ICNEAT-2026

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 The FIRST CIRCULAR

Building on the success of the inaugural International Conference on Nano Energy and Technology, the Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) will host the second International Conference on Nano Energy and Technology (ICNEAT-2026) in Shantou from March 27 to 30, 2026.

Energy and materials technologies are among the most dynamic areas in both fundamental research and industrial translation, underpinning critical sectors ranging from transport, aviation and oil exploration to renewable energy and national power grids, etc. ICNEAT-2026 will bring together these disciplines, focusing on nanostructures, energy storage and conversion, and advanced materials and devices as well as Artificial Intelligence for materials. The conference will offer a global forum for leading researchers to share cutting-edge findings, for industry to engage directly with academia, and for students and early-career scientists to explore the latest advances. Organized by the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion (MATEC) and assisted by Department of Materials Science and Engineering and China-Israel Jizhi Technology Co., ICNEAT-2026 is expected to attract up to 400 participants.

Theme Topics

  1. Energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors, electrochemistry, catalysis, H-storage, 2D device)
  2. Dielectric materials (organic/inorganic, Ferro/Piezo/ Electrocaloric, capacitors)
  3. Molecular electronics and Spintronics (CISS effect)
  4. Inorganic materials under extreme conditions (magnetism, quantum effect, defect engineering)
  5. AI in Materials and Energy

Schedules

March 27 – registration (2500 RMB, half for students), March 28 – March 30 talks, March 29 tours

Deadlines

Acceptance of invitation due December 31, 2025. Abstract due January 31, 2026

Conference Committees

Honorary Chairman: Profs. Xingao Gong, Weihua Wang, Dongyuan Zhao, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Chair: Prof. Daniel Q. Tan, Director of MATEC, GTIIT, China

Advisory Committee:

Prof. George Chen,                     Fellow of IEEE, University of Southampton, UK

Prof. Hongbiao Dong,                Academician, (RAE), University of Leicester, UK

Prof. Wenhui Duan,                    Academician, Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Donglai Feng,                    Academician, University of Science and Technology, China

Prof. Xingao Gong,                    Academician, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, China

Prof. Hao Huang,                       Academician  (NAE), University of Houston, USA

Prof. Ho-kwang Mao,                Academician, Center for HPSTAR, China

Prof. Ron Naaman,                    Academician, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Prof. Cewen Nan,                       Academician, Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna,     Academician, University of Singapore, Singapore

Prof. Jun Sun,                             Academician, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Prof. Weihua Wang,                   Academician, Songshan Lake Materials Lab, China

Prof. Zhonglin Wang,                 Academician, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, China

Prof. Xi Yao,                                Academician, Tongji University, China

Prof. Dongyuan Zhao,               Academician, Fudan University, China

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Jinbo Bai,                          CentraleSupele, France

Prof. George Chen,                    University of Southampton (UK)

Prof. Zhi-Min Dang,                   Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Yair Ein-Eli,                        Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Prof. Ruyan Guo,                        University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

Prof. Xuefeng Guo,                    Beijing University, China

Prof. Guorong Li,                       Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China

Prof. Hong Li,                             Institute of Physics, CAS (China)

Prof. Liang Li,                             Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Prof. Jing-feng Li,                      Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Xifei Li,                               Xi’an University of Technology, China

Prof. Jing Ma,                             Nanjing University, China

Prof. Liqiang Mai,                      Wuhan University of Technology, China

Prof. Yang Shen,                        Tsinghua University, China

Prof. Hongjun Xiang,                 Fudan University, China

Prof. Zhuo Xu,                            Xi’an Jiao Tong University, China

Prof. Dou Zhang,                       Central South University, China

Prof. Qiming Zhang,                  Pennsylvania State University, USA

Prof. Chunyi Zhi,                        City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Prof. Jianguo Zhu,                     Sichuan University, China

Local organizing committee:

Profs. Peng Chen, Xi Gao, Yuanshen Qi, Nan Wang, Zuoti Xie, Weiran Zheng, Cheng Zhu, Haijin Zhu

General secretary: Ms. Yuehuan (Monique) Kuang ()

Confirmed Keynote and Invited Speakers

Prof. Jinbo Bai,                           CentraleSupele (France)

Prof. Chonglin Chen,                  University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)

Prof. George Chen,                     University of Southampton (UK)

Prof. Guangxue Chen,                South China University of Technology (China)

Prof. Long-Qing Chen,                Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Prof. Zhongyang Cheng,            Auburn University (USA)

Prof. Yair Ein-Eli,                          Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Prof. Jonas Fransson,                Uppsala University (Sweden)

Prof. Xingao Gong,                      Fudan University (China)

Prof. Gedeon Grader,                  Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Prof. Xuefeng Guo,                      Beijing University (China)

Prof. Yachin Ivry,                          Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Prof. Jinliang He,                         Tsinghua University (China)

Prof. Qing Huang,                        Ningbo Institute of Materials (China)

Prof. Xuejie Huang,                     Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory (China)

Prof. Wayne Kaplan,                    Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Prof. Joseph Kioseoglou,           Aristotle University (Greece)

Prof. Guangli Kuang,                   Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, CAS (China)

Prof. Hong Li,                               Institute of Physics, CAS (China)

Prof. Jing-Feng Li,                       Tsinghua University (China)

Prof. Liang Li,                               Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China)

Prof. Minghua Liu,                       Institute of Chemistry, CAS (China)

Prof. Jing Ma,                              Nanjing University, China

Prof. Liqiang Mai,                        Wuhan University of Technology (China)

Prof. Ron Naaman,                      Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)     

Prof. Xiaoshi Qian,                       Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

Prof. Yossi Paltiel,                        Hebrew University (Israel)

Prof. Stuart Parkin,                      Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics (Germany)

Prof. Eugen Rabkin,                     Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Prof. Jose Rajan,                         Ming Chi University of Technology (Taiwan, China)

Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna,       Tsinghua University (China)

Prof. Yang Ren,                            City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)

Prof. Tamara Segal-Peretz,        Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

Prof. Minhua Shao,                      Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China)

Prof. Yang Shen,                           Tsinghua University (China)

Prof. Pratsinis Sotiris,                  ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

Prof. Bao-lian Su,                          University of Namur (Belgium)

Prof. Xiaoli Tan,                             Iowa State University (USA)

Prof. Mingliang Tian,                    Anhui University (China)

Prof. Wey Yang Teoh,                   University of Malaysia (Malaysia)

Prof. Ajayan Vinu,                         The University of Newcastle (Australia)

Prof. David H Waldeck,                Pittsburgh University (USA)

Prof. De-Yi Wang,                          IMDEA Materials Institute (Spain)

Prof. Xiaoen Wang,                       Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (China)

Prof. Zhonglin Wang,                    Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems (China)

Prof. Angela Wittman,                  Institute of Physics (Germany)

Prof. Zhuo Xu,                                Xi’an Jiao Tong University (China)

Prof. Hiroshi Yamamoto,             Institute for Molecular Science (Japan)

Prof. Nianjun Yang,                       Hasselt University (Belgium)

Prof. Wenge Yang,                        Shanghai HPSTAR (China)

Prof. Hua Zhang,                           City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)

Prof. Qiming Zhang,                      Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Prof. Shujun Zhang,                      City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)

Prof. Dongyuan Zhao,                   Fudan University (China)

Prof. Ji Zhou,                                  Tsinghua University (China)

About GTIIT and MATEC

GTIIT is a Sino-foreign cooperative university with an independent legal personality co-founded in 2016 by the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, located in Shantou City. It is the only Israeli high-quality higher education institution in China using English as its working language. The university comprehensively introduces the educational resources of Technion, the world’s top polytechnic, to carry out education and teaching innovation, and to cultivate outstanding engineers and scientific and technological talents with innovative abilities, global vision, and humanistic qualities. In 2018, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology was selected for the Guangdong Province High-level University Construction Plan, cultivating both undergraduate and graduate students. MATEC is a Guangdong Provincial Key Lab funded by the Guangdong Science and Technology Department to carry out research on materials and technologies for energy conversion, serving the technology and talent needs of Shantou region, Guangdong, and China.