The Swiss NanoConvention will not take place in its traditional two-day format in 2026, due to the organisation of MNE 2026 in Interlaken, Switzerland, from September 21–24.

A dedicated Swiss NanoConvention (SNC) Track will take place on Thursday, September 24, as part of the MNE 2026 program.

The SNC Track features dedicated sessions on Photonics, Watch Technologies and Nano Bio, with invited and plenary speakers from leading Swiss and international research institutions and industry.

Swiss NanoConvention at MNE 2026

Thursday, 24 September 2026

08:55
SNC WELCOME

Session Chair: Lorenz Herrmann, Empa

09:00
SNC 1 Photonics
(invited session)

Session Chair: Tobias Lamprecht, IMP-OST

III-V Photonic Devices for AI and Computation from fabrication to application
Kirsten Moselund — Paul Scherrer Institut
Nanoscale visualization of plasmon-enhanced H2 activation on Pt surface using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Naresh Kumar — ETH Zürich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
Diamond nanophotonics
Christophe Galland — EPFL, Laboratory of Quantum and Nano-Optics
A quantum dot in an open microcavity
Richard Warburton — University of Basel, Department of Physics, Basel

10:45
SNC 2 Watch Tec
(plenary session)

Session Chair: Lorenz Herrmann, Empa

Bridging heritage and innovation: Pioneering technologies and advanced materials for the watchmaking industry
Xavier Multone — Rolex SA
MEMS miniaturization over the last 40 years at Bosch
Heiko Stahl — Robert Bosch GmbH

13:15
SNC 3 Nano Bio
(invited session)

Session Chair: Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Adolphe Merkle Institute

Designing substrates to steer cell reactions
Alke Fink — Adolphe Merkle Institute
Instructive soft biomaterials for cell and tissue response by design
Katharina Maniura — Empa, St. Gallen
When geometry becomes biology: an engineer’s view on T cell immunity
Maartje Bastings — EPFL, Programmable Biomaterials Lab, Lausanne
How hydrogels, liposomes, and extracellular vesicles might advance the field of bone & joint research
Benjamin Gantenbein — University of Bern, Dept. for BioMedical Research (DBMR), Bern

15:00
SNC 4 Awards

Session Chair: Lorenz Herrmann, Empa

MNE Plenary Session
16:00
MNE Keynotes 2 – Microfluidics 3
(plenary session)

Session Chair: Nako Nakatsuka, EPFL

Engineering microsystem interfaces for neural and molecular sensing
Ellis Meng — University of Southern California
Microfluidic technologies for high throughput biological experimentation
Andrew deMello — ETH Zurich