  • Christian Gasser (ETH, Sweden)
  • Artur Gower (Manchester, UK)
  • Jamie Hargreaves (Manchester, UK)
  • James Haughton (Manchester, UK)
  • Nick Hill (Glasgow, UK)

  • Damien Lacroix (Sheffield, UK)
  • Georges Limbert (Southampton, UK)
  • Xiaoyu Luo (Glasgow, UK)
  • Robert Mangan (Galway, Ireland)
  • Claire Morin (Ecole de Mines, St Etienne, France)
  • Andrzej Mlyniec (AGH, Poland)
  • Javier Palacio Torralba (Heriot-Watt, UK)
  • William Parnell (Manchester, UK)
  • Shelley Rawson (Manchester, UK)
  • Neil Reeves (Manchester Met, UK)
  • Davide Riccobelli (Milan, Italy)
  • Tom Shearer (Manchester, UK)
  • Rebecca Shipley (UCL, UK)
  • Mark Thompson (Oxford, UK)
  • Antonia Trotta (UCD, Ireland)
  • Peter Wijeratne (UCL, UK)
  • Emanuele Zappia (Southampton, UK)
  • Pu Zhang (Manchester, UK)

Local organizers

  • William Parnell
  • Valentina Balbi
  • Artur Gower
  • Tom Shearer