PROGRAMME

Main topics

The workshop is built around four main topics:

• Accelerating Porous Materials Design and Development - A Data-Driven Approach

• A century from the Schrödinger equation: how quantum mechanics has changed the modeling of MOFs

• Elucidating structure-property of MOFs: From synthesis to advanced characterization

• Bridging classical models to machine learning interatomic potentials

Renowned speakers

For each of the four topics, an overview of the current state of the art, perspectives and limitations will be given by a renowned scientist in the field:

• prof. Jihan Kim (KAIST, South Korea)

• prof. Martin Head-Gordon (UC Berkeley, USA)

• prof. Alexandre Thatchenko (University of Luxemburg, Luxemburg)

• dr. Maciej Haranczyk (IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain)

The following keynote speakers confirmed their presence:

• prof. Shan Jiang (Shanghaitech University, China)

• prof. Mohamed Eddaoudi (KAUST, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

• prof. Leticia Gonzalez (Universität Wien, Austria)

• prof. Unni Olsbye (University of Oslo, Norway)

• prof. Seyed M. Moosavi (University of Toronto, Canada)

• prof. Christian Serre (CNRS & PSL University, France)

• prof. Shuxia Tao (Eindhoven University of Technology, Germany)

• prof. Jianwen Jiang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

The plenary discussions for the four topics will be moderated by

• prof. Berend Smit (EPFL, Switzerland)

• prof. Thomas Heine (TU Dresden, Germany)

• prof. George E. Froudakis (University of Crete, Greece)

Detailed programme

The conference will start on Monday August 31st, 2026 in the afternoon. The end is foreseen on Wednesday September 2nd, 2026 in the afternoon around 16 o’clock. A more detailed program will be shared in March 2026.