The Czech Society for New Materials and Technologies

The 18 th annual international NANOCON conference, held in Brno from September 30 toOctober 2, 2026, highlighted advances in the research and development of nanomaterials and theirapplications in biomedical diagnostics, next-generation energy systems, quantum computing, AI-drivennanomaterials engineering, and other fields. The main programme featured 76 oral presentations and103 posters for 224 registered participants from 28 countries. The Czech Society for New Materialsand Technologies co-organises this well-established conference.

Details in the Press release here

The 17th annual international conference NANOCON, which took place in Brno in October 15-17, 2025,confirmed that nanotechnologies and nanomaterials, thanks to their unique properties, are notslowing down in their expansion into medicine, material engineering, quantum electronics, energy,environmental protection and other industries and sectors. For the 287 registered participants from31 countries the program included 87 lectures and 143 posters. The Czech Society for New Materialsand Technologies is the co-organiser of this well-established conference.

More information about the conference can be found here.

The 18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes – FEMS EUROMAT 2025 will take place in Granada (Spain), 14-18 September 2025 exclusively on-site. The organizing company is the Spanish Society of Materials SOCIEMAT, on behalf of FEMS. Euromat is the premier conference for materials scientists, researchers, students, professors, engineers, industrial partners and all those interested in the progress and development of materials. Participants can share their knowledge and experience and also enjoy the Alhambra, Generalife and Albaicín, all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Deadline for abstract submission for lectures is January 31, 2025. ČSNMT members may register at a discounted rate by submitting proof of membership (discount applied at checkout). Details on the conference website

European Conference on Heat Treatment 2025
Motion in Heat Treatment – Heat Treatment in Motion
5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering in Automotive Applications

June 4.-6, 2025, Kaiserstein Palace, Prague
www.atzk-echt2025.com

The 16^th NANOCON international conference, which took place in Brno on October 16-18, 2024, demonstrated significant progress in target-oriented nanotechnology research. The Czech Society for New Materials and Technologies is the co-organiser of this conference. Details you can read in the Press Release.

on nanomaterials, their research and application was held in Brno Orea Congress Hotel. Nanomaterials and Technologies for Sustainable Energy & Environment is its main topic this year. Plenary talk was given by Prof. Dr. Volker Presser, Managing director of the Saarene-Saarland Center for Energy Materials & Sustainability, Saarbrücken (Germany), and a Dr. Rabah Boukherroub, Research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS, Lille, France. More information about the conference: www.nanocon.eu.  Press release is attached.

FEMS EUROMAT is the premier international congress in the field of materials science and technology in Europe, was take place in Frankfurt, Germany (3-7 September).

Registrer to attend by March 15, taking advantage of the early bird fees

Federation of Europan Materials Societes, whose members also include CSNMT, has released a new issue of the Newsletter. It mainly contains information about European cnferences Euromat and Junioreuromat and FEMS member society news.

The XIV. international conference NANOCON took place in Brno on October 19 th – 21 st , 2022. In total 232 participants from 19 countries listened 67 lectures and could see 128 posters. Their common theme was nanomaterials and the latest advances in their research and applications. In the Czech Republic, it is the largest event of its kind, and one of the largest in the Central European region. In more details here.

The European Journal of Materials (EJM), published by FEMS and Taylor & Francis. FEMS encourages you to submit your articles now for review. All articles are freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication. FEMS members can receive a 20% discount code for publishing in the open access journal (to get access to the code you should login to www.fems.org/news/publish-your-papers-fems-and-tf-european-journal-materials).

The XIII. international conference NANOCON took place in Brno on October 20^th – 22^th 2021. In total 280 participants from 19 countries listened 84 lectures and could see 150 posters. Their common theme was nanomaterials and the latest advances in their research and applications. In the Czech Republic, it is the largest event of its kind, and one of the largest in the Central European region. After a one-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it could take place in the traditional format this year. The Czech Society for New Materials and Technology is co-organizer of this event. Details you can find in this report.

FEMS EUROMAT will take place on 12-16 September 2021 whether virtually or in person. The programme you can download and keep up to date with all the latest announcements via the website at: www.euromat2021.org/

The 13^th international conference NANOCON´21 will be held on October 20 - 22 October 2021, in Brno (Czech Republic) in the hotel Voronez. Nanomaterials for Electronics are the central topic of the program. However, the program covers a wide range of topics. Papers on methods for the preparation and characterization of nanomaterials and their applications in various sectors, including medicine and the environment, as well as contributions on the monitoring and toxicity of nanomaterials are accepted. The plenary lecture was confirmed by prof. Dr. Yury Gogotsi from Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA) and prof. Dr. Deiter H. Bimberg, DDr.h.c. from the Technical University of Berlin (Germany). Prof. Other invited lectures will be given e.g. also Dr. Tomáš Jungwirth from Physical Institute AS CZ (Czech Republic) and prof. Dr. Tomáš Šikola from VUT Brno/CEITEC (Czech Republic).

The registration is open at the: https://www.nanocon.eu/en/registration-login/.

Reviewed papers will be submitted to the Web of Science and Scopus for evaluation and indexing. And the articles (labelled by DOI) will be published on the website www.confer.cz in open access mode. More information about the conference: www.nanocon.eu.

Due to anti-epidemic measures, the 12^th NANOCON´20 conference, scheduled for 21-23 October 2020, could not take place in its original format.

With regard to interest of the registered participants (255 persons, of which 25 % from abroad) and also in an effort to maintain the continuity of the conference NANOCON, to publish a collection of full texts from the conference, it has been decided. In total 97 participants expressed their interest in publishing a paper in the conference proceedings. Approximately 60% of all contributions concerned industrial and environmental applications of nanomaterials and bio-nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in medicine.

Papers were reviewed and submitted to the Web of Science and Scopus for evaluation and indexing. The articles have been newly assigned a digital object identifier (DOI) and will be published on the website www.confer.cz in open access mode.

The XI. International conference NANOCON took place in Brno in October 16^th - 18^th, 2019. In total 335 attendees from 30 countries across the world listened 75 lectures and could see 205 posters. Their common theme was nanomaterials and the latest advances in their research and applications. The conference is the largest event of its kind organized in the Czech Republic and belongs to the biggest ones held in the Central Europe. The Czech Society for New Materials and Technology is co-organizer of this event (read details).

The next NANOCON conference will be held in October 14^th – 16^th 2020 and it will accentuate the latest scientific and technological challenges in nano-electronics. More information can be found at www.nanocon.eu.

Federation of Europan Materials Societes, whose members also include CSNMT, has released a new issue of the Newsletter. It mainly contains information about European cnferences Euromat and Junioreuromat

NANOCON is the largest international event of its kind organized in the Czech Republic and at the same time it is one of the largest conferences in the field of nanotechnology in the European region. Representatives of about 30 countries participate every year in the event, particularly from Europe, but also from distant countries, like Australia, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Singapore, South Korea or U.S.A.

More information about the conference on www.nanocon.eu.

On days 22th to 24th May 2019 in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, the International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials will take place. The conference is organized in six symposia - Advanced Iron, Cast-Iron and Steel Processing, Metal Forming, Steel Products and their Properties, Latest Trends in Surface Engineering, Non-Ferrous Metals and alloys and Economics and Management of Metallurgical Production. More information on www.metalconference.eu.

The Fojtik-Henglein Prize for the outstanding, recent scientific breakthrough in the field of laser synthesis and processing of colloids in liquids, named after a pair of pioneers in the field of nanoparticle and nanostructure preparation using laser technology, was first awarded at the 5th International Advanced Nanoparticles Generation Excitation by Laser in Liquids hold in 3rd – 7th June 2018 in Lyon, France. The award has been handover to the laureate - Dr. Bilal Gökcem from the University of Duisburg/Essen - personally by Prof. Dr. Anton Fojtík, teacher at the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and at the Institute of Engineering Physics for Biomedicine at the Moscow National Research Nuclear University and the Member of the Czech Society for New Materials and Technologies Nanosection. The prize will be awarded every two years. More information

The international conference NANOCON took place in Brno on 17th - 19th October 2018 for the 10th time. More than three hundred attendees from 20 countries across the world listened over 70 lectures and could see 190 posters. Their common theme was nanomaterials and the latest advances in their research and application. The conference is the largest event of its kind organized in the Czech Republic. The Czech Society for New Materials and Technologies is its co-organizer. (continue)

Federation of European Materials Societes (FEMS) organizes next conference for PhD students and young scientists in the fielad of materials sciences Junior Euromat 2016. This conference will be held in July 8 - 12, 2018 in Budapest. Details can be found on conference website.

X. international scientific conference NANOCON will take place in Brno, in the hotel Voronez I, from October 17th to 19th, 2018. The opening plenary lecture will be performed by outstanding American scientist Dr. Paras N. Prasad from the New York State University and executive director of the multidisciplinary Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics. More information about the conference and the registration to the event at the www.nanocon.eu.

9th International Conference NANOCON 2017 took place in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, in October 18th-20th 2017. The conference traditionally focused on research of nanomaterials and development of their concrete applications in industry, medicine and environment was attended by 350 experts from 26 countries. The opening plenary lecture was performed by Paolo Fornasiero from the University in Trieste (Italy), an outstanding expert in design and development of multifunctional nanosystems. More information about the conference in the press release.

On days 23th to 25th May 2018 in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, the 27th Annual International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials will take place. The conference is organized in six symposia - Advanced Iron, Cast-Iron and Steel Processing, Metal Forming, Steel Products and their Properties, Latest Trends in Surface Engineering, Non-Ferrous Metals and alloys and Economics and Management of Metallurgical Production. More information - on www.metal2018.com/en.

The Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) and TMS will join the technical expertise and talents of their volunteer organizers to offer a selection of new symposia at the TMS 2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Phoenix, Arizona, March 11–15, 2018. Topics will explore science and technologies from the perspective of developments in Europe

The European Congress and exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes organized by the FEMS will take place in Thesaloniki, Greece, September 17-22, 2017.
The abstract submission and registration are now open. More information on the conference website.

On days 24th to 26th May 2017 in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, the 26th Annual International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials will take place. The conference is organized in six symposia - Advanced Iron, Cast-Iron and Steel Processing, Metal Forming, Steel Products and their Properties, Latest Trends in Surface Engineering, Non-Ferrous Metals and alloys and Economics and Management of Metallurgical Production. More information - on www.metal2017.com/en.

Federation of Europan Materials Societes, whose members also include CSNMT, has released a new issue of the Newsletter. It contains news from individual national companies.

8th International Conference NANOCON 2016 took place in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, in October 19th-21th 2016. The conference was traditionally focused particularly on characterization and preparation of nanomaterials for concrete application in industry, medicine and environment. The carbon nanostructures were the central topic of the conference. Plenary lectures were performed by David Beljonne from the University of Mons (Belgium), an outstanding expert in molecular dynamics simulations, and Thomas Michely from University of Cologne (Germany). More information about the conference in the press release and on www.nanocon.eu.

Federation of European Materials Societes (FEMS) organizes next conference for PhD students and young scientists in the fielad of materials sciences Junior Euromat 2016. This conference will be held in July 10 - 14, 2016 in Lausanne, details can be found on conference webpage.

On days 25th to 27th May 2016 in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, the jubilee 25th Annual International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials will take place. The conference is organized in six symposia - Advanced Iron, Cast-Iron and Steel Processing, Metal Forming, Steel Products and their Properties, Latest Trends in Surface Engineering, Non-Ferrous Metals and alloys and Economics and Management of Metallurgical Production. More information - on www.metal2016.com/en.

7th International Conference NANOCON 2015 was organised in Brno, hotel VORONEZ, in October 14-16, 2015. The conference was focused on nanomaterials, their properties, characteristics and applications in different areas, including biotechnology and medicine. Plenary lectures wasby given by Prof. Dr. Louis E. Brus from the Columbia University (U.S.A.), the discoverer of the quantum dots and Prof. Dr. Patrick Schmuki from the University of Erlangen. Nanosection of the CSNMT was co-organiser of this conference. More information about the conference at the press release and at the www.nanocon.eu.

Congratulation to Professor Pavel Lukáč on occasion of his 80th birthday

On days 3 to 5 June 2015 in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, the 24th Annual International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials will take place. The conference is organized in six symposia - Innovative iron and steel, metal forming, steel products and their features, latest trends in surface engineering, non-ferrous metals and alloys and economics and management of metallurgical production. More information - on www.metal2015.com.

he European Congress and exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes organized by the FEMS will take place in Warsaw, Poland, September 20-24, 2015.
The deadline for abstracts submission: March 31st, 2015. More information in the flyer.

6th NANOCON Annual International Conference 2014 was held from 5 to 7 November 2014 in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I. The conference was focused mainly on nanomaterials , preparation, modeling and characterization of nanoparticles, as well as on specific applications in industry, medicine and the environment. Attention is also paid to the issue of nanotoxicology. The opening plenary lecture entitled "The Advent of Mesoscopic Solar Cells", was performed by Professor Michael Graetzel from the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne (Switzerland), selected by the Scientific American as one of the 50 top researchers in the world. The conference was organized in co-operation of the ČSNMT with Tanger spol. s.r.o. and the Regional Centre of Advanced Materials and Technology established at the Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc. More information in the press release and on www.nanocon.eu.

The 3rd Annual International Conference on Modern Trends construction materials (COMAT) will be held on 19 - 21, November 2014 at the Parkhotel in Pilsen. The event is organized by the research organization COMTES FHT in collaboration with Tanger spol . s r.o. Detailed information about the event, including logging, on www.comat.cz.

The event organized by the Czech Association for Applied Photocatalysis in cooperation with the European Photocatalysis Federation, Photocatalysis Industrial Association of Japan, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, v.v.i., and Technical University of Liberec will take place in Prague, September 3rd-4th, 2014. Standardization and Certification assisting commercialization will be the main discussed topic. Details you can find in the attachments (attachment 1, attachment 2).

The objective of the workshop is to present the insight to the principle, technical aspects and applications potential in the high temperature conditions of the two modern technologies of thick coatings deposition: thermal spraying and laser cladding.The event will be held in Plzeň, October 14^th-15^th 2014.
Enclosed please find the 2nd announcement, as well as the final workshop program and the short abstracts of presentations.

The 35th SEICO SAMPE EUROPE Conference will be held on the 10th and 11th March 2014 at the hotel Mercure Paris (Porte de Versailles address EXPO, F - 92174 Vanves). Preliminary program and more information about the conference - in the leaflet. Registration at the event via the registration form.

On days 21 to 23 May 2014 in Brno, Hotel Voronezh I, the 23rd Annual International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials will take place. The conference is organized in six symposia - Innovative iron and steel, metal forming, steel products and their features, latest trends in surface engineering, non-ferrous metals and alloys and economics and management of metallurgical production. More information - on www.metal2014.com.

The Society of Croatian metallurgists organizes in Sibenik - in a recreation area Solaris on the Adriatic Sea in Croatia the 11th Annual International Conference SHMD 2014. The event will be held from 22nd to 26th June 2014. All information about the event are listed on http://public.carnet.hr/metalurg. The conference focuses on materials and metallurgy. If you have any questions, please contact prof. Jiri Kliber of VSB -TU Ostrava (jiri.kliber@vsb.cz). Conference Contribution metallography to solve production problems The 13th conference entitled Contribution metallography for solving production problems will be organized in the Spa Libverda from 17th to 19 June 2014. For more information on http://metalografie.vzuplzen.cz/ at the conference, which is also the possibility to fill out an online application form.

5th International Conference NANOCON 2013 was organised in Brno, hotel VORONEZ, in October 16th-18th 2013. During the three days of the conference 77 lectures focusing 5 different thematic areas of research and applications of nanomaterials were presented for the 340 participants from 40 countries on four continents. More information about the conference in the press release and at the www.nanocon.cz.

The Shechtman International Symposium on Sustainable Mining, Minerals, Metal and Materials Processing will be held in Cancun, Mexico from 28 June to 4 July 2014 in Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun All Inclusive Resort. This symposium is in honor of life-time achievements of Prof. Dan Shechtman - 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry and will equally cover the important pillars of sustainability: (1) science, technology and industrial practice (2) political and social framework and (3) education in the entire cycle of materials science from mineral processing to metals extraction and the development of new materials. It incorporates the following international symposiums:
· 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Mining Operations
· 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Mineral Processing
· 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Non-ferrous Smelting in 21st Century
· 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Making
· 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Materials Recycling Processes and Products
· 2nd International Symposium on Quasi-crystals, Metallic Alloys, Composites, Ceramics and Nano Materials
· 1st International Symposium on Sustainable Cement Production
· 3rd International Symposium on Environmental, Health, Policy, Legal, Management and Social Issues Related to Metals, Materials and Mineral Processing
· 1st International Symposium on Rare Earth and Platinum Group Metals: Managing and Processing

More information on the symposium can be found in the web site: http://www.flogen.org/conferences.php?spage=1
The Czech Society for New Materials and Technology is the co-sponsor of the symposium.
The event will follow the path of previous record breaking symposiums such as
· Fray International Symposium, Cancun November 2011; 
· Sohn International Symposium, San Diego, California USA, 2006 
· Yazawa International Symposium, San Diego, California, USA, 2003

4th International Conference NANOCON 2012 was organised in Brno, hotel VORONEZ, in October 23rd-25th 2012. During the three days of the conference 99 lectures focusing 5 different thematic areas of research and applications of nanomaterials were presented for the 389 participants from 34 countries on five continents. More information about the conference in the press release and at the www.nanocon.cz.

21^st International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials will held in May 23^rd - 25^th 2012, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU. More information at the http://www.metal2012.com/.

The Czech Business and Trade Journal will published information about hte research and development of nanotechnology in the Czech Republic.

3rd International Conference NANOCON 2011 will be organised in Brno, hotel VORONEZ, in September 21th-23rd 2011. The conference will be focused on nanomaterials, their properties, characteristics and applications in different areas, including biotechnology and medicine. The Nanosection of the CSNMT is co-organiser of this conference. More information about the conference: www.nanocon.cz.

International Technical Conference & Forum of the SAMPE Europe New Material Characteristics -2 Days conference with 2 key-notes and parallel sessions, poster exhibition of student´s conference.
Details in the attachments - Preliminary Programme and Registration Form.

2nd International Conference NANOCON 2010 will be organised in the Moravian town Olomouc, hotel FLORA, in October 12th-14th 2010. The conference will be focused on nanomaterials, their properties, characteristics and applications in different areas, including biotechnology and medicine. The Nanosection of the CSNMT is co-organiser of this conference.
1.st Call for Papers.
More information about the conference: www.nanocon.cz.

1st International Conference focused on determination of mechanical properties of materials by small punch and other miniature testing techniques will be hold in Ostrava (Park Inn Hotel), Czech Republic from August 31 to September 2, 2010. More information at www.mmresearch.eu.

Traditional conference with an international participation organized by The Association of Heat Treatment will be hold in Jihlava, Czech Republic, in November 23rd to November 25th, 2010.
More information: musilova|ecosond|cz

The conference organised by the research organisation COMTES FHT S.A. will be hold in Plzen, in November 25th to November 26th, 2010.
More information: www.comtesfht.cz/cinnost/konference or jana.skalova|comtesfht|cz.

1st Conference 2009 was co-organised by Nanosection of the CSNMT in Roznov pod Radhostem, in October 20th. – 22nd, 2009.

There is available the Collection of papers and: NANOCON 2009 - Collection of conference proceedings.