A number of Minisymposia will be organized by recognised experts in targeted research areas.

• Advanced Coupling Algorithms and Interface Treatment in FSI
  organized by Wolfang Wall (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
  
  
• Analysis of Numerical Methods for Coupling Heterogeneous Media or Models
  organized by Daniele Boffi and Lucia Gastaldi (University of Brescia, Italy)
  
  
• Conjugate Heat Transfer and Thermoelasticity
  organized by Alain Kassab and Eduard Divo (University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA)
  
  
• Design Optimization Methods and Tools for Solving Coupled Multi-disciplinary Problems in Aeronautics and Turbomachinery
  organized by Jacques Périaux (University Paris VI - France / CIMNE - Spain)
  
  
• High-Order Algorithms for Multifield Problems
  organized by Ernest Rank (Technical Univiversity of Munich, Germany) and George Karniadakis (Brown University, Providence, USA)
  
  
• Multiscale Simulation of Coupled Physical Problems
  organized by Wing Kam Liu (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA) and C.T. Sun (Purdue University, USA)
  
  
• Numerical Modeling of Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators
  organized by Reinhard Lerch and Manfred Kaltenbacher (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
  
  
• Thermomechanical Simulation of Forming and Impact Problems
  organized by Carlos Agelet de Saracibar (UPC - RMEE, Barcelona, Spain), Jean-Philippe Ponthot (Universite de Liege, Belgium) and Michele Chiumenti (CIMNE, Barcelona, Spain)