Programme Outline

Please note this programme is provisional and may be subject to change.
All timings are BST.


Tuesday 23 June
09:30 – 10:30
Registration and Welcome refreshments

General

10:30 – 10:40
Conference Opening & Welcome Remarks

General

10:40 – 11:05
Invited Speaker Maximilia Frazão de Souza Degenhardt

Session 1 Bio SPM

11:05 – 11:20
Contributed talk by Sanjai Karanth

Session 1 Bio SPM

11:20 – 11:25
Company Techno Bite by Park Systems

Session 1 Bio SPM

11:25 – 11:40
Contributed talk by Alyona Yedelkina

Session 1 Bio SPM

11:40 – 11:45
Company Techno Bite by Vmicro

Session 1 Bio SPM

11:45 – 12:00
Contributed talk by Carolina Borrelli 

Session 1 Bio SPM

12:00 – 12:25
Invited Speaker Stephen Rauschenbach

Session 1 Bio SPM

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

Networking

13:30 – 14:15
Keynote Speaker Simon Scheuring

Session 2 Dynamics by SPM

14:15 – 14:30
Contributed talk by Daniel Melters

Session 2 Dynamics by SPM

14:30 – 14:45
Contributed talk by Kislon Voitchovsky

Session 2 Dynamics by SPM

14:45 – 15:00
Contributed talk by Chalmers Chau

Session 2 Dynamics by SPM

15:00 – 15:30
Refreshment break, Exhibtion and Posters

Networking

15:30 – 15:55
Invited Speaker Shi-Xia Liu

Session 3 Materials SPM

15:55 – 16:00
Company Techno Bite by HORIBA Scientific

Session 3 Materials SPM

16:00 – 16:15
Contributed talk by Iddo Amit

Session 3 Materials SPM

16:15 – 16:30
Contributed talk by Zinnia Mallick 

Session 3 Materials SPM

16:30 – 16:35
Company Techno Bite by CN Tech

Session 3 Materials SPM

16:35 – 17:00
Invited Speaker Thomas Siday

Session 3 Materials SPM

17:00 – 18:00
Poster Session & Drinks Reception

Networking

Wednesday 24 June
08:55 – 09:00
Day 2 Welcome

General

09:00 – 09:25
Invited Speaker Wei-Feng Xue

Session 4 Bio SPM

09:25 – 09:30
Company Techno Bite by Nu Nano

Session 4 Bio SPM

09:30 – 09:45
Contributed talk by Elena Tomaselli

Session 4 Bio SPM

09:45 – 10:00
Contributed talk by Djamel Eddine Chafai

Session 4 Bio SPM

10:00 – 10:05
Company Techno Bite by SciMed

Session 4 Bio SPM

10:05 – 10:30
Invited Speaker Melanie Köhler

Session 4 Bio SPM

10:30 – 11:00
Refreshment break, Exhibtion and Posters

Networking

11:00 – 11:25
Invited Speaker Liam Collins

Session 5 SPM Methods

11:25 – 11:30
Company Techno Bite by Nanosurf AG

Session 5 SPM Methods

11:30 – 11:45
Contributed talk by Simone Benaglia

Session 5 SPM Methods

11:45 – 12:00
Contributed talk by Juan Manuel Casares Lopez 

Session 5 SPM Methods

12:00 – 12:15
Contributed talk by Georg Papastavrou 

Session 5 SPM Methods

12:15 – 12:30
Contributed talk by Andrew Shevchuk

Session 5 SPM Methods

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

Networking

13:30 – 14:15
Keynote Speaker Leo Gross

Session 6 Materials SPM

14:15 – 14:30
Contributed talk by Rehmat Goodwin

Session 6 Materials SPM

14:30 – 14:45
Contributed talk by Charlie Wells

Session 6 Materials SPM

14:45 – 15:00
Contributed talk by Esther Barrena

Session 6 Materials SPM

15:00 – 15:30
Refreshment break, Exhibtion and Posters

Networking

15:30 – 15:55
Invited Speaker Phil Moriarty

Session 7 UHV SPM

15:55 – 16:00
Company Techno Bite by Oxford Instruments

Session 7 UHV SPM

16:00 – 16:15
Contributed talk by Pieter Keenan

Session 7 UHV SPM

16:15 – 16:30
Contributed talk by Callum Hayward

Session 7 UHV SPM

16:30 – 16:45
Contributed talk by Hannah Martin

Session 7 UHV SPM

16:45 – 17:15
Panel Discussion

Session 7 UHV SPM

18:45 – 22:30
AFM SPM 2026 Conference Dinner

Conference Dinner at the The Refectory South, University House, University of Leeds

Thursday 25 June
08:55 – 09:00
Day 3 Welcome

General

09:00 – 09:25
Invited Speaker Laura Fumagalli

Session 8 Materials SPM

09:25 – 09:40
Contributed talk by Elisabeth Bancroft

Session 8 Materials SPM

09:40 – 09:55
Contributed talk by Richa Arjariya

Session 8 Materials SPM

09:55 – 10:10
Contributed talk by Pramita Mondal

Session 8 Materials SPM

10:10 – 10:30
Panel Discussion

Session 8 Materials SPM

10:30 – 11:00
Refreshment break, Exhibtion and Posters

Networking

11:00 – 11:25
Invited Speaker Timea Feller

Session 9 SPM Methods

11:25 – 11:40
Contributed talk by Francesco Leoni 

Session 9 SPM Methods

11:40 – 11:55
Contributed talk by Sam Harley 

Session 9 SPM Methods

11:55 – 12:10
Contributed talk by Eric Lundgren

Session 9 SPM Methods

12:10 – 12:25
Contributed talk by Sidney Cohen

Session 9 SPM Methods

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch, Exhibition and Posters

Networking

13:30 – 13:55
Invited Speaker Jacob Pattem

Session 10 Bio SPM

13:55 – 14:10
Contributed talk by Indrianita Lionadi 

Session 10 Bio SPM

14:10 – 14:25
Contributed talk by Jordan Turnay

Session 10 Bio SPM

14:25 – 14:40
Contributed talk by Tanveer Ahmed 

Session 10 Bio SPM

14:40 – 14:55
Contributed talk by Laia Pasquina Lemonche

Session 10 Bio SPM

14:55 – 15:15
Award Presentation and Closing Remarks

General