Program


Detailed Program and Book of Abstracts as PDF


Program Overview


Monday, 20.03.2023

18:00 Conference Warming and Registration


Tuesday, 21.03.2023

8:00 Registration
9:00 Welcome
Stefan Rensing, Vice-President for Research and Innovation, University of Freiburg Presentation of livMatS: Overview and Research Areas
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Invited Talk | Bioinspired Architecture
Achim Menges, University of Stuttgart, DE
Rethinking Architecture: Interrelations between Biology and Building
Chair: Thomas Speck
11:30 Invited Talk | Adaptivity
Bart Jan Ravoo, University of Münster, DE
Feedback control in adaptive hydrogels
Chair: Henning Jessen
12:00 Invited Talk | Demonstrators
Christoph Weder, University of Fribourg, CH
Bio-inspired soft robots
Chair: Jürgen Rühe
12:30 Poster Session and Lunch
13:30 Parallel Sessions
Bioinspired Architecture
Chair: Thomas Speck
Adaptivity
Chair: Henning Jessen
Longevity
Chair: Olga Speck
Demonstrators
Chair: Falk Tauber
15:10 Coffee Break
15:30 Keynote Talk
Jean-Marie Lehn, University of Strasbourg, FR
From supramolecular towards adaptive materials
Chair: Jürgen Rühe
16:30 Poster Flash Talks
17:30 Poster Session and Refreshments


Wednesday, 22.03.2023

8:00 Registration
9:00 Plenary Talk | LiMC² Lecture
Zoubeida Ounaies, Penn State University, US
Field-assisted processing of polymer-based responsive materials: A path towards living multifunctional materials
Chair: Jürgen Rühe
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Invited Talk | Energy Autonomy
Bilge Baytekin, Bilkent University, TR
Control of static charging by light
Chair: Michael Walter
11:00 Invited Talk | Societal Challenges and Sustainability
Katja Corcoran, University of Graz, AT
Acceptance of new technologies: examples from the energy sector
Chair: Andrea Kiesel
11:30 Invited Talk | Longevity
Marek Urban, Clemson University, US
Self-healable key-and-lock and ring-and-lock copolymers
Chair: Olga Speck
12:00 Poster Session and Lunch
13:00 Parallel Sessions
Bioinspired Architecture
Chair: Olga Speck
Adaptivity
Chair: Bizan Balzer
Longevity
Chair: Viacheslav Slesarenko
Societal Challenges and Sustainability
Chair: Philipp Höfele
Demonstrators
Chair: Falk Tauber
14:00 Moving Break
14:15 Plenary Talk | Demonstrators
Barbara Mazzolai, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, IT
EcoRobots for Sustainability
Chair: Jürgen Rühe
15:30 Social Program


Thursday, 23.03.2023

8:00 Registration
9:00 Plenary Talk | Energy Autonomy
Yuji Suzuki, University of Tokyo, JP
Wearable/skin-attached energy harvesters with high-performance polymer electrets
Chair: Peter Woias
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Invited Talk | Demonstrators
Ullrich Steiner, University of Fribourg, CH
Disordered structural colour in nature
Chair: Jürgen Rühe
11:00 Invited Talk | Demonstrators
Alexandra Houssaye, Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle, FR
How can research on modern and fossil bones help us build more restistant structures?
Chair: Thomas Speck
11:30 Invited Talk | Demonstrators
Marc Desmulliez, Heriot-Watt University, UK
The use of trade-offs in nature: from surgical saws to the measurement of traits
Chair: Olga Speck
12:00 Poster Session and Lunch
13:00 Parallel Sessions
Energy Autonomy
Chair: Michael Walter
Adaptivity
Chair: Peilong Hou
Longevity
Chair: Chris Eberl
Societal Challenges and Sustainability
Chair: Andrea Kiesel
Demonstrators
Chair: Falk Tauber
14:40 Coffee Break
15:00 Invited Talk | Adaptivity
Roman Truckenmüller, Maastricht University, NL
Mini dishes of live – engineered 3D cell environments in film-based microwells
Chair: Bastian Rapp
15:30 Invited Talk | Longevity
Olli Ikkala, Aalto University, FI
Towards life-inspired soft matter
Chair: Chris Eberl
16:00 Invited Talk | Societal Challenges and Sustainability
Luca Illetterati, University of Padua, IT
Towards a non-naturalistic naturalism
Chair: Lore Hühn
16:30 Coffee Break
17:00 Plenary Talk | Longevity
Sybrand van der Zwaag, TU Delft, NL
Self-healing engineering materials: from the general concept to material class dependent realisations
Chair: Olga Speck
18:00 Poster Session
19:45 Conference Dinner


Friday, 24.03.2023

8:00 Registration
9:00 Plenary Talk | Adaptivity
Hayden Taylor, University of California, US
Digital light manufacturing in multi-phase volumes of material
Chair: Bastian Rapp
10:00 Coffee Break
10:20 Invited Talk | Energy Autonomy
Kornelius Nielsch, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, DE
Micro-thermoelectric devices
Chair: Peter Woias
10:50 Moving Break
11:00 Parallel Sessions
Energy Autonomy
Chair: Anna Fischer
Adaptivity
Chair: Bastian Rapp
Longevity
Chair: Max Mylo
Societal Challenges and Sustainability
Chair: Lore Hühn
Demonstrators
Chair: Thomas Speck
12:20 Poster Session and Lunch
13:15 Plenary Talk | Societal Challenges and Sustainability
Nancy Tuana, Penn State University, US
Bridging community values and science to co-produce sustainable solutions
Chair: Lore Hühn
14:15 Closing remarks


Detailed Program and Book of Abstracts as PDF