A one-day symposium entitled "Réactivité des surfaces et synchrotron" was co-organized in January 2011 by the Institut Néel and the Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et de Physicochimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces (LEPMI) in Grenoble. The large number of participants (95), as well as the high richness of the presentations, evidenced the great interest of the French scientific community for this rapidly growing topic, calling for a larger event in order to promote links between research teams. The workshop "Tailored surfaces in operando conditions : structure and reactivity" aims to answer this demand by providing an overview of the recent experimental and theoretical advances in the operando investigation of solid/liquid and solid/gas interfaces. This 3-day event will take place in March 2012 in Grenoble’s neighbourhood (Vercors plateau) and will be open to young and experienced scientists from academic and R&D laboratories. The number of participants will be limited to about one hundred people.

The Organizing Committee :

• Aude Bailly, Institut Néel, Grenoble
• Olivier Balmes, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble
• Francisco Cadete Santos Aires, Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de LYON
• Yves Garreau, Université Paris-Diderot and Synchrotron Soleil, Gif-sur Yvette
• David Loffreda, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon
• Geoffroy Prévot, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris
• Marie-Claire Saint-Lager, Institut Néel, Grenoble
• Yvonne Soldo-Olivier, Laboratoire d’Electrochimie et de Physicochimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces, Saint-Martin d’Hères.

Invited speakers :

• Pr S. Giorgio, CINaM - CNRS, France
• Dr J. Gustafson, Lund University, Sweden
• Pr O. Magnussen, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Germany
• Pr A. Michaelides, University College London, United Kingdom
• Pr B.S. Mun, Department of Applied Physics, Hanyang University, Korea