Rising Star Speakers

Satoshi Aya

• South China University of Technology (China)
• Designing polar topology in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals for nonlinear photonics

Matjaž Humar

• J. Stefan Institute, University of Ljubljana and CENN Nanocenter (Slovenia)
• Liquid-crystal-based sources of quantum light

Dae Seok Kim

• Pukyong National University (South Korea)
• Developing real-time stress sensing applications with mechanochromic chiral liquid crystal elastomer fibers for practical use

Inge Nys

• Ghent University (Belgium)
• Electrically switchable multi-stable liquid crystal configurations for optical applications

Guilhem Poy

• CNRS, Université de Montpellier (France)
• Multiscale approaches to light guiding in cholesteric topological patterns

Pedro E. S. Silva

• Aalto University (Finland)
• Enabling active textiles using liquid crystalline elastomer yarn

Dharmendra Pratap Singh

• Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (France)
• Liquid crystal-based optical sensor for selective detection

Jun Yoshioka

• Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
• Self-accumulation of polymers in a liquid-crystalline droplet under temperature gradient

Mingchao Zhang

• National University of Singapore (Singapore)
• Light-fueled liquid crystal elastomer for artificial goosebump-driven microactuation