PROGRAM PROGRAM
PROGRAM

Schedule

(Updated as of November 2, 2026)
Important notes:

1. This program will be held in face-to-face mode.
2. Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited.
3. Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials.
 
Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2026rqm@ust.hk.
 


 

November 30, 2026 (Mon)
Time
Event
12:00 - 13:00 Registration (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
Session I:
Session Chairs: To be confirmed
13:00 - 13:10 Opening Remarks
13:10 - 14:00 [Keynote Talk]
D1-#1: Coordination Self-Assembly: From Origins to the Latest Advances
[Abstract]
Makoto FUJITA (The University of Tokyo)
14:00 - 14:40 D1-#2: Molecular Engineering at Surfaces - The Metal-Organic Experience
Johannes V. BARTH (Technische Universität München)
14:40 - 15:00 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
15:00 - 15:40 D1-#3: Rational Design of Low-Dimension Organic Frameworks [Abstract]
Shixuan DU (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
15:40 - 16:00 D1-#4: Molecular Qubit Frameworks: Spin Dynamics and Quantum Sensing Applications [Abstract]
Lei SUN (Westlake University)
16:00 - 16:40 Panel Discussion
16:40 End of Day 1

 

December 1, 2026 (Tue)
Time
Event
Session II:
Session Chairs: To be confirmed
09:00 - 09:40 D2-#1: On-Surface Synthesis and Spin Interaction of Non-Benzenoid Carbon-Based Quantum Magnets
Lifeng CHI (Soochow University)
09:40 - 10:20 D2-#2: Spin Manipulation and Coupling at the Single Molecule Level
Yongfeng WANG (Peking University)
10:20 - 10:50 Panel Discussion
10:50 - 11:10 Group photo taking & Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
11:10 - 11:50 D2-#3: Real-Space Insights into Open-Shell Coordination Nanographenes
Shiyong WANG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
11:50 - 12:10 D2-#4: Real-Space Imaging of Delocalized Quantum States under Conformational Disorder [Abstract]
Bruno DE LA TORRE (The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
12:10 - 12:30 Panel Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS)
Session III:
Session Chairs: To be confirmed
14:00 - 14:40 D2-#5: Controlling Rotational Motion in Self-Assembled Porous Networks [Abstract]
Sabine MAIER (RWTH Aachen University)
14:40 - 15:20 D2-#6: On-Surface Synthesis of 1D and 2D Conductive-MOF [Abstract]
Mathieu ABEL (Aix Marseille Université)
15:20 - 15:50 Panel Discussion
15:50 - 16:10 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
16:10 - 16:50 D2-#7: Single Sheet Reticular Materials: Controlling Quantum Behaviour by Host-Guest Interactions [Abstract]
Thomas JUNG (University of Basel and Paul Scherrer Institute)
16:50 - 17:10 D2-#8: Hydrocarbon Frameworks with Long-Range Order [Abstract]
Seungkyu LEE (The University of Hong Kong)
17:10 - 17:30 Panel Discussion
17:30 End of Day 2

 

December 2, 2026 (Wed)
Time
Event
Session IV:
Session Chairs: To be confirmed
09:00 - 09:40 D3-#1: Organic 2D Crystals and van der Waals Heterostructures
Xinliang FENG (The Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics)
09:40 - 10:20 D3-#2: Advances in the Design of 2D Networks at Surfaces [Abstract]
David ÉCJIA (IMDEA Nanociencia)
10:20 - 10:50 Panel Discussion
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
11:10 - 11:50 D3-#3: Designer Electronic States in Van der Waals - Metal-Organic Framework Heterostructures [Abstract]
Peter LILJEROTH (Aalto University)
11:50 - 12:10 D3-#4: Yu-Shiba-Rusinov Bands in a Self-Assembled Kagome Lattice of Magnetic Molecules [Abstract]
Laëtitia FARINACCI (University of Würzburg)
12:10 - 12:30 Panel Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS)
Session V:
Session Chairs: To be confirmed
14:00 - 14:40 D3-#5: Probing Molecular Spins on Superconducting Pb(111) Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy [Abstract]
Rémy PAWLAK (University of Basel)
14:40 - 15:20 D3-#6: Generating Novel 2D-MOFs and Chiral 2D-COFs Using Non-Planar SubPhthalocyanines [Abstract]
Jorge LOBO-CHECA (The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
15:20 - 15:40 D3-#7: Strong Electron Correlation in Reticular Matters [Abstract]
Qingyun WAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
15:40 - 16:10 Panel Discussion
16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
16:30 - 18:00 Poster Session (Venue: Lobby, G/F) [Poster List]
18:00 End of Day 3
18:30 - 21:00 Dinner Banquet (For Invited Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: To be confirmed)

 

December 3, 2026 (Thu)
Time
Event
Session VI:
Session Chairs: To be confirmed
09:00 - 09:40 D4-#1: Coordination Nanosheets: From Molecular Design to Emerging Functions [Abstract]
Hiroshi NISHIHARA (University of Yamanashi)
09:40 - 10:20 D4-#2: Assembling Quantum Materials from Molecular Building Blocks: Metallic Transport and Bloch–Grüneisen Behavior in a SURMOF Thin Film [Abstract]
Christof WOELL (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
10:20 - 10:50 Panel Discussion
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
11:10 - 11:50 D4-#3: On-Surface Synthesis of Magetic 2D MOF on Surfaces [Abstract]
Pavel JELINEK (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
11:50 - 12:10 D4-#4: Non-Reciprocal Transport in Molecular Intercalated 2D Superconductors [Abstract]
Zhong WAN (The University of Hong Kong)
12:10 - 12:30 Panel Discussion
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS)
Session VII:
Session Chairs: To be confirmed
14:00 - 14:40 D4-#5: π-Magnetism of Surface Supported Molecular Structures [Abstract]
Wei JI (Renmin University of China)
14:40 - 15:20 D4-#6: On-Surface Synthesis of Kagome Metal-Organic Frameworks from Halogenated Aromatic Precursors [Abstract]
Jennifer MACLEOD (Queensland University of Technology)
15:20 - 15:50 Panel Discussion
15:50 - 16:10 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
16:10 - 16:50 D4-#7: Talk title to be confirmed
To be confirmed
16:50 - 17:10 D4-#8: High-Mobility Band-Like Charge Transport in 2D Covalent- and Metal- Organic Frameworks [Abstract]
Enrique CÁNOVAS (IMDEA Nanociencia)
17:10 - 17:30 Panel Discussion
17:30 End of Day 4

 

December 4, 2026 (Fri)
Time
Event
Contributed Talks
09:00 - 09:20 D5-#1: Controllable Synthesis and Quantum Property Modulation of Two-Dimensional Intercalation Superlattices
Jingyuan ZHOU (Nankai University)
09:20 - 09:40 D5-#2: Design and Preparation of Highly Efficient COFs Photocatalyst for Overall Synthesis
Zhao-Di YANG (Harbin University of Science and Technology)
09:40 - 10:00 D5-#3: Precise Defect Engineering in Metal–Organic Frameworks
Xiao FENG (Dalian University of Technology)
10:00 - 10:20 D5-#4: Charge/Spin Transport in Conjugated Coordination Polymers
Yang LU (Chongqing University)
10 :20 - 10:50 D5-#5: Indenyl Coupling at Interfaces
Alba GARCÍA-FRUTOS (IMDEA Nanociencia)
10:50 - 11:10 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
11:10 - 11:30 D5-#6: On-Surface Synthesis of Tunable Dinuclear Organometallic Networks
Wenchao ZHAO (Soochow University)
11:30 - 11:50 D5-#7: Synthesis of 2D Conductive MOFs by Chemical Vapor Deposition
Jie ZHANG (The University of Hong Kong)
11:50 - 12:10 D5-#8: Programmable Molecular Spin Lattices: From Kondo impurities to Lattices
Henan CHEN (The Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area)
12:10 - 12:30 D5-#9: Construction of Orientationally Ordered Organometallic Chains by Directional Noncovalent Interactions
Jie LI (Peking University)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS)
Young Scientist Forum
14:00 - 14:25 D5-#10: Spin-State Manipulation in Surface-Confined Metal-Organic Chains
Jing LIU (Beijing Normal University)
14:25 - 14:50 D5-#11: Engineering Sublattice-Inequivalent Yu–Shiba–Rusinov Lattices in a Binary Metal–Organic Framework
Linghao YAN (Soochow University)
14:50 - 15:15 D5-#12: Rational Design and Physical Property Study of Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks
Lizhi ZHANG (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology)
15:15 - 15:25 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
15:25 - 15:50 D5-#13: Investigating Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Surface-Supported Metal-Organic Frameworks by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Weihua WANG (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
15:50 - 16:15 D5-#14: Gas-Mediated On-Surface Synthesis under Mild Conditions: From Long-Range-Ordered Architectures to Emergent Electronic Properties
Yiqi ZHANG (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
16:15 - 16:40 D5-#15: Realizing of Ullmann Coupling on Non-Metallic Substrates
Dingguan WANG (Shenzhen University)
16:40 - 16:50 Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
16:50 - 17:15 D5-#16: Crystal Hamiltonian Engineering in Framework Materials: Towards Unconventional and Topological Magnets
Zhongyue ZHANG (Kumamoto University)
17:15 - 17:40 D5-#17: Orthogonal Control of Proton and Electron Transport in Conjugated Frameworks
Tianyang CHEN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen))
17:40 - 18:05 D5-#18: Talk title to be confirmed
Xing HUANG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
18:05 End of Program