Plenary speakers:

Shengbai Zhang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Wang Yao, The University of Hong Kong

Plenary (40 mins Talk):

1. Mark R. Johnson - Institut Laue-Langevin, France
2. Maths Karlsson - Chalmers University, Sweden
3. Yukinobu Kawakita - Neuron Science Section, MLF, J-PARC, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
4. Victoria Garcia Sakai - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom

Keynote (30 mins Talk)

1. Arantxa Arbe - Materials Physics Center (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Spain
2. Heloisa Bordallo - University of Copenhagen and European Spallation Source, Denmark
3. Xiangqiang Chu - Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, China
4. Kacper Druzbicki - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland & Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
5. Ivana Evans - Durham University, United Kingdom
6. Maiko Kofu - J-PARC, Japan
7. Eugene Mamontov - Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
8. Alex O’Malley - Cardiff University, UK
9. Margarita Russina - Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany
10. Tilo Seydel - Institut Laue-Langevin, France
11. Yang Zhang - University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign (UIUC), USA

Invited (20 mins Talk)

1. Ralf Biehl - Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
2. Artur Braun - EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology , Switzerland
3. Tatsiana Burankova - Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
4. Yue Chen - The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
5. Marcus Cicerone - NIST Center for Neutron Research, USA
6. Wolfgang Doster - Physics Department, Technische University Munchen, Germany
7. Jan Peter Embs - Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
8. Antonio Faraone - NIST/University of Maryland, USA
9. Mattia Gaboardi - ISIS, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
10. Olaf Holderer - Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, Germany
11. Liang Hong - Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
12. Margarita Kruteva - Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
13. Chris Ling - Sydney University, Australia
14. Yun Liu - NIST Center for Neutron Research, USA
15. Sandrynne Lyonnard - CEA-INAC-SyMMES, Grenoble, France
16. Jie Ma - Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
17. Andreas Meyer - German Aerospace Center, Germany
18. Michihiro Nagao - NIST Center for Neutron Research, USA
19. Jonathan Nickels - University of Cincinnati, USA
20. Katia Pappas - Technical University Delft, Netherlands
21. David Price -
22. Vereendra Sharma - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
23. Alexi Sokolov - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
24. Limei Xu - Peking University, China
25. Jean Marc Zanotti - LLB, Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, France

QENS 2018 aims to cover the broad scientific activities in the investigation of material dynamics, in the domain of both space and time, using quasi-elastic neutron scattering with emphases on new applications in relevant emerging industrial areas. It will offer a platform for discussion and exchange of scientific ideas among the experts in this field. It will provide an overview to newcomers about the capabilities of QENS in exploring dynamic and relaxation processes of novel materials.

The following topics in related to material dynamics and relaxations will be covered:

1. Confined matter in nanoporous materials relevant e.g. for catalysis, pharmacy, nuclear waste storage, metal-organic frameworks, hydrogen storage…
2. Biological, bio-related system, e.g. in relation to function
3. Polymer dynamics in bulk, blends, gels, membranes, films, composites or as additives
4. Dynamics of water or other polar or amphiphilic liquids under different environments
5. Relaxation phenomena during glass formation for various glass materials
6. Dynamics of ionic and protonic conductors, electrolytes, e.g. for fuel cells, battery and supercapacitors
7. Dynamics of soft matter, liquids, liquid crystals, liquid mixtures, complex liquids, ionic liquids, micelles
8. Dynamics of novel materials for industrial applications, e.g. thermoelectrics, ferrielectrics, ferroelectrics and multiferroics
9. Spin dynamics of magnetic systems
10. Theory and numerical simulations in relation to QENS
11. QENS instrumentation, sample enviroment and complementary techniques