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