Research workshops on Nucleation Theory and Applications have been organised at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, since 1997 every year in close co-operation between the Department of Physics of the University of Rostock, Germany (Dr. Juern W. P. Schmelzer, Prof. Gerd Roepke) and the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia (Prof. Vyatcheslav B. Priezzhev, Dr. Vyatcheslav I. Zhuravlev, Mrs. Galina G. Sandukovskaya). The organisation of the workshops was and is supported by colleagues from the International Department of the JINR (Mrs. Elena N. Rusakovich) and sponsored by the Heisenberg - Landau program of the German Ministry for Science and Technology (BMBF), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the German Academic Exchange Council (DAAD), Q(uarz)S(chmelze)IL(menau) Germany, Guardian Industries Corporation USA, the Russian Foundation for Basis Research and others.

The general aim of the workshops was and is

• to discuss recent developments in this field with particular emphasis on the work done in the different groups invited;
• to establish and/or tighten direct co-operation links in the framework of different common projects (DFG, BMBF, DAAD, QSIL etc.);
• to bring together a number of leading scientists in the field of the theoretical description and experimental investigations of first-order phase transformations of the member countries of JINR, Germany and beyond in order to perform or develop new research projects in this field;
• to check whether the experimental facilities available at the JINR in Dubna can be utilised for an experimental investigation of the kinetics of phase transformation processes in different systems of interest.

• The 19^th research and scientific communication meeting will be held in Dubna for a period of one month in the range from April 1 - 30, 2016, hereby the mutual detailed information on the research carried out in the different groups (workshop part) will be covered primarily in the time from April 16 (arrival) till April 24 (departure), 2016. Work on common projects under way (1. 4. - 30. 4. 2016) will be performed by special arrangement.
• Mutual research visits of the participants in the course of the year (in dependence on financial funds available).

1. Valeri V. Levdansky (Minsk, Belorussia), J. Smolik, and V. Zdimal (Prague, Czech Republic): Effect of Size-Dependence of Cohesive Energy on Phase Transitions in Aerosol Systems with Nanoparticles
2. Andriy M. Gusak (Cherkassy, Ukraine): Competitive Nucleation in Open Nano-Systems
3. Vladimir G. Baidakov (Yekaterinburg, Russia): Stability and limiting stretching strength of solids
4. Jurn W. P. Schmelzer (Rostock, Germany & Dubna, Russia), A. S. Abyzov: Crystallization of glass-forming liquids: Work of critical cluster formation and related problems
5. Alexander S. Abyzov (Kharkov, Ukraine), V. M. Fokin (St. Petersburg, Russia), E. D. Zanotto, D. R. Cassar, A. M. Rodrigues (Sao Carlos, Brazil), J. W. P. Schmelzer (Rostock, Germany & Dubna, Russia): Crystal nucleation in glass-forming liquids: Elastic stresses and the size of the cooperatively rearranging regions
6. Jurn W. P. Schmelzer (Rostock, Germany & Dubna, Russia): 20 years of NTA: Retrospection and outlook
7. Jurn W. P. Schmelzer (Rostock, Germany & Dubna, Russia): Ime-lag and lag-time: Some comments

The time for the speakers in their lectures is - if not specified otherwise - not strictly limited to allow a detailed explanation even of details of the research and an extensive discussion. Nevertheless, due to the large number of highly interesting contributions already proposed now and to have some order in anticipating the program, commonly either 1 hour or 30 minutes are taken as a rough estimate for the duration of one lecture. Please specify the time you need in submitting your proposal.

The workshop languages are English and Russian. If possible, English should be preferred. At least, the presentations (Power point etc.) should be written in English. Summaries of the content in the respective alternative language will be given as far as necessary.

No conference fee is required. However, as compared to previous years, we had to introduce some severe changes in the financial regulations. In dependence on the funds available we will attempt further to support financially travel and accommodation of some of those colleagues who are not able to realize the participation in the workshop by own funds. By this reason, provided such financial support is required, please, apply in your application for it and indicate as well what amount is required. Accommodation in the hotel Dubna will be reserved, again, by the organizing committee (the prices for last year have been for one-bed rooms 1660 and 2030 roubles (single, separate) and 1100 (class A, single, but combined with a second room) and for double-bed rooms 1550 (separate) and 900 roubles per person (class B, combined with a second room).

All questions concerning the workshop, please, submit to

Postal address:

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, 141980 Dubna Moscow region Russia

Phone:      (+49 381) 498 6884; (+7 096) 21 63 703 (Schmelzer),
                (+7 096) 21 65 333 (Priezzhev);

Fax:          (+49 381) 498 6882; (+7 096) 21 65 084 or 21 40 594
E-mail:     juern-w.schmelzer@physik.uni-rostock.de
                juern@theor.jinr.ru (Schmelzer);
                priezzvb@theor.jinr.ru(Priezzhev);

preferably via Email: juern-w.schmelzer@physik.uni-rostock.de      

Looking forward to see you in Dubna.

Jurn W. P. Schmelzer       Gerd Roepke       Vyatcheslav B. Priezzhev       Kh. T. Kholmurodov

For any comments and changes please send email to   Elena Kolganova