8:30: Registration
9:20: Opening Remarks (Jan Lagerwall, University of Luxembourg)

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Session 1: Ferroelectric Nematic and Other Unusual Liquid Crystals
Session Chair: Johanna Bruckner, University of Stuttgart
9:30: I1 Elasticity-driven periodic polarization patterns in a chiral ferroelectric nematic fluid, Nerea Sebastián, IJS Ljubljana, Slovenia
10:00: O1 On the theory of the dielectric susceptibility of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, Mikhail Osipov, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
10:20: O2 Structure-Property Relationships of Polar Mesogens Containing Sulfur, Ewan Cruickshank, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
10:40: Coffee Break

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11:10: I2 Chiral Phases in the Ferroelectric Nematic Realm, Rebecca Walker, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
11:40: O3 Measurement Techniques for Direct and Converse Piezoelectric Responses in Fluid Ferroelectrics, Marcell T. Máthé, Wigner Research Institute, Hungary
12:00: O4 Fluorophores as Guests in Crowded Star-Shaped Host Mesogens: A New Frontier in CPL Emission, Fathimath Nafla Cholamukath, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany
12:20: O5 Skyrmionic topology perspective on Lehmann clusters, Paweł Pierański, Université Paris-Saclay, France

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12:40: Memorial for Wolfgang Helfrich
12:45: Lunch Break

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Session 2: Structured and Self-Assembling Materials
Session Chair: Tadej Emeršič, University of Luxembourg
14:00: I3 Controlling light with liquid crystal metasurfaces, Luciano De Sio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
14:30: O6 Chirality Amplification and Chiral Segregation in Nematic Liquid Crystals, Paul van der Schoot, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
14:50: O7 Colloidal Liquid Crystals based on End-Tethered Cellulose Nanocrystals, Justin O. Zoppe, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
15:10: O8 Superionic electrolytes via combination of molecular and colloidal liquid crystals, Owies Wani, Aalto University, Finland
15:30: Coffee Break

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16:00: I4 Patterned photoalignment of liquid crystal and resulting disclination lines, Kristiaan Neyts, Hong Kong University of Technology, Hong Kong
16:30: O9 Printed Soft Matter Micro-Photonics, Uroš Jagodič, IJS Ljubljana, Slovenia
16:50: O10 Structural Coloration in Polypeptide Liquid Crystal, Xiaowen Wu, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany

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Session S1: Vorländervorlesung
Session Chair: Alexey Eremin, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg
17:10: Laudatio Rudolf Zentel, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
17:20: S1 Vorländervorlesung Johanna Bruckner, University of Stuttgart, Germany

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17:50: Poster Session (judging for odd-numbered posters) & Reception

8:30: Registration

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Session 3A: Liquid Crystal Assemblies
Session Chair: Luís Pinto, NOVA University of Lisbon
9:00: I5 Circularly rubbed liquid crystal cells, Per Rudquist, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
9:30: I6 Shear-mode piezoelectric current generation and oscillatory rheology in ferroelectric nematics, Péter Salamon, Wigner Research Centre, Hungary
10:00: O11 Fabrication of Responsive Photonic Microstructures using Cellulose Nanocrystal Composites, Aoife Morris, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
10:20: O12 Inkjet-printing chiral nematic free-standing caps for colorful solar cells, Eli Schreck, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
10:40: Coffee Break

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11:10: I7 Photoactive liquid crystalline materials – structures and properties, Alexej Bubnov, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
11:40: O13 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: the Role of Fluorine in the Design of Emissive Liquid Crystals, Sabine Laschat, University of Stuttgart, Germany
12:00: O14 Clustomesogen Showing Sub-Zero Mesomorphism: Supramolecular Assembly between A₂[Mo₆Xⁱ₈X^a₆] and Mesogenic Dimers, Yann Molard, University of Rennes, France
12:20: O15 Helical Twisting Power and Interparticle Correlations in Aqueous Cholesteric Suspensions of Size-Fractionated Chitin Nanocrystals, Damyana Takeva, University of Stuttgart, Germany

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12:40: Lunch Break

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Session 3B: Liquid Crystal Assemblies
Session Chair: Luís Pinto, NOVA University of Lisbon
14:00: I8 Cellulose-Based Photonic Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Systems, Maria Helena Godinho, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal

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14:30: Poster Session (judging for even-numbered posters)
15:30: Coffee Break

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Session 4: Liquid Crystal Emulsions and Composites
Session Chair: Emre Büküşoğlu, Middle East Technical University
16:00: I9 Inorganic colloids of nanometer scale in liquid crystals: from surface modulations to topological defects, Emmanuelle Lacaze, Sorbonne University, France
16:30: O16 Non-volatile memory devices based on nematic liquid crystal doped with aerosil nanoparticles, Natália Tomašovičová, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
16:50: O17 Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions as a Versatile Platform for Multifunctional Shape-Changing Microactuators, Almudena Terrel Blanco, CSIC–University of Zaragoza, Spain

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Session S2: Saupe Prize Award and Lecture
Session Chair: Session Chair: Alexey Eremin, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg
17:10: Laudatio, Eugene M. Terentjev, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
17:20: S2 Saupe Prize Lecture, Rudolf Zentel, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany

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Europe-Wide Liquid Crystal Society Panel Discussion
Moderator: Jan Lagerwall, University of Luxembourg
17:50: Panel discussion

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19:15: Move to Conference Dinner
19:30: Conference Dinner at Nyx Belval (13, Boulevard du Jazz, L-4370 Belvaux)

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8:30: Registration

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Session 5: Responsiveness and Applications
Session Chair: Subi Choi, University of Cambridge
9:00: I10 Interactive liquid crystal polymers for haptics and soft robotics, Danqing Liu, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
9:30: I11 Additive Manufacturing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers: From 4D Printing to Motile, Autonomous Soft Robotic Systems, Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos, CSIC–University of Zaragoza, Spain
10:00: O18 Multilayer Liquid Crystal Devices: Toward Ultra-compact and Versatile Photonic Fabrication, Fatemeh Abbasi, Ghent University, Belgium
10:20: O19 Chirality induction in confined chromonics, Maria P. De Santo, University of Calabria, Italy
10:40: Coffee Break

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11:10: I12 Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoplatelets in Ferroelectric Nematic Host, Alexey Eremin, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
11:40: O20 Morphogenesis and Topological Evolution of Nematic Colloids under Strong Homeotropic Anchoring, Jongwook Kim, École Polytechnique, France
12:00: O21 Mechanical and Chemical Stimuli-Induced Structural Transitions in Aqueous Phase Interfaced Liquid Crystal Microfluidics, Emre Büküşoğlu, Middle East Technical University, Türkiye
12:20: O22 Helfrich walls in toroidal nematics in the presence of magnetic fields, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, University of Barcelona, Spain

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12:40: Prize Session and Closing

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P1 Lignin-Cellulose Liquid Crystalline Systems: from Structural Color to Moisture-induced Motion, Francisco Sousa, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
P2 Liquid Crystal Phases End-modified Bacterial and Sisal Cellulose Nanocrystals, Shorooq Alzoubi, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
P3 Impact of Different Synthetic Routes on Cellulose-based Liquid Crystals Thermotropic and Lyotropic Systems, Luís F.V. Pinto, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
P4 Rheo-Optics of Thermotropic Cellulose-Based Liquid Crystals, Andreia F.M. Santos, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
P5 Lyotropic Cholesteric Phase Behaviour of Thermotropic Cellulose Derivatives in Isotropic Solvents, Joana Nascimento, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
P6 Drying-Induced Buckling and Liquid Crystalline Ordering in Cellulose Nanocrystal Microdroplets, Iman Ramazani Sarbandi, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
P7 Circularly polarized red-NIR emission from achiral [Mo₆I₈(OCOC₂F₅)₆]^2- cluster anion embedded in a bent-core liquid crystal host, Jeanne Rebours, University of Rennes, France
P8 Stabilizing Blue-Phase Liquid Crystals Using Gold Nanoparticles, Xintao Zheng, INSP Sorbonne University, France
P9 Influence of goethite nanorods on the electro- and magneto-optical behavior of cholesteric liquid crystal, Veronika Lacková, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
P10 Direct Laser Writing of Liquid Crystalline Actuators and Sensors, Colm Delaney, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
P11 Electrostatic reconfiguration of photo-patterned periodic structures with half-integer twist disclination lines in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, Bart de Vries, Ghent University, Belgium
P12 Temperature and Electric Field-Stimulated Laser Tuning from Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Microdroplets, Nino Ponjavidze, Institute of Cybernetics of the Georgian Technical University, Georgia
P13 Emissive Liquid Crystalline Boron C,N-Chelates: Synthesis, Self-assembly and Photophysical Properties, Franziska Müller, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P14 Ferroelectric nematics with fluorine or chlorine at terminal part of the molecule, Pavlo Golub, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
P15 Vibration Dynamics of Ferroelectric Fibres in Oscillating Electric Fields, Alexander Jarosik, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
P16 Polarization-driven twisted states in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals under confinement, Anna Savchenko, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P17 Polarization-Dependent Synaptic Behavior with Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals, Kutay Sagdic, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
P18 Effect of Composition and Confinement on Mesomorphic and Glass-Forming Behaviour of LC Binary Mixtures, Marcin Piwowarczyk, Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
P19 Novel liquid crystalline fluorene and fluorenone MIDA boronates: influence of alkyl vs alkoxy side chains on the mesomorphic properties, Falk Feucht, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P20 Salt Complexation Drives Liquid Crystalline Self-Assembly in Crown Ether–Amino Acid Hybrids, Daniel Rück, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P21 Tuning and Shaping Liquid Crystal-Like Ordering in Self-Assembled Structures of Pillar-[5]-arenes and Perfluorinated Diacids, Lawrence W. Honaker, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
P22 High frequency underwater actuation in liquid crystal elastomer film, Shweta Mishra, Tampere University, Finland
P23 Visible-Light-Driven Actuation in Tetra-ortho-Fluorinated Azobenzene-Based Liquid-Crystalline Polymer Films, Thuy Chinh Ta, Kiel University, Germany
P24 Photocurable Liquid Crystal Elastomer Nanocomposites for Monolithic, Self-Sensing Electro-thermo-mechanical Metamaterials, Hritwick Banerjee, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Germany
P25 Phase Sequences and Phase Transitions into the Ferroelectric Smectic A-Phase, Tom Ott, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P26 Tailoring liquid crystalline self-assembly, the first azulene de Vries materials and a SmA re-entrant phase, Bettina Lutz, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P27 Learning Analysis of Liquid Crystal Crystallization Using Polarized Light Microscopy and U-Net Segmentation, Natalia Osiecka-Drewniak, Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
P28 Liquid Crystal Templating of Ordered Mesoporous Aluminosilicates with Tailorable Surface Acidity, Selina Itzigehl, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P29 Self-Assembled Nanostructured Microgels with Reconfigurable Morphologies, Cristina Álvarez-Solana, CSIC–University of Zaragoza, Spain
P30 Color-Adaptive Microstructures Enabled by Liquid Crystal Emulsions, Mauricio Vera-Arévalo, CSIC–University of Zaragoza, Spain
P31 Pretransitional Phenomena in the Viscoelastic Parameters of Micellar Lyotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals, Stella Varytimiadou, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P32 Helical Twist in Xanthan Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Solutions: Temperature and Concentration Dependence, Yang Xiao, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P33 Clustomesogen Showing Sub-Zero Liquid Crystal Properties: Supramolecular Assembly between Cs₂[Mo₆I₈(OCOC₂F₅)₆] and Hexaethylenoxide Containing Mesogenic Dimers, Sara Simonovska, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P34 Field-Driven Texture Evolution in a Ferroelectric Smectic A Phase, Daniel Ackermann, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P35 Spherical shells of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystal: Exotic Director Fields and Topological Defects, Churchill B. Agoni, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
P36 Finite Element Analysis of Thermo-Mechanically Driven Piezoelectric Power Generation in piezoelectric polymer/LCE Architecture, Dabin Kim, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Germany
P37 Flow Programmed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Sheets, Miriam G. Fischer and Tatiana Avsievich, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
P38 Interactions of Ionic Impurities with Semiconducting Alignment Layers in Liquid‑Crystal Spatial Light Modulators, Thomas Ducatel, University of Strasbourg, France
P39 New Polymerizable Borate Ionic Liquid Crystals, Kai Wieser, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany
P40 Chiral Resolution of Polar Subphthalocyanines – A Way to Control Self-Assembly in Liquid Crystals, Ron Gary, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany
P41 Aggregation induced emission versus aggregation caused quenching: tuning the emission behaviour of liquid crystalline materials, Thorben Neumann, University of Duisburg–Essen, Germany
P42 Chiral Self-assembly Behavior of Carboxylated Cellulose Nanocrystals Obtained by Ammonium Persulfate (APS) Oxidation, Hossein Khanjanzadeh, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
P43 A thermotropic monotropic biaxial nematic phase, Matthias Lehmann, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Germany
P44 THMS Switching in Liquid Crystals Enables Optical Antibiotic Sensing: Demonstrated with Tobramycin, Asma Verdian, University of Freiburg, Germany
P45 Isothermal Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions Using the Photostationary State of Arylazopyrazoles, Tobias Thiele, University of Duisburg–Essen, Germany
P46 Complementary Neutron and X-ray Scattering Studies of a Lyotropic Micellar Nematic Phase, Xiangyin Tan, University of Stuttgart, Germany
P47 Exploring the Potential of Dynamic Covalent Bonds for the Design of Sustainable and 3D-printable Liquid Crystaline Elastomers, Sören Herkströter, University of Duisburg–Essen, Germany
P48 Systematic Evaluation of methoxy polyethylene glycol (mPEG) Molecular Weight on the Colloidal and Solid-State Characteristics of End-Grafted Cellulose Nano Crystal, Mahboubeh Nabavinia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
P49 Phase behaviour and Self assembly beyond cellulose I, Sara Papini, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
P50 Optical characterisation of the ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal phase in curved confinement, Ema Pilih, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
P51 Anisotropic Cellulose-Based Films for Humidity-Driven Soft Actuation and Water Harvesting, José F. Malta, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal