The purpose of this conference is to bring together scientists from around the world to promote exchange and discussions around the latest research developments in the nonlinear vibrations area.

Presentations will cover the following topics :

• nonlinear normal modes,
• targeted energy transfer and localization,
• modal identification,
• analysis and reduction.

 A special session will be devoted to nonlinear aspects in musical acoustics.

CHAIRPERSON

 Bruno Cochelin (Tel. : +33 (0)7 70 29 00 85 / bruno.cochelin_at_centrale-marseille.fr)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• M. Allen (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison)
• L. Bergman (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• O. Gendelman (Technion)
• O. Gottlieb (Technion)
• G. Kerschen (Univ. Liège)
• W. Lacarbonara (La Sapienza, Rome)
• C.H. Lamarque (ENTPE, Lyon)
• S. Lenci (Univ. Politecnica delle Marche)
• L.I. Manevitch (Russian Academy of Sciences)
• Y. Mikhlin (Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute)
• G. Rega (La Sapienza, Rome)
• F. Romeo (La Sapienza, Rome)
• S.W. Shaw (Michigan State Univ.)
• C. Touzé (ENSTA ParisTech, Palaiseau)
• A.F. Vakakis (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• K. Worden (Univ. of Sheffield)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• Sergio Bellizzi
• Renaud Cote
• Pierre-Olivier Mattei
• Emmanuelle Sarrouy
• Fabrice Silva
• Christophe Vergez