Program of the conference

Plan your PMEA 2026 experience with the official conference program 15. - 19. March 2026. From keynote and invited sessions to contributed talks, posters, and community moments, the schedule is built to highlight the most relevant advances in porous materials and their applications.

Browse the timetable by day to quickly identify sessions aligned with your interests, plan meetings, and make the most of each block - talks, discussions, and social events included, as recommended for an effective conference agenda.

  1. 08:30

    Opening & Information

  2. 09:00

    Meynen

    (plenary)

    Tailoring titania material properties for sustainable chemistry applications: Opportunities and challenges

    catalysis
  3. 10:00

    Coffee Break

  4. 10:20

    Eissmann

    Functionalised metallic foams for catalytic and photocatalytic applications

    catalysis
  5. 10:40

    Gonçalves

    Catalyst integration strategies in 3D-printed porous inorganic polymer scaffolds for water remediation

    catalysis
  6. 11:00

    Fanourgiakis

    Synthesis of titanium phosphonates in water: Toward efficient heterogenous catalysts for 5-HMF synthesis

    catalysis
  7. 11:20

    Florides

    Multifunctional bimetallic MOFs/ZIFs for air and water purification: Optimization of water-based mechanochemical-assisted green synthesis

    catalysis
  8. 11:35

    Chandran

    Acidity tuned templated synthesis of mesoporous TiO₂ diphosphonate from preformed partially hydrolyzed TiO₂ sol for 5-HMF production: From sol-gel nanoparticles to mesoporous catalyst

    catalysis
  9. 11:50

    Coffee Break

  10. 12:10

    HermesLab Systems s.r.o.

    (company)

  11. 12:30

    Matoga

    (invited)

    Porous frameworks materials for photon conduction

    material synthesis
  12. 13:00

    Zauška

    Synthesis of porous g-C₃N₄@MOF composites for the capture of toxic volatile compounds

    material synthesis
  13. 13:20

    Lourenço

    Synthesis-driven design of porous carbon adsorbents for enhanced CO₂ uptake

    material synthesis
  14. 14:00

    Lunch in Hotel restaurant

  15. 15:30

    Girman

    Electron tomography: From pixels to voxels imaging

    characterization
  16. 15:50

    Addicoat

    Capture and storage of CO₂ in porous molecular framework materials: Details matter!

    characterization
  17. 16:10

    Wongkoblap

    Effect of Cu on CO₂ capture on activated carbon

    characterization
  18. 16:30

    Sardo

    Efficient removal of 17α-ethinylestradiol from water using silica-based adsorbents: Impact of organic functionalities and water matrices

    characterization
  19. 16:50

    Coffee Break

  20. 17:10

    Mafra

    When molecules feel claustrophobic: Decoding CO₂ behaviour in nanoconfinement with solid-state NMR & computer modeling

    characterization
  21. 17:30

    Marín-Montesinos

    CO₂ speciation in amine-modified porous silicas for direct air capture by DNP enhanced solid-state NMR

    characterization
  22. 17:50

    Tharakan

    Grignard grafting on titania - mechanistic insights into the modification and surface properties

    characterization
  23. 19:00

    Dinner in "Tatrzanska" restaurant

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