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First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Aug 10, 2026
Extended Early Bird Ends: Dec 28, 2025

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Meital Zilberman
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Title: Gelatin Based Biomaterials as Bioadhesives, Medical Sealants and Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration Applications
Prof. Zilberman holds an appointment of Full Professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Tel Aviv University. Her research interests are polymeric biomaterials, active implants and scaffolds for tissue engineering, and drug- delivery systems. During 2015-2020 she served as the president of Israel Society for Biomedical Engineering. She published more than 120 articles in the top Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers journals, invented over 30 patents, and delivered about 250 presentations (including invited talks keynote and plenary lectures). Among her prizes and awards is the prestigious Journal of Wound Care (JWC) world first place innovation award.
Dr. Mohamed Yousfi
INSA Lyon, France
Title: Material extrusion additive manufacturing of orthopedic devices from bio-based polymers: Process Parameters Optimization and Mechanical Properties
Mohamed Yousfi obtained his Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble in 2010. After a postdoctoral Research Fellowship on rheology and processing of self-reinforced multiphase polymer systems for sustainable and high-performance applications, he joined the Polymer Materials Engineering (IMP) laboratory at INSA Lyon in 2017 as an associate professor. His research activities are focused specifically in the area of interfacial rheology, polymer processing, and related fields. Currently, he is involved in different collaborative academic and industrial research projects including additive manufacturing applications, plastics recycling as well as the modeling of physical foaming of thermoplastic polymers. Since 2023, he is an Editorial Board Member of the journal Applied Rheology (De Gruyter).
Dr. Kolos Molnár
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Title: Hybridizing 3D Printing with Nanofibers: Building Hierarchical Porous Structures with Tunable Properties
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Dr. Xin Zhang
Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Title: To be confirmed.
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Prof. Daniel Grande
University of Strasbourg, CNRS, ICS, France
Title: Novel thermostable polycyanurate-based foams
Dr. Daniel Grande is a CNRS research director at Charles Sadron Institute (ICS) in Strasbourg (France) where he moved in January 2024 to become the new director of this 160-people laboratory as of July 2024, after a 6-month period as deputy director. Before his present position, he acted as the director of the ICMPE in Thiais (France) for the period 2020-2023. He served as the president of the soft matter section of the National Council for Scientific Research for the period 2021-2025. He received his Ph.D. degree in polymer chemistry from the University of Bordeaux (France) and the University of Coahuila (Mexico) in 1998, and then he spent about two years at Emory University (Atlanta, USA) as a NIH post-doctoral fellow. His research interests include the development of functional polymer materials with a broad range of porosity scales, including nanoporous materials with controlled porosity and chemical functionality derived from polymer networks and nanostructured block copolymers, doubly porous materials with nano- and macro-porosity, as well as hybrid macroporous materials based on foams or polymer fibers and inorganic nanoparticles. He is the (co-) author of about 160 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, 46 proceedings, 17 book chapters, 2 books, and 14 patents in the field of polymer chemistry and polymeric materials science. He delivered 62 invited or plenary lectures in international conferences, around 200 oral presentations in national or international meetings, and 190 poster presentations in national or international conferences.
Prof. Petr Spatenka
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Title: Plasma treatment of raw materil for products with enhanced adhesion
Petr Špatenka received the M.Sc. degree in physics and mathematics and the Ph.D. degree in plasma physics from the Charles University in Prague. He is professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague and Faculty of Agriculture at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. His research interests include functional plastics, composite materials, plasma chemical processes and their application for surface treatment. He is an author or coauthor of over 90 peer-reviewed articles, several patents, numerous conference contributions and three book chapters. He is the founder of the PlasmaTech Ltd. and the SurfaceTreat Inc. companies
Prof. Patricia María Frontini
INTEMA, Argentina
Title: Multivariable regression–genetic algorithm optimization approach for prediction and adjustment of complete filling conditions of an injection-molded part
P. M. Frontini is a Superior Research of CONICET at INTEMA ( intema@intema.gob.ar) . She leads the first Research Group in latin american on Deformation and Fracture of Plastic Materials which includes studies on elasticity, visco-elasticty, Fracture Mechanics, Failure micromechanisms, Performance of materials under high rate loading and yield behavior under multiaxial loading of polymers and composites. Her latter investigations included Performance of nanocomposites parts produced by injection molded , three D molding and nanoindentation of polymers . Her work about Fracture mechanics of Polymers is particularly noticeable. She participated of numerous International collaboration scientific projects, and industrial consultancy and technological developments for the Argentine productive sector . She also performs as Editor of Scientific Journals.
Dr. K. Chrissopoulou 
IESL, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Greece
Title: Polymer Nanocomposites: Correlating Structure with Properties
Dr K. Chrissopoulou is a Principal Researcher (Researcher B’) in the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). She is a Physicist and she holds a PhD in Polymer Science from the University of Patras. She has been a Maître de Conférences in Collège de France, Paris, France. She has published 47 papers in refereed journals, 8 in conference proceedings included in the citation index, 4 chapters in books and 1 editorial. Her research interests include the development of polymer nanocomposites and the investigation of their structure, morphology, dynamics and properties, the investigation of the static and dynamic behavior of multi-constituent polymer systems and the study of polymer surfaces and interfaces. She is an elected Member (treasurer) of the Hellenic Polymer Society Directory Board.