Confirmed Invited Speakers

Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
BCMaterials – Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures & University of Minho — Spain / Portugal
The interplay of nanoparticle, composite and device designs for the additive manufacturing of optimized magnetoactive (multi)functional systems

Mimoun El Marssi
Laboratory of Physics Condensed Matter (LPMC) — France
Ferroelectric, Dielectric, and Energy Storage Properties in BiFeO₃/BaTiO₃ Superlattices

Brian J. Rodriguez
School of Physics & Conway Institute, University College Dublin — Ireland
Environmental Effects in Ferroelectrics Probed by SPM

Jean-Yves Chauleau
CNRS – Institut Néel — France
Investigation of the antiferroelectric/ferroelectric phase transition using second harmonic generation

Pavan Nukala
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru — India
Giant piezoelectric shear in 2D ferroelectric In₂Se₃ drives phase transitions inducing novel functions in electronic devices

Stephane Fusil
Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS–Thales / Université Paris-Saclay — France
Deterministic ferroelectric switching and associated antiferromagnetic toggling in BiFeO₃

Minh D. Nguyen
University of Twente – MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology — Netherlands
Achieved high energy storage capability in lead-free BZT thin films by controlling the amorphous–perovskite phase transition

Vladimir V. Shvartsman
Institute for Materials Science, University of Duisburg-Essen — Germany
Impact of defects on the electrocaloric effect in relaxor ferroelectrics

Yulian Vysochanskii
Institute for Solid State Physics and Chemistry, Uzhhorod National University — Ukraine
Anharmonicity of cationic sublattices and diversity of polar states in CuInP₂S₆-type van der Waals ferrielectrics

Nathalie Lemée
Université Paris-Saclay / CNRS — France
Understanding and tailoring functional properties in BNT based thin films via epitaxial growth

André M. Pereira
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto — Portugal
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Motion-Powered Systems: Hybrid Piezo–Triboelectric Platforms for Footwear and Fluid/Gas-Driven Excitations

Carlota Canalias
KTH Royal Institute of Technology — Sweden
Toward Programmable Ferroelectric Crystals for Quantum Photonics

Denis Alikin
CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Physics, University of Aveiro — Portugal
Tip-Induced Polarization Switching: Kinetic Pathways, Screening, and Relaxation

Fei Li
Xi’an Jiaotong University — China
The Impacts of Ferroelectric Domain Size on Piezoelectricity for Perovskite Ferroelectrics

Fabio Luis Zabotto
Department of Physics, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) — Brazil
Tailoring the Dielectric and Ferroic Properties of Aurivillius Ceramics via B-site Doping

Yachin Ivry
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology — Israel
Asymmetry of the Ferroelectric Phase Transition

Syed A. M. Tofail
University of Limerick — Ireland
BioDielectrics: Scopes, Challenges and the Case for a Platform

Christian Teichert
Montanuniversität Leoben — Austria
Advanced Piezoresponse Force Microscopy for the Investigation of Polycrystalline Energy Materials

Juras Banys
Vilnius University — Lithuania
Broad Band Frequency Measurements of Ferroelectrics and Relaxors

Doru C. Lupascu
Institute for Materials Science and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE), University of Duisburg-Essen — Germany
Magneto-electric decoupling in bismuth ferrite monitored by hyperfine interactions

Roger Proksch
Asylum Research Oxford Instruments — USA
2,000 Femtometers Below the Noise: Routine imaging of weak polar structures in Hafnia-based materials

Houssam El Mrabet Haje (on behalf of Mazhar Ali)
Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of  Technology — Netherlands
CuInP2S6: a 2D Ferroelectric with giant UV birefringence and anomalous  refractive index modulation