Plenary Speakers

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David Kisailus

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

Ludmilla Steier

University of Oxford, UK

Michel Wong Chi Man

University of Montpellier, France

Shu-Hong Yu

University of Science and Technology of China, China

Ulrich S. Schubert

University of Jena, Germany


Invited Speakers

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Aurelio Bifulco

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

David Grosso

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

Hajar Maleki

University of Cologne, Germany

Kenji Okada

Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan

Maria Basso

University of Padua, Italy

Maria Dolores Esquivel Merino

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

Maria J. Mosquera

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

Markus Niederberger

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

Mary K. Carroll

Union College, USA
Title: Design of Aerogel Materials for Pollution Mitigation

Mathilde Laird

University of Bordeaux, France

Mona Tréguer-Delapierre

University of Bordeaux, France

Nicolas Vogel

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

Plinio Innocenzi

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

Rui Almeida

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

Rute A. S. Ferreira

University of Aveiro, Portugal