Program
Event language: English
Moderator: Claudia Gonzalez, Head of Empa Akademie
13:30 Arrival & welcome coffee
14:00 Introduction
Dr. Lorenz Herrmann, Head of Department for Advanced Materials and Surfaces, Empa
14:20 Grand challenges for automated and autonomous research: synthesis, stability, and scale-up
Dr. Tonio Buonassisi, Vice President of Sustainable Energy, CSEM
14:50 Accelerating the development of advanced thin-film materials with high-throughput experiments and AI
Dr. Sebastian Siol, Group Leader of Coating Technologies, Empa
15:20 Industrial intelligence: rethinking innovation in expert-driven domains
Dr. Preeti Kamakoti, Director of Key Enabling Technologies and Tools Chemtech, Sulzer
15:50 Coffee break
16:20 Accelerating low-carbon cement design with materials science and AI
Dr. John Provis, Group Leader of Cement Systems, PSI
Dr. Nikolaos Prasianakis, Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Waste Management, PSI
16:50 AI for science: powering the next wave of industrial innovation
Thanikesavan Sivanthi, Senior Principal Scientist, ABB
17:20 Wrap-up & closing
Dr. Lorenz Herrmann, Head of Department for Advanced Materials and Surfaces, Empa
17:35 Apéro & networking
Shop basket
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
