Last year, 63 participants from 18 countries gathered for the 8th edition of the International Workshop on Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics IWNET (see http://www.nonequilibrium-thermodynamics.org for more details), which was organized by Markus Hütter (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Leonard Sagis (Wageningen University and Research) and was held in Sint-Michielsgestel, close to the city of ‘s Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Previous meetings in this series took place in Montréal (1996), Oxford (2000), Princeton (2003), Rhodes (2006), Cuernavaca (2009), Røros (2012), and Hilvarenbeek (2015). The 5-day workshop consisted of invited lectures, regular presentations, poster sessions, and discussion sessions, on the following topics: Topic: Invited speaker: New Conceptual Developments Alexander Gorban (University of Leicester, UK) Complex Fluids and Solids Mike Cates (University of Cambridge, UK) Large Fluctuations Hugo Touchette (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) Quantum Dissipation Armen Allahverdyan (Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia)

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去年，来自 18 个国家的 63 名参与者齐聚一堂，参加了由 Markus Hütter（埃因霍温大学）组织的第 8 届非平衡热力学国际研讨会 IWNET（有关详细信息，请参见 http://www.nonequilibrium-thermodynamics.org）技术）和 Leonard Sagis（瓦赫宁根大学和研究），并在靠近荷兰海尔托亨博斯市的 Sint-Michielsgestel 举行。本系列之前的会议分别在蒙特利尔（1996 年）、牛津（2000 年）、普林斯顿（2003 年）、罗德（2006 年）、库埃纳瓦卡（2009 年）、勒罗斯（2012 年）和希尔瓦伦贝克（2015 年）举行。为期 5 天的研讨会包括受邀讲座、定期演讲、海报会议和讨论会，主题如下： 主题：特邀演讲者：新概念发展 Alexander Gorban（莱斯特大学，