Plenary Speakers

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David Kisailus

University of California-Irvine, USA
Biological and Bio-inspired Pathways to Nanostructured Hybrid Materials

Ludmilla Steier

University of Oxford, UK
Sol-gel catalysts for CO2 reduction

Michel Wong Chi Man

University of Montpellier, France
ISGS Life Achievement Award 2026

Norbert Stock

University of Kiel, Germany
From High-Throughput Discovery to Sustainable MOF Synthesis: Advanced Materials for Water and VOC Adsorption

Shu-Hong Yu

University of Science and Technology of China, China

Ulrich Schubert

Technical University of Wien, Austria
ISGS Life Achievement Award 2026
From molecular precursors to gels: what happens in between?


Invited Speakers

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Aldo Zarbin

Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Nanoarchitected Thin-Film Materials Prepared via Soft Chemistry at Liquid Interfaces for Sustainable Energy Applications

Aurelio Bifulco

University of Naples Federico II, Italy
From waste to innovation: Sol-gel strategies for the synthesis of multifunctional polymer-based composites containing biowastes and their derivatives

David Avnir

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Sol-gel processes in the outer space, in meteorites and on Mars

David Grosso

SOLNIL, France
Metal oxide metasurfaces elaborated by nanoimprint and derived methods

Hajar Maleki

University of Cologne, Germany
Advanced Aerogels: A Decade of Research from Chemical Design to Biomedical Innovation

Joel Destino

Creighton University, USA
Sol-gel routes for glass additive manufacturing innovation

Juliana Calabria-Holley

University of Bath, UK
Advancing Regenerative Credentials in Construction Materials Using Sol Gel Engineering

Kazuyoshi Kanamori

Kyoto University, Japan
Designing Polysiloxane Aerogels for Mechanical Flexibility

Kenji Okada

Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Surface-Mediated Solution Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Tailoring Crystal Orientation and Macroscopic Morphology

Maria Basso

University of Cologne, Germany
Low temperature photonic annealing of metal oxide films for energy applications

Maria Dolores Esquivel Merino

University of Cordoba, Spain
Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas: From Fundamentals toward Emerging Applications

Maria J. Mosquera

University of Cadiz, Spain
Advanced Coatings for Buildings: A Journey Through Sol-Gel Nanotechnology and its Practical Application

Markus Niederberger

ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Nanoparticle-based aerogels for light-driven catalysis

Mary K. Carroll

Union College, USA
Design of Aerogel Materials for Pollution Mitigation

Mathilde Laird

University of Bordeaux, France
Studying the behavior of cleavable/reversible bridging groups in organosilicas to create new functional materials

Mona Tréguer-Delapierre

University of Bordeaux, France
Producing new visual effects by controlling nanoparticles (des-)organization

Nicolas Vogel

Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany
Functional Materials from Colloidal Self-assembly

Paula C. Angelomé

CONICET, Argentina
Ordered Mesoporous Oxides Thin Films: From Fundamental Control to Functional Devices

Plinio Innocenzi

University of Sassari, Italy
Mesoporous Sol–Gel Heterostructures: From Self-Assembly to Functional Surfaces

Rui Almeida

University of Lisbon, Portugal
Frequency conversion in sol-gel derived photonic crystals for solid state lighting

Rute A. S. Ferreira

University of Aveiro, Portugal
Sol–Gel Derived Photonic Materials for Energy and Optical Computing Applications