Invited speakers
Prof. Eric Bakker
Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva
Invited talk:
Recognizing Ionic Species with New Sensing Concepts
Dr. Chris Blackman
Senior Lecturer, University College London
Invited talk:
Designing selectivity: A chemists perspective
Prof. Sergey Borisov
Associate Professor, Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Invited talk:
Luminescence-based chemical sensors
Prof. Hyung-Gi Byun
Professor, Division of Electronics, Information & Communication Eng. Kangwon National University, Korea
Invited talk:
Olfaction as Sensors and Actuators
Professor Dr. Orawon Chailapakul
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Invited talk:
Paper-based Biosensor and Its Applications
Prof. Mauro Epifani
Full time researcher at the Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (Institute for Microelectronic and Microsystems) of the Italian "Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche" (National Council of Researches)
Invited talk:
Materials Architectures for Chemoresistive Gas-Sensing by Cross-Talk with Heterogeneous Catalysis. Principles, Synthesis and Applications
Prof. Ulrike Diebold
Professorin an der TU Wien, Inst. of Applied Physics
Invited talk:
Surface Chemistry of Semiconducting Metal Oxides, Viewed at the Atomic Scale
Dr. Andreas T. Güntner
PostDoc, Department für Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik, ETH Zürich
Invited talk:
Selective gas sensors from flames for breath analysis
Jussi Hiltunen
VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland, Senior Scientist
Invited talk:
Mass-producible opto-fluidic sensors
Dr. Gary Hunter
Senior Electronics Engineering, NASA Glenn Research Center
Invited talk:
Smart Sensor Platforms and Systems for Aerospace Applications
Dr. Hiroshi Imaya
RIKEN KEIKI Co., Ltd./Deputy General Manager
Invited talk:
Development of amperometric gas sensors for industrial/environmental usage.
Prof. Charlie Johnson
Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA
Invited talk:
Nano-biosensors based on two-dimensional materials
Prof. Seonghwan Kim
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Nano Sensing Systems, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Invited talk:
Quantitative nanomechanical IR spectroscopy for label-free molecular recognition
Dr. Dave Kubinski
Technical Expert, exhaust gas sensors; Ford Research and Innovation Center, Dearborn, Michigan
Invited talk:
RF measurement technique as a tool to understanding the gas loading on automotive catalysts
Prof. Jong-Heun Lee
Professor; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University
Invited talk:
Highly selective and sensitive detection of benzene, toluene, and xylene using oxide semiconductors
Prof. Geyu Lu
Professor; College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, China
Invited talk:
Solid State Electrochemical Gas Sensors Based on Stabilized Zirconia and Oxide Electrodes
Prof. Chris A. Mayhew
Universitätsprofessor and Director of the Institute for Breath Research; Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
Invited talk:
Applications of Soft Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation for Clinical Breath Analysis
Dr. Hisao Ohnishi
Osaka Gas Co., ltd. / Executive Researcher
Invited talk:
Ultra low power thin film gas sensor for battery operated gas alarm
Dr. Pehr Pehrsson
Research Chemist in the Chemistry Division of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, where he heads the Nanomaterials Interfaces and Devices Section of the Surface Chemistry Branch
Invited talk:
Silicon Nanowire Arrays for the Preconcentration and Joule Heating-Based Desorption of Trace Vapors
Prof. Mariusz Pietrzak
Assistant Professor at Warsaw Univeristy of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Meical Biotechnology
Invited talk:
Noble-metal based nanoparticles in modern bioanalysis
Prof. Gustavo Rivas
Full Professor (INFIQC-Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Córdoba National University); “Superior Research” Argentine Research Council (CONICET); Member of National Academy of Sciences of Argentina
Invited talk:
Carbon nanostructures-based (bio)sensors for the quantification of relevant (bio)markers
Prof. Neus Sabaté
Neus Sabaté is an ICREA Professor. She co-leads the Self-Powered Engineered Devices at the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona since 2015.
Invited talk:
Fuel cells as key components for the next generation of autonomous diagnostic devices
Dr. Steve Semancik
Physicist and Project Leader; Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Invited talk:
Integrated Microheaters and the Role of Localized Temperature Control in Chemical and Biochemical Sensing
Prof. Hiroaki Suzuki
Professor at the University of Tsukuba
Invited talk:
Coulometry and signal enhancement for microfluidic systems
Dr. Alberto Tarancón
Research Professor, Head of the Nanoionics and Fuel Cells Group, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), ICREA
Invited talk:
Fully integrated electrochemical sensors: a disruptive alternative compatible with microelectronics procedures
Dr. Teodor Veres
Section Head, BioAnalytical Micro-Nano Devices - Medical Devices Research Center, National Research Council of Canada. Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Bioengineering Departments, McGill University
Invited talk:
Nanomaterials and Microfluidics for Integrated Bio-Analytics Applications
Prof. Dr. Patrick Wagner
KU Leuven, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Soft-Matter Physics and Biophysics Section
Invited talk:
Bio- and chemosensors based on the thermal boundary resistance at solid-liquid interfaces
Prof. Ping Wang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Invited talk:
The research progress of biomimetic olfaction and taste sensors
Prof. Jing-Juan Xu
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University
Invited talk:
Biopolar devices in Biosensing
Prof. Tomoyuki Yasukawa
Professor, Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo
Invited talk:
Rapid formation of single-cell pairs for producing hybridomas
Prof. Zhengjun Zhang
Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Invited talk:
On-site Gas Sensing by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering