Nanoscience + Engineering Applications conference

From nanospectroscopy to metamaterials and AI, this nanoscience conference features research impacting technology development and new applications at the nanoscale.

Featuring 8 conferences:

Metamaterials, metadevices, and metasystems
Active photonic platforms
Plasmonics
Optical trapping and micromanipulation
Photonic computing
Low-dimensional materials and devices
Spectroscopies and nanoimaging
Artificial intelligence

3D-printed translucent lattice with diamond grid pattern—advanced engineered material for photonics, optics, and structural testing.

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Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems

This metamaterials conference showcases advances in metasurfaces and metadevices, with a focus on their applications across AI, metrology, computing, information technologies, and beyond.

Futuristic illustration of a photonic platform with glowing blue circuitry and a central chip.

Active Photonic Platforms (APP)

Explore the latest developments in structured-material platforms for active light control. Areas of research include active photonic systems, functional THz-to-UV frequencies, and systems supporting new exotic light modes.

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Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications

Join this nanoscience conference to examine and explore novel plasmonic materials, structures, and phenomena, spanning multidisciplinary interests from fundamental optics to green photonics.

Optical trapping illustration with a lens focusing light into a rainbow spectrum beam.

Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation

This is the conference to learn the latest in optical forces for trapping and manipulating particles, cells, and nanostructures in biophotonics and quantum systems.

Illustration of a photonic computing chip with blue and green light patterns and intricate gold wiring.

Photonic Computing: From Materials and Devices to Systems and Applications

Discover breakthroughs in emerging areas of photonic computing in this critical age of the IoT. Topics include material innovations, sustainability, photonic quantum computing, and more.

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Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices

Explore and discuss the synthesis, processing, characterization, and modeling of low-dimensional materials tailored to their unique physical properties.

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Enhanced Spectroscopies and Nanoimaging

Join this nanospectroscopy conference to explore work in near-field nanoimaging, nanoscale optical spectroscopy, and nanospectroscopic and sensing techniques.

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Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI)

This is an interdisciplinary conference for advancing AI-photonics integration, driving breakthroughs in microscopy, biomedicine, spintronics, and more. Topics outside of core optics are included.

2026 Featured Plenary for Nanoscience + Engineering

Laura Na Liu

Univ. Stuttgart (Germany); Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany)

Michael S. Strano

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)

2026 Symposium Chairs

Kishan Dholakia

Univ. of Adelaide
(Australia)

Frank Cichos

Univ. Leipzig
(Germany)