ECOpole’26 Programme

35th Edition

ECOpole’26

Semiconductors, Sustainability, and Cross-Border Cooperation in Central Europe

📅 December 9–11, 2026 📍 Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic

Posters are on display throughout the conference: in building G on Day 1 and Thursday morning, then in building L (CXI TUL), where they are moved during the Thursday afternoon excursions.

Day 1

Wednesday, 9 December Silicon, Industry & Supply Chains Main hall, building G, TUL

🏢 Company exhibition & networking — all day (foyer). Experts from selected Czech, German and Polish companies present for direct discussion.

  1. 09:00–10:00Reg.

    Registration & welcome coffee

  2. 10:00–10:30Open

    Opening ceremony

    Welcome addresses: Rector of the Technical University of Liberec · Chargé d’affaires of the Republic of Poland · Prof. Miroslav Černík, Chairman of the Scientific Board

  3. 10:30–11:15Plenary I

    Co-Creating Europe’s Semiconductor Future – Empowering Talent, Advancing Sustainable Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains, Connecting Innovation Across Borders

    Prof. Sophia Keil — HSZG Zittau/Görlitz, DE

  4. 11:15–11:45Break

    Coffee break

  5. 11:45–12:25Invited I

    Kinetics of Defects in Silicon: Impurity Complexes, Degradation Pathways, and Material Mitigation

    Prof. Gerd Fischer — HSZG Zittau/Görlitz, DE

  6. 12:25–13:25Sess. A

    Oral presentations — semiconductor materials & processes

  7. 13:25–14:25Lunch

    Lunch break

  8. 14:25–15:10Plenary II

    From chips to supply chains: ten key questions on the semiconductor industry

    Prof. Tzong-Ru Lee — Nat’l Chung Hsing Univ., TW

  9. 15:10–16:00Industry

    Company flash presentations

    5 min per company, CZ / PL / DE (~9–10 companies)

  10. 16:00–16:30Break

    Coffee break at the exhibition booths

  11. 16:30–17:15Invited II

    Jan Czochralski – Forefather of the Electronics Industry

    Dr. Zbigniew A. Szydło — Highgate School, London, UK

Day 2

Thursday, 10 December Green Semiconductors & Sustainability Main hall, building G, TUL · from the afternoon: CXI TUL, building L

🏢 Company exhibition & networking — until the afternoon block (foyer).

  1. 09:30–10:15Plenary III

    Using water microdroplets to synthesize boron nitride quantum dots

    Prof. Richard N. Zare — Stanford University, USA

  2. 10:15–11:00Plenary IV

    Sustainable semiconductor technologies and nanomaterials for next-generation electronics

    Prof. Martin Pumera — CEITEC, Brno Univ. of Tech., CZ

  3. 11:00–11:20Break

    Coffee break

  4. 11:20–12:00Invited III

    Pioneering green microelectronics at Fraunhofer IPMS and first results from the EU project GENESIS for a sustainable semiconductor industry in Europe

    Marco Kircher — Fraunhofer IPMS, Dresden, DE

  5. 12:00–13:40Sess. C

    Oral presentations — environmental aspects of semiconductors

  6. 13:40–14:30Lunch

    Lunch break

  7. 14:30–18:00Parallel

    Choose one excursion

    • 1CXI-TUL Lab Tour & Live Demos + UCT company visit (Liberec; UCT visit max. 20 people)
    • 2Industrial tour: Crytur (Turnov) + Asphericon (Jeřmanice) — max. 20 people
    • 3Technical excursion to Zittau — HSZG, with a workshop (max. 25 people)

    Places are limited. What you will see: Venue & Travel

Day 3

Friday, 11 December Devices, Circuits & Global Perspectives CXI TUL, building L
  1. 09:00–09:45Plenary V

    Nitride semiconductors: from bulk growth to laser diodes and transistors

    Prof. Piotr Perlin — Institute of High Pressure Physics “Unipress” PAS, Warsaw, PL

  2. 09:45–10:25Invited IV

    From Expansion to Decline: Drivers and Pathways of Decarbonisation in China’s Forest Products Industry

    Prof. Mincong Tang — Beijing Jiaotong University, CN

  3. 10:25–11:00Break

    Coffee break

  4. 11:00–11:40Invited V

    Purely organic photonic devices for sensing and information storage: from emitter design to new application scenarios

    Dr. Sebastian Schellhammer — IAPP / IAP, TU Dresden, DE

  5. 11:40–12:20Invited VI

    Leaftronics — electronics based on natural leaf scaffold structures

    Dr. Hans Kleemann — IAP, TU Dresden, DE

  6. 12:20–13:20Posters

    Poster session & Young Researchers Forum

    Authors present at their posters · jury evaluation for the poster awards

  7. 13:20–14:20Lunch

    Lunch break

  8. 14:20–15:00Invited VII

    Resurgence of Dynamic Logic and Memories: From Nanoscale CMOS to Cryogenic Computing

    Prof. Alexander Fish — Bar-Ilan University, IL

  9. 15:00–15:30Awards

    Award ceremony: best poster & best young researcher poster

  10. 15:30–16:00Close

    Closing ceremony

Speakers

Plenary lectures 45 min, invited lectures 40 min (incl. discussion).

Plenary speakers

Prof. Sophia Keil

HSZG Zittau/Görlitz, Germany · Vice-Rector for Research, Transfer and Internationalization

Co-Creating Europe’s Semiconductor Future – Empowering Talent, Advancing Sustainable Manufacturing and Resilient Supply Chains, Connecting Innovation Across Borders

Day 1

Prof. Tzong-Ru Lee

National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

From chips to supply chains: ten key questions on the semiconductor industry

Day 1

Prof. Richard N. Zare

Stanford University, California, USA

Using water microdroplets to synthesize boron nitride quantum dots

Day 2

Prof. Martin Pumera

CEITEC – Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Sustainable semiconductor technologies and nanomaterials for next-generation electronics

Day 2

Prof. Piotr Perlin

Institute of High Pressure Physics “Unipress”, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland · CTO, TopGaN

Nitride semiconductors: from bulk growth to laser diodes and transistors

Day 3

Invited speakers

Prof. Gerd Fischer

HSZG Zittau/Görlitz, Germany

Kinetics of Defects in Silicon: Impurity Complexes, Degradation Pathways, and Material Mitigation

Day 1

Dr. Zbigniew A. Szydło

Highgate School, London, UK · Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Jan Czochralski – Forefather of the Electronics Industry

Day 1 — evening lecture

Marco Kircher

Fraunhofer IPMS, Dresden, Germany · Sustainability Manager, Cleanroom Efficiency & Resource Management

Pioneering green microelectronics at Fraunhofer IPMS and first results from the EU project GENESIS

Day 2

Prof. Mincong Tang

Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China

From Expansion to Decline: Drivers and Pathways of Decarbonisation in China’s Forest Products Industry

Day 3

Dr. Sebastian Schellhammer

IAPP & Institute of Applied Physics, TU Dresden, Germany

Purely organic photonic devices for sensing and information storage: from emitter design to new application scenarios

Day 3

Dr. Hans Kleemann

Institute of Applied Physics, TU Dresden, Germany

Leaftronics — electronics based on natural leaf scaffold structures

Day 3

Prof. Alexander Fish

Bar-Ilan University, Israel · Vice Dean for Innovation and Industry Relations, co-director of the EnICS Impact Center

Resurgence of Dynamic Logic and Memories: From Nanoscale CMOS to Cryogenic Computing

Day 3

Key information

Posters

On display throughout the conference: building G on Day 1 and Thursday morning, then building L (CXI TUL) – moved during the Thursday afternoon excursions. Awards for the best poster and the best young researcher poster on Day 3.

Industry

Company booths in the foyer on Days 1–2; company flash presentations (5 min each) on Wednesday 15:10–16:00, followed by coffee at the booths.

Day 2 afternoon

14:30–18:00: choose one of three excursions. Places are limited: UCT visit 20, Crytur + Asphericon 20, Zittau 25.

Proceedings

Peer-reviewed, planned for submission to Scopus.

ECOpole’26 — 35th Edition · Technical University of Liberec · December 9–11, 2026.