Monday, July 14, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration - Registration is in the foyer of the Conference Venue (Hellbrunner Str. 34) | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Opening Address (Audimax) | |
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Molecular Silicon Chemistry (Audimax) - Chair S. Inoue, TU Munich, Germany | (+) |
| 09:30 - 10:15 | › Silicon versions of iconic Hückel aromatics - David Scheschkewitz, Saarland University, Germany | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break (Foyer) | |
| 10:45 - 12:05 | Molecules and Organometallics (Audimax) - Chair T. Müller, University of Oldenburg, Germany | (+) |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | › Subvalent Silicon and Boron in Concert: Entering New Chemical Space in Small Molecule Activation - Matthias Driess, Technical University Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Germany | |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | › Activation by CO2: C–C Coupling Reactivity of Borylsilyl Ester Enolates - Jonathan O. Bauer, University of Regensburg, Germany | |
| 11:35 - 12:05 | › Valence Isomerization of a Tetrasila-1,3-dienide - Takeaki Iwamoto, Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan | |
| 10:45 - 12:05 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair U. Schubert, TU Vienna, Austria | (+) |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | › Silacrown Ethers: Synthesis and Influence on Ion Flux Across Myocardial Cell Membranes - Barry Arkles, Catemer Inc. Doylestown, Temple University, USA | |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | › Synthesis of alkenyl-functionalized silsesquioxanes and spherosilicates - Kinga Stefanowska, Center for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland | |
| 11:35 - 12:05 | › Enhanced Performance of Bifunctional Silica Spheres: Advantages of Dual-Functional Surface Engineering Versus Monofunctional Strategies - Inna Melnyk, Institute of Geotechnics SAS, Slowakia/ Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry Ukraine | |
| 10:45 - 12:05 | Sustainability in Silicon Chemistry (Green Lecture Hall) - Chair M. Wong-Chi-Man, Univ. Montpellier, France | (+) |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | › Fluorine-free Hybrid Siloxane Resins Feel The Heat - Helmut Mack Dr., Evonik Operations GmbH, Germany | |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | › Amine-functionalized silicas for water purification from PFAS - Oksana Dudarko, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden/ Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, Ukraine | |
| 11:35 - 12:05 | › Hybrid coatings for biomaterials: advancing functionality and circularity - Claudia Stauch, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research | |
| 12:05 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Molecules and Organometallics (Audimax) - Chair T.D. Tilley, UC Berkeley, USA | (+) |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | › A Short Story on Oligosilanyl Cations, Oligosilyl Carbocations and Bissilylium Ions - Thomas Müller, Carl von Ossietzky University, Germany | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | › Hydrosilane-Functionalized [2.2]Paracyclophane for Plasma-Etch-Resistant and Post-Modifiable Poly(Para-Xylylene) - L. Bichlmaier, TU Munich, Germany | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | › LEWIS-Base-Stabilized α-Amino Acid-Derived Silaheterocycles and Their Role in Peptide Bond Formation - A. Seidel, TU Freiberg, Germany | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | › Ge(0) supported by a diimino-NHC, and its lighter and heavier congeners - Georgii Nikonov, Brock University, Canada | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair B. Arkles, Temple University, USA | (+) |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | › Silsesquioxanes: Defined Sizes, Structures and Shapes - Michel Wong-Chi-Man, Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, France | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | › Thiol–ene Click Chemistry as a Versatile Tool for the Functionalization of Natural Fabrics with Organosilicon Compounds - Marcin Przybylak, Poznań Science and Technology Park, Adam Mickiewicz University Foundation, Poland | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | › Evidence of “Structured Water” in a Rationally Designed Silicone Elastomer - Alok Sarkar, Corporate R&D Center, Momentive Performance Materials, India | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | › Immunogenic silica nanoparticles and silicified cells for ovarian cancer immunotherapy - Achraf Noureddine, University of New Mexico, USA | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Silicon (Green Lecture Hall) - Chair M. E. Elsässer, University of Salzburg, Austria | (+) |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | › Large-scale silicon nanowire paper fabrication and battery applications - Juan J. Vilatela, IMDEA Materials, Spain | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | › Engraving Function at the Nanoscale via Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching - Gilles Bourret, University of Salzburg, Austria | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | › Synthesis of hybrid silicon nanowires with different metal catalysts - Emmanuel Idowu, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ICMCB, UMR 5026, F-33600 Pessac, France | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee break (Foyer) | |
| 15:30 - 17:10 | Molecules and Organometallics (Audimax) - Chair R.F.J. Berger, University of Salzburg, Austria | (+) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | › Reactivity of a Silylium Borata Ylide - Felicitas Lips, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | › Metal−Silicon Triple Bonds: Reactivity of the Silylidyne Complexes [Cp*(CO)2M≡Si−Tbb] (M = Cr – W) - Kanishk Tomer, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany | |
| 16:20 - 16:50 | › Organosilicon-based building blocks for the controlled synthesis of unsaturated organic compounds - Adrian Franczyk, Center for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland | |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | › The development of approaches to the synthesis of silicon-containing cycloolefins: the search for ways to the selective bis-silylation of norbornadiene - Maxim Bermeshev, A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RU | |
| 15:30 - 17:10 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair I. Melnyk, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovenia/ Ukraine | (+) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | › Functional Silsesquioxanes as Versatile Monomers - Masafumi Unno, Gunma University, Japan | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | › Tailoring the Properties and Applications of Polysiloxanes Using Silsesquioxanes - Katarzyna Mituła-Chmielowiec, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Center for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan | |
| 16:20 - 16:50 | › Investigations of Photoresponsive Behaviors in Q-Silica Cage-based Network Polymer Gels - Joseph Furgal, Bowling Green State University, USA | |
| 15:30 - 17:10 | Sustainability and Novel Applications (Green Lecture Hall) - Chair M. Brook, McMaster University, Canada | (+) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | › PFAS-free hybrid coatings: Technical applications and wet-chemical functionalization of textiles - Diana Lau, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, Germany | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | › Advanced Sol-Gel Coatings for Anti-Graffiti and Anti-Fingerprint Applications: A Hybrid Material Approach - Konstantin Kraushaar, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany | |
| 16:20 - 16:50 | › Technology example for the reduction of silanol freight in waste water - Jan Tillmann, Wacker Chemie AG, Germany | |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | › Glasskote Base 1 – a new coating for the container glass industry - Karsten Korth, Evonik Operations GmbH | Research, Development & Innovation Silanes - Fabian Zschocke, TotalEnergies Glass Lubricants Europe GmbH, Germany | |
| 17:10 - 18:30 | Poster Tour - Postersession I | |
| 18:15 - 20:00 | Welcome Party (Foyer) |
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Audimax) - Chair G. Drisko, University of Bordeaux, France | (+) |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | › Experimental and computational approaches to studying silica-based materials and their interaction with biomolecules; towards an understanding of the biological processing of silica - Carole C. Perry, Nottingham Trent University, UK | |
| 09:15 - 09:20 | Break (Foyer) | |
| 09:20 - 10:10 | Molecules and Organometallics (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair T. Kato, Universite de Toulouse, France | (+) |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | › Bond-Breaking and -Making at Silicon with Coordination Chemistry - Don Tilley, Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, USA | |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | › Coordination Chemistry of Silicon: Multiple Bonding and Ligand Exchange - Das Ujjal, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany | |
| 09:20 - 10:10 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Green Lecture Hall) - Chair A. Shimojima, Waseda University, Japan | (+) |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | › Silica-Based Aerogels: Manufacturing and Emerging Applications - Shanyu Zhao, Laboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components Laboratory, Empa | |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | › Efficient automotive heat shielding based on complex shaped aerogel composites - Barbara Milow, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany | |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Coffee break (Foyer) | |
| 10:40 - 11:50 | Molecules and Organometallics (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair M. Driess, TU Berlin, Germany | (+) |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | › Phosgene-free, silane-based, sustainable synthesis of isocyanates - Dr. Edwin Kroke, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | › Water Soluble Acyl Metalloids for Innovative Phototherapeutics and Novel Photoinitiators - Michael Haas, Technische Universität Graz | |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | › New Insights in the Chemistry of Heavier Aryl Anions - Norihiro Tokitoh, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan | |
| 10:40 - 11:50 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Green Lecture Hall) - Chair S. Zhao, EMPA, Switzerland | (+) |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | › Silica aerogels with structural sizes varied over two decades - Christian Scherdel, Center for Applied Energy Research, Germany | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | › Unlocking the Potential of Polysilsesquioxanes: Advanced Materials for Optics and Beyond - Guido Kickelbick, Saarland University, Germany | |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | › In-situ functionalization and additive manufacturing of mesoporous silica - Annette Andrieu-Brunsen, TU Darmstadt, Macromolecular Chemistry – Smart Membranes, Germany | |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Group Picture (Foyer) | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | International Advisory Board Meeting - International Advisory Board Meeting | |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Audimax) - Chair B. Milow, DLR Cologne, Germany | (+) |
| 13:30 - 14:15 | › Silica aerogels versatility – from thermal insulation to pollutants capture - Durães Luisa, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal | |
| 14:15 - 14:20 | Break (Foyer) | |
| 14:20 - 15:30 | Molecules and Organometallics (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair N. Tokitoh, Kyoto University, Japan | (+) |
| 14:20 - 14:50 | › Base-stabilized silynes: Synthesis and reactivity - Tsuyoshi Kato, Universite de Toulouse, France | |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | › Synthesis, Structures and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks Containing Silicon Linkers - Paul Lickiss, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, UK | |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | › Surface modification of spherical silica with silane/silatrane coupling agents – application in photopolymerizable 3D-printing resin composites - Myong Joon Oh, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, Poland | |
| 14:20 - 15:30 | Sustainability and Novel Applications (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair A. Heugenhauser, University of Salzburg, Austria | (+) |
| 14:20 - 14:50 | › Waste Not, Want Not: Silicones and the Waste Stream - Michael Brook, McMaster University, Canada | |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | › Introduction of renewable raw materials into the chemical supply chain - Niklas Wienkenhöver, Wacker Chemie AG, Germany | |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | › Advancing electrocatalyst stability and performance of water electrolysis with silicon chemistry solutions - Julia Lyubina, Evonik Operations GmbH, TU Darmstadt, Germany | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Coffee break (Foyer) | |
| 15:45 - 16:45 | Poster Tour - Postersession II | |
| 16:45 - 18:15 | Molecules and Organometallics (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair M. Wagner, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany | (+) |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | › Expanding the Role of Silsesquioxanes: From Structural Modifications to Coordination Chemistry - Beata Dudziec, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland | |
| 17:15 - 17:45 | › N-heterocyclic Silylene: From Bonding to Application - Shabana Khan, Chemistry Department IISER Pune, India | |
| 17:45 - 18:15 | › From Oligosilylenoids to a Range of Cyclotetrasilanes - Marschner Christoph, TU Graz, Austria | |
| 16:45 - 18:15 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Green Lecture Hall) - Chair D. Lau, ISC Würzburg, Germany | (+) |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | › Catalysis at Silicones' Service - Vincent Monteil, CNRS, CPE Lyon, France | |
| 17:15 - 17:45 | › Identical silicone-gelatin compositions processed at different temperatures enable two distinct elastomer types for extrusion and shape-memory applications - Anne Skov, TU Denmark, Denmark | |
| 17:45 - 18:15 | › Silica's role in creating vivid structural color - Glenna Drisko, Laboratoire de Chimie de l'ENS de Lyon, France |
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | Silicon Chemistry and Artificial Intelligence (Audimax) - Chair G. Kickelbick, Saarland University, Germany | (+) |
| 08:30 - 09:15 | › Modelling and understanding amorphous silicon with the help of atomistic machine learning - Volker L. Deringer, University of Oxford, UK | |
| 09:15 - 09:20 | Break (Foyer) | |
| 09:20 - 10:40 | Molecules and Organometallics (Audimax) - Chair S. Khan, IISEER Pune, India | (+) |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | › Silafulleranes and silaadamantanes: new developments - Matthias Wagner, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany | |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | › CO Insertion into the Si=Si bond of a disilene yields a 1,3-disaallene oxide which exhibits divergent reactivity toward CO2 - Arseni Kostenko, Technische Universität München, Germany | |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | › Elementary Steps of Catalysis at Cage Silanides - Marc-Etienne Moret, Utrecht University, The Netherlands | |
| 09:20 - 10:40 | Silicones to Silica - Design and Applications (Blue Lecture Hall) - Chair J. Furgal, Bowling Green State University, USA | (+) |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | › Sol Gel Nanomaterials and their Applications: Challenges, Oportunities and Risks - Aleksandrea Lobnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia | |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | › Silahydrocarbons as Potential Alternatives to Volatile Silicones - Kenrick M. Lewis, Momentive Performance Materials, USA | |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | › Synthesis and unique properties of layered silica/silsesquioxane and polydimethylsiloxane nanocomposites - Atsushi Shimojima, Waseda University, Japan | |
| 09:20 - 10:40 | Silicon in low oxidation states (Green Lecture Hall) - Chair B. Dudziec, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland | (+) |
| 09:20 - 09:50 | › Low-Oxidation State Si and mixed Si/Ge Clusters - Thomas Fässler, Technische Universität München, Germany | |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | › Mechanochemical Synthesis of Oligo- and Poly-silanes - Thomas Lainer, Graz University of Technology, Austria | |
| 10:40 - 11:15 | Coffee break (Foyer) | |
| 11:15 - 11:25 | Wacker Silicone Award Presentation (Audimax) - M. Schulze-Adams, Wacker Chemie AG | |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Wacker Silicone Award Lecture (Audimax) - M. Schulze Adams | (+) |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | › Beyond the Comfort Zone: Expanding the Chemistry of Silicon(IV) through Ligand Control - Lutz Greb, Universität Heidelberg, Germany | |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Poster Awards and Closing Ceremony (Audimax) - ESD11 Chair | |
| 13:15 - 18:30 | Excursion - Visit at Wacker Chemie AG - Burghausen Site | |
| 18:30 - 23:00 | Closing Gala - Kavalierhaus Klessheim |