Workshop “CECAM-Back to the future: Molecular simulation 40 years after Varenna”

Between 24th and 26th September 2025 the Workshops entitled “Back to the future: Molecular simulation 40 years after Varenna” was held in presence in Rome, Italy.

This workshop marked the 40th(ish) anniversary of this important event by considering the state-of-the-art and, more importantly, the future of simulation and modelling in an evolving scenario in which emerging approaches and technologies pose new (existential?) questions and offer exciting opportunities to the field.

Organizers: S. Bonella, C. M. Casciola, A. Cavalli, G. Ciccotti, M. Klein, R. Natalini, M. Young.

Participants and Speakers: G. Rignanese, R. Kapral, A. Von Lilienfeld, I. Egeolu, A. P. Seitsonen, R. Vuilleumier, T. Bereau, K. Kremer, F. Schmid, C. Schütte, H. Jónsson, M. Bernaschi, C. M. Bertoni, M. G. Betti, C. M. Casciola, G. Chiarotti, G. Ciccotti, C. De Michele, M. De Vivo, M. Ferrario, A. Giacomello, A. Laio, M. Lauricella, D. Liberati, L. Lupi, L. Maragliano, S.Meloni, C. Micheletti, R. Natalini, I. Osipova, C. Pierleoni, M. C. Righi, I. Saitov, S. Shahbazi Fashtali, P. Bolhuis, S. Fatima, I. Pagonabarraga, S. Bonella, A. Cavalli, M. Ceriotti, A. Ghidini, F. Troni, K. Bayer, M. Allen, B. Curchod, D. Frenkel, D. Ceperley, G. Chan, K. Ghaby, M. Klein, D. Limmer, T. Martinez, B. Roux, M. E. Tuckerman, E. Vanden Eijnden, M. Young.

The Curious Case of… Water in Nanobottles, S. Meloni