Prof. Jaroslaw Drelich has been invited to serve on the International Scientific Committee of the XVth International Conference on Surface Forces that will take place in Verbilki, Russia on May 12-17, 2014. The meeting will cover a broad range of colloid and surface science with emphasis on the fundamentals of surface forces, and is recognized as the most important meeting for scientists who study colloidal forces. This series of meetings was initiated in 1960 by famous Russian scientist academician Prof. B.V. Derjaguin.