Invited Speakers

Eva Hemmer 
University of Ottawa
From Synthesis to Sensing – Designing Luminescent Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles

Miki Hasegawa
Aoyama Gakuin University
Molecular and its Aggregation Design of Hexadentate Organic Ligands for the Rare Earth Luminescence

Jean-Claude G. Bünzli
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Sensitizing lanthanide luminescence

Philippe F. Smet
Ghent University
Energy storage in persistent phosphors: mechanism, limitations and workarounds

Philippe Goldner
CNRS - PSL University
Rare earth doped thin films for optical quantum technologies

Luís Carlos
University of Aveiro
The Whisper of Water: Density Rhythms Around Luminescent Nanoprobes

Markus Suta
Heinrich Heine University
The Dark Side of the light: A New Perspective on Nonradiative Transitions

Pieter Dorenbos
Delft University of Technology
The valence and conduction band vacuum referred energies of 400+ inorganic compounds and how it relates to phosphor performance

Jiajia Zhou
University of Technology Sydney
Upconverting Nanoparticles: Fundamentals at the Single-Particle Level and Biomedical Applications

Angela B. Seddon
University of Nottingham
Glass Fibre Lasers for the Molecular Fingerprint Region

Kyoko Kitamura
Tohoku University
Direct Observation of Optical Pathways in Distorted Photonic Crystals

Rogéria Rocha Gonçalves
University of São Paulo
Light-Driven Frontiers: From Energy Conversion to Health Applications

P. James Schuck
Columbia University
Photon avalanches in nanoparticles and the critical fluctuations that drive them

Andréa Simone Stucchi de Camargo
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM)
Phosphor-in-glass composites for lighting and energy conversion

Andrea D. Pickel
The University of Texas at Austin
Luminescence Thermometry Beyond the Diffraction Limit

Mikhail Brik
University of Tartu
Crystal field theory, DFT and machine learning methods in application to optical materials

Víctor Lavín
 University of La Laguna
Luminescence of lanthanides under pressure

Erving Ximendes
Autonomous University of Madrid
Luminescence Thermometry: A Series of Unfortunate Events

Muralee Murugesu
University of Ottawa
Synthetic Approaches for the Development of Lanthanide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets and Optical Molecular Systems

Carlos DS Brites
University of Aveiro
The Logic of Luminescence in Single-Molecule Magnets

Yong Zhang
University of North Carolina
Optical properties of organic-inorganic hybrid superlattice b-ZnTe(en)0.5 with sub-nanometer thick layers

Yanjie Liang
Shandong University
Inorganic Luminescent Materials Emitting in the Deep-Ultraviolet Spectral Region

Pablo Acosta Mora
University of La Laguna
There is plenty of energy at the bottom: NIR to visible up-conversion luminescence driven photocatalytic water-splitting

Takayuki Yanagida
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Recent research on near infrared emitting scintillators

Jianrong Qiu
Zhejiang University
Boosting luminescence in oxide phosphors by vitrifying-devitrifying approach

Sebastian Mahlik
University of Gdańsk
High-Pressure Spectroscopic Insight into the Position of Impurity and Defect States in Wide-Bandgap Materials

Xueyuan Chen
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (CAS)
Lanthanide-Doped Luminescent Nanoprobes: from Fundamentals to Bioapplications

Satoshi Horike
Kyoto University
Luminescence Properties of Coordination Polymer/MOF Glasses and Glass-ceramics

Anna Painelli
Parma University
Fluorescence from solution to the solid state: static and dynamic solvation

Chao-Nan Xu
Tohoku University
Recent Progress in Mechanoluminescence and Multipiezo Materials

Ru-Shi Liu
National Taiwan University
From Pairs to Clusters: Engineering Cr³⁺ Interactions in Blue-LED
Excitable NIR Phosphors

Takashi Takeda
National Institute for Materials Science
Exploration of phosphor focusing on single particle and local structure

Yasuchika Hasegawa
Hokkaido University
Luminescent lanthanide coordination polymers and aggregates for environmental sensing applications

Ryota Kabe
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Trap-Engineered Organic Luminescent Materials for Persistent and Stimulated Emission

Akio Ikesue
World-Lab. Co.,
Innovation in Optical Ceramics

Yasufumi Fujiwara
Ritsumeikan University
Eu-doped GaN red LEDs: From breakthrough to innovation

Dawei Di
Zhejiang University
Perovskite LEDs and Lasers 

Koichi Okamoto
Osaka Metropolitan University
Engineering Luminescence Dynamics via Plasmonics and Nanophotonics with Collective Effects

Niko Hildebrandt
McMaster University
FRET is not dead, it just smells funny!

Fiorenzo Vetrone
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Rare Earth Based Nanoplatforms: From Luminescent Imaging to Theranostic Strategies in Nanomedicine

Freddy T. Rabouw
Utrecht University
Disentangling radiative and nonradiative decay processes in lanthanides

Artur Bednarkiewicz
Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
Fluorescence imaging without fluorescent labels - a mare curiosity or a truly promising breakthrough?

Michele Back
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Looking for the New Ruby

Yuichi Hirai
National Institute for Materials Science
Structure, Mechanics, and Luminescence in Mechanically Responsive Molecular Solids

Shun Omagari
Institute of Science Tokyo
Exploring functions and properties of lanthanide complexes at nanoscale

Chun-Che Lin
National Taipei University of Technology
Precise Refinement and Advance applications of NIR Emission Phosphors

Yunqi Liu
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Organic/polymeric semiconducting materials for high-performance photoelectronic devices

Jakoah Brgoch
University of Houston
Machine Learning as a Tool for Discovering Cr³⁺ NIR-Emitting Phosphors

Yoshihiko Kanemitsu
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Unveiling halide perovskite photophysics through luminescence spectroscopy

Fan Zhang
Fudan University
Second Near-Infrared Window Fluorescent Probes for in vivo Dynamic Multiplexed Bioimaging

Guanying Chen
Harbin Institute of Technology
Brighenting upconversion nanoparticles

Riccardo Marin
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Ex unum, pluribus: How to get more from a single sensor

Claudia Wickleder
University of Siegen
Shifting Eu2+ Emission Bands to low Energies

Jumpei Ueda
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Advancements in Persistent Phosphors: Hole-Detrapping, Electric Charging and Defect-Controlled Transparent Ceramics

Hubert Huppertz
University of Innsbruck
Innovations in High-Pressure Oxonitridoborate Chemistry: From Synthesis to Luminescence