Two short courses will be offered on the weekend before the Congress. These are:

• Suspension Rheology (August 2 and 3, 2008; two days)
   
• Surfactant Rheology - Self-Assembly and Microstructure Dynamics (August 3, 2008; one day)

Option is available for participants to attend the first day of Suspension Rheology course on Saturday and the Surfactant Rheology course on Sunday.

The short courses typically starts at 8:30 in the morning and ends around 5:00 in the afternoon.