This meeting brings together students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from the iPoLS network, including participants from the ten U.S. nodes and their international partners. The program will highlight shared progress and insights through presentations by graduate students and faculty, poster sessions, and extensive opportunities for discussion and collaboration throughout the meeting.
Program committee:
- Prof. Sharlene Denos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Prof. Hyun Youk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Prof. Don Lamb, LMU Munich
- Prof. Herbert Levine, Northeastern Universtity
- Prof. Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland
- Prof. José Onuchic, Rice University
- Prof. Joachim Rädler, LMU Munich
- Prof. Philip Tinnefeld, LMU Munich
- Prof. Zan Luthey-Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Program
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Location
iPoLS 2026 sessions will take place at the Faculty of Physics, LMU Munich, Theresienstr. 37, close to Munich's city center (museums' district).
Munich offers a welcoming environment for visitors, with many cultural and outdoor activities available. Learn more about things to see and do here.
Getting around is easy: You can walk, use the public transportation system MVG (subway, buses, tram), taxi or Uber.
Registration
Registration is open to graduate students and PIs of the iPoLS nodes and the local Munich research community. It will open by the end of February.
Registration fee: € 200
CeNS & ASC members and students: free of charge
Abstract submission
Abstract submission for iPoLS 2026 will open by the end of February 2026.
The abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Depending on the Committee's decision, authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present a poster or give an oral presentation (lightning talk).
The deadline to submit an abstract is April 30, 2026. The abstract should be no longer than 500 words and may include one image or graph.
If your abstract is accepted, it will be made available to registered workshop participants in the password-protected conference App. All presentations are to be held on site at the workshop, an online presentation is not possible.
Accommodation
We have reserved room contingents at several hotels near the conference venue.
- 20 single rooms for €120.00 (breakfast can be booked separately for the special price of €10), without AC
- 5 min walking distance to the workshop venue
- Please book by June 20 by sending an e-mail to welcome@hotel-carlton.de, mentioning the booking keyword Center for NanoScience
- small, simple but charming hotel in a historic building, without AC
- single rooms from €85.00 including breakfast, double rooms from €120.00
- 5 min walking distance to the workshop venue
- no contingent, just book via the hotel website
- recently renovated rooms, without AC
- single rooms from €95.00 including breakfast, double rooms from €130.00
- 5 min walking distance to the workshop venue
- special LMU rate available when booking by e-mail to hotel@antares-muenchen.de (keyword iPoLS)
- 40 comfort rooms for €161.00 (single use), including breakfast and AC
- 5 min walking distance to the workshop venue
- For a special rate, please book onlineby July 3
Travel
From the main station ("Hauptbahnhof") - travel time about 15 min
- By tram (direction "Stachus") to stop "Karlsplatz/Stachus". It is just one stop, so you might also decide to walk.
- At Karlsplatz, change und take tram no. 27 (direction "Petuelring")
- Get-off at "Pinakotheken" (3 stops) and walk down Theresienstr. (170 m)
OR - take bus no. 100 to "Pinakotheken"
From Munich airport - travel time about 1h 15 min
- Subway (S1 or S8) direction City Center ("Innenstadt") to "Karlsplatz/Stachus"
- Change to tram no. 27 (direction "Petuelring"), to "Pinakotheken" (3 stops)
Local Hosts
The meeting is being hosted by LMU's Center for NanoScience and the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics.
The Arnold Sommerfeld Center (ASC) is an international center for theoretical physics. Its purpose is to bring together scientists from all over the world and from all fields of theoretical physics, and to offer them an environment inducive to interactive research by both resident and visiting junior and senior scientists.
The Center for NanoScience (CeNS) brings together research from physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine, all focused on the nanometer scale. Professors, junior group leaders, postdocs, and graduate students actively engage within this dynamic network, exchanging ideas and forging new research collaborations. The network fosters mutual understanding and collaboration across disciplines through joint seminars, workshops, and training programs.