Program – Nanotechnology Crossing Borders 2026
October 15th, 2026
8:45-9:30
Welcome with coffee and tea
9:30-9:45
Welcome and opening by Marlies K. Van Bael (UHasselt, Director IUMAT)
9:45-10:30
Plenary lecture: Magda Titirici (Imperial College London) “Carbon for sustainable energy applications”
10:30-11:00
Break and poster session
11:00-11:30
Invited lecture: Jeroen Prooth (UHasselt, imec, IUMAT) “Synthesis of nanodiamonds”
11:30-12:00
Invited lecture: Anna Ermakova (UHasselt, IUMAT) “Diamond-based quantum sensors”
12:00-12:30
Invited lecture: Dries Vandamme (UHasselt, IUMAT) “Carbon for application in batteries”
12:30-14:00
Lunch break, poster session (including complimentary presentation of demonstrators and visit to demonstrator locations)
14:00-14:45
Plenary lecture: Hermenegildo García Gómez (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) “Plasmonic nanomaterials for photothermal catalysis”
14:45-15:15
Invited lecture: Verena Streibel (TU Munich) “Novel photoelectrode materials for artificial photosynthesis”
15:15-15:45
Break and poster session
15:45-16:15
Invited lecture: Jessi van der Hoeven (Utrecht University) “Studying the behavior of plasmonic catalysts in situ”
16:15-16:45
Invited lecture: Natalia Mazur (TNO) “Plasmonic catalysts for sunlight-powered methanol production”
16:45-16:55
Best poster award presented by Marlies K. Van Bael (UHasselt, Director IUMAT)
16:55-17:00
Closing
17:00 – 18:00
Snacks and drinks