Invited Speakers:

• Bo Hellsing (Gothernburg University, Sweden)
  "Graphene photo-hole lifetimes; importance of out-of-plane phonons driving the σ-π scattering"

• Anjana Devi (IFW-Dresden, Germany)
  "Advancements in the Synthesis and Functional Versatility of CVD- and ALD-Grown Nanostructured Rare-Earth Thin Films"

• Mariusz Krawiec (UMCS, Lublin, Poland)
  "Toward epitaxial planar silicene: AuSi heterostructures on Si(111)"

• Masaki Tanemura (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
  "Ion irradiation as a green method for synthesizing composites of nanocarbon and metal nanoparticles for energy applications"

• Oliver Clark (Diamond Light Source, UK)
  "Engineering 3D band properties in transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures"

• Jeppe V. Lauritsen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
  "Operando Insight on Composition and Morphology-Controlled Electrocatalyst Models"

• Sarah Burke (UBC, Vancouver, Canda)
  "Interfacial energy landscapes in organic semiconductors"

• Dietrich RT Zahn (TU-Chemnitz, Germany)
  "Four Decades in Surface Science using Optical Spectroscopies"

• Akichika Kumatani (Chiba Tech, Japan)
  "Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy and Raman-integrated System for Electrochemical Energy Materials"

• Tomasz Dietl (MogTop, Warsaw, Poland)
  "Applications and understanding quantum Hall effects in topological semiconductors"

• Malte Rösner (Universität Bielefeld, Germany)
  "From Exact Downfolding to Material-Specific Many‑Body Engineering: Towards a Rigorous Framework for Correlated Quantum Materials"

• Rik Mom (Leiden University, NL)
  "A live view on electrocatalysis using in situ XPS and XAS"

• Jonathan Bradford (University of Nottingham, UK)
  "Epitaxial Growth and Controlled Oxidation Pathways of Atomically Thin Gallium Selenide on Graphene"

• Andrew Evans (Aberystwyth University, Wales)
  "Combining optical and electron spectroscopies for in-situ monitoring of surface processes: catalysed graphitisation of diamond"

• Andrew Jardine (University of Cambridge, UK)
  "Recent Advances in Surface Science using Neutral Helium: Microscopy and Scattering"

• Adam Foster (Aalto University, Finland)
  "Autonomous molecular manipulation and reactions in Scanning Probe Microscopy"

• Irene Groot (Leiden University, NL)
  "Atomic-Scale Picture of Chemical Reactions at Surfaces"

• Joachim Schnadt (MAXIV, Sweden)
  "Opportunities, developments and future plans at the MAX IV Laboratory, the Swedish national synchrotron light source"

• Antje Vollmer (BESSY/HZB, Germany)
  "BESSY II+, BESSY III – the future of soft to tender X-rays in Berlin"

• Norbert Esser (TU-Berlin, Germany)
  "Surface Resonant Raman Scattering: Vibrational Spectroscopy at Surface Structures"

• Volodymyr Dzhagan (ISP Kiev, Ukraine)
  "Bulk vs surface contribution in the vibrational spectra of semiconductor nanocrystals"

• Georgeta Salvan (TU-Chemnitz, Germany)
  "Chiral layers and interfaces probed by optical spectroscopies"

• Dag W. Breiby (NTNU, Norway)
  "Multiphase Liquid Dynamics in Porous Media under Non-Equilibrium Conditions"

• Svetoslav Stankov (Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology, Germany)
  "Phonons in epitaxial DySi2: from the bulk to self-organized nanoislands and nanowires"

• Maciej Krzywiecki (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)
  "Optimizing Future Electronics through Additive Interface Engineering: From Molecules to Hybrid Heterostructures"

• Emma Springate (Central Laser Facility, UK)
  [title to be announced]

• Mikołaj Lewandowski (AMU, Poznań, Poland)
  [title to be announced]