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Keynote Speakers

High-profile Keynote speakers need to be approved by the PIERS Conference Quality Committee in advance. Before the session organizers send out the invitation to the keynote speaker, please email the name and web link of the keynote speaker to the PIERS OFFICE for approval in advance. The list of confirmed keynote speakers will be highlighted on this website.

List of dates/times of keynote talks

* All Names of keynote speakers are in order of accepted dates.
Prof. Junsuk Rho Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Paper Title: TBD
Session Title: High-Dimensional Metamaterials: Fabrication, Integration, and Applications
Organized by: Dr. Hao Wang Prof. Liaoyong Wen
Accepted Date: 2026-01-18
Prof. Tie Jun Cui Southeast University
Paper Title: Programmable Diffractive Neural Networks for Information Sensing, Processing and Computing in Electromagnetic Space
Session Title: Recent Developments of Diffractive Optical Sensors Using Machine Learning
Organized by: Dr. Pavel A. Khorin
Accepted Date: 2026-01-25
Prof. Dong Ha Kim Ewha Womans University
Paper Title: Harnessing Chiral Supramolecular Self-assembly from Star-like Block Copolymer Building Blocks for Stable and Full Color Circularly Polarized Light Emission
Session Title: Chiral and Spin Optoelectronic Devices
Organized by: Prof. Taotao Zhuang
Accepted Date: 2026-01-29
Prof. Stefan Alexander Maier Monash University
Paper Title: Emergence and Ultrafast Modulation of Optically Induced Quasi-bound States in the Continuum Resonances
Session Title: Nonlinear, Topological Metamaterials and Beyond 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Yu Luo Prof. Zhuo Li Prof. Hao Hu Dr. Song Zhu
Accepted Date: 2026-02-09
Dr. Masaya Notomi NTT Corporation
Paper Title: TBD
Session Title: Non-Hermitian Photonics 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Mikhail V. Rybin Dr. Ekaterina E. Maslova Prof. Andrey V. Novitsky Prof. Andrey A. Bogdanov
Accepted Date: 2026-02-12
Prof. Yuri Kivshar Australian National University
Paper Title: TBD
Session Title: Chiral Light-Matter Interactions in Nonlocal Metasurfaces 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Yuri Kivshar Prof. Zhanghua Han Dr. Maxim V. Gorkunov
Accepted Date: 2026-02-24
Prof. Laura Na Liu University of Stuttgart
Paper Title: TBD
Session Title: Chiral Light-Matter Interactions in Nonlocal Metasurfaces 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Yuri Kivshar Prof. Zhanghua Han Dr. Maxim V. Gorkunov
Accepted Date: 2026-02-24
Prof. Dangyuan Lei City University of Hongkong
Paper Title: Photothermal Effects and Thermophotonics for Advanced Plasmonic Printing and Colored Radiative Cooling
Session Title: Metamaterials and Plasmonics for Environmental Science 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Ventsislav K. Valev Prof. Liwu Zhang Prof. Xuezhi Zheng
Accepted Date: 2026-03-08
Prof. F. Javier García de Abajo ICFO --- Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology
Paper Title: TBD
Session Title: Free-Electron-Driven Photonic Platforms 1 & 2
Organized by: Dr. Xihang Shi Prof. Sunchao Huang Prof. Ido Kaminer
Accepted Date: 2026-03-11
Prof. Qi Jie Wang Nanyang Technological University
Paper Title: Broadband Room-temperature Mid-infrared Detection with 2D Materials and Nanoparticles
Accepted Date: 2026-03-12
Prof. Francesco Saverio Pavone University of Florence
Paper Title: TBD
Session Title: AI-driven Biophotonics for Medical Diagnosis
Organized by: Prof. Juergen Popp
Accepted Date: 2026-03-14
Prof. Baile Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Paper Title: Critical Topological Phase Transition
Session Title: Topological Photonics 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Jian-Hua Jiang Prof. Mudi Wang Prof. Meng Xiao
Accepted Date: 2026-03-14
Prof. Olivier J. F. Martin Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Paper Title: Crystalline Signatures in the Nonlinear Response of Gold and Silver Flakes
Session Title: Ultrafast and Nonlinear Nanophotonics 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Sergey V. Makarov Prof. Costantino De Angelis Dr. Kirill L. Koshelev Prof. Mihail I. Petrov
Accepted Date: 2026-03-17
Prof. Zhigang Chen Nankai University
Paper Title: Empowering Topological Photonics for OAM Manipulation
Session Title: Ultrafast and Nonlinear Nanophotonics 1 & 2
Organized by: Prof. Sergey V. Makarov Prof. Costantino De Angelis Dr. Kirill L. Koshelev Prof. Mihail I. Petrov
Accepted Date: 2026-03-17

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