Overview
JOINT EVENT
3RD AEROGEL INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA FORUM - PROCESSES, PRODUCTS, APPLICATIONS & MARKETS
The aerogel world is undergoing rapid development. On the industry side, new players are entering the market. New aerogel producers, including start-ups but also established materials manufacturers, introduce their products, compete for market share, or aim to develop new applications and markets. In the meantime, traditional manufacturers keep innovating. Silica aerogel remains the most important product, but polymer and biopolymer aerogels are becoming available as well. Other companies focus on developing process technologies or aerogel based products. On the academic side, there has been a veritable explosion of research into understanding traditional aerogel materials and applications, as well as new aerogel materials combinations, precursors and sustainable raw materials, new aerogel synthesis routes and new potential applications.
5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AEROGELS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
Aerogels are advanced, highly porous materials designed to meet the criteria of biomedical or environmental applications. They can be used as drug carriers, bone grafts, or wound dressings in biomedical applications and as insulators, absorbents, sensors, and catalysts in environmental applications. This conference aims to assemble and integrate the most recent progress in aerogels’ scientific and technological knowledge
For more information, please find the flyer for the event here
Speakers
Confirmed speakers:
Aerobel – Steve De Pooter
Aerogel Technologies – Stephen Steiner
AeroShield Materials – Kyle Wilke
AIST – Satoru Takesita
Armacell – Stephan Möller
Aspen Aerogels – Nicholas Leventis
ETH Zürich – Markus Niederberger
Empa – Sandra Galmarini
Empa – Mengmeng Li
Empa – Gilberto Siqueira
Empa – Pawel Ziemianski
European Industrial Insulation Foundation – Andreas Gürtler
German Aerospace Center DLR – Barbara Milow
Graphene Composites – Steve Devine
IBIH Advanced Material Co. – Yunhong Wang
Kämpfen Zinke + Partner – Beat Kämpfen
Keey Aerogel – Mike O'Connor/Francisco Ruiz
LLNL – Marcus Worsley
Michalous – Ioannis Michaloudis
MINES ParisTech - TBD
Siloxene AG – Matthias Koebel
Thermulon Aerogels – Alyne Lamy/Samuel Cryer
TU Eindhoven – Tomovic Zeljko
U. Santiago de Compostela – Carlos Garcia Gonzalez
U. Santiago de Compostela – Clara Lopez-Iglesias
Abstract
Call for abstracts for contributed talks and posters is now open.
Please find the abstract template here.
Deadline for submission: 1 May 2025
Registrations
Please register here
Program
Preliminary program
Wednesday June 11, 2025
8.30 Registration
9.00 Welcome
9.15 Aerogels for Biomedical Applications
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Poster session
14.30 Aerogels for Environmental Applications
17.00 Welcome reception
Optional Tours of Empa and NEST
Thursday June 12, 2025
8.30 Registration
9.00 Production and processes
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Poster session
14.30 Product development and integration
16.00 Start-ups and emerging industries
18.30 Conference Dinner
Friday June 13, 2025
8.30 Registration
9.00 Markets and applications
11.00 Round table
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Aerogels for buildings
15.00 Closing remarks
15.30 AAA 2025: Aerogel Architecture Award Ceremony
Optional Tours of Empa and NEST