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Kickoff Meeting to Help Shape Sweden’s Roadmap for Advanced Materials
2025-08-20 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Stockholm)
Do you want to help shape how Sweden invests in advanced materials?Now, eight innovation programs are coming together to create a new roadmap – a powerful guide to how advanced materials can drive real change and shape the future.
Europe is making major investments. Sweden has the expertise – but we need your insights to take the lead. This is your chance to help shape the roadmap that will guide how we tackle shared challenges and seize new opportunities. You’ll get to:

Help set the direction of the roadmap

Highlight what’s working, what’s missing, and what needs to happen now

Influence how advanced materials become an even stronger innovation area in Sweden

On August 20th from 09:00 to 10:00, we’ll kick off the roadmap work with a digital information meeting. There, you’ll get answers about how the work will be organized this fall and have the chance to ask questions. Key figures from industry, academia, and the public sector will participate – and they want you to be part of the conversation.You can register for the August 20th info meeting via this link.
Kick-off Meeting for the New Advanced Materials Roadmap📅 Date: August 20🕒 Time: 09:00–10:00📍 Location: Digital🔗 Register here!

Join us at Welcome Meeting 2025
2025-08-20 08:00 - 2025-08-21 17:00
Mark your calendar for August 20-21, 2025!
Join us in Norrköping for the WISE Welcome Meeting—a special event for all newcomers to the WISE community. This two-day gathering is designed to introduce you to the WISE organization and its vibrant network. Here’s your chance to connect with peers, learn about one another’s projects, and dive into the exciting offerings of the WISE Research School, including exclusive courses, summer schools, and study trips.
You’ll also hear from industry leaders and the newly established WIRAs, gaining insights to inspire and enrich your journey. New PhD students and postdocs will showcase their work through project pitches and poster sessions, giving everyone a firsthand look at the innovative ideas shaping WISE.
This is a key event for all newcomers, and attendance is expected. We highly recommend that you attend as soon as possible, as it will provide you with a comprehensive introduction to the WISE program, the research school, and the wider WISE community. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect, learn, and have a blast!
Stay tuned for more details—we’ll be updating this page regularly! Don’t miss out on this unique start to your WISE experience!
A personal invitation to our exciting Welcome Meeting will be hitting your email inbox soon!
Information about Program
Practical information
Poster Session: Information and Guidelines – TBA

SAVE THE DATE: AI in the Plastics Industry – Join Us at Husqvarna!
2025-08-23 08:00 - 2025-08-24 17:00
📅 September 23–24, 2025
📍 Husqvarna, Sweden
WIRA-SuPRA invites you to two inspiring event days focused on the theme:
“AI in the Plastics Industry”.
Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming product development, boosting production efficiency, and reshaping plastic flows in Sweden. Gain insights, share ideas, and connect with industry professionals in a dynamic and engaging setting.
🧠 Topics include:

Smarter product development with AI
Optimizing production through AI
Plastic material flows in Sweden
…and much more!

✨ Plenty of time for networking and mingling!
🕛 The event kicks off with lunch on September 23 and wraps up with an exclusive factory tour at Husqvarna on the afternoon of September 24.
📄 Please register here.

WISE Board Meeting 2025-4 & ISAB Meeting 2025
2025-09-03 - 2025-09-04

Information webinar on KAW Proof of Concept Grants in Materials Science for Sustainability 2025
2025-09-08 14:00 - 15:00
Interested in funding for commercializing your materials science research?Don’t miss the upcoming webinar on the 2025 KAW Proof of Concept Grants in Materials Science for Sustainability!

Webinar Date: September 8, 2025
Time: 14.00–15.00 (CEST)
Format: Online

The webinar is intended for researchers funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and/or other Wallenberg Foundations at Swedish universities, who are exploring ways to bridge the gap between academic research and innovation.
Register and learn more about the webinar here.

WISE Guest Professor Lecture
2025-09-11 15:00 - 16:00
WISE Guest Professor Lecture
When: September 11, 2025 | 15:00–16:00
We are pleased to welcome Professor Dipankar Das Sarma (WISE Guest Professor at Uppsala University) and Professor Mari Lundström (WISE Guest Professor at KTH, Aalto University, Finland).

Prof. Dipankar Das Sarma will give a lecture on “Halide perovskites and related compounds – a new era of material discovery.”
Prof. Mari Lundström will give a lecture on “Energy Transition Materials and Their Circularity.”

🔗 Learn more about Professor Lundström’s research. Research profile.🔗 Learn more about Professor Das Sarma’s research. Research profile.
👉 Register here.

ÅMA & WISE Join Forces to Transform Industrial Recycling
2025-09-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Uppsala University, Sweden
On 17 September 2025, researchers, innovators, and industry leaders will gather at Ångström Laboratory for a high-impact event focused on recycling as a driver for sustainable materials and industrial transformation.
The program will explore cutting-edge strategies in areas such as:

Design for recyclability
Advanced recovery and separation methods
Energy and process efficiency
Policy, industrial symbiosis, and AI-driven solutions

The aim is to identify new opportunities for research and innovation, strengthen collaboration between Uppsala University, ÅMA’s industry partners and WISE, and lay the groundwork for future joint projects and funding applications.
Save the date: 17 September 2025, Ångström LaboratoryThis is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of sustainable materials.
Read more and register here!

Inauguration of AM@Chalmers and WISE Additive node at Chalmers
2025-10-02 09:00 - 16:00 | Chalmers University, Gothenburg
Welcome to the inauguration of the AM@Chalmers and WISE Additive node at Chalmers. This open research infrastructure aims to accelerate the development and implementation of sustainable additive manufacturing, enabled by state-of-the-art, powder-based metal additive manufacturing technologies.
For more information and registration.

WISE Guest Professor Lecture: Professor Johan Hjelm & Professor Yury Gogotsi
2025-10-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Digital event
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from two world-leading researchers in the field of sustainable energy materials and storage technologies. The digital seminar takes place 3-4 pm on October 2, 2025.

Professor Johan Hjelm will present:“Towards Sustainable Flow Battery Based Energy Storage”Explore the role of redox flow batteries in addressing the growing need for stationary energy storage, with insights into the latest research on organic electrolytes, reactor design, and membrane technologies.
Professor Yury Gogotsi will present:“How MXenes and Other 2D Materials Can Contribute to Our Sustainable Future”Discover how MXenes and other 2D materials are shaping the future of sustainable technologies through innovations in energy, water, and material science.

👉 Register here to secure your spot.

WISE Board Meeting 2025-5
2025-10-15

Driving Next-Generation Water Solutions
2025-10-20 12:30 - 17:00
Kick-Off Workshop Invitation
The The Swedish Research Council funded excellence cluster project NEW-WATER aims to bring together experts and stakeholders to address one of the world’s most urgent challenges: water contamination by complex and persistent pollutants.
When: October 20, 2025
Where: Chalmers (Hybrid participation available)
Register here, last sign up date October 15, 2025.

Webinar – Exciting Collaboration Opportunity: WACQT–WISE Pilot Call 2025
2025-10-22 13:00 - 14:00
You will learn more about this unique funding opportunity and how it aims to strengthen collaboration between the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT) and Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE).
Date: 22 October 2025
Time: 13:00–14:00
Speakers:

Göran Johansson, Director of WACQT
Magnus Berggren, Director of WISE
Olle Eriksson, Co-director WISE

Join us to hear directly from the program directors about the goals of the pilot call, opportunities for joint research, and how to get involved.
Register here
Let’s build new bridges between quantum technology and sustainable materials science — together towards a smarter, greener future!

Welcome to the inauguration of the WISE Additive node at Linköping University (LiU).
2025-11-05 11:00 - 19:00 | HOPE (Home of organic and printed electronics)
Picture taken by: Thor Balkhed
When: November 5 @ 11:00 – 17:30
Where: HOPE, Källvindsgatan 5
Inauguration of the WISE Additive node at Linköping University (LiU) will take place on November 5th. The ceremony will start at HOPE and will end with a tour of the Täppan Cleanroom and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Täppan Cleanroom at Campus Norrköping will serve as the central hub for additive manufacturing research and development at LiU, with a focus on printing advanced electronic materials and devices.
For registration and programme
Or contact marina.kaspiarovich@liu.se

WISE Guest Professor Lecture: Professor Ganpati Ramanath & Professor Mikhail Katsnelson
2025-11-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Digital event
We are pleased to welcome Professor Ganpati Ramanath, WISE Guest Professor at Uppsala University and Professor Mikhail Katsnelson, WISE Guest Professor at Uppsala University.
Professor Mikhail Katsnelson: From quantum many-body physics to materials and sustainability.

In condensed matter physics and materials science, the fundamental laws are known. We believe that the basic equations of quantum mechanics and electrodynamics are in principle sufficient to describe all physical and chemical properties in the world around us. However, their practical applications face enormous difficulties, due to essentially many-body characters of electronic subsystem in any material. Unavoidably, some approximations should be made in their theoretical description. In particular, we should map the many-body problems to an auxiliary single-body problem in an effective medium, via so called ‘density functionals’ and “Green’s function functionals’. Looking, at a superficial view, very abstract and formal, in some cases these concepts allow us to trace the whole way from fundamental laws of quantum physics to explanation and, more importantly, prediction of a very broad circle of properties of a very broad circle of materials. I will focus mostly on optical properties, from quantitative theory of colors in transition metal compounds to new types of electromagnetic waves in quasi-two-dimensional materials, and on magnetism where our approaches can be used, in combination with machine learning tools, for the search of novel magnetic materials with desirable properties. Even mechanical properties such as strength and plasticity, despite being much farther from basic quantum laws, can be analyzed from these positions. As an example, I will show theoretical results on properties of steel, including a qualitative explanation of pearlite formation.

Professor Ganpati Ramanath: Molecular design of inorganic nanomaterials and interfaces for sustainable energy and electronics.
I will present highlights from our prior works on nanomaterials discovery and engineering interfaces for sustainable energy and electronics, followed by glimpses of our ongoing work through WISE. I will briefly describe the use of molecularly-directed strategies nanostructuring and doping to disentangle unfavorably coupled properties and obtain multifold increases in high-figure-of-merit thermoelectric nanomaterials. I will then discuss our pioneering use of organic molecular nanolayers (MNLs) to tailor the stability and multiple properties of inorganic interfaces. Example property enhancements include unprecedented multifold improvements in fracture toughness, and thermal and electronic transport. I will conclude with glimpses from ongoing WISE-supported activities on accessing emergent optoacoustic phenomena in organic/inorganic multilayers via superposition of MNL effects, MNL-induced alteration nanofilm morphology for electronics device wiring, van der Waals epitaxy and flexible thermoelectric devices.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Please register to the event here.

WISE Board Meeting 2025-6
2025-11-20

Registration Now Open for AM4Life/WISE Additive Autumn School
2025-11-24 08:00 - 2025-11-28 17:00
We’re pleased to announce that registration is now open for the AM4Life/WISE Additive Autumn School on the theme “Post-processing in AM and Surface Engineering. The preliminary schedule is also available.
The Autumn School will bring together leading researchers, industry experts, and participants to explore the latest advances in additive manufacturing post-processing and surface engineering.
👉 Register and view the schedule here
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, and expand your network in this rapidly evolving field.

Inauguration of the WISE Additive node at Uppsala University
2025-11-26 09:00 - 16:00 | Ångströmslaboratoriet
A warm welcome to the inauguration of the WISE Additive Node at Uppsala University on November 26. With the support of the WISE Research Technology Platform program, we are excited to invite you to the inauguration of the Uppsala node of WISE Additive. Together with Chalmers and Linköping, we are establishing a national infrastructure for research in additive manufacturing.
At the Ångström Laboratory, besides laser powder bed fusion machines, we now also have new equipment for metal powder production, characterization, and post-processing of printed material. We are also expanding our analysis capabilities with a new micro-CT. These tools together support the full chain from powder preparation to component evaluation.
Please join us for a day of interesting lectures and presentations.
For more information and to register please sign up here.

WISE Symposium Uppsala University-Welcome to a webinar on Sustainability Aspects of Additive Manufacturing
2025-11-26 09:30 - 10:30
Webinar: Sustainability Aspects of Additive Manufacturing
Join us for an inspiring webinar with Prof. Iain Todd, Director of the Materials Made Smarter Research Centre in the UK. Prof. Todd will share insights on “Metal Additive Manufacturing and Powder Recovery, Reuse & Recycling”, highlighting innovative approaches to sustainability in advanced manufacturing.
With a PhD in Solidification from the University of Sheffield and extensive experience across academia and industry — including the Netherlands Institute for Metals Research and CENIM in Madrid — Prof. Todd has been a leading figure in developing additive manufacturing at the University of Sheffield since 2003. In recognition of his contributions, he was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2023.
📅 Date: November 26, 2025
🕤 Time: 9:30 AM
💻 Location: Digital event
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please register to the event here.

WISE Guest Professor Lecture: Professor Julie Beth Zimmerman, Uppsala University and Dr. Sandrine Lyonnard, Uppsala University.
2025-12-04 15:00 - 16:00 | Digital event
WISE Guest Professor Lecture
When: December 4, 2025 | 15:00–16:00
We are pleased to welcome Professor Julie Beth Zimmerman, WISE Guest Professor at Uppsala University and Dr. Sandrine Lyonnard, WISE Guest Professor at Uppsala University.

Dr. Sandrine Lyonnard will give a lecture on “Operando battery characterization at the synchrotron : pushing the frontiers of spatiotemporal analysis.”
Abstract: Synchrotron techniques have great advantages due to the high penetration power of hard x-rays, ultimate space and time resolutions available, and chemical sensitivity, enabling to perform fast spatially-resolevd parameter mappings and obtain the finest details of chemical structures in complex environements. These characteristics make them particularly suited to probe materials transformations during the charging/discharging process of a battery. Combining several techniques within multimodal workflows is even more powerful, as we can image reaction and degradation mechanisms directly inside the devices and gain a holistic understanding of the various processes. I will illustrate this on recent examples based on tomographic techniques applied to Li- and Na-ion systems.
Professor Julie Beth Zimmerman, WISE Guest Professor at Uppsala University: “Designing a Green Chemistry Future”.

Register to the event here.

WISE Guest Professor lecture - Professor Martin Kaltenbrunner & Professor Federico Rosei
2026-02-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Digital event
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from two world-leading researchers. The digital seminar takes place 3-4 pm on February 5, 2026.

Martin Kaltenbrunner , WISE Guest Professor at Uppsala University – “TBA”
Professor Federico Rosei , WISE Guest Professor at Luleå University of Technology – “The energy challenge from a materials perspective”

👉 Register here to secure your spot.

WISE Invited Professor (WIP) Lecture - Professor Mathias Schubert & Professor Mette Geiker
2026-03-05 15:00 - 16:00
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from two world-leading researchers. The digital seminar takes place 3-4 pm on March 5, 2026.

Professor Mathias Schubert, WISE Invited Professor at Lund University: Understanding ultrawidebandgap materials – challenges and opportunities for sustainable energy
Professor Mette Geiker, WISE Invited Professor at Chalmers University of Technology: Reinforced concrete structures, notes on corrosion mitigation

Please register here to secure your spot.

WISE Dialogue 2026
2026-03-17 - 2026-03-18 | Uppsala Consert & Congress
WISE Dialogue 2026
On 17–18 March 2026, the WISE community will gather once again — this time in the inspiring setting of Uppsala Concert & Congress. Preparations are in full swing for two days filled with conversations, new perspectives, and shared ideas about how we can shape the future together.
WISE Dialogue is more than just an event — it’s our annual meeting place to exchange knowledge, build connections, and be inspired by each other.
👉 Curious to know more?Explore the upcoming program, speakers, practical details, and much more on the event page:Read more about WISE Dialogue 2026

WISE Invited Professor Lecture - Professor Audrey Moores & Professor Magdalena Titirici
2026-04-09 15:00 - 16:00
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from two world-leading researchers. The digital seminar takes place 3-4 pm on April 9, 2026.

Professor , Audrey Moores, WISE Invited Professor at Stockholm University – “Shake It Up or Let It Be: Mechanochemistry and Aging-Based Methods to Turn Biomass into Valuable Materials”
Professor Magdalena Titirici , WISE Invited Professor at Stockholm University – “Turning waste into sustainable batteries and chemicals”

Register here

Unlock the Power of Sustainability with WISE ASSIST – Join Our Webinar no 1
2026-04-15 12:00 - 13:00
Are you preparing a proposal for WISE-ap3? Make sure you’re fully equipped to meet its strong sustainability ambitions.
To support applicants, the WISE ASSIST tool provides a structured methodology to effectively address sustainability aspects in your proposal—now a mandatory component of the application process.
To help you get the most out of WISE ASSIST, we’re hosting two interactive webinars where you’ll learn how to apply the tool and strengthen your proposal:

15 April, 12:00–13:00 CET

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your proposal and align with WISE-ap3’s sustainability vision. Secure your place now and take your application to the next level.
Please register to the April webinar here.

Welcome to the inauguration of the Uppsala node of WISE-EST
2026-04-16 09:30 - 15:00
WISE-EST is funded by the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE), which supports investments in new equipment at two laboratories in Uppsala and Luleå through its Research Platform scheme (RTPs).
We are pleased to invite you to the inauguration of the Uppsala node, where we will present the platform, its capabilities, and its relevance for both academic research and industrial applications, including its Auger electron microscope.
Where: Siegbahn lecture hall. Ångströmlaboratoriet, Uppsala.
When: 16 April, 2026, 09:30-15:00 CET
Leran more and register here.

WISE Invited Professor Lecture: Professor Carsten Gachot, LTU & Professor Yen-Chieh Huang, KTH
2026-05-07 15:00 - 16:00 | Digital event
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from two world-leading researchers. The digital seminar takes place 3-4 pm on May 7, 2026.

Professor Carsten Gachot, WISE Invited Professor at LTU: The Fascinating World of Tribology – From Textured Surfaces to High-Performing 2D Materials for Aerospace Applications.
Professor Yen-Chieh Huang, WISE Invited Professor at KTH – Smaller Machine for Bigger Science – chip-size particle accelerator and radiator.

Register here

Unlock the Power of Sustainability with WISE ASSIST – Join Our Webinar no 2
2026-05-13 13:00 - 15:00
Are you preparing a proposal for WISE-ap3? Make sure you’re fully equipped to meet its strong sustainability ambitions.
To support applicants, the WISE ASSIST tool provides a structured methodology to effectively address sustainability aspects in your proposal—now a mandatory component of the application process.
To help you get the most out of WISE ASSIST, we’re hosting two interactive webinars where you’ll learn how to apply the tool and strengthen your proposal:

13 May 13:00–15:00 CET

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your proposal and align with WISE-ap3’s sustainability vision. Secure your place now and take your application to the next level.
Register here.

Inauguration of WISE Research Technology Platform WiseEST@LTU
2026-05-26 09:30 - 15:30
Join us for the inauguration of WiseEST, a new research and technology platform dedicated to advancing tribology – the science of friction, wear, and lubrication. This exciting initiative brings together leading researchers from Luleå University of Technology and Uppsala University, creating a strong collaborative environment for innovation and knowledge exchange.

The programme offers an inspiring mix of presentations, discussions, and forward-looking perspectives on the future of tribology research. Whether you are a researcher, student, industry partner, or simply curious about cutting-edge developments in this field, this event provides an excellent opportunity to connect, learn, and explore new ideas.
Event details

Date: 26 May 2026
Time: 10:30 – 15:30
Venue: Luleå University of Technology, Room E231

We warmly invite you to be part of this milestone and to celebrate the launch of a platform that aims to drive impactful research and collaboration.
Do not miss your spot and register here.
Welcome!

WISE Invited Professor Lecture - Professor Alexander Bismarck & Professor Mukundan Thelakkat
2026-06-04 15:00 - 16:00
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from two world-leading researchers. The digital seminar takes place 3-4 pm on June 4, 2026.

Professor Alexander Bismarck, WISE Invited Professor at Luleå University of Technology – “Circular and scalable leather alternatives from fungal fruiting bodies”.
Professor Mukundan Thelakkat, WISE Invited Professor at Chalmers University of Technology – “Tuning of semiconductor polymers for advanced technologies”.

Please register here!

2026 Machine Learning for Materials and Molecular Discoveries Symposium
2026-06-17 08:00 - 2026-06-19 17:00 | Uppsala University, Sweden
About the Event
Join us for the 2026 symposium on Machine Learning for Materials and Molecular Discoveries (ML2MD). At this symposium, we seek to highlight some of the key research developments at the interface of machine learning and materials of the past couple of years, focusing on the following themes:

Generative AI for Materials and Molecules
ML-accelerated Simulations
Automation, Experiments, and Machine Learning
Foundation Models for Materials and Molecules

Registration Information
The event includes coffee breaks (fika) and a poster session. Please register early as capacity for the conference is limited via the registration link below (note: the “Sign up here” button is broken).

REGISTRATION LINK ← sign up here
If you would also like to present a poster, please submit an abstract here, and use this template to prepare your abstract.
Contributed talks with be selected from the best submitted poster abstracts! Notifications for contributed talks will be sent out to the selected speakers by June 1st, 2026.

Conference registration is 500 SEK (excl. VAT). Registration is open from March 15th, 2026 until June 1st, 2026. Decisions on poster abstracts will be sent out starting Junst 1st, 2026.
This event is co-organized by the COST Action DAEMON. If you are from a COST member country (https://www.cost.eu/about/members/), it is possible to get travel support for this event by joining the open network DAEMON (https://cost-daemon.eu/).
If traveling in to Uppsala for the conference, note that the event will be located in the Ångström Laboratory (map: https://link.mazemap.com/kU3vkP2A). The venue is easy to reach via walking/public transport from many hotels in central Uppsala.

Schedule
A tentative schedule for the event will be made available soon.

Contact Information
The workshop is organized by Associate Professor Chao Zhang (Uppsala University), Assistant Professor Rocío Mercado Oropeza (Chalmers), and COST Action DAEMON. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

Local organizer: Associate Professor Chao Zhang (chao.zhang@kemi.uu.se)
Co-organizer: Assistant Professor Rocío Mercado Oropeza (rocio.mercado@chalmers.se)
