Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 30/June/2026 | |||
| 8:00am - 8:45am |
Registration |
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| 8:45am - 9:00am |
Opening |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Keynote Prof. Takeuchi, University of Tokyo Living Muscle Actuators: A New Frontier in Biohybrid Robotics |
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| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Keynote Prof. Hoffmann, RUB The Multiplicity of Electrostatic Microactuation |
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| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Keynote Prof. Liwei Lin, University of California Piezoelectric and Piezoelectret Actuators and Microsystems |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00am - 12:40pm |
KOMMA1-Dielectrics |
Electromagnetics |
Thermal Shape Memory |
| 12:40pm - 1:50pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:50pm - 3:30pm |
KOMMA2-Shape Memory & Electrostatics |
Aerospace & Civil Engineering |
Polymers |
| 3:30pm - 4:15pm |
Coffee Break |
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| 4:15pm - 5:55pm |
KOMMA3-Polymers |
Novel Magnetics and Dielectrics |
Optics & Photonics |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pm |
Get-Together |
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| Date: Wednesday, 01/July/2026 | ||
| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Keynote Dr. Menciassi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Actuation Challenges and Options in Medical Robotics |
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| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Keynote Prof. Schmidt, TU Chemnitz Life from Technology – From Micro-Actuator Modules to Non-Biological Organisms |
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| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Keynote Dr. Gloess, Physik Instrumente Nanometer-precise actuators and sensors for the key technologies of our world |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Poster Pitches |
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm |
Poster Session |
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| 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
Lunch |
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| 2:30pm - 4:10pm |
Medical Devices |
Piezoelectrics |

