On September 9th and 10th, 2026, the Final Conference of the MSCA ESPERANTO Project will take place at the Vienna University of Technology, hosted by the 9th European Symposium of Photopolymer Science (ESPS2026).
The European Symposium of Photopolymer Science (ESPS) aims to bring together the brightest minds from both academia and industry to collectively present and discuss the fundamental issues within this still burgeoning field. The meeting consists of seminars from not just European but international leaders of photopolymer science with topics addressing critical issues such as photochemistry, reaction kinetics, analytical methods, photoinitiator and monomer synthesis, structure-property relations, polymer processing, as well as applications.
The presentations on the results of the Esperanto project will take place as part of a number of parallel sessions at the Symposium, which will focus on research into the sustainability of materials and processes.
Other topics that will be discussed at the meeting include:
| SESSION #1 | ||
| TIME | SPEAKER | TALK TITLE |
| 9:20 - 9:50 | INVITED SPEAKER: Stephanie J. Bryant University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA | "Biomimetic and degradable photopolymer composites" |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Julien Pinaud Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France | " Fast Curing of a biobased Polyhydroxyurethane thermoset using near infrared photothermal effect " |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Anthony Hoogmartens EPFL (Esperanto student) | " Closed-loop recycling of photocured glass-fiber reinforced composites based on transesterification " |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | John Vincent Tumaneng Politecnico di Torino (Esperanto student) | " Navigationg reversible photopolymerization in biobased systems " |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Szymon Gaca PCCL (Esperanto student) | " Thermosets meet Thermoplastic: Upcycling PLA in digital light processing 3D printing of dynamic thiol-ene composites " |
| COFFEE BREAK | ||
| SESSION #2 | ||
| 11:40-12:10 | INVITED SPEAKER: Xavier Allonas Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, France | " Photoreactivity of oxime esters as radical photoinitiators: insights into their photochemical behaviour " |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Samet Dalga Université de Haute-Alsace (Esperanto student) | " A new commercially available ketocoumarin as a type II photoinitiator and sensitizer for led photopolymerization and photobase generator systems " |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Zizheng Zhang PCCL (Esperanto student) | " Germanium-Photoinitiator functionalized Silica nanoparticles for high-performance UV-curable polyester coatings " |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Talha Mumtaz Yildiz Technical University (Esperanto student) | " Sustainable polymer network formation from soybean oil using di-thioxanthone disulfide as a photoinitiator in thiol-ene-chemistry " |
| LUNCH BREAK | ||
| Long Excursion to Schloss Schönbrunn | ||
| SESSION #3 | ||
| 9:20 - 9:50 | INVITED: Kai Licha FEW Chemicals GmbH, Bitter-Wolfen, Germany | " A versatile photoplymerisation toolbox " |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Saverio Aliberti Yildiz Technical University (Esperanto student) | " Host-guest complexation of lypophilic photoinitiator and diacrylate crosslinker with β-Cyclodextrin derivates for photocuring of waterborne nanocomposite adhesives " |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Michele Bonacina EPFL (Esperanto student) | " Superhydrophobic coating by photopolymerization induced phase separation " |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Talha Genc Université de Montpellier (Esperanto student) | "Can bacteria be transformed into Photopolymers? Dextran–Maleimide platforms enabling photoinitiator-free photopolymerization for biomedical applications " |
| COFFEE BREAK | ||
| SESSION #4 | ||
| 11:20-11:50 | INVITED SPEAKER: Maj Grit Meleschko BCH, Germany | " Beyond established photoinitiators: reactivity and application of emerging acyl phosphine oxides " |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | Mohammed G. Ridwan IMPERIAL (Esperanto student) | " Design for functions via frontal photopolymerization " |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Mirac R. Dizman Politecnico di Torino (Esperanto student) | " Photoinduced frontal photopolymerization of acrylates for sustainable composites: filler effects and applications in wood repair " |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Thi Nhung Vu Politecnico di Torino (Esperanto student) | " Sustainable electrospinning and thiol-ene photofunctionalization of nanofibrous membrane for advanced water remediation " |
| LUNCH BREAK |
