What's Next MateriNex - 27 May 2025

Preliminary Programme

Morning Session (By invitation only)
09:30 - 10:00	Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00 - 10:15	Welcome and Introductions
10:15 -11:15	Premiere Screening of the Documentary: Europe's Lithium Paradox
11:15 -12:00	Moderated Panel Discussion
Afternoon Session (Open to all Stakeholders )
Advancing Materials Science Research with Artificial Intelligence
12:00 - 13:00	Registration, Lunch & Networking
13:00 - 13:15	Welcome and Brief Review of MateriNex's First Year of Operation.
13:15 - 14:45	Prof. Dr. Ing. Mesfin Haile Mamme - VUB - SUME Materials Discovery: The Need for a Paradigm Shift Prof. Dr. Dr. Danny Van Poucke - University Hasselt - CRM Lab-scale Machine Learning: Tales of the Good, the Bad and the Average Prof. Dr. Sara Bals - University of Antwerp - Electron Microscopy Digital and High-Throughput Transmission Electron Microscopy for Materials Science: Seeing is Believing, to Measure is to Know
14:45 - 15:15	Refreshment Break & Networking
15:15 -15:30	An interview with Kurt Peys, General Director of Team Bedrijfstrajecten at VLAIO (Flemish Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
15:30 -16:45	New & Notable - Emerging AI Pioneers in Material Sciences present their cutting-edge solutions.
16:45 - 17:00	Closing Remarks MateriNex
17:00 - 18:00	Networking Reception
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