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8th April 2026 |
9th April 2026 |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks (09:00 CEST| 03:00 EDT| 15:00 CST) |
Session 1. Photocatalysis and Session 3. Photocatalytic Energy Conversion Keynote and Invited Talks (09:30 CEST| 03:30 EDT|15:30 CST) |
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Session 2. Photochemistry for Environmental Remediation Keynote and Invited Talks (09:00 CEST| 03:00 EDT| 15:00 CST) |
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Break |
Break |
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Session 5. Photoluminescent Materials Keynote and Invited Talks (14:00 CEST| 08:00 EDT| 20:00 CST) |
Session 4. Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy and Flash Poster Session Keynote and Invited Talks (14:00 CEST| 08:00 EDT| 20:00 CST) |
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Closing Remarks |
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CST - China Standard Time
S2. Photochemistry for Environmental Remediation
Date: 8th April 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York)| 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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Speaker | Title |
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09:00-09:10 |
Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 09:10-09:20 | Dr. Olga Sacco Session Chair |
Welcome by Session Chair |
| 09:20-09:50 | Prof. María Ángeles Lillo-Ródenas Keynote Speaker |
From Pollutant Removal to Green Fuels: Photocatalysts for Environmental Applications |
| 09:50-10:20 | Assistant Prof. Cláudia Gomes Silva Keynote Speaker |
From Engineered Nanomaterials to Advanced Reactors: Toward Sustainable Photocatalysis |
| Contributed Oral Presentations | Session 2. Photochemistry for Environmental Remediation | |
| 10:20-10:35 |
Badis Kahouadji |
Investigation of the Photocatalytic Degradation Efficiency of Methylene Blue Using TiO₂:Sm³⁺ Luminescent Nanoparticles |
| 10:35-10:50 |
Pawel Gluchowski |
Low-Dimensional Structures and Composite Materials for Environmental Remediation |
| 10:50-11:05 | Zul Adlan Mohd Hir Selected Speaker |
Sustainable Bio-derived Microcrystalline Cellulose from Bamboo Fibers Supported with TiO₂ for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation |
| 11:05-11:20 | Dóra Hessz Selected Speaker |
Detection of Microplastics Using Fluorescent Probes |
| 11:20-11:35 | Raul Losantos Selected Speaker |
Advances in Excited-State Dynamics: Bridging Small Molecules and Large Systems |
| 11:35-14:00 | Break | Break |
S5. Photoluminescent Materials
Date: 8th April 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 |
Prof. Dr. Dirk Poelman |
Welcome by Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 |
Prof. Liudmil Antonov |
Tautomerism and Photoswitching: Experimental vs Theoretical Spectrometer in the Design of Proton Cranes |
| Contributed Oral Presentations | S5. Photoluminescent Materials | |
| 14:40-14:55 | Thomas J.J. Müller Selected Speaker |
One-Pot Amination-Arylation Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships of Luminescent and Redox-Active Aryl-Triarylamines and -Phenothiazines |
| 14:55-15:10 | Kai Li Selected Speaker |
Dy3+, Mn4+ Co-Doped Sr4GaNbO8 Materials Towards Dual-Mode Thermometry, Anti-Counterfeiting and Information Encryption Applications |
| 15:10-15:25 | Michaila Akathi Pantelaiou Selected Speaker |
Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Dye-Polymer Nanoformulations via Electrostatic Complexation |
| 15:25-15:40 | Jiaren Du Selected Speaker |
Facilitating Tunable Near-Infrared Persistent Luminescence through Chemical Unit Co-Substitution |
| 15:40-15:55 | Shafiga Alakbarova Selected Speaker |
Photoluminescence Tuning in Sonochemically Synthesized CdS Nanostructures via Controlled Cd:S Stoichiometry |
| 15:55-16:10 | Xiao Huang Selected Speaker |
Theoretical Study on the Design and Optical Properties of Carbon Nanoring System |
| 16:10-16:25 | Debosreeta Bose Selected Speaker |
Deciphering Bio-Interfacial Interactions of photoactive Imidazo-Pyrimidine Derivatives: Linking Photophysics, SAR, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations |
S1. Photocatalysis and
S3. Photocatalytic Energy Conversion
Date: 9th April 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 09:30 (CEST, Basel) | 03:30 (EDT, New York) | 15:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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Speaker | Title |
| Session 1. Photocatalysis | ||
| 09:30-09:35 |
Dr. Vincenzo Vaiano |
Welcome by Session Chair |
| 09:35-10:00 |
Dr. Vincenzo Vaiano |
Innovative Photocatalytic Materials for Sustainable Selective Oxidation |
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Contributed Oral Presentations |
Session 1. Photocatalysis | |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Fedor Uskov |
Oxidation of Phenyl-Derived Ethers to Esters via Photocatalytic C-H Activation |
| 10:15-10:30 | Kei Ohkubo Selected Speaker |
Photocatalytic C-H Oxygenation of Hydrocarbons with Chlorine Dioxide |
| 10:30-10:45 | Jorge Herrera Luna Selected Speaker |
Aerobic & Anaerobic Borylation of (Hetero)arenes Triggered by Visible-Light |
| 10:45-11:00 | Linghua Wang Selected Speaker |
Decarboxylative Borylation of Aliphatic Esters via Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis |
| 11:00-11:15 | Isabella Goveia Selected Speaker |
Assessment of Structure-Property-Catalytic Activity Relationships in Photocatalyst-Bound Cotton for Driving Organic Reactions Under Light |
| S3. Photocatalytic Energy Conversion | ||
| 11:15-11:20 | Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann Session Chair |
Welcome by Session Chair |
| 11:20-11:45 | Prof. Stefan Haacke Keynote Speaker |
Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Molecules Designed for Light-Energy Conversion |
| Contributed Oral Presentations | S3. Photocatalytic Energy Conversion | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Patrycja Kolbusz Selected Speaker |
Light-Assisted CO2 Conversion on Electrodeposited Cu2O-Based Composite Layers |
| 12:00-12:15 | Svetlana Boshnakova Selected Speaker |
Investigation of a New Additive Manufacturing DED Application for Waste-to-Hydrogen Conversion |
| 12:15-14:00 |
Break |
Break |
S4. Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy and
Flash Poster Session
Date: 9th April 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
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Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 |
Prof. Dr. Rui Fausto |
Welcome by Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 |
Prof. Luís G. Arnaut |
Flash Photodynamic Therapy: New Opportunities for More Selective and Efficient Treatments |
| 14:40-15:10 |
Dr. Janusz Dąbrowski |
From Molecular Design to Hypoxic Tumor Models: The Critical Role of Triplet Lifetime in Photodynamic Efficacy |
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Contributed Oral Presentations |
S4. Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy | |
| 15:10-15:25 |
Kave Moloudi |
Evaluation of Nano-Formulation of Pheophorbide-A Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Against 3D Lung Cancer Cells |
| 15:25-15:40 | Aleksandra Pawska Selected Speaker |
Amphiphilic Phthalocyanines as Dual-Mode Photo- and Sonosensitizers for Antimicrobial Applications |
| 15:40-15:55 | Vladimir Sorokin Selected Speaker |
A Photocontrollable Conjugate of a Natural Chlorin and a Chemotherapeutic Agent for Combined Photodynamic Therapy |
| Flash Poster Session |
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| Poster Presentation | Flash Poster Session | |
| 15:55-16:00 | Alicja Makarec Poster Presenter |
Photodynamic Activity of Hypericin-Loaded Liposomes in Breast Cancer Cells |
| 16:00-16:05 | Dušan Milojkov Poster Presenter |
White-Emitting Dy³⁺/Eu³⁺ Co-Doped Fluorapatite Nanoparticles for Multispectral Biomedical Applications |
| 16:05-16:10 | Anca Vasile Poster Presenter |
Investigation of Bimetallic Pt-Co and Pt-Ni Catalysts in the Photoreduction of Nitrate |
| 16:10-16:15 | Nelda Martínez-Galero Poster Presenter |
Treatment of Effluents Contaminated by Synthetic Dyes Using Heterogeneous Photocatalysis |
| 16:15-16:20 | Fivos Florides Poster Presenter |
Titanate Nanotubes for the Selective Cleavage of Lignin-Inspired β-Ο-4 Linkages Towards Value-Added Aromatics Under Visible Light |
| 16:20-16:25 |
Beatriz Valadares Poster Presenter |
Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Amoxicillin Using TiO2/Carbon Quantum Dots Nanocomposites Immobilized in Electrospun Polycaprolactone Fibers |
| 16:25-16:30 | Katarina Hainz Poster Presenter |
The Impact of Intial pH Value and H2O2 on the Efficiency of Glyphosate Photocatalytic Degradation in Aqueous Suspension Using Simulated Solar Irradiation |
| 16:30-16:35 | Valentina Silva Poster Presenter |
Matrix Influence on Antibiotics Photocatalytic Removal from Water by Magnetic TiO2–Carbon Quantum Dots Composites |
| 16:35-16:40 | Dušica Jovanović Poster Presenter |
Sustainable Photolytic and Photocatalytic Removal of Antibiotic and Antipsychotic from the Aquatic Medium in the Presence of H2O2, KBrO3, and (NH4)2S2O8 |
| 16:40-16:45 | Nina Finčur Poster Presenter |
Shining Light on Ciprofloxacin Removal: How Reaction Conditions Shape Photodegradation Efficiency |
| 16:45-16:50 | Ashwani Chikara Poster Presenter |
Optimising Titanium Oxo Cluster-Based Materials for Photocatalysis |
| 16:50-16:55 | Daria Polivanovskaia Poster Presenter |
Photooxidation of Organic Sulfides in the Presence of New metal(IV)porphyrinate-Monocapped Fe(II)-, Ni(II) and Co(III)-Centered Pseudoclathrochelates |
| 16:55-17:05 | Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi Event Chair |
Closing Remarks |