At the upcoming Technology Briefing, leading researchers from Empa, CSEM and PSI, together with industry experts from ABB and Sulzer, will present how AI is transforming research and development.

Program

Event language: English

Moderator: Claudia Gonzalez, Head of Empa Akademie

13:30 Arrival & welcome coffee

14:00 Introduction

Dr. Lorenz Herrmann, Head of Department for Advanced Materials and Surfaces, Empa

14:20 Grand challenges for automated and autonomous research: synthesis, stability, and scale-up

Dr. Tonio Buonassisi, Vice President of Sustainable Energy, CSEM

14:50 Accelerating the development of advanced thin-film materials with high-throughput experiments and AI

Dr. Sebastian Siol, Group Leader of Coating Technologies, Empa

15:20 Industrial intelligence: rethinking innovation in expert-driven domains

Dr. Preeti Kamakoti, Director of Key Enabling Technologies and Tools Chemtech, Sulzer

15:50 Coffee break

16:20 Accelerating low-carbon cement design with materials science and AI

Dr. John Provis, Group Leader of Cement Systems, PSI

Dr. Nikolaos Prasianakis, Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Waste Management, PSI

16:50 AI for science: powering the next wave of industrial innovation

Thanikesavan Sivanthi, Senior Principal Scientist, ABB

17:20 Wrap-up & closing

Dr. Lorenz Herrmann, Head of Department for Advanced Materials and Surfaces, Empa

17:35 Apéro & networking