TUESDAY June 10th
8:30-9:00 – Registration
9:00-9:30 – Conference Opening (Arri Priimägi, Olli Ikkala, Paula Eerola)
Session 1 (Chair – Robin Ras)
9:30-10:00 – Ben Feringa: “The art of building small”
10:00-10:30 – Rafal Klajn: “The art of building small (but not so small)”
10:30-10:45 – Aisha Bismillah: “Control of dynamic sp3-C stereochemistry”
10:45-11:15 – Coffee break
11:15-11:45 – Roxanne Kieltyka: “Engineering of complex mechanics in dynamic biomaterials for 3D cell culture applications”
11:45-12:15 – Seraphine Wegner: “Spatiotemporal control in synthetic cells using light”
12:15-12:30 – Andreas Vargas Jentzsch: “Supramolecular polymers without a twist”
12:30-13:30 – Lunch
Session 2 (Chair – Timo Laaksonen)
13:30-14:00 – Kasper Moth-Poulsen: “Molecular photoswitches for energy storage”
14:00-14:30 – Stefan Hecht: “Xolography to light up volumetric 3D printing”
14:30-15:00 – Marleen Kamperman: “Bioinspired processing of coacervates”
15:00-17:00 – Coffee break + Poster session
17:00-17:30 – Tanja Weil: “Controlling self-assembly in living systems”
17:30-18:00 – Javier Montenegro: “Supramolecular dynamic chemistry for membrane transport and biomimetic systems”
18:00-19:00 – Dinner and soft drinks provided by organizers
19:00 – Welcome reception in Haikko Manor, historical building, The Yellow room; sparkling wine + snacks
WEDNESDAY June 11th
8:30-9:00 – Registration
Session 3 (Chair – Jaana Vapaavuori)
9:00-9:30 – Nathalie Katsonis: “Chirality-guided morphogenetic pathways in soft matter”
9:30-10:00 – Fabien Cougnon: “Programmable assembly of multi-stranded helices in water”
10:00-10:30 – Steve Goldup: “Making the mechanical bond useful: the synthesis, symmetry and applications of interlocked molecules.”
10:30-11:00 – Coffee break
11:00-11:30 – Andreas Walther: “Building artificial cells from DNA”
11:30-12:00 – Mauri Kostiainen: “DNA and mRNA origami directed virus capsid polymorphism”
12:00-12:15 – Stefano Corra: “Self-assembly of photoresponsive cyclic peptides”
12:15-12:30 – Nadja Simeth: “Folding and manipulating peptides with light”
12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch
Session 4 (Chair – Hao Zeng)
13:30-14:00 – Eleni Stavrinidou: “Photosynthetic biohybrids and living materials”
14:00-14:30 – Oren Scherman: “Harnessing molecular control to engineer next-generation functional hydrogels”
14:30-15:00 – Daniela Wilson: “Interactive life-like motile systems for biomedical applications”
15:00 – 17:00 – Coffee break + Poster session
17:00-17:15 – Promeet Saha: “Orthogonal control of structure and photocatalytic activity of adaptive supramolecular hosts”
17:15-17:45 – Thomas Hermans: “Controlling self-assembly by chemical fuels and light”
18:45-19:00 – Bus transfer to Porvoo
19:00-22:45 – Conference dinner at Rafaels Steakhouse & Bistro and free time in Porvoo
THURSDAY June 12th
Session 5 (Chair – Kostas Daskalakis)
9:30-10:00 – Pierangelo Metrangolo: ”What have we learn from nature about halogenation?”
10:00-10:30 – Simone Fabiano: “Organic mixed conductors for neuro-inspired electronics”
10:30-11:00 – Jovana Milic: “Dynamic supramolecular control of hybrid perovskite materials for energy conversion technologies”
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break
11:30-12:00 – Daniel Gryko: “1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole and dipyrrolonaphthyridinedione – novel building blocks for optoelectronics”
12:00-12:30 – Sophie Beeren: “Enzyme-mediated dynamic combinatorial chemistry with large-ring cyclodextrins and other unusual macrocycles”
12:30-12:45 – Emma Wolpert: “Coarse-grained modelling for supramolecular materials design”
12:45-13:00 – Emanuele Penocchio: “Power strokes in molecular motors: predictive, irrelevant, or somewhere in between?”
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
Session 6 (Chair – Hang Zhang)
14:00-14:30 – Scott Cockroft: “Transmembrane transporters: measuring, modelling, and modification”
14:30-14:45 – Nikita Durandin: “COUNT TO TRIplet: triplet photochemistry in pictures (with 3 examples)”
14:45-15:00 – Stefano Crespi: “Putting P in photoswitches: phosphorus containing molecular photoswitches”
15:00 – 15:30 – Coffee break
15:30-15:45 – Jacopo Movilli: “Encoding free-form locomotion in photo-responsive soft microrobots”
15:45-16:15 – Nicolas Giuseppone: “Making molecular motors that work on all scales”
16:15-16:45 – Alberto Credi: “Light-driven nonequilibrium operation of (supra)molecular devices and motors”
16:45-17:00 – Closing remarks
18:10 – 18:30 – Transfer to Sauna
18:30 – 22:30 – Sauna evening at Kannonnokka sauna (the link is in Finnish)
FRIDAY June 13th – EXCURSION TO ESTONIA
8:00 Leaving Haikko, bus transfer to Helsinki Harbour
9:00 Arrival to Helsinki Harbour (West Harbour Terminal 2)
10:30 – 12:30 Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
12:30 – 12:50 Transfer from Tallinn Harbour (Terminal D) to the Hotel
13:15 – 15:00 Guided tour in Tallinn old town
15:00 – 18:00 Check-in and free time
18:00 – 21:00 Dinner in restaurant Olde Hansa
Overnight stay in the Original Sokos Hotel Viru
SATURDAY June 14th
12:00 Transfer from the Hotel to Tallinn Harbour
13:30 – 15:30 Return ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki (same terminals)
Other options of the return ferries are:
Tallinn departure at 7:30 – Helsinki arrival at 9:30
Tallinn departure at 10:30 – Helsinki arrival at 12:30
Tallinn departure at 16:30 – Helsinki arrival at 18:30