BACKGROUND
Every two years starting in winter 2011, approximately 70 scientists have gathered to discuss and research the biophysics of microscale marine processes. Meetings alternate between North America and overseas (Aspen, Les Houches, Eilat, Whistler, Heron Island). They stem from the growing realisation that physical processes in the ocean play a fundamental role in marine ecosystem dynamics and the need for an interdisciplinary perspective to tackle these problems effectively. To this end, we need to foster the creation of a community at the intersection between marine biology, ecology, physical oceanography, soft and active matter,  applied mathematics, engineering. We focus on microscale interactions because it has become clear that ‘the very small’ are not just the most abundant, but also the ones governing most limiting processes in the sea, with profound implications on ocean and planet health.

We are now pleased to announce that the next meeting in the series will be held in Cargese, in Corsica (France), from May 31 - June 5, 2026.

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THE MEETING (May 31 - June 5)
As before, this meeting will be focused on the physics underlying biological interactions at microscale. The study of the microscale dynamics of the ocean will significantly benefit from a stronger input by physicists, and will simultaneously present physicists with a new set of problems in need of quantitative tools and mechanistic thinking. Bringing these crucial issues to the attention of the wider physical community is one of the primary aims of this workshop.

The format is similar to that of a Gordon conference: conference activities in the morning and late afternoon, with ample time for informal discussions, poster presentations and outdoors activities (hiking, snorkeling and scuba). We envisage two invited talks per day, a moderate number of short contributed talks, as well as interactive posters and targeted chalk-talk-like presentations.

WORKSHOPS (May 27-30)
Three days of activities will be proposed before the conference. More details soon.

Organising committee:
Florence Elias (Université Paris Cité)
Roi Holzman (Tel Aviv University)
Jean-Baptiste Raina (University of Technology Sydney)
Douglas Brumley (University of Melbourne)
Richard Henshaw (ETH Zurich)
Grace Zhong (Stanford)
Shibani Veeraragavan (Karolinska Institutet)
Roman Stocker (ETH Zurich)
Marco Polin (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC)
Jennifer Prairie (U San Diego)
Idan Tuval (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC)

Honorary members:
Thomas Kiørboe (Technical University of Denmark)
Stuart Humphries (University of Lincoln)
Henry Fu (University of Utah)
Shilpa Khatri (UC Merced)