Session Index

Lecture Sessions
Tuesday July 07, 2026 (10:30-12:30)

Ferroelectric Single Crystals and Textures  Chair: Barbara Malic - Josef Stefan;

Domains and Crystal Structure  Chair: Zhilun Lu - University of Leeds, United Kingdom;

Piezo Fundamentals  Chair: Susan Trolier-McKinstry - Penn State University, United States;

Energy Storage & Harvesting  Chair: Jian Tian - CTS Corporation, United States;

Advances in PFM techniques  Chair: Lukas Eng - TU Dresden;

Dielectrics, Mechanical Properties & Functional Oxides  Chair: Jing Ma - Tsinghua University, China;

Tuesday July 07, 2026 (14:00-16:00)

Piezoceramic and Composites  Chair: Ahmad Safari - Rutgers;

Macroscopic Property Characterization I  Chair: Hugo Aramberri - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg;

Mem-Compute; Device  Chair: Kui Yao - Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore;

Functional Ceramics Processing  Chair: Stefan Flauder - PI Ceramic GmbH, Germany;

Interfaces, Defects, and Tunability in Emerging Ferroelectric Systems  Chair: Ruijuan Xu - NCSU;

Domain Physics & Topological Ferroelectrics  Chair: Guohua Dong - Xi'an Jiaotong University, China;

Wednesday July 08, 2026 (10:00-12:00)

Processing and integration of hafnia based ferroelectric thin films  Chair: Takanori Mimura - Gakushuin university;

Macroscopic Property Characterization II  Chair: Sabine Neumayer - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States;

Mem-Compute; Emerging  Chair: Laura Bégon-Lours - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland;

Lead-free piezoelectric/ferroelectric ceramics  Chair: Robert Wodnicki - University of Southern California, United States;

Domain Walls: Properties, Control and Applications  Chair: Ralph Bulanadi - ORNL;

Interfaces, Thin Films & Emergent Phenomena I  Chair: Jonathan Spanier - Drexel University, United States;

Wednesday July 08, 2026 (15:00-17:00)

Processing of ferroelectric materials for energy storage  Chair: Julian Walker - NTNU;

Multifunctional Material Characterization  Chair: Yazawa Yazawa - Colorado School of Mines, United States;

Engineering Dielectric Response  Chair: Sang Mo Yang - Sogang University, Korea;

Transducers & Devices - I  Chair: Shilong Zhang - Xidian University, China;

Topology, Polarization, and Local Functionality in Ferroic Systems  Chair: Ivan Ushakov - NTNU;

Interfaces, Thin Films & Emergent Phenomena II  Chair: Jun Chen - University of Science and Technology Beijing, China;

Thursday July 09, 2026 (10:30-12:30)

Processing of ferroelectric perovskite films  Chair: Ruijuan Xu - NCSU;

Piezo Devices  Chair: Juliette Cardoletti - Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany;

Mem-Compute; HZO fundamentals  Chair: Gitanjali Kolhatkar - McMaster University, Canada;

Transducers & Devices - II  Chair: Juhyeon Lee - Pennsylvania State University, United States;

Energy & Multifunctional Applications  Chair: Lukas Eng - TU Dresden;

Perovskite Ferroelectrics: Structure, Defects & Modeling  Chair: Zuo-Guang Ye - Simon Fraser University, Canada;

Thursday July 09, 2026 (14:00-16:00)

Lead-free Piezoelectrics & High-Performance Design  Chair: Matthew Dawber - University of Vermont, United States;

Piezo Integration  Chair: Roland Kessels - aixACCT GmbH, Germany;

Mem-Compute; Wurtzites  Chair: Songrui Zhao - McGill University, Canada;

HfO2-based Ferroelectrics & Device Physics  Chair: Denis Alikin - University of Aveiro, Portugal;

Phase Transitions, Flexoelectricity & Ferroic Coupling  Chair: Jonathan Spanier - Drexel University, United States;

Poster Sessions
Tuesday July 07, 2026 (16:30-18:00)

Poster TPC 1  Chair: Jon Ihlefeld - University of Virginia, United States;

Poster TPC 2  Chair: Trassin Morgan - ETH Zurich;

Poster TPC 4  Chair: Jon Ihlefeld - University of Virginia, United States; Ahmad Safari - Rutgers;

Thursday July 09, 2026 (17:00-18:30)

Poster TPC 3  Chair: Dragan Damjanovic - EPFL, Switzerland;

Poster TPC 5  Chair: Dragan Damjanovic - EPFL, Switzerland;

Poster TPC 6  Chair: Dragan Damjanovic - EPFL, Switzerland; Matthew Dawber - University of Vermont, United States;