Schedule
(Updated as of December 5, 2025)
Important notes:
| 1. | This Conference will be held in face-to-face mode. |
| 2. | Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited. |
| 3. | Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials. |
| Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2026em@ust.hk. | |
January 19, 2026 (Mon)
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| 08:30 - 09:30 |
Registration (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session I: Introduction and Overview Plenary Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Opening Remarks Sir Anthony CHEETHAM (University of California, Santa Barbara; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) & Che Ting CHAN (IAS Interim Director) |
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| 10:00 - 10:50 |
[Plenary Talk] S1-#1: Towards a Net Zero World: Understanding Battery Function - New Metrologies, New Chemistries and New Insights [Abstract] Clare GREY (University of Cambridge) |
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| 10:50 - 11:20 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session II: Electronic Materials I Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 11:20 - 12:10 |
[Plenary Talk] S2-#1: Semiconductor Nanostructures for Optoelectronics Applications [Abstract] Chennupati JAGADISH (Australian National University) |
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| 12:10 - 12:40 |
S2-#2: Toward Stable and Reproducible Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells: From Solution to Vapor Deposition [Abstract] Jin-Wook LEE (Seoul National University) |
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| 12:40 - 13:10 |
S2-#3: Talk title to be confirmed Zonglong ZHU (City University of Hong Kong) |
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| 13:10 - 14:10 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: To be confirmed) |
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Session III: Porous Materials Session Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 14:10 - 15:00 |
[Plenary Talk] S3-#1: Molecular Aggregates - Functional Mesoporous Materials Assembled by Single Micelles [Abstract] Dongyuan ZHAO (Fudan University) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
S3-#2: Talk title to be confirmed Tapas Kumar MAJI (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
S3-#3: Metal Organic Framework Glass Composites [Abstract] Jingwei HOU (University of Queensland) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
S3-#4: Microporous Framework Materials for Gas Separation and Purification [Abstract] Banglin CHEN (Fujian Normal University) |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
S3-#5: Computational Design and Automation for Materials Discovery [Abstract] Shan JIANG (ShanghaiTech University) |
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| 17:30 - 18:20 |
[Plenary Talk] S3-#6: Chemistry and Application of Dynamic MOF/PCP Beyond Rigidity and into the Realm of Soft Porous Crystals [Abstract] Susumu KITAGAWA (Kyoto University) |
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| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Reception (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS) |
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| 21:00 |
End of Day 1 |
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January 20, 2026 (Tue)
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Event
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Session IV: Energy Storage Session Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 09:10 - 10:00 |
[Plenary Talk] S4-#1: Materials Innovation for Better Batteries [Abstract] Ying Shirley MENG (The University of Chicago) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
S4-#2: Material Designs for Sustainable Aqueous Batteries [Abstract] Yi-Chun LU (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
S4-#3: Multiscale Dynamics of Lithium-Ion Batteries: From Physical Insights to Data-Driven Prediction [Abstract] Jongwoo LIM (Seoul National University) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
S4-#4: Mapping and Modeling Electromechanical Heterogeneity in Solid-State Batteries [Abstract] Shou-Hang BO (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
S4-#5: Accelerating Solid-state Battery Research through Ultrafast and Precise Synthesis [Abstract] Jiayu WAN (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 |
S4-#6: Talk title to be confirmed Guohua CHEN (HKUST) |
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| 13:00 - 14:10 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: To be confirmed) |
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Session V: Catalysis Session Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 14:10 - 15:00 |
[Plenary Talk] S5-#1: Harnessing of Excited States through Molecular Design and Supramolecular Assembly - Versatile Metal-Ligand Chromophores and Emitters for Efficient Optoelectronic Functions [Abstract] Vivian Wing Wah YAM (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
S5-#2: Deciphering C-C Coupling in CO2 Reduction: Advanced Nanomaterial Design Strategies [Abstract] Sebastian C. PETER (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
S5-#3: Talk title to be confirmed Minhua SHAO (HKUST) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
S5-#4: Metal-Acetylide Organic Frameworks: Synthesis, Characterization and Application Studies [Abstract] Raymond Wai-yeung WONG (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Coffee Break / Poster Session (Venue: Lobby, G/F & 1/F) |
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| 18:00 |
End of Day 2 |
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January 21, 2026 (Wed)
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Event
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Session VI: Computation and Theory Session Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 09:10 - 10:00 |
[Plenary Talk] S6-#1: Exciton Liquid: From Theory to Realistic Materials [Abstract] Xi DAI (HKUST) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
S6-#2: Diffusion–Model–Driven Discovery of Ferroelectrics for Photocurrent Applications [Abstract] Jung-Hoon LEE (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
S6-#3: Talk title to be confirmed Jian SUN (Nanjing University) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
S6-#4: Interpretable Artificial Intelligence for Heterogeneous Catalysis [Abstract] Weixue LI (University of Science and Technology of China) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
S6-#5: Computational Design of Solid Electrolytes: Combining Multi-Scale Modeling and Machine Learning [Abstract] Zeyu DENG (National University of Singapore) |
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| 12:30 - 13:20 |
[Plenary Talk] S6-#6: How Halide Perovskites Expanded the Frontiers of Photovoltaic Solar Energy [Abstract] Mercouri KANATZIDIS (Northwestern University) |
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| 13:20 - 14:30 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: To be confirmed) |
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| 14:30 |
End of Day 3 |
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January 22, 2026 (Thu)
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Event
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Session VII: Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Materials Session Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 09:10 - 10:00 |
[Plenary Talk] S7-#1: Perovskite Multijunction Solar Cells [Abstract] Anita HO-BAILLIE (The University of Sydney) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
S7-#2: Phonon-Glass Electron-Crystal like High Performance Thermoelectrics [Abstract] Kanishka BISWAS (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
S7-#3: Plastic Deformation and Metalworking of Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials [Abstract] Tianran WEI (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
S7-#4: Development of High Performance P-Type Oxide and Perovskite Transistors [Abstract] Yong-Young NOH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
S7-#5: Atomic-Level Lattice Chemistry for High-Performance Bulk Thermoelectrics [Abstract] In CHUNG (Seoul National University) |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 |
S7-#6: Phase Transitions of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Crystals [Abstract] Wei LI (Nankai University) |
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| 13:00 - 14:10 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: To be confirmed) |
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Session VIII: New Development in Materials Characterization Session Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 14:10 - 15:00 |
[Plenary Talk] S8-#1: Talk title to be confirmed Xiaodong ZOU (Stockholm University) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
S8-#2: Talk title to be confirmed Vanessa PETERSON (ANSTO) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
S8-#3: Electron Microscopy Imaging of Highly Sensitive Crystalline Chemical Materials [Abstract] Yu HAN (South China University of Technology) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
S8-#4: Synchrotron and Neutron for Energy Materials [Abstract] Yang REN (City University of Hong Kong) |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Coffee Break / Poster Session (Venue: Lobby, G/F & 1/F) |
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| 18:00 |
End of Day 4 |
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January 23, 2026 (Fri)
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Event
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Session IX: Electronic Materials II Session Chair: To be confirmed |
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| 09:10 - 10:00 |
[Plenary Talk] S9-#1: Electride : Materials and Applications [Abstract] Hideo HOSONO (Institute of Science Tokyo) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
S9-#2: Wide-bandgap Semiconductors for High-Efficiency High-Density Electric Power Delivery Kevin J. CHEN (HKUST) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
S9-#3: Emerging Hybrid Halides for Optoelectronics beyond Perovskites [Abstract] Lingling MAO (Southern University of Science and Technology) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
S9-#4: Talk title to be confirmed Henry He YAN (HKUST) |
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| 12:00 - 12:50 |
[Plenary Talk] S9-#5: Active Matter for Energy: Controlling Non-equilibrium Physics [Abstract] Peter LITTLEWOOD (The University of Chicago) |
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| 12:50 - 13:10 |
Poster Awards & Closing Remarks |
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| 13:00 - 14:10 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: To be confirmed) |
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End of Conference |
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