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Conference overview

The Interdisciplinary Challenges conference series aims to connect young researchers from diverse backgrounds at the interface between the physics of complex systems and biology. Previous iterations have been held in Edinburgh (2022), Dresden (2024) and Heidelberg (2025). We will cover a broad variety of topics from soft matter to ecology and learning in biological systems.

As the conference is aimed at early-career researchers, we strongly support applications from PhD students, postdocs and early-career permanent researchers.

IntCha26 will be held between the 20th and 25th of April 2026 in the Institut d'Études Scientifiques (IESC), Corsica.

Confirmed speakers

Keynotes

Invited speakers

  • Marta Urbanska (University of Cambridge)
  • Serena Ding (Max Plank Institute of Animal Behaviour)
  • Sam Reiter (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Alexandra Jurgens (INRIA, Bordeaux)
  • Remi Goerlich (Tel Aviv University)
  • Alasdair Hastewell (NITMB, Chicago)
  • Anna Weiss (ETH Zurich)
  • Simon van Vliet (University of Basel)
  • Vincent Ouazan-Reboul (LPTMS, Paris)
  • Brato Chakrabarti (ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore)
  • Ada Altieri (Paris Cité University)
  • Dillon Cislo (Rockerfeller University)
  • Gianni Jacucci (ENS Paris)
  • Albane Théry (University of Warwick)
  • Elias Lunsford (Paris Brain Institute)
  • Chenguang Li (University College London)
  • Andrei Papkou (Allox, Barcelona)
  • Ylann Rouzaire (University of Barcelona)
  • Victor Chardès (Flatiron institute, New York)
  • Lakshmi Balasubramaniam (University of Cambridge)
  • Vittoria Sposini (University of Padua)
  • Alessandro Coretti (University of Vienna)

Topics

(N.B. Session titles are preliminary)

  • Transport across scales
  • Data-driven modelling
  • Active matter
  • AI, machine and physical learning
  • Cells and tissues
  • Behaviour and robotics
  • Ecology and evolution
  • Non-reciprocal interactions
    

Sponsors

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Administrative support

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Organising committee

  • Amélie Chardac (ESPCI Paris)
  • Antonio Carlos Costa (Paris Brain Institute)
  • Giulia Pisegna (Max Planck for Dynamics and Self-Organization)
  • Nico Romeo (University of Chicago)
  • Oliver Meacock (University of Sheffield)
  • Salambô Dago (University of Vienna)
  • Yann-Edwin Keta (Sorbonne University)
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