Keynote and Invited speakers – Cork 2026

Keynote speakers

  • Stefan Schumacher, Universität Paderborn (DE)
    High-quality photon emission from semiconductor quantum dots enabled by cavity-mediated lifetime engineeringMA01
  • Yuh-Renn Wu, National Taiwan University (TW)
    Overview of Numerical Modeling of Structural Disorder in InGaN LEDs: Random Alloy Fluctuations, V-Defects, and Tail StatesMC01
  • Angela Thraenhardt, Technische Universität Chemnitz (DE)
    Numerical Design Meets Reality: Phoxonic Crystals from Urban-Scale Experiments to Functional DevicesTuB01
  • Bryan Kelleher, University College Cork (IR)
    Modelling optically coupled quantum dot lasers: Confessions of a lazy simulatorThB01
  • Jerome V. Moloney, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ (USA), Nonlinear Control Strategies, Tucson AZ (USA)
    Rigorous Many-Body  Physics based Modeling of Light interaction with 3D and 2D Semiconducting MaterialsFA01
  • Alessia Di Vito, University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT) 
    Synergy between DFT calculations and device modeling: bridging atomic-scale interface physics to device performance in emerging photovoltaicsFB01

Invited speakers

  • Sara Zaminga, Télécom Paris – Institut Polytechnique de Paris (FR)
    From Conventional to Phase-Conjugate Feedback in Quantum Cascade Lasers: Tailoring Dynamics for Emerging ApplicationsMB01
  • Konrad Sakowski, Center for Nitride Semiconductor Physics and Technology “GaN-Unipress”, Warsaw (PL)
    Drift-Diffusion Simulation of GaN-Based Luminescent HeterostructuresTuA01
  • Petr Klenovský, Masaryk University, Brno (CZ), Czech Metrology Institute, Brno (CZ)
    Many-Body Electronic Structure of InAsP/InP Nanowire Quantum Dots and Quantum-Dot MoleculesWA01
  • Gianluca Guerra, University of Southampton (UK)
    Numerical modelling of polarization in hollow-core anti-resonant fibers WB01
  • Hua Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN) 
    Simulation of low-loss, high-speed LiNbO3/SiNx modulators for micro-transfer printingThB02
  • Markus Kantner, Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis (WIAS), Berlin (DE) 
    Optimization of Si/SiGe Heterostructures for Large and Robust Valley Splitting in Spin QubitsThC01
  • James Connolly, CentraleSupélec / GeePs (FR)
    Numerical modelling in novel tandem solar cellsThD01
  • Hélène Carrère, Université de Toulouse, INSA-CNRS-UT, LPCNO, Toulouse (FR)
    Numerical modeling of bidimensional exciton transport in WS2 and WSe2 monolayersFA02
  • Piotr Martyniuk, Military University of Technology (PL)
    Interband cascade detectors – performance and simulationsFB02