31st August to 4th September 2026
Scientific and Social Program
Note: this is a tentative program and some details may change.
Some key details:
The formal program starts Monday 31/08 at 12:30
It ends on Friday 04/09 at 12:30
Contains 7 Plenary talks and 32 Invited talks
Contains ~187 Contributed talks in 5 parallel sessions.
Three lunchtime poster sessions are planned
Social reception, public lecture, technical/lab session, conference dinner are planned
Confirmed plenary and invited speakers:
Naomi J. Halas (RIce University, TX, USA)
Philip Hofmann (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Emma Springate (Central Laser Facility, UK)
Christoph Tegenkamp (TU-Chemnitz, Germany)
Anjana Devi (IFW-Dresden, Germany)
Mariusz Krawiec (UMCS, Lublin, Poland)
Katharina J. Franke (FU-Berlin, Germany)
Oliver Clarke (Diamond Light Source, UK)
Hendrik Bluhm (FHI Berlin, Germany)
Daniel Loss (Uni-Basel, Switzerland)
Jeppe V. Lauritsen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Mikolaj Lewandowski (AMU, Poznań, Poland)
Sarah Burke (UBC, Vancouver, Canda)
Dietrich RT Zahn (TU-Chemnitz, Germany)
Aliaksandr S. Bandarenka (TU-Munich, Germany)
Akichika Kumatani (Chiba Tech, Japan)
Tomasz Dietl (MogTop, Warsaw, Poland)
Rik Mom (Leiden University, NL)
Andrew Jardine (University of Cambridge, UK)
Adam Foster (Aalto University, Finland)
Irene Groot (Leiden University, NL)
Joachim Schnadt (MAXIV, Sweden)
Anja Boisen (DTU, Denmark)
We intend to have 8 plenary speakers and 32 invited speakers.
This section will be frequently updated as we receive more confirmations.
Planned session topics include:
2D and layered materials
Organic molecules on surfaces
Electrochemistry
Surfaces and their applications
Materials for Energy and Environment
Quantum Technology
Advances in Theoretical Methods
Surface Catalysis
Magnetism
Advances in Experimental Methods
Surface Science for Astrochemistry
Surface Science using Optical Spectroscopies
Quantum Materials and Strongly Correlated Systems
Optical Properties and plasmonics
Oxides and Multiferroics
Ion surface interactions
Liquid surfaces and Interfaces
Surface Chirality
3D surfaces (MOFs, etc)
Electron-boson coupling
Bio-surfaces
Microscopy of Electrocatalytic Interfaces
+ Special Symposia topics to be proposed by you!
Header photo by Justin Wells: Ar+ sputtering of Ta in the LEED-IV chamber of the late David Adams, Aarhus Univeristy.