Sustainable Energy Materials Symposium
Friday, June 19, 2026 | AMOLF | Registration deadline: June 12, 2026, 23:59
Symposium overview
AMOLF will host its annual Sustainable Energy Materials Symposium on Friday, June 19th, 2026, in Amsterdam, this year centered on the theme “Light for driving and monitoring chemical reactions.” The symposium will bring together the Dutch sustainable energy community to highlight recent advances in photocatalysis and related fields, spanning topics from single-particle photocatalytic and optical studies to operando thermometry and reaction monitoring of plasmonic photocatalysis.
Program
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 09:15–09:50 | Arrival – Coffee & tea |
| 09:50 | Welcome at CWI – Wiebke Albrecht |
| 10:00 | Kallie Willets (Temple University, Philadelphia, US) |
| 10:45 | Peter Zijlstra (TU Eindhoven) – Monitoring plasmon-enhanced processes at the single-molecule level |
| 11:30 | Group photo – Walk to AMOLF |
| 11:45–13:45 | Lunch & poster session |
| 13:45 | Andrea Pickel (University of Texas at Austin, US) – Probing Thermal Contributions to Plasmonic Photocatalysis with Dual-Mode Operando Thermometry and Reaction Monitoring |
| 14:30 | Pascal Buskens (TNO) – From plasmonic catalysts to pilot scale process demonstrators for photothermal CO₂ conversion – what is technically and economically feasible? |
| 15:15–15:30 | Break – Coffee & tea |
| 15:30 | Panel discussion |
| 16:15–17:15 | Closing – Drinks |
Speakers
Read the full speaker profiles, including talk titles.
Practical information
Contact
AMOLF events
Email: Anne Jansen – A.Jansen@amolf.nl
Locations
Registration and all talks:
Turing room, Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre
Science Park 125, Amsterdam
Lunch and drinks:
AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam
Organizers
Organized by the LMPV – Sustainable Energy Materials department of AMOLF.