AGRI-NANO-Category

Agri-Nano & Agrivoltaics (AGRINANO26) covers the following (but not limited) topics:

Advanced PV Panel Technologies (OPVs, PPVs, Tandems, etc) for Agrivoltaics
(Tailored OPV solutions for agriculture, Semi-transparent and lightweight modules for greenhouses and open-field cultivation, optical engineering for plant growth optimization, smart optical nanostructures for light management, Climate-resilient agrivoltaic installations)
Flexible OLEDs & Lighting Solutions to enhance Crop yield in Agriculture
(OLED lighting in enhancing crop quality and yield, Light spectrum tuning and integration with Agrivoltaic systems for plant-specific growth)
Flexible Printed Sensors and Biosensors for Agriculture
(Sensors for soil and plant monitoring, Biosensors for crop health and food quality assessment, real-time monitoring of nutrients, humidity, and stress indicators)
Nano in Plants and Food Systems
(Nanomaterials & sensing platforms for plant protection, safety and enhanced growth, Nanoparticles and Nanosystems, fertilizers and smart distribution systems)
Agrivoltaics in Greenhouses and Controlled Cultivation
(OPVs in greenhouses, Spectrum optimization, Controlled microclimate, Water efficiency, Energy-autonomous GHs)
Agrivoltaics in Open-Field Cultivation: Adaptive Solar Installations for Triple Land Use
(Adaptive panel configurations, Crop protection from extreme weather events, Dynamic shading and adaptive solar panel configurations, Renewable energy production)
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems in Agriculture
(Integration of solar, wind, storage, and bioenergy in greenhouse and farm operations, Decentralized, off-grid, and microgrid solutions for energy autonomy)
Energy Generation & Agricultural Productivity
(Synergies between solar energy and crop performance, Dynamic energy sharing models between grid, farms, and local communities)
Smart & Hydroponic Greenhouses for Controlled Environment Agriculture
(Energy-autonomous Greenhouses, Smart Energy Systems for Controlled microclimate, Water efficiency and thermal management strategies, Hydroponic and vertical farming, Energy and crop monitoring, Energy and Crop monitoring and control in hydroponic Greenhouses)
Water management & Smart Irrigation Systems for Resource Efficiency
(Monitoring and optimization of water consumption, Integrated water management in Sustainable Agriculture)
Artificial Intelligence and Smart Agrivoltaics Systems
(AI-powered crop, energy, and environmental monitoring, Predictive analytics, IoT-based automation and real-time system control)
Artificial Photosynthesis for Sustainable Plants and Crop Ecosystems
(Photoelectrochemical systems, Organic and hybrid materials for solar fuel generation, Integration with agricultural ecosystems)
Circular Economy & Sustainable Agriculture
(Circular design of agrivoltaic technologies, recyclable OE materials and devices, Environmental impact and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Sustainable supply chains for agriculture systems)
Economic Feasibility and Scalable Business Models
(Techno-economic assessments, ROI, and lifecycle cost analysis, Business models for farmers, cooperatives, and energy developers)
Policy Frameworks, Incentives, and Regulation
(National and EU-level support schemes, CAP integration, Regulatory pathways, Policy benchmarking and international cooperation)

International Organizing Committee

S. Logothetidis, Nanotechnology Lab LTFN, AUTh / COPE-Nano, Greece
A. Afantitis, NovaMechanics Ltd & Entelos Institute, Cyprus
Y. H. Chu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
J. Chen, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
T. Golnas, Solar Energy Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), USA
A. Grassi, ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Italy
C. Gravalidis, Nanotechnology Lab LTFN, AUTh / COPE-Nano, Greece
G. Kitic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
S. Koundouras, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
A. Laskarakis, Nanotechnology Lab LTFN, AUTh / COPE-Nano, Greece
E. Mekeridis, OET Energy Technologies, Greece
S. Michailidou, OET Energy Technologies, Greece
L. Petti, University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
D. Savvas, Argiculture University of Athens, Greece
M. Teitel, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, A.R.O, Volcani Center, Israel

NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 Invited Speakers (tentative list)

Plenary Speakers (tentative list)

	Prof. Manish Chhowalla Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, Head of 2D Materials and Devices Group, University of Cambridge, UK Van der Waals interfaces for high electronics based on atomically thin semiconductors short bio short bio Manish Chhowalla is the Goldsmiths’ Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in the fundamental studies of atomically thin two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In particular, his group studies the properties of different phases of 2D TMDs. He has demonstrated that it is possible to induce phase transformations in atomically thin materials and utilise phases with disparate properties for field effect transistors, catalysis, and energy storage. Prof. Chhowalla is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Materials Research Society, and Churchill College. He was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Applied Materials Today, Associate Editor of ACS Nano, and is now the Editor-in-Chief of MRS Energy & Sustainability. He has been on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers since 2016. Prior to Cambridge, he was a Professor at Rutgers University in NJ, USA.

	Prof. Lydia Kavraki University Professor, Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, Professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University, USA Physical AI: Reshaping Physical Discovery and Engineering Practice short bio short bio Lydia E. Kavraki is a University Professor and the Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing and professor of Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering. She also serves as the director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University. Kavraki received her B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Crete in Greece and her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, working with Professor Jean-Claude Latombe. She was a research associate at Stanford University before moving to Rice. Kavraki works broadly in robotics, computational biomedicine, and physical AI. She has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and is one of the authors of the widely used robotics textbook “Principles of Robot Motion” published by MIT Press. Work in her group has produced the Open Motion Planning Library (OMPL), an open-source library of motion planning algorithms used worldwide. Besides this library her group maintains several web servers for computational biomedicine applications. Kavraki’s research has been funded by NSF, NIH, ARO, DOD, NASA, industry, and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). Kavraki's more than 40 postdocs and PhD students have gone on to faculty positions at top universities, industry research labs, startups, and large software companies. Through her role at the Ken Kennedy Institute, she brings faculty together across seven schools and twenty-seven departments to shape large research projects and future directions in AI, data, and computing at Rice University. Kavraki is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also a member of Academia Europaea, the Academy of Europe and a corresponding member of the Academy of Athens. She has served the Academies in multiple roles, including serving as a vice-chair and chair of Section 1 of NAM, founding member of the Health and Technology Interest Group of NAM, and member of the Board of Mathematical Sciences and Analytics. Kavraki received the IEEE Frances E. Allen medal in 2023. She received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Grace Murray Hopper Award (2000), the ACM Athena Lecturer Award (2017), and the ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award (2020). Kavraki received the Early Academic Career Award from the IEEE Society on Robotics and Automation (2002) and Robotics Pioneer Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2020). Other awards include an NSF CAREER award, a Sloan Fellowship, a Whitaker Investigator Award, recognition as a top TR100 investigator from the MIT Technology Review Magazine, recognition as a Brilliant 10 Scientist from the Popular Science Magazine, and the Anita Borg ABIE Technical Leadership Award. At Rice University, she is the recipient of the Charles Duncan Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching, the Presidential Mentorship Award, the Outstanding Faculty Research Award from the Engineering School, and the university-wide Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service (2022). She has been recognized in Houston with BioHouston’s Women in Science Award. Kavraki is a Fellow of ACM, a Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Keynote Speakers (tentative list)

	Prof. John Anthony , University of Kentucky, USA Bespoke soluble semiconductors: From simple transistors to quantum computing
	Prof. Thomas Anthopoulos , University of Manchester, UK
	Prof. Jacky Even , National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA Rennes), France Progress toward stable photovoltaic devices with multilayered perovskite heterostructures
	Prof. Georges Hadziioannou , University of Bordeaux, France Fully printed electrocaloric heat pump
	Prof. Martin Heeney , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia Materials development for OECT devices
	Prof. George Malliaras , University of Cambridge, UK Technology for Bioelectronic Medicine
	Mr. Evangelos Mekeridis , OET Energy Technologies, Greece
	Prof. Thomas Riedl , University of Wuppertal, Germany Perovskite-Organic Tandem Solar Cells
	Prof. Ravi Silva , University of Surrey, UK
	Prof. Wolfgang Tress , Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland
	Prof. Koen Vandewal , Hasselt University, Belgium Organic Photon Energy Up-conversion Devices
	Prof. George Volonakis , University of Rennes, France Modelling and Computational Screening of Halide Perovskites & Ternary Halide Double Salts

Invited Speakers (tentative list)

	Dr. Antonio Agresti , University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
	Dr. Maria Rosa Antognazza , Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Milan, Italy Polymer nanoparticles for regenerative medicine: new tools for aortic stenosis and wound healing
	Dr. Cyril Aumaitre , CEA Grenoble, France A Reliable Methodology for the Preparation and Accurate Characterization of Semiconducting Donor-Acceptor Block Copolymers
	Prof. Luca Beverina , University of Milano Bicocca, Italy Light activated multifunctional derivatives for imaging and therapy from X-rays to Vis region
	Dr. Ta-Ya Chu , National Research Council Canada, Canada Advanced 2D MXene for printed sensors and flexible electronics
	Prof. Fabio Cicoira , Polytechnic School of Montreal, Canada New Materials and Processes for Self-Healing, Sustainable, and Biointegrated Electronics
	Prof. Konstantinos Daskalakis , University of Turku, Finland Polaritonic Microcavities as a New Design Paradigm for Organic Optoelectronic Devices
	Prof. Dimitra Georgiadou , University of Southampton, UK Polyoxometalate/polymer redox switching devices with neuromorphic computing capabilities
	Mr. Ioannis Gkaragkos , OET Energy Technologies, Greece
	Dr. Amparo Guemes Gonzalez , University of Cambridge, UK PEDOT:PSS Conductive Eutectogel Films for Peripheral Nerve Bioelectronics
	Dr. Salim El Hadwe , University of Cambridge, UK Spinal cord interfaces - from experimental work to clinical applications
	Dr. Timothee Harvey , CT-IPC, France Preliminary environmental assessment of products integrating organic photovoltaic technology
	Dr. Pietro Ibba , University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy From Lab to Orchard: Sustainable Sensor Technologies for Plant and Fruit Monitoring
	Dr. Furkan Isikgor , University of Manchester, UK Perovskite-based tandem solar cells for sustainable energy generation and storage
	Prof. Panagiotis Keivanidis , Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Wavelength-shifting Control via Photon Energy Up-Conversion in All-Organic Planar Heterojunction Devices
	Prof. Dimitrios Koutsouras , University of Bath, UK Organic Bioelectronics for Next-Generation Medical Applications
	Prof. Emmanuel Kymakis , Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Greece
	Prof. John Labram , University College London, UK Low Temperature Capacitive Energy Storage
	Prof. Yen-Hung Lin , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Operando-Guided Defect, Interface and Growth Engineering for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
	Prof. Emil List-Kratochvil , Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
	Prof. Tom Macdonald , University College London, UK
	Dr. Leszek Majewski , University of Manchester, UK Low threshold voltage, sustainable organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) using plant-based biodielectrics
	Mr. Emmanouel Margaritis , OET Energy Technologies, Greece Organic Photovoltaics at Scale: Bridging Breakthrough Technology and Global
	Dr. Guillermo Martinez-Denegri , Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany Revisiting Textured Perovskite Solar Cells from a Broader Perspective: One Simple Strategy for Multiple Benefits
	Prof. Martyn McLachlan , Imperial College London, UK Sustainable Routes for the Synthesis and Circularity of Metal Halide Perovskite Materials and Devices
	Prof. John de Mello , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Photonic devices based on high density metallic nanogaps
	Ms. Sofia Michailidou , OET Energy Technologies, Greece
	Prof. Nako Nakatsuka , EPFL, Switzerland Nanoscale Aptamer Bioelectronics for Real-Time Monitoring in the Brain
	Prof. Anna-Maria Pappa , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Nanoengineered Bacterial Membrane Systems for Environmental and Biological Applications
	Prof. Alexandra Paterson , University of Kentucky, USA Figures of merit for organic electrochemical transistors and organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors
	Prof. Charalampos Pitsalidis , Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Low-cost, environmentally friendly flexible triboelectric nanogenerators for sustainable energy harvesting
	Dr. Mohsen Rezayat , Founder & President, OMID, USA AI-Guided Transparent Organic Photovoltaics for the Future of Agrivoltaics
	Prof. Ingo Salzmann , Concordia University, Canada Conventional and Degradation-Assisted Doping of Organic Semiconductors
	Dr. Stefano Toffanin , CNR-ISMN, Italy Smart-integrated System based on Organic Optoelectronic Components for Optical Biosensing in Agrifood chains
	Prof. Michael Turner , University of Manchester, UK
	Prof. Guohua Xie , Xiamen University, China Soft Lithography for MicroOLEDs
	Prof. Myung-Han Yoon , Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea Direct Fabrication of Large-Area Highly-Conductive PEDOT:PSS Electrodes on Plastic Substrates for Rollable Touchpads, Transparent Speakers, and Printed Organic Electrochemical Transistor Arrays
	Prof. Yanliang Zhang , University of Notre Dame, USA High-Throughput Printing of Wearable Devices for Energy Harvesting and Sensing
	Dr. Smaragda Zygridou , OET Energy Technologies, Greece

Language
English is the official language of the AGRINANO26.

Registration and On-site Registration
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Welcome to AGRINANO26

Lydia Kavraki Rice University, USA Plenary Speaker	Manish Chhowalla Uni. of Cambridge, UK Plenary Speaker	Thomas Anthopoulos University of Manchester, UK	George Malliaras University of Cambridge, UK
Wolfgang Tress Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland	George Volonakis University of Rennes, France	Ta-Ya Chu National Research Council Canada, Canada	Marco Fanciulli University of Torino, Italy
Amparo Guemes Gonzalez University of Cambridge, UK	Jesus Santamaria University of Zaragoza, Spain	Panagiotis Keivanidis Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus	Dimitrios Koutsouras University of Bath, UK
Emmanuel Kymakis Hellenic Mediterranean University Research Center, Greece	Alexandra Paterson University of Kentucky, USA	David Payne Imperial College London, UK	Lajos Balogh Precision Nanomedicine, USA

Henryk Turski Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland	Yannis Missirlis University of Patras, Greece	Ilise Feitshans O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, USA	Thomas Riedl University of Wuppertal, Germany
Raul Arenal University of Zaragoza, Spain	Michael Turner University of Manchester, UK	Antonio Agresti University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy	Tom Macdonald University College London, UK
Anna-Maria Pappa Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE	John de Mello Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway	Martyn McLachlan Imperial College London, UK	Yen-Hung Lin Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Martin Heeney King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia	Elefterios Lidorikis University of Ioannina, Greece	Xavier Rocquefelte University of Rennes, France	Konstantinos Daskalakis University of Turku, Finland

Leszek Majewski University of Manchester, UK	Spiros Anastasiadis University of Crete & FORTH IESL, Greece	Sofia Michailidou OET Energy Technologies, Greece	Ravi Silva University of Surrey, UK
Stefano Toffanin CNR-ISMN, Italy	Vasileios Koutsos University of Edinburgh, UK	Fabio Cicoira Polytechnic School of Montreal, Canada	Cyril Aumaitre CEA Grenoble, France
John Anthony University of Kentucky, USA	Ioanna Zergioti National Technical Uni. of Athens, Greece	Guillermo Martinez-Denegri Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany	Maria Rosa Antognazza Italian Institute of Technology, Milan, Italy
Jean-Francois Pierson University of Lorraine, France	Salim El Hadwe University of Cambridge, UK	Elefterios Iliopoulos University of Crete & IESL-FORTH, Greece	Ingo Salzmann Concordia University, Canada

Evangelos Mekeridis OET Energy Technologies, Greece	Timothee Harvey CT-IPC, France	Ufuk Kilic University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA	Kiran Gulia University of Wolverhampton, UK
Choon-Gi Choi Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea	Dimitra Georgiadou University of Southampton, UK	John Labram University College London, UK	Koen Vandewal Hasselt University, Belgium
Kun Qian Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China	Kyriakos Porfyrakis COPE-Nano, Greece	Emmanuel Giannelis Cornell University, USA	Georges Hadziioannou University of Bordeaux, France
Ioannis Gkaragkos OET Energy Technologies, Greece	Furkan Isikgor University of Manchester, UK	Myung-Han Yoon Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea	Smaragda Zygridou OET Energy Technologies, Greece

Emmanouel Margaritis OET Energy Technologies, Greece	Joseph Kioseoglou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece	Emmanouil Glynos Univeristy of Crete, Greece	Mohsen Rezayat Founder & President, OMID, USA
Nako Nakatsuka EPFL, Switzerland	Aylin Sendemir Ege University, Turkey	Jacky Even National Institute of Applied Sciences, France	Dmitri Simberg University of Colorado Anschutz, USA
Rodney Hill Charles Sturt University, Australia	Patrick Hunziker University of Basel, Switzerland	Emil List-Kratochvil Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany	Katsuya Teshima Shinshu University, Japan
Aristos Christou University of Maryland, USA	Pietro Ibba University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy	Yanliang Zhang University of Notre Dame, USA	Violet Haraszthy University at Buffalo, USA

Dipanjan Pan Pennsylvania State University, USA	Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain	Guy Makov Ben-Gurion University, Israel	Guohua Xie Xiamen University, China
Martin Thomas Horsch Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway	Luca Beverina University of Milano Bicocca, Italy	Charalampos Pitsalidis Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE	Vinay Gupta Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Bert Mueller University of Basel, Switzerland	Argyrios Varonides University of Scranton, USA	George Papavieros NCSR Demokritos and Nanometrisis p.c., Greece	Vangelis Harmandaris The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Natalia Konchakova Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany

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4-11 July 2026

7-9 July 2026

7-10 July 2026

9-10 July 2026

6-10 July 2026

CONFERENCE DATES

EXPO DATES

REGISTRATION

LAST MINUTE POSTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE

2025

2024

2023

2022

International Organizing Committee

NANOTEXNOLOGY 2026 Invited Speakers (tentative list)

Plenary Speakers (tentative list)

Keynote Speakers (tentative list)

Invited Speakers (tentative list)

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