7th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CHAOS AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Date: 19.06.26 - 21.06.2026
he 7th edition of the International Interdisciplinary Chaos Symposium on Chaos and Complex Systems (SCCS 2026) brings together a vibrant, global community of scholars and practitioners who work at the intersection of nonlinear dynamics, network theory, criticality and artificial intelligence with engineering, economics and finance, sociotechnical systems, and beyond, with medicine and pharmaceutics. The objective of the symposium is to provide a lively forum for presentation, discussion and critical reflection on both foundational theory and real-world applications pertaining to emergent behaviors of chaos and complexity.
OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY: June 19, 2026, 7 p.m EET (6 p.m CET)
Main Historical Hall – University of Athens Central Building – Panepistimiou 30
7:00-7:30 p.m (EET)
WELCOMING ADDRESS
Introductory Adress by Prof. STAVROS G. STAVRINIDES, Physics Department at Democritus University of Thrace in Greece.
Welcome Adress by the Rector of the University of Athens, Prof. GERASIMOS SIASOS
7:30-8:20 p.m (EET)
OPENING TALK
Prof. KLAUS MAINZER (EASA President)
“From Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics to Neuromorphic Systems and Physical AI”
8:20-9:00 p.m. (EET)
“COLLOQUIUM on Complexity and Chaos: Leon Chua’s pioneering activity”
Prof. Klaus Mainzer, EASA President, TUM Senior Excellence Faculty, TU Munich,
Prof. Fernando Corinto, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Prof. Ronald Tetzlaff, TU Dresden, Germany
you are cordially invited to join the



Place: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece/ Zografou Campus
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