Nordic Rheology & MTDM Conference
Lund, August 26-28, 2026

The 35th Nordic Rheology Conference (NRC) and 14th International Conference on Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials (MTDM) Conference join in Lund, Sweden, as one conference bringing together researchers and industry professionals, covering all aspects of rheology and the mechanics of time-dependent materials.
We welcome contributions ranging from fundamental studies to industrial case studies, spanning experimental, modeling, and application-oriented work. Topics include rheology with applications in polymers, foods, coatings, paper, fibers, and pharmaceuticals, as well as time-dependent phenomena such as frequency or strain rate sensitivity, fatigue, creep, relaxation, etc. Materials of interest include, for example, polymers and composites, soft matter, meta-materials, 3D-printed structures, living tissues, and rubber.
The program will feature a special emphasis on coupling rheology with advanced X-ray and neutron techniques, while continuing to embrace the broad range of topics in rheology and time-dependent material behavior.

The venue for the conference is right between the X-ray synchrotron MAX IV and the neutron facility ESS in Lund, Sweden, at The Loop in Science Village, Lund. The lecture halls are located around a central foyer where exhibitors will present the latest rheology instrumentation, where posters will be displayed and lunches and coffee will be served.

Abstract submission
Presentations in all areas of rheology are welcome, both as posters and oral presentations. Authors should submit a clear and concise description of the contribution as an abstract through the

Abstract submission system (click here)

You set up an account in the system and enter authors and the abstract text (max 250 words). Presenters will receive notification of acceptance before the early-bird fee deadline.

Paper submission After acceptance, participants are invited to submit a manuscript for publication in the Annual Transactions of the Nordic Rheology Society (ATNRS). The full manuscripts for both posters and oral presentations will be published in the 35th volume of the ATNRS.

Manuscripts of both oral presentations and posters prepared using the NRS template must be submitted both as a DOC file and a PDF file to the NRS AT Editor with the subject line ‘NRC2026-manuscript’.

The manuscripts should be between 2-8 pages in length. Make sure that you use “press quality”, embed all the fonts, and set the paper size to A4 when you convert the document to PDF. If the guidelines are not followed exactly, your paper will be returned to you for correction.

LaTeX and iWork Pages are also available, please contact the NRS AT Editor.

The ATNRS does not retain copyrights for the submitted manuscripts.

The program will include a mix of plenary lectures by the invited lecturers and contributions from NRC delegates. The lectures start on Wednesday, August 26th. The topics will cover all aspects of rheology and time-dependent material behavior, both theory and application, with the plenary lectures representing the spotlight topic.
There will also be a poster session and an exhibition by leading rheology companies. The Annual Business Meeting of NRS as well as the MTDM committee meeting will be held in connection with the conference.

The conference will include evening activities all evenings of the conference. Tickets to the events will be reserved at registration.

• Tuesday August 25: Reception at The Loop in Science Village at 18.00.
  Refreshments and finger foods will be served.
• Wednesday August 26: Conference banquet at 19.00.

During the NRC there will be an exhibition of rheological instrumentation, techniques and equipment. The exhibition will be located in the main foyer of The Loop where also posters will be displayed and coffees and lunches will be served during brake. If you are interested in participating in the exhibition please contact Ruifen Li for further information.

Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen is located 40 minutes from Lund city centre and has direct flights to most major cities in Europe, see Kastrup Airport web site.

There are high-speed trains to lund from Stockholm (4h), Gothenburg (2h), Oslo (7h) and a bus service from Oslo (7h). You can also arrive to Malmö (20 min from Lund) by ferry from northern Germany and Poland.

There is a train connection from Kastrup Airport to Lund by Øresund Train (40 min) and you can buy tickets on-line or from vending machines at the platform. You will also find travel and tickets on the regional travel web Skånetrafiken and we can recommend their app (Android, Apple) for finding connections and to buy tickets. Use the station names “CPH Kastrup Airport”, “Lund C” for Lund train station, and “Lund ESS” for the conference venue. There is a direct tram from Lund C to Lund ESS which takes 14 minutes. It is also possible to use your contactless credit card directly on the ticket machines on the tram and busses in Lund.

The NRCxMTDM 2026 is organized in partnership with LINXS - Institute of Advanced Neutron and X-Ray Science through the RheoMAXESS theme. Members of the organizing committee are: Roland Kádár, Marko Bek (Chalmers University of Technology), Mats Stading (RISE and Chalmers), Ann Terry, Kim Nygård (MAX IV), Andrew Jackson (ESS), Alexandra Aulova (Nouryon), Ruifen Li (Aarhus University), Josefin Martell (LINXS) with the support of the RheoMAXESS theme core group.