The Inaugural Meeting of the Group was help 1–2 April 2009 at the University of Manchester, UK
It featured plenary lectures from the following leading researchers and science writers:
- P. Ball (Nature, UK) Complexity
- K. Dholakia (University of St Andrews, UK) Optical trapping
- J. Gollub (Haverford College, USA) Nonlinear physics and fluid dynamics
- S. Hilgenfeldt (University of Illinois, USA) Foams and biological physics
- D. Lohse (Twente University, Netherlands) Bubbles and microfluidics
- G-L. Oppo (University of Strathclyde, UK) Nonlinear optics
The original flyer can be found here: NCPG_1st announcement
The conference handbook can be found here: Handbook and abstract book