
Advanced Summit
Academy fellows' keynotes, a roundtable with leading journal editors, and high-level international exchange for emerging researchers.
AI EMPOWERMENT · MATERIALS INNOVATION · INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING
Bringing together leading scientists, journal editors and industry pioneers to explore a new paradigm for AI-driven materials research and intelligent manufacturing.


Chinese Association of Development Strategy StudiesAdvanced Materials and Intelligent Manufacturing Strategy Committee
ABOUT ICMIA
The conference combines an international flagship summit, parallel symposia, special sessions and supporting activities to connect fundamental research, scholarly publishing and industrial practice.

Academy fellows' keynotes, a roundtable with leading journal editors, and high-level international exchange for emerging researchers.
Including 50 international guests
From leading research institutions worldwide
From Advanced Materials and more
A global interdisciplinary dialogue
Conference Chairs
CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP
Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Director, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Executive Vice President, Peking University
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Member of Academia Europaea
Director, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dean, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua UniversityPLENARY SPEAKERS
(Listed alphabetically by surname)

Professor
Professor of Electromagnetics at the University of Cambridge, head of the EPEC superconductivity group, a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Sichuan University and Shenyang University of Technology. He completed his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at Cambridge. His research focuses on high-temperature superconductivity (HTS), superconducting machines, flux pumps, superconducting magnets and H-formulation finite-element modelling, with applications in fusion energy, MRI magnets and superconducting fault-current limiters. His team has achieved several world-first results, published more than 210 papers, holds multiple patents, and has a long record of academic exchange and collaboration in China on superconductivity.

Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering · Professor
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Member of Academia Europaea, and a Fellow of IEEE, ASME, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Society of Arts. He is a Chair Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and Dean of its Institute of Robotics, and an Emeritus Professor at King’s College London. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and his PhD from the University of Salford. An international pioneer of metamorphic and reconfigurable mechanisms, his research focuses on screw algebra, Lie groups and Lie algebras, reconfigurable robots and rehabilitation robots. He is Editor-in-Chief of the international robotics journal Robotica, the first Chinese recipient of ASME’s highest award in mechanical design, and has published more than 700 papers and nine monographs.

Professor
Professor of Materials Science at Uppsala University, Dean of Engineering, and head of the Microsystems Technology (MST) programme. He received an MSc in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University in 1988 and a PhD in Materials Science in 1993, and was appointed full professor in 2008. His research covers microfluidics, flexible and stretchable electronics, heterogeneous microsystems, biochips and soft microrobots. He has led multiple EU Horizon projects, published more than 300 papers, holds several patents, and has a long record of academic collaboration with universities in China.

Academician · Professor
Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University. He also holds a professorship in the interdisciplinary bioengineering programme and is CEO of SN Display. He received his MS and PhD in chemical engineering from KAIST, was a postdoctoral researcher at Bell Laboratories and a researcher at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, taught at POSTECH, and joined Seoul National University in 2016. His research focuses on organic optoelectronics, perovskite emitters, printed, flexible and stretchable electronics, and neuromorphic devices. He has published more than 300 papers in journals including Science and Nature, holds 445 patents, is a Fellow of MRS and SPIE, received the Korean Presidential Young Scientist Award and the Presidential Award for Engineering, and serves as Associate Editor of Organic Electronics.

Academician · Professor
Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science (2022). He received the President’s Science and Technology Award of Singapore in 2016 and the Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize in 2024, and was elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2024. His research spans chemistry, materials science and biomedicine, and centres on using nanotechnology to manipulate and detect photons. It covers lanthanide-doped nanomaterials and their energy transfer and upconversion luminescence for super-resolution imaging, sensing and optogenetics; advanced X-ray imaging based on perovskite nanocrystal scintillators and flexible detectors that reduce radiation dose and enable high-resolution three-dimensional imaging; and biomedical and assistive uses of luminescent nanomaterials in cancer diagnosis, neuromodulation and occlusal-control dental devices.

Professor
Professor of Surface and Corrosion Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and a doctoral supervisor, specializing in corrosion science. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in metal corrosion and protection from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, and received his PhD in corrosion science from KTH in 1996. He previously worked at the Central Iron and Steel Research Institute and the Swedish Corrosion Institute, and was appointed professor at KTH in 2010. His research focuses on localized corrosion of advanced alloys and green protective coatings, combining synchrotron radiation, NanoSIMS, DFT and machine learning for multiscale studies of corrosion mechanisms.

Academician · Professor
Yuanzheng Yue is Professor of Chemistry at Aalborg University, Denmark. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Technical University of Berlin, Germany, in 1995. His research focuses on glasses and disordered materials. He has published about 440 papers in peer-refereed journals, including Nature and Science. He has delivered 140 invited talks, including 27 plenary/keynote talks, at international conferences. He is Fellow of European Academy of Sciences, Danish Academy of Natural Sciences, Royal Society of Chemistry, European Ceramics Society, and Society of Glass Technology. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog of Denmark in 2014. He received the Dalton Horizon Prize (team award) in 2025 for the pioneer work on Metal-Organic Framework glasses and the Nevill F. Mott Award in 2026 for his outstanding contributions to glass science.

Academician · Professor
Born in March 1961, he is a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019) and an expert in solid mechanics and micro- and nanomechanics. He entered Jiangxi Institute of Technology (now Nanchang University) in March 1978, graduated in February 1982 and remained to teach. He received his master’s degree from Hunan University in December 1985 and his PhD from Tsinghua University in December 1989. From January 1990 to May 1993 he conducted visiting research in the United Kingdom, France and Germany, and in May 1993 he joined Tsinghua University as a professor, where he has served since. Since 2009 he has been the founding Chief Professor of the Qian Xuesen Mechanics Class at Tsinghua Xuetang. Since 2010 he has been the founding Director of the Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics and Interdisciplinary Innovation Research at Tsinghua University. Since 2018 he has been Director of the Institute of Superlubricity Technology at the Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen. He previously served as Chair of the Department of Engineering Mechanics at Tsinghua University and as Editor-in-Chief of the flagship journals of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, including the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Acta Mechanica Sinica. In the last century he established a complete tensor-function theory of constitutive equations and the Zheng–Du micromechanics model, resolving several long-standing problems in mechanics. Since the turn of the millennium he has pioneered the theory and applications of structural superlubricity, discovered several fundamental relations in superhydrophobicity, and explored models for educating outstanding innovative talent. He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 1995, the China Youth Scientist Award in 1996, and was appointed a Chang Jiang Scholar by the Ministry of Education in 2000. As first recipient, he twice received the Second Prize of the National Natural Science Award, in 2004 and 2017, and received a First Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award in 2018. He was elected a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2019. Three of the doctoral students he has supervised have received the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
6–9 November 2026, Beijing. An overview of the four-day programme; detailed times and venues will be announced on site.
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ACADEMIC PROGRAM
With AI as a central force, the program spans materials discovery, manufacturing processes, intelligent sensing, biomedical engineering, new energy, scholarly communication, a graduate student forum, superconducting materials and two-dimensional materials.
Exploring a new paradigm for AI-driven materials research, from data-driven design and intelligent experimentation to autonomous discovery across the full innovation pipeline.

Longfei Wang
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Ke Liu
Peking University, China

Fei Wu
Chongqing University, China

Libo Chen
Uppsala University, Sweden

Lixi Wang
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China

Esther Levy
Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials, Wiley
Digital twins, intelligent process control, AI-enabled precision manufacturing and ultraprecision machining.

Wenbo Ding
Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, China

Renyun Zhang
Mid Sweden University, Sweden; Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Xinjun Liu
Tsinghua University, China

Yuhong Liu
Tsinghua University, China

Zhe Chen
Zhejiang University, China

Rusen Yang
Xidian University, China

Xiaoqiang Lu
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Richard Murray
Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Wiley
Intelligent sensors, AIoT, next-generation energy-harvesting materials and self-powered systems.
SMARTSYS
This session focuses on intelligent sensing and next-generation AI, covering intelligent and functional materials, nanogenerators and self-powered sensing, wearable and implantable electronics, and intelligent systems from devices to data. It also serves as the editorial board meeting of SmartSys, with invited talks by editors, lightning talks by young editors, a journal progress report and special-issue planning.

Junyi Zhai
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Zhen Wen
Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, China

Gulnur Kalimuldina
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Joern Ritterbusch
Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley
Biomedical materials, intelligent medical devices and AI-assisted design of drug-delivery carriers.

Yanglong Hou
School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

Sang-Woo Kim
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

Dan Luo
Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Liang Yu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, China

Yan Liu
Peking University School of Stomatology

Partha Pratim Pal
Deputy Editor, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Wiley

Tao Yang
Deputy Editor, Advanced Science and Advanced NanoBiomed Research; Editor, Advanced Materials
Wiley

Xi Wen
Editor-in-Chief, Small Methods; Deputy Editor, Small
Wiley
New-energy materials, green manufacturing and materials innovation for carbon neutrality, including high-energy-density batteries, performance at ultra-low and high temperatures, fast charging, and AI-assisted battery-material design.
NATIONAL MATERIALS
This session focuses on advanced functional materials, covering intelligent design and preparation, as well as applications in energy, environment and information technology.
CSCIENCE
This forum focuses on dual-carbon sustainable development, covering green and low-carbon technologies, intelligent resources, clean energy and carbon catalysis, together with interdisciplinary applications in materials, resources, chemistry, energy and the environment.

Shuhui Sun
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Center for Energy, Materials and Telecommunications, Canada

Shaojun Guo
Peking University, China

Xinmei Hou
University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Jianmin Ma
School of Chemistry, Tiangong University, China

Shuhong Jiao
University of Science and Technology of China, China

Hua Wang
Beihang University, China

Chao Lai
Jiangsu Normal University, China

Zhenhui Ma
Beijing Technology and Business University, China

Till von Graberg
Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Energy Materials, Wiley
Large language models for research writing, leading-journal submission strategies and academic writing skills.

Jian Li
Editorial Director, Physical Sciences, Asia Pacific
Wiley

Jiuhong Qian
Vice President of the China Periodicals Association, Youke Publishing Co., Ltd.
Supporting organizations: School of Materials, Tsinghua University; School of Materials, Peking University; School of Materials, Beihang University; School of Materials, Beijing Institute of Technology; School of Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing; School of Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology; School of Materials, Beijing University of Technology; School of Materials, China University of Geosciences (Beijing); School of Materials, Tianjin University.

Weipeng Wang
Tsinghua University, China

Ruqiang Zou
Peking University, China

Chunnian He
Tianjin University, China

Lidong Zhao
Beihang University, China

Xingwang Cheng
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Qingliang Liao
University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xiaoli Xi
Beijing University of Technology, China

Haobin Zhang
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Guocheng Lv
China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China
Superconducting-material preparation and applications, and AI-driven optimization of superconducting materials.

Haihu Wen
Session Chair
Nanjing University, China

Jinxing Zheng
Session Chair
Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Huajun Liu
Session Chair
Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Qingquan Qiu
Session Chair
Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nadezda Panarina
Editor-in-Chief, Nanophotonics
Wiley
Preparation, properties and applications of emerging two-dimensional materials.

Jiadong Zhou
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Rongming Wang
University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xiaoxu Zhao
Peking University, China

Jinshui Miao
Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Taotao Li
Nanjing University, China

Yao Zhou
Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Hu Liu
Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ziyi Guo
Deputy Editor, Advanced Science
Wiley
INVITED COMMUNITY
The conference plans to invite internationally renowned scientists, major award recipients and editors of leading journals. The participants below are selected from the first announcement; the final line-up is subject to the official program.
Academy Fellows
PLANNED INVITATIONSinternational award recipients
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Member, Portuguese Academy of Engineering
Member, Academia Europaea
Member, German Academy of Science and Engineering
Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences
TOP JOURNAL EDITORS
Editors-in-Chief and editorial-board members from journals including Advanced Materials.

刘忠范
Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
南策文
Member, Chinese Academy of SciencesChairs: Zhongfan Liu, Ce-Wen Nan, Hexing Li, Rodrigo Martins
Vice Chairs: Jun Chen, Zhiyong Fan, Gehan A. J. Amaratunga, Shirong Ge, Lars Samuelson, Xianping Luo, Oliver G. Schmidt, Zuankai Wang, Zhenghe Xu, Jianmin Zhang, Liqun Zhang, Pingxiang Zhang, Quanshui Zheng
Members: Chengkuo Lee, Yida Deng, Yaping Du, Eun Soo Park, Biao Gao, Zhaoshun Gao, Yongji Gong, Hongwei Gu, Haizhong Guo, Shaojun Guo, Yun Guo, Henk Busscher, Herbert Huppert, Xinmei Hou, Xiaohua Jiang, Shuhong Jiao, Chao Lai, Si Lan, Bing Li, Zhou Li, Zhipeng Li, Kai Liu, Zunfeng Liu, Lototskyy Mykhaylo, Ruitao Lv, Jianmin Ma, Wenjie Mai, Xujun Mi, Miso Kim, Shuangxi Nie, Patrik Schmuki, Yong Qin, Zhigang Sun, Santi Maensiri, Satoshi Wada, Soo Whon Lee, Mingliang Tian, Unemoto Atsushi, Houzhao Wan, Haihu Wen, Rongming Wang, Yijing Wang, Zhen Wen, Defeng Wu, Zhen Wu, Xiaoguang Xu, Jianping Yang, Weiqing Yang, Yoshio Bando, Caiyin You, Guanghua Yu, Liang Yu, Daohai Zhang, Junying Zhang, Shengen Zhang, Tierui Zhang, Yingying Zhang, Jiatao Zhang, Lidong Zhao, Xiangyu Zhao, Dongning Zheng, Jiadong Zhou, Tiejun Zhu
(listed alphabetically by surname)

钱九红


张莫依
VP, GM & Country Leader, China Wiley
翟俊宜
Professor · Doctoral SupervisorBeijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of SciencesChairs: Jiuhong Qian, Louisa Flintoft, Molly Zhang, Junyi Zhai
Vice Chairs: Jian Li, Kirsten Severing, Wen Ma, Jie Xu
Secretary-General: Jiuhong Qian Deputy Secretary-General: Jianyun Lin Secretaries: Lulu Bian, Grace Hao
Members: Yao Cui, Xifeng Ding, Xiaochuan Duan, Fengru Fan, Ming Gao, Xingxing Gu, Hengyu Guo, Weihua Han, Weizhong Han, Bin Hu, Youfan Hu, Yanhong Hu, Zhe Jia, Hailiang Li, Xiuhan Li, Jianyun Lin, Guang Liu, Hu Liu, Huajun Liu, Hongyu Liu, Ruiping Liu, Tao Liu, Xiangwen Liu, Xinhua Liu, Zhouguang Lu, Yanghui Lu, Dan Luo, Rujun Ma, Zhenhui Ma, Qinhe Pan, Hongyu Qi, Qingquan Qiu, Hua Wang, Huan Wang, Jie Wang, Li Wang, Lixi Wang, Xiaonan Wang, Zhaona Wang, Guosheng Wang, Baojuan Xi, Minyi Xu, Xiulan Xu, Liuchun Yang, Rusen Yang, Yuanfei Yang, Fang Yi, Qinghe Yu, Yongsheng Yu, Wangcheng Zhan, Yibo Zhang, Zhihong Zhang, Lei Zhao, Haiwu Zheng, Jinxing Zheng, Yao Zhou, He Zhu
(listed alphabetically by surname)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Original English-language papers are invited in advanced materials, intelligent manufacturing and interdisciplinary AI applications. Following recommendation by the Academic Committee, authors of outstanding work may choose to submit to relevant Wiley journals, including Advanced Materials.Editorial assessment, peer review and final acceptance of journal submissions are determined independently by each journal according to its own editorial standards.
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