Keynote 1:
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)
Prof. Dr. P. Haring Bolívar, Universität Siegen, Inst. Für Höchstfrequenztechnik und Quantenelektronik

Keynote 2:
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)
Prof. Pierre Kennepohl, Associate Dean for Community and Innovation, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary

Keynote 3:
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)
Dr. Frédérick Bordry, Gauss Fusion GmbH

Advanced Materials I – Sustainability
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)

Rational Design of Nickel Based Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Water Electrolysis: Microstructural Engineering and Activation Strategies
Dr. Vineetha Vinayakumar, University of Duisburg Essen, Duisburg

Innovations in Coating Technologies for Cost-Effective and PEM Systems
Dr. Teja Roch, Fraunhofer IWS

Uncoated Carbon Bipolar Plates for PEM Electrolysis: A Sustainable Path to Low-Cost Green Hydrogen
Prof. Dr. Ulf-Peter Apfel, Ruhr-Universität Bochum & Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Using Nanocellulose to Improve Performance and Sustainability of Everyday Materials
Gurminder Minhas, Performance BioFilaments Inc

Design and engineered manufacturing of graphene structured nanocomposites from waste biomass
Professor Gobinda Saha, University of New Brunswick

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

Nanofabrications
“Silbersaal” (first floor)

RAITH IONMASTER: High-resolution 3D ion imaging and SIMS nano-analytics for next generation materials characterization
Dr. Michael Steigerwald, Raith GmbH

Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Technology and Upscaling for Large Area Seamless Nanoimprint Lithography
Dr. Sven Bonus, Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH

Demonstrating the combination of particle size, zeta potential and stability analysis to optimize formulations
Dr. Jürgen Linders, Microtrac Retsch GmbH

Sub µm laser structuring of cylindrical tools for R2R UV nanoimprint applications
Stephan Bruening, Schepers GmbH & Co. KG

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

tbd
“Saal 9 & 10” (first floor)

Advanced Materials II – 2D Materials
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)

Carbon Nanomembranes: Unlocking High Selectivity and Scalability in Membrane Separations
Dr. Zhen Yao, Bielefeld University

Two-dimensional materials under high pressure
Dr. Steffen Michaelis de Vasconcellos, University of Münster

Chemical and Structural Characterisation of Nanophases in Self-Assembled Monolayers by AFM-IR
Dr. Martin Rabe, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials

Giant Faraday rotation in two-dimensional semiconductors
Dr. Robert Schmidt, University of Münster

The future of semiconductor industry: GREEN EPITAXY
Dr. Sarah Spindler, ELEMENT 3-5 GmbH

Nanoscale resolved photoluminescence of hBN color centers
Junior-Professor Iris Niehues, University of Münster

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

Structured Materials and Composites (part 1)
“Silbersaal” (first floor)

Nanosensor-based optical detection of levodopa in blood for Parkinson monitoring
Jan Stegemann, Fraunhofer IMS

Controlling release kinetics from nanotube drug containers – modulated diameters, capped and multi-molecule filled nanotubes
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manuela Killian, University of Siegen

Efficient automotive heat shielding based on complex shaped aerogel composites
Dr. rer. nat. Pascal Voepel, German Aerospace Center

Plasmonic refractive index sensors for biosensing
Dr. Stephan Suckow, AMO GmbH

Optimizing High Entropy Alloy for magnetic applications
Dr. Larissa M. Feitosa, Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien GmbH

Plasma-assisted additive manufacturing as a high-precision enabler for microfabrication and functional surfaces
Dr. Laura Barillas-Mora, Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

tbd
“Saal 9 & 10” (first floor)

Keynote 4:
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)
Dr. Felix J. Grawert, AIXTRON SE

Keynote 5:
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)
Dr.-Ing. Daniel Schall, Black Semiconductor GmbH

Quantum Technologies (part 1)
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)

eQRNG – Fully integrated Silicon-based Quantum Random Number Generator
Julia Kölbel, Elmos Semiconductor SE

Photonic Interfaces for the Quantum Internet: From Ultra-Low-Noise Converters to a Test Platform for Network Components
Dr. Bernd Jungbluth, Fraunhofer ILT

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

Structured Materials and Composites (part 2)
“Silbersaal” (first floor)

The effect of innovative phyllosilicate-based additives on tribological performance of tribologic systems like gears and bearings
Stefan Bill, REWITEC GmbH

Mapping Nano Filler Dispersion and Anisotropy in Thermally Conductive Polymer Composites
Carter Markey, C-Therm Technologies Ltd.

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

International Cooperation / Innovation Projects (part 1)
“Saal 9 & 10” (first floor)

Deep Tech Canada / Advanced Materials Moving Forward: A Journey through the Québec Ecosystem
Deep Tech Canada / Sebastien Garbarino, PRIMA Québec

ZIM – Boosting Innovation for SME
Georg Nagel, AiF Projekt GmbH

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

Quantum Technologies (part 2)
“Goldsaal” (ground floor)

Digital Quantum Simulation on Noisy Quantum Computers
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Fauseweh, TU Dortmund University

Ultra-low power cryogenic CMOS for quantum computing
Prof. Dr. Qing-Tai Zhao, Forschungszentrum Jülich

Rocking on the nanoscale – New twists for nanoquakes on a chip
Prof. Hubert Krenner, Universität Münster

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

Structured Materials and Composites (part 3)
“Silbersaal” (first floor)

Practical Carbon Capture using Metal-Organic Frameworks
Prof. George Simizu, University of Calgary

Bicomponent monofilaments with a TPU-CNT nanocomposite core for strain sensing textiles
Jeanette Ortega, RWTH Aachen University

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

International Cooperation / Innovation Projects (part 2)
“Saal 9 & 10” (first floor)

Terahertz.NRW – A network for innovative research and transfer to industrial application
Christoph Reising, Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR

Customized Access to Electron Microscopy through EU projects
Dr. Marta Lipinska-Chwalek, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

Dutch-German Tech.Land  Transforming borders into connections
Dr. Holger Winter, CeNTech GmbH

Manufacturing NextMaterials
Judith Inberg, Oost NL

duration: each 13 + 2 minutes

Greeting: Mona Neubaur, Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

City of Dortmund

Evelyne Coulombe – Chargée d’Affaires a.i. —Embassy of Canada to Germany, Berlin