e-conversion 2.0 Conference 2026

List of Confirmed Invited Speakers so far

• David Cahen (Weizmann Institute)
• Ib Chorkendorff (DTU Denmark)
• Douglas Fabini (Paul Scherrer Institute)
• Alessio Gagliardi (TUM)
• Sossina Haile (Northwestern University)
• Laura Herz (Oxford University)
• Aaron M Lindenberg (Stanford University)
• Reinhard  Maurer  (University of Vienna)
• Albert Polman (AMOLF)
• Friedrich Prinz (Stanford University)
• Ram Seshadri (UCSB)
• Joon Hyun Shim (Korea University)
• Kelsey Stoerzinger (University of Minnesota)
• Verena Streibel (TUM)
• Esma Ugur (LMU)
• Julija Zavadlav (TUM)
• Anatoly Zayats (King’s College London)

Program Committee

• Emiliano Cortés (LMU)
• David Egger (TUM)
• Johanna Eichhorn (TUM)
• Achim Hartschuh (LMU)
• Katharina Krischer (TUM)
• Karsten Reuter (Fritz Haber Institute)
• Jan Torgersen (TUM)
• Alexander Urban (LMU)

In addition to the talks, all participants are invited to present a poster at one of the poster sessions. Please submit your abstract during registration or via e-mail to abstracts@e-conversion.de using our abstract template.

If you need childcare during the conference at home or in Venice, please contact Vera Hiendl (vera.hiendl@tum.de) for options.

Accommodation

We have booked rooms at the VIU on San Servolo and at the following hotels in Venice from Sunday, October 4 to Saturday, October 9, 2026:

• Centro Culturale Don Orione: www.donorione-venezia.it
• Foresteria Valdese di Venezia: www.foresteriavenezia.it

Rooms with two, three, or four beds will be available for doctoral researchers, single rooms for professors, post-docs, group leaders, and speakers.

Transportation

Train Transfer

We will organize a train transfer from Munich to Venice on October 4 (Departure: 11:33 h, Munich Central Station) as well as from Venice to Munich on October 9 (Arrival: 18:38 h, Munich Central Station).

Local Transport

The historic center of Venice is quite small, so you can walk to most of the interesting places. In addition, you can take the water buses (called Vaporetto) across the famous Canal Grande or take other lines to travel to the small islands nearby. For the transfer from the airport to the historic part of Venice, you may use the bus or the waterbus. Once in Venice, take the waterbus No. 20 to reach the conference venue on San Servolo.

Boat to Conference Location (linea 20)

The boat from Venice to San Servolo (No. 20) leaves from the stop “San Zaccaria” close to the Piazza San Marco; the stop is in front of the “Londra Palace Hotel”.

Boat Tickets

For participants traveling to Venice by train on October 4, the e-conversion staff will book Vaporetto tickets (valid from Sunday to Friday) in advance and hand them out upon arrival in Venice. These tickets are valid for all buses and waterbuses in Venice and also for the boat traffic through Canal Grande, to San Servolo and to other islands.

In case you do not book a conference ticket, you can buy waterbus tickets in Venice at the ACTV counters found at major waterbus/bus stations.