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 The SECOND CIRCULAR

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. To facilitate frontier exploration and academic exchange in the fields, we cordially invite experts from worldwide institutions and industries to attend the Second International Conference on Nano Energy and Technology (ICNEAT-2026) in Shantou from March 27 to March 30, 2026. This event is organized by Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion (MATEC), Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), assisted by Materials Science and Engineering Department and China-Israel Jizhi Technology Co. It will center around the themes of Energy storage, Dielectric materials, Molecular electronics and Spintronics, Inorganic materials under extreme conditions, and AI materials and energy. We look forward to welcoming you in Shantou, where you can facilitate in-depth academic exchanges and experience the charm of the southern region of China.

Conference Organization

Organized by: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Assisted by: Materials Science and Engineering Dept., China-Israel Jizhi Technology Co.

Honorary Chairman: Xingao Gong, Dongyuan Zhao, Weihua Wang, CAS academician

Chair: Daniel Tan, Director of MATEC, GTIIT

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 &Technology, China

Prof. Xingao Gong,          Academician, Fudan University, 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. S. Ramakrishna,      Academician, Tsinghua University/NUS, 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 & 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, Mingliang Tian, Nan Wang, Zuoti Xie, Weiran Zheng, Cheng Zhu, Haijin Zhu

Agenda

Theme A: Energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors, electrochemistry, catalysis, H-storage, 2D device); Chaired by Limin Huang, Yong Lei, Xifei Li, Lifeng Liu, Liqiang Mai, Jun Ming, Rodney Ruoff, Pratsinis Sotiris, Jia Xie, Bin Xu.

Theme B: Dielectric materials (organic/inorganic, Ferro/Piezo/Electrocaloric, capacitors); Chaired by Jinbo Bai, Zhi-Min Dang, Lijie Dong, Xingyi Huang, Xiaoshi Qian, Yang Shen, Dou Zhang, Shujun Zhang, Zhicheng Zhang, Jianguo Zhu.

Theme C: Molecular electronics and Spintronics (CISS effect); Chaired by Xuefeng Guo, Ron Naaman, Stuart Parkin, Jonas Fransson, David Waldeck, Angela Wittman, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Minghua Liu, Ismael Diez-Pérez, Qingfeng Sun.

Theme D: Inorganic materials under extreme conditions (magnetism and quantum effect, defect engineering); Chaired by Liang Li, Guangli Kuang, Mingliang Tian, Eugen Rabkin.

Theme E: AI in Materials and Energy; Chaired by Pengfei Guan, Yi Liu, Jing Ma, Jian Shen, Cheng Tao, Hongming Weng, Hongjun Xiang, Jian Yu.

Conference VenueGTIIT Campus (Auditorium-SC/NC, Teaching Building-NC)

March 27Registration (Dinner)

March 28 AM: Opening Ceremony and Plenary Talks

Opening Ceremony

 

8:15-8:45

Welcome speeches

Daniel Tan (Chair)

GTIIT Chancellor or VC

Government leaders

 

 

Plenary Talks

 

8:45-10:15

Theme:Energy Storage and conversion

Hong Li

Yair Ein-Eli Dongyuan Zhao

10:15-10:30 Tea, Group photos

 

10:30-12:00

Theme:Nanomaterials and Energy conversion

Seeram Ramakrishna

Ji Zhou

Rodney Ruoff

12:15-13:30 Lunch (GTIIT-NC Canteen)

March 28 PMTheme Talks

14:00-18:00

Theme A: Keynote/Invited talks

Auditorium-NC

14:00-18:00

Theme B: Keynote/Invited talks

E508

14:00-18:00

Theme C: Keynote/Invited talks

E509

14:00-18:00

Theme D: Keynote/Invited talks

E510

14:00-18:00

Theme E: Keynote/Invited talks

E503

9:00-18:00 Exhibition

18:00-20:00

Dinner

GTIIT-NC Canteen

20:00-22:00

 Poster presentation

Research Building

March 29, AMPlenary Talks

 

 

Plenary Talks

8:15-10:15

Theme: Devices and Energy Conversion

Ron Naaman

Zhonglin Wang

Qiming Zhang

Zhuo Xu

10:15-10:30 Tea break

10:30-12:30

Theme: Nanostructures and Engineering

Ajayan Vinu

Yuanhua Lin

George Chen

Eugen Rabkin

12:30-13:45 Lunch (GTIIT-NC Canteen)

March 29, PMTours and Socials

19:00-21:00 Conference Banquet (Nan’ao Island)

March 30, AM Theme Talks

8:30-12:15

Theme A: Keynote/Invited talks

Auditorium-NC

8:30-12:15

Theme B: Keynote/Invited talks

E508

8:30-12:15

Theme C: Keynote/Invited talks

E509

8:30-12:15

Theme D: Keynote/Invited talks

E510

8:30-12:15

Theme E: Keynote/Invited talks

E503

9:00-12:00 Exhibition

12:15-13:30

Lunch

GTIIT Canteen

March 30, PM Departure

Conference presentation and abstracts

  • Conference presentation includes oral presentation and posters.
  • Abstracts are required for presentations and submitted through the conference website. Please contact the conference secretary for any enquiry.
  • Conference Website (English): https://sites.gtiit.edu.cn/matec/icneat2026/
  • Posters dimensions: 90 cm × 120 cm. All posters should be printed out and brought to the conference by the presenters.

Accommodation

  • Hotel 1:Academic House of Shantou University (243, Daxue Rd, Shantou)

          Price:Deluxe King or Twin Bed, RMB 400/1 breakfast)

  • Hotel 2:Viena International Hotel (Shantou Daxue Road, Jiping District)

          Price:Deluxe King or Twin Bed, RMB 260-320/2 breakfast

  • Hotel 3:Golden Gulf Hotel (96 Jinshazhong Rd, Longhu District, Shantou)

          Price:Deluxe King or Twin Bed, RMB 420/2 breakfast

     Transportation: The conference organizer provides transportation from SWA Airport and ChaoShan Railway Station to Hotels, and between GTIIT campus and Hotels.

Important dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: February 8, 2026
  • Early bird registration deadline: February 15, 2026
  • March 27: All-day check-in (Location: Inside main gate, GTIIT North Campus)
  • March 28 – March 30: Conference presentations
  • March 29: Tours

Registration

  • Registration website (Chinese): https://sites.gtiit.edu.cn/matec/registration/
  • Registration Fees (half for students)
  • Early bird rate until February 15, 2026: 1500 RMB
  • Before March 22, 2026: 2500 RMB
  • After March 22, 2026: 3000 RMB
  • Registration Fee Payment Account:
  • Account Name: Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
  • Bank: China Construction Bank, Shantou Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Branch
  • Account Number: 44050110737500000002

Note: Please indicate ‘your full name’+ ‘affiliation’+ ‘ICNEAT’ in the payment.

Invoice Information: Electronic ordinary invoices will be issued by default and will be sent to participants’ email addresses after the conference. If you require a paper invoice or a special value-added tax invoice, please contact the conference organizer via email for further instructions.

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.