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June 25

- 10:00 Opening speeches

- 10:30 General lecture by Andrea Prosperetti (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Fully resolved simulation of disperse multiphase flows

- 11:20 Marco Colombini (University of Genoa)
Centrifugal instability within a torsionally oscillating sphere

- 11:40 Giovanna Vittori (University of Genoa)
Coherent vortex structures on smooth and rough walls in oscillatory flows

- 12:00 Dino Zardi (University of Trent)
Thermally driven atmospheric flows over complex terrain

- 12:20 Lunch

- 14:30 General lecture by Tim J. Pedley (University of Cambridge, UK)
Micro-organism swimming: individual and collective behaviour

- 15:20 Rodolfo Repetto (University of Genoa)
Aqueous humour flow in the presence of intraocular lenses

- 15:40 Alessandro Stocchino (University of Genoa)
Applications of ultrasound particle image velocimetry to physiological flows

- 16:00 Annunziato Siviglia (ETH, Switzerland)
Transcritical conditions and bistable solutions in collapsible tubes with discontinuous mechanical properties

- 16:20 Coffee break

- 16:50 General lecture by Andrea Rinaldo (University of Padua and EPFL, Switzerland)
Morphodynamics of tidal environments

- 17:40 Stefano Lanzoni (University of Padua)
Morphodynamic equilibrium of tidal channels

- 18:00 Luca Solari (University of Florence)
On the lateral retreat of salt marshes

- 18:20 Conclusion

- 19:00 Refreshments

June 26

- 08:30 Paolo Blondeaux (University of Genoa)
Pattern formation in a thin layer of sediment

- 08:50 Nicoletta Tambroni (University of Genoa)
Morphodynamics of meandering tidal channels

- 09:10 Alessandro Cantelli (Shell Global - Exploration and Production)
Deep-water depositional systems: from data to models to applications

- 09:30 General lecture by Marcelo H. Garcia (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Sediment transport

- 10:20 Coffee break

- 10:50 Marco Tubino (University of Trent)
River bifurcations and morphodynamic influence in braided rivers: steady state and unsteady responses

- 11:10 Guido Zolezzi (University of Trent)
Alternate bars and morphodynamic influence: from theoretical findings to observations in real rivers

- 11:30 Michele Guala (University of Minnesota, USA)
Bedform migration and interaction with in-stream river turbines

- 11:50 Michele Bolla Pittaluga (University of Genoa and Shell)
Morphodymamic equilibrium of alluvial estuaries

- 12:10 Lunch

- 14:30 General lecture by Gary Parker (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
River morphodynamics

- 15:20 Memories

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