Plenary & Invited Speakers

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Anne Bourdon
École Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
Challenges in the modeling and the simulation of low-temperature plasmas

Achim von Keudell
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum (Germany)
High power impulse magnetron sputtering – extreme plasmas for extreme materials

Jean-Michel Pouvesle
GREMI, CNRS/University of Orleans (France)
Plasma medicine: issues and challenges linked to the plasma/biological target
interactions

Yi-Kang Pu
Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)
High repetition rate pulsed discharges

Fumiyoshi Tochikubo
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo (Japan)
Diagnostics and modelling of plasma and liquid interfacial phenomena

INVITED SPEAKERS

Igor Adamovich
The Ohio State University, Columbus (U.S.A.)
Topic 1: Fundamentals, diagnostics and modelling in plasma chemistry
Electric field measurements in atmospheric pressure plasmas used for plasma-assisted combustion and plasma flow control applications

Julia Bandow
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum (Germany)
Topic 7: Plasma medicine and plasma agriculture
Plasma meets biotechnology – coupling plasma and enzymatic reactions

Cristina Canal
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain)
Topic 7: Plasma medicine and plasma agriculture
Potential of hydrogels and liquids in plasma therapy of osteosarcoma

Maria Adriana Creatore
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Topic 4: Plasma deposition of functional coatings and treatment of inorganic and organic materials
Low resistivity HfNx layers by plasma-assisted ALD with external rf substrate biasing

Uros Cvelbar
Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Topic 3: Plasma processing of nanomaterials and nanostructures: synthesis, modification and nanofabrication
On the quest for deterministic approach to plasma synthesis and conversion of nanowires

Richard Engeln
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Topic 1: Fundamentals, diagnostics and modelling in plasma chemistry
Vibrational kinetics of CO₂ in non-thermal plasma

David Go
University of Notre Dame, South Bend (U.S.A.)
Topic 6: Plasma-assisted conversion, combustion, propulsion and aerodynamics
Rethinking the design of catalysts for plasma-catalysis systems

Vasco Guerra
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa (Portugal)
Topic 1: Fundamentals, diagnostics and modelling in plasma chemistry
CO₂ plasmas: from solar fuels to oxygen production on Mars

Yuzuru Ikehara
Chiba University, Chiba (Japan)
Topic 7: Plasma medicine and plasma agriculture
Low temperature plasma treatment is a new tissue processing technology: plasma induced blood coagulation limits the excessive host immunological responses

Mark J. Kushner
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U.S.A.)
Topic 10: Plasmas for environmental applications and resource recovery
Chemical Conversion in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas Sustained in Packed Bed Reactors

Zdenko Machala
Comenius University, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Topic 9: Plasma in and in contact with liquids
Plasma activated water chemical and antibacterial effects correlate with gaseous and aqueous RONS, plasma source, and air and water flow conditions

Diego Mantovani
Laval University, Québec (Canada)
Topic 8: Plasma treatment of biomaterials
Direct functionalization of metals by low-pressure plasma improves the clinical performances of coronary stents: From surface modification to in vitro and in vivo validation

Ester Marotta
Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova (Italy)
Topic 10: Plasmas for environmental applications and resource recovery
New mechanistic insight in plasma based water treatments

Françoise Massines
CNRS/Université de Perpignan, Perpignan – Font Romeu (France)
Topic 2: Plasma sources design and characterization
Dual frequency DBDs or how to design an atmospheric pressure plasma for surface treatment

Nevena Puac
University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia)
Topic 7: Plasma medicine and plasma agriculture
Plasmas in plant bio-engineering and in agriculture for resource recovery

Masaya Shigeta
Osaka University, Osaka (Japan)
Topic 5: Thermal plasma fundamentals and applications
To simulate turbulent thermal plasma flows for nanopowder fabrication

Tatsuru Shirafuji
Osaka City University, Osaka (Japan)
Topic 9: Plasma in and in contact with liquids
Materials processing by efficient utilization of plasma-liquid interface

Masaharu Shiratani
Kyushu University, Kyushu (Japan)
Topic 3: Plasma processing of nanomaterials and nanostructures: synthesis, modification and nanofabrication
Exotic combination of optical and mechanical properties of nano-particle composite thin films fabricated by plasma processes

Rony Snyders
Université de Mons, Mons (Belgium)
Topic 4: Plasma deposition of functional coatings and treatment of inorganic and organic materials
Recent advances in the control of the nanoarchitecture of plasma generated organic-based thin films

Juan Pablo Trelles
University of Massachusetts, Lowell (U.S.A.)
Topic 5: Thermal plasma fundamentals and applications
Nonequilibrium phenomena in thermal plasmas

Gerard Van Rooij
Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Topic 6: Plasma-assisted conversion, combustion, propulsion and aerodynamics
Microwave plasma activation of CO2 – accessing vibrational non-equilibrium

James Walsh
University of Liverpool, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
Topic 2: Plasma sources design and characterization
Controlled generation and transport of reactive species in an atmospheric pressure surface barrier discharge