Special Symposia

Symposium I - Recent Advances in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials

Symposium Chair

Andrea Fratalocchi

Andrea Di Falco

University of St Andrews, UK

This symposium will explore cutting-edge progress in nanophotonics, metamaterials, and metasurfaces, focusing on materials challenges, innovative applications, and advanced fabrication techniques. Discussions will highlight both fundamental insights and real-world implementations across diverse domains.

Topics

  • Functional metamaterials and plasmonics
  • Nano-optics and optical antennas
  • Time and space modulation of metamaterials
  • Quantum metasurfaces and topological photonics
  • Nonlinear optics in nanostructures
  • 2D semiconductors for metamaterials technology
  • Nanomanipulation with light and optical trapping
  • Nanophotonics for bio- and chemo-sensing
  • Nanophotonics for energy applications
  • Elastic, acoustic, and seismic metamaterials
  • Advanced computational electromagnetics
  • Novel nanofabrication techniques
  • Emerging applications

Confirmed Invited Speakers

  1. Alessandro Alabastri, Rice University, USA
  2. Tomohiro Amemiya, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  3. Oscar Ávalos-Ovando, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
  4. José Azaña, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
  5. Silvie Bernatova, CNR-IPCF, Italy
  6. Adrià Canós-Valéro, University of Graz, Austria
  7. Qin Chen, Jinan University, China
  8. Johan Christensen, IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain
  9. Alasdair Clark, University of Glasgow, UK
  10. Longqing Cong, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
  11. Christophe Couteau, University of Technology of Troyes, France
  12. Aurélien Crut, Université de Lyon, France
  13. Francisco Cuesta, Aalto University, Finland
  14. Andrea Cusano, University of Sannio, Italy
  15. Kaveh Delfanazari, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
  16. Bahram Djafari Rouhani, IEMN-CNRS, France
  17. Antonella D'Orazio, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
  18. Ramy El-Ganainy, Saint Louis University, USA
  19. Marian Florescu, University of Southampton, UK
  20. Antonino Foti, CNR-IPCF, Italy
  21. Sylwester Gawinkowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  22. Li Ge, CUNY New York, USA
  23. Davy Gerard, UTT, France
  24. Paulo André Dias Goncalves, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  25. Neda Ghofraniha, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi of CNR, Italy
  26. Maria Caterina Giordano, Universitàdi Genova, Italy
  27. Tommaso Giovannini, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
  28. Maxim Gorkunov, Kurchatov Research Center, Russia
  29. Changzhi Gu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  30. Alexa Guglielmelli, University of Calabria, Italy
  31. Stephen Hanham, Imperial College London, UK
  32. Hayk Harutyunyan, Emory University, USA
  33. Xiao Hu, Shanghai University, China
  34. Maria Antonia Iatí, CNR-IPCF, Italy
  35. Hiroshi Imada, RIKEN, Japan
  36. Magnus Jonsson, Linköping University, Sweden
  37. Ioannis Kiorpelidis, IESL-FORTH, Greece
  38. Stepan Kment, Palacky University, Czech Republic
  39. Jan Krajczewski, University of Warsaw, Poland
  40. Alexey Krasavin, King's College London, UK
  41. Thomas Krauss ★, York University, UK (Keynote Speaker)
  42. Stefanie Kroker, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  43. Andrzej Kudelski, University of Warsaw, Poland
  44. Antonio La Porta, IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland
  45. Dangyuan Lei, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  46. Huanan Li, Nankai University, China
  47. Carlo Liberale, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  48. Andrea Locatelli, University of Brescia, Italy
  49. Kevin MacDonald, University of Southampton, UK
  50. Stefano Maci ★, University of Siena, Italy (Keynote Speaker)
  51. Karen Mamian, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
  52. Andrea Marini, University of L'Aquila, Italy
  53. Luca Mascaretti, Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Republic
  54. Moritz Merklein, University of Sydney, Austraila
  55. Owen Miller, Yale University, USA
  56. Seokhwan Min, KAIST, Korea
  57. Martin Mittendorff, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  58. Ershad Mohammadi, Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir Institute, The Netherlands
  59. Shroddha Mukhopadhyay, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
  60. Tadaaki Nagao, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
  61. Jorge Olmos-Trigo, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
  62. Andrés Ordóñez, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  63. Andrea Ottomaniello, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
  64. Daigo Oue, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  65. Stanislas Pasternak, Thales Research and Technology, France
  66. Emilija Petronijevic, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
  67. Alexander Petrov, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
  68. Xiwen Qiu, Australian National University, Austraila
  69. Marco Rahm, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
  70. Mahmoud Rasras, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
  71. Philippe Roelli, CIC nanoGUNE BRTA, Spain
  72. Silvia Romano, National Research Council of Italy, Italy
  73. Zouheir Sekkat, Morrocan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Morocco
  74. Tigran Shahbazyan, Jackson State University, USA
  75. Yijie Shen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  76. Hamidreza Siampour, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
  77. Tom Sistermans, Ghent University, Belgium
  78. Claudia Skubisz, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
  79. Marin Soljacic ★, MIT, USA (Keynote Speaker)
  80. Dmitry Solnyshkov, Institut Pascal, France
  81. Qinghua Song, Tsinghua International Graduate School, China
  82. Young Min Song, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
  83. Tobias Stauber, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid - CSIC, Spain
  84. Junichi Takahara, Osaka University, Japan
  85. Takasumi Tanabe, Keio University, Japan
  86. Le Hac Huong Thu, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
  87. Kosmas Tsakmakidis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
  88. Odysseas Tsilipakos, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute (NHRF), Greece
  89. Stelios Tzortzakis, FORTH, Greece
  90. Dan-Xia Xu★, Quantum and Nanotechnologies Research Center - NRC, Canada (Keynote Speaker)
  91. Oleh Yermakov, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany
  92. Nerea Zabala, Materials Physics Center, Spain
  93. Cheng Zhang, HUST, China
  94. Arcady Zhukov, University of Basque Country, Spain

Symposium II - Computational Electromagnetics for Radiating Structures and Complex Media

Symposium Co-Chairs

Kotaro Kajikawa

Kotaro Kajikawa

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Junichi Takahara

Junichi Takahara

Osaka University, Japan

This symposium focuses on advanced computational methods and theoretical tools for the analysis and design of radiating structures and electromagnetic wave systems operating in complex materials and environments. It brings together experts in numerical techniques, high-performance computing, and AI-assisted design with researchers working on practical applications involving complex materials, nanophotonics, metasurfaces, metamaterials, and quantum photonics. The sessions will highlight how state-of-the-art algorithms enable efficient modelling, optimization, and prototyping of next-generation electromagnetic and photonic devices.

Topics

  • Electromagnetic Theory & Complex Media: Wave propagation, materials characterization, complex and functional materials, nanophotonics, metamaterials and metasurfaces design, topological electromagnetics
  • Radiating Structures & Wave Systems: Reconfigurable radiating structures (antennas, arrays, metasurfaces), millimeter-wave and THz propagation, scattering and radiation, imaging and sensing
  • Computational & Algorithmic Advances: High-performance computing, fast algorithms, semi-analytical methods, high-frequency asymptotics, domain decomposition techniques, reduced-order models
  • AI-Driven & Interdisciplinary Approaches: Machine learning, deep learning, physics-informed neural networks, digital twins, multiphysics modeling, quantum electromagnetics and quantum photonics
  • Emerging Applications in EM & Photonics: Complex-material platforms, nanophotonic and quantum-photonic devices, EM compatibility and protection, industry-driven software solutions and design workflows

Confirmed Invited Speakers

  1. Andrei Afanasev, George Washington University, USA
  2. Jaume Anguera, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
  3. Maria Vanessa Balois Oguchi, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
  4. Jamal Berakdar, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
  5. Paolo Burghignoli, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  6. Emmanuel Centeno, Université Clermont Auvergne, France
  7. Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, Greece
  8. Qing-Xin Chu, South China University of Technology, China
  9. Andrea Di Falco ★, University of St Andrews, UK (Keynote Speaker)
  10. Erik Dujardin, Laboratoire ICB - CNRS, France
  11. Alessandro Galli, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  12. Marco Gandolfi, University of Brescia, Italy
  13. Alejandro Giacomotti, Institut d'optique - CNRS, France
  14. José Luis Gomez-Tornero, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain
  15. Miyabi Imai-Imada, RIKEN, Japan
  16. Vlastimil Krapek, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
  17. Konstantinos Makris, University of Crete & IESL-FORTH, Greece
  18. Michal Mrozowski, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
  19. Jerome Plain, UTT, France
  20. Igor Smolyaninov, Saltenna LLC and University of Maryland, USA
  21. Jacek Szczytko, University of Warsaw, Poland
  22. Kosei Ueno, Hokkaido University, Japan
  23. Enrico M. Vitucci, University of Bologna, Italy
  24. Jian Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
  25. Sanshui Xiao, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark