Speakers
Plenary

Adélio Mendes
University of Oporto
Opportunities for materials within the energy decarbonization endeavor

Carolin Körner
University Friedrich-Alexander Erlangen-Nürnberg
Voxel based material design by electron beam additive manufacturing

Ingo Burget
ETH Zurich
Wood Materials – Challenges and Potentials

João Mano
University of Aveiro
Multi-scale constructs for regenerative medicine – the role of biomaterials

Lucio Isa
ETH Zurich
Engineering Tribology to Control Rheology: from Single-Particle Contacts to Dense Suspensions

Philip Withers
University of Manchester
Correlative Imaging in Materials Science

Seema Agarwal
University of Baireuth
Advanced Polymers and Polymer-Ceramic Macroobjects: Multidimensional Innovations for Health, Energy, and Water Purification
Invited

Ana Reis
University of Oporto
Materials and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies: Digital Integration and Sustainability – Practical Cases

Clara Pereira
University of Oporto
Smart Textiles for an Energy-Driven Future: The Quest for All-in-One Hybrid Energy Harvesting & Storage Technologies

Cristina Valles
University of Manchester
Epoxy nanocomposites as conductive adhesives for Out-of-Autoclave in-situ CFRPs bonding and sustainable debonding

David Levy
Material Science Institute of Madrid, ICMM-CSIC
Sol-Gel Materials for Optics and Electro-optics

Ermelinda Maçôas
Instituto Superior Técnico
The Kaleidoscope of Carbon: From Life's Foundation to Nanoscale Innovation

Fátima Montemor
Instituto Superior Técnico
The power of materials for advancing super capacitors

Federico Bella
Politecnico di Torino
Material platforms for electrochemical ammonia production

Frederico Ferreira
Instituto Superior Técnico
Electrical conductive materials for sustainable tissue engineering

Gilberto Siqueira
EMPA, Cellulose & Wood Materials
3D Printing Nanocellulose - From Controlled Anisotropic Particles to Functional and Complex Structures

Goreti Sales
University of Coimbra
Autonomous biosensors and plastic antibodies

Hélder Puga
University of Minho
Multifrequency Ultrasonic Treatment of Light Alloys for Microstructural Refinement

Helena Godinho
CENIMAT, NOVA University of Lisbon
Cellulose-Based Liquid Crystalline Networks for Time-, Temperature-, and Strain-Dependent Structural Sensors

Helena Tomás
University of Madeira

Inês Flores-Colen
Instituto Superior Técnico
Nano-based rendering mortars in building facades: Challenges, innovation and opportunities

João Labrincha
University of Aveiro
Sustainable use of resources? Ways to mitigate future sourcing of strategic materials

João Pedro Oliveira
CENIMAT, NOVA University of Lisbon
Microstructure control during Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing

Jorge Coelho
University of Coimbra
Reversible deactivation radical polymerization: a new life for poly(vinyl chloride)

Luísa Durães
University of Coimbra
Upcycling waste materials for production of aerogels

Pablo Taboada
University of Santiago Compostela
Learning from Nature to design novel nanostructures for biomedical applications

Patrícia Carvalho
SINTEF
Mineral tetrahedrites as the next commercial thermoelectric materials

Ramon Escobar Galindo
University of Seville
Surface Engineering concepts for Concentrating Solar Power materials: from simulation to real operation

Roberto Campana
Spanish National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Testing Centre
Materials proccesing and characterization for hisgh temperature fuel cells and electrolyzers

Rui Domingues
3B’s Research Group, University of Minho
The role of ECM cues, cellular crosstalk and submolecular control of their mechanosignaling in tissue specification and function

Rute Ferreira
University of Aveiro
Luminescent Materials for Energy and Digital Transition

Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
BCMaterials
Materials and processes for a sustainable digitalization

Vera Pires
University of Évora
From Stone to Structure: Innovations in Natural Stone Characterization and Façade Durability