Preliminary program
Five sessions:
Materials for energy
Spectroscopy and ultrafast phenonema
Advances in first principles simulations of materials
Magnetism, superconductivity and topology
Machine learning in condensed matter physics
Keynote talks: 40+10 mins
Invited talks: 25+5 mins
Contributed Talks: 15+5 mins
Tuesday 25th of August 2026
Daily trip (TBA)
Welcome dinner (20h00 sharp, Ristorante il grissino)
Wednesday 26th of August 2026
8.00-onwards Registration
8:45 to 9:00 Introductory remarks
Session Advances in first principles simulations (9:00-12:30)
9:00-9:50 Keynote Nicola Marzari (EPFL, PSI and Cambridge University))
9:50-10:20 Invited Fulvio Paleari (CNR-NANO)
10:20-11.00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 Contributed Nicolas Baù (University of Trieste)
11:20-11:40 Contributed Paolo Fachin (University of Rome La Sapienza)
11:40-12:00 Contributed Nina Girotto Erhardt (University of Louvain)
12:00-12:30 Invited Jacques Desmarais (University of Torino)
Lunchtime (12:30-14:30)
Session Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Phenomena (14:30-18:00)
14:30-15:20 Keynote Lucia Reining (CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique)
15:20-15:50 Invited Marco Garavelli (University of Bologna)
15:50-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-16:50 Contributed Simone Cigagna (EPFL)
16:50-17:10 Contributed Alberto Boccuni (University of Torino)
17:10-17:30 Contributed Andrea Biondini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
17:30-18:00 Invited Stefano Mocatti (University of Trento)
Poster session 1 (18:00-19:30)
Dinner ( 20h00 sharp, Ristorante Traubenwirt )
Thursday 27th of August 2026
Session Materials for Energy (9:00-12:30)
9:00-9:50 Keynote Miguel A. L. Marques (Ruhr University Bochum)
9:50-10:20 Invited Giorgia Fugallo (CNRS and ENS Paris)
10:20-11.00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 Contributed Francesca Martini (University of Trento)
11:20-11:40 Contributed Andrea Droghetti (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
11:40-12:00 Contributed Michele Bagaglini (University of L'Aquila)
12:00-12:30 Invited Paolo Pegolo (EPFL)
Lunchtime (12:30-14:30)
Session Machine Learning in Condensed Matter Physics (14:30-18:00)
14:30-15:20 Keynote Paul Erhart (Chalmers University of Technology)
15:20-15:50 Invited Volker Deringer (University of Oxford)
15:50-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-16:50 Contributed Sita Schoenbauer (Technical University of Vienna)
16:50-17:10 Contributed Andrea Baldanza (University of Rome La Sapienza
17:10-17:30 Contributed Daniela Mangano (University of Bologna)
17:30-18:00 Invited Andrea Grisafi (University of Sorbonne)
Poster session 1 (18:00-19:30)
Dinner (20h00 sharp, Ristorante Gruner Baum)
Friday 28th of August 2026
Session Magnetism, superconductivity and topology (9:00-12:30)
9:00-9:50 Keynote Maia Vergnory (University of Shebrooke and DIPC)
9:50-10:20 Invited Dario Fiore Mosca (University of Vienna)
10:20-11.00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 Contributed Luigi Camerano (University of L'Aquila)
11:20-11:40 Contributed Srdjan Stavric (Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences)
11:40-12:00 Contributed Johanna Paulina Carbone (University of Vienna)
12:00-12:30 Invited Zeila Zanolli (Utrecht University)
Concluding Remarks (12:35-12:50)
This project has received funding from the European Research Council under the Horizon Europe research and innovation program (ERC DELIGHT, GA No 101052708).
