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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Dec 30, 2025
Extended Early Bird Ends: Jun 20, 2025

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Feng Chen
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Title: Femtosecond laser flexible electronics manufacturing
Feng Chen is a full professor of Electronic Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University, where he has severed as the director of Shaanxi key laboratory of Photonics Technology of Information (PTI), deputy director of the International Joint Research Center for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technologies. He joined Chinese Academy of Science in 1991, where he was promoted to a full professor in 1999. In 2002, Dr. Chen joined the Xi'an Jiaotong University as a professor and a group leader. His current research interests are Femtosecond laser microfabrication, Bionic microfabrication and Ultrafast photonics. Dr. Chen took charge in over 30 research projects including the National Key Research and Development Program, key projects of NSFC, the National key scientific instruments and equipment development of China, etc, gave over 100 Plenary, Keynote and invited talks at academic conferences, and has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers.
Prof. Antonina Pirrotta
University of Palermo, Italy
Title: To be confirmed
Antonina Pirrotta is a Full Professor in Structural Mechanics at the University of Palermo, Italy. She, graduated in Civil Engineering from Palermo University in 1987. Firstly for 6 years she worked as freelance structural engineer, then has done PhD in Structural Engineering in 1996 and as Post-doctoral studies in 1998. In 2000, she became a Researcher, in 2001 Associate Professor and in 2016 Full Professor in Engineering department at the University of Palermo, Italy.

-HEAD of PhD School of University of Palermo from 2023.
-HEAD of CIDIS from 2021.
-Board of Governors of ASCE (EMI) 2021-2024 (exceptionally renewed every year).

Her achievements resulted in many scientific recognitions, which include the appointment as Chair of the Stochastic Mechanics Group of AIMETA and of IDEA Innovative Dynamics Experiments Association (2022), several fellowships, memberships on scientific committees of various key international conferences, a membership on the Advisory Board of the MSCA COFUND Doctoral Programme at the University of Innsbruck, and many invitations as plenary speaker at several international conferences.
Prof. Pirrotta has organized and co-organized an exceptionally large number of international conferences, the last EMI2023International Conference organized at University of Palermo and for what she received the appreciation award, minisymposia, and summer schools in Italy and all over the world. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), (first professor with Italian affiliation) and of Meccanica, which are two absolute top journals in the field. Additionally, she is a member of the Editorial Board of various international scientific journals. She was a Visiting Professor at many universities all over the world such as Tongji University, Columbia University, Liverpool University, TU Wien, etc. With over 180 published papers, she is a leading researcher in the field of structural mechanics and collaborates with renowned institutions worldwide.

Prof. Antonina Pirrotta 's contributions and leadership have made her a notable figure in Structural Mechanics and a role model for women in science.

AWARDS
-2024 Global WIIN (Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network) Exemplary Special Recognition Award October 2024, for tenacity and Innovative Achievements.
-2024 Certificate of Appreciation for dedication and service as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Engineering Mechanics Institute 2021-2024.
-2023 ITWIIN : the Higher Education Award for the notable commitment to higher education activities, in the national and international academic context, and for having shown a high capacity for disseminating scientific knowledge in dissemination and collaboration initiatives.
-2023 Appreciation award for outstanding service and dedication as Chair of the EMI2023International Conference at the University of Palermo, Italy August 27-30, 2023.
-2020 First EASD SENIOR RESEARCH PRIZE in the area of DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGIES FOR STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, for her important contributions in the fields of passive control, multi-body systems, continuum mechanics, stochastic mechanics, health monitoring, (first European woman).
-2020 Research Prize "Francesco Carbone Experimenta".

FELLOWSHIPS
• American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE Fellow from 2024,(First Italian Woman Professor with Italian affiliation). • Fellowship (2020-2024) University of Liege, Belgium, (selected every year).
• International Excellence Fellowship of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), funded within the Framework of the University of Excellence Concept, “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association I Living the Change” (2021).
• Engineering Mechanics Institute EMI Fellow from 2020,(First Italian Professor with Italian affiliation).
• HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW in the Department of Mathematical Sciences of University of Liverpool, ( 2014-2019).
Dr. Hai-Feng Li
IAPME, University of Macau, China
Title: To be confirmed
Dr. Hai-Feng Li is an accomplished physicist specializing in condensed matter physics, single crystal growth, and neutron scattering. He earned his Ph.D. from RWTH Aachen University and the Jülich Research Center in Germany, where he received Auszeichnung (Distinction) and the prestigious Borchersplakette 2009. Dr. Li has held notable positions at leading institutions worldwide, including postdoctoral roles at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany) and the Ames Laboratory (USA), as well as a long-term visiting researcher position at the Institute Laue-Langevin (France). Before joining the University of Macau, he served as a Marie Curie-COFUND CONEX Professor at Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain. Dr. Li's research focuses on developing advanced materials with macroscopic functionalities, exploring their properties using cutting-edge neutron and X-ray scattering techniques. His work has practical applications in ferroelectric and superconducting materials, thermoelectrics, energy storage, and semiconductors. He has authored over 130 papers in top-tier journals, published a book and a book chapter, and his research has garnered more than 3,000 citations with an h-index of 31. In addition, Dr. Li holds 11 patents, has reviewed over 220 articles, and was honored with the Outstanding Youth Neutron Paper Award in 2016. Currently, Dr. Li leads the Functional Quantum Materials Lab at the University of Macau. He teaches two university courses, mentors Ph.D. students, and actively contributes to the scientific community. He was the primary organizer of the 2018 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Physics Society Joint Annual Meeting, where he independently established the conference website, and has participated in organizing 10 international conferences.”
Prof. Luigi Maxmilian Caligiuri
Foundation of Physics Research Center - (FoPRC) - Italy
Title: Will Update
Luigi Maxmilian Caligiuri, graduated Magna cum Laude in Physics in 1995, from 2001 is full professor of Physics and, from 2013 also the director of Foundation of Physics Research Center (FoPRC), an independent research organization devoted to advanced research in Physics. From 2014 to 2016 he has been Executive Director of the Scientific Projects Divisions at International Society for Space Science (ISSS). He is expert member of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) and of International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM). From 2019 he belongs to European Quantum Flagship and is invited member of CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Quantum Technology. From 2020 he belongs to SAI “Science and Information Organization”. Currently, he is also visiting professor at “International Institute of Invincible Rhythms” of India. He has published over one hundred papers in peer-reviewed international journals of physics and engineering and is editorial board member of many international journals in the fields of theoretical and applied physics. From 2019 he is “Bentham Science Open Ambassador” for Italy. His latest books as author are “Frontiers in Quantum Computing”, published by NOVA Science Publisher in 2020. He has received several international achievements and awards for its scientific and research activity. His most recent interests include, in particular, the development of coherent quantum field theory and its application to different fields (including fundamental physics, cosmology, biophysics, quantum computation, quantum information and artificial intelligence) and the physics of tachyons. He is considered a world expert in Quantum Hypercomputing and Coherent Quantum Field Theory.
Prof. Jianxin Tang
Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, China
Title: Will Update
Jianxin Tang received his B.Sc. degree in physics from Zhejiang University in 2002, and Ph.D. degree in Physics and Materials Science from City University of Hong Kong in 2006. In 2008, he was appointed professor at Soochow University. In 2021, he was appointed professor at Macau University of Science and Technology. His current research areas/interests span device physics and surface science on organic and perovskite light-emitting diodes technology for flat panel display and solid-state lighting, and organic/perovskite photovoltaic cells for renewable energy. He has published over 300 papers in internationally refereed journals in the field of device physics and optoelectronics. He has also served as a chairman/organizing committee member of over 30 international/domestic conferences.
Prof. Lei Xu
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Title: The role of drop shape in impact force and dynamics
Professor Lei Xu currently serves as a professor in the Department of Physics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He pursued his undergraduate degree in the Department of Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China from 1995 to 2000 and obtained his doctorate in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago from 2000 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. In 2009, he joined the Department of Physics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he has been teaching ever since. Professor Xu Lei's research group mainly focuses on the experimental physics of soft matter, paying particular attention to physical phenomena closely related to everyday life. These include the impact of droplets on solid surfaces, the development of metamaterials, flow fields in porous materials (such as soil and sand piles), and fundamental physical processes like phase transitions from liquids to solids (e.g., crystallization and glass transitions).