The 20th International Sol-Gel Conference will be held on August 25-30, 2019 in St. Petersburg, Russia. A conference is organized in partnership with the International Sol-Gel Society (ISGS) and hosted by ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia. The milestone 20th edition of the conference will manifest the new generation of the Sol-Gel Conference.
The conference will be based on plenary lectures, invited lectures, posters, and short competitive PhD 5 minutes presentations. Beyond it, the conference will offer hands-on workshops and first-ever Science Communication workshops.
The 20th Sol-Gel Conference supports a new generation of scientists who want to excel. The competition for the best 50 MSc and PhD students offers free access to the 20th Sol-Gel conference, workshops, and dorm accommodation.
The event is financially supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project № 19-03-20067.
#1 destination in Russia per TripAdvisor
Easy to get to: newly built airport with more than 200 flights a day operated by more than 40 airlines
Mixture of 315-year history and contemporary culture
10000+ bars and restaurants to feel the taste of St. Petersburg
5 suburban imperial residences - 1 hour from the city center
Venice of the north: 580+ bridges and 72 rivers and canals
Internationally-friendly: English signs on the streets and in the metro
Historic city center included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage
300+ museums, 70 theaters
The famous Russian ballet
Frank Caruso (Australia)
Lecture topic: Advanced Materials via Supramolecular Gelation
Joanna Aizenberg (USA)
Lecture topic: Sol-gel-derived inverse-opal structures for photonic, catalytic and sensing applications
Mari-Ann Einarsrud (Norway)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Lecture topic: Aqueous chemical solution deposition of thin oxide films
Peter Fratzl (Germany)
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Lecture topic: Water-mediated forces in biological materials
Nicola Huesing (Austria)
Lecture topic: Highly Porous Materials by Non-Conventional Sol-Gel Precursors and Processes
Eugenia Kumacheva (Canada)
Lecture topic: Bridging the gap between molecules and nanoparticles
Kazuki Nakanishi (Japan)
Lecture topic: Porous Inorganic Monoliths: Challenges in extending chemical compositions for broader applications
Andrey Rogach (China)
Lecture topic: Solution processable light-emitting colloidal nanostructures
Aziz Muzafarov (Russia)
A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Lecture topic: Hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxanes and molecular nano-gels based on them
Mario Pagliaro (Italy)
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Lecture topic: Sol-Gel Catalysts for Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Milestones in 30 Years of Successful Innovation
Markus Niederberger (Switzerland)
Lecture topic: Aqueous and Nonaqueous Sol-Gel Chemistry: Similarities and Differences
