Meet the speakers and panelists participating in the conference.

Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
Toronto • Aug 11 — 14, 2025
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featured speakers
Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
Keynote Speaker
  • Rafael brings experience from both academia and industry, with leadership roles at ventures like ZebiAI and Calculario
  • He is a recipient of Alphabet’s 2019 Google Faculty Award and the 2021 Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
Keynote Speaker
  • Rafael brings experience from both academia and industry, with leadership roles at ventures like ZebiAI and Calculario
  • He is a recipient of Alphabet’s 2019 Google Faculty Award and the 2021 Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Mitra Taheri
Keynote Speaker
  • Mitra is a professor in the department of materials science and engineering, director of the Materials Characterization and Processing (MCP) facility, and a member of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute
  • She is a 2021 Brimacombe medalist from the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society for her pioneering contributions to in-situ microscopic and spectroscopic characterization, as well as a commitment to diversity in mentorship of the next generation
Mitra Taheri
Keynote Speaker
  • Mitra is a professor in the department of materials science and engineering, director of the Materials Characterization and Processing (MCP) facility, and a member of the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute
  • She is a 2021 Brimacombe medalist from the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society for her pioneering contributions to in-situ microscopic and spectroscopic characterization, as well as a commitment to diversity in mentorship of the next generation
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confirmed speakers & panelLists

Meet Some of Our Speakers and Panellists

Alastair Florence
CMAC, University of Strathclyde
Alexander Siemenn
MIT
Anton Dmitrienko
Solid4m labs inc.
Bastian Ruehle
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Brandon Keith
Sanofi
Don Futaba
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Emily Moore
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Eunice Aissi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
F. Pelayo García de Arquer
ICFO
Fang Liu
Emory University
Heather Kulik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Holly Fruehwald
National Research Council of Canada
Jiayu Peng
University at Buffalo
Kai Nichols
Seagate Technology
Keith Brown
Boston University
Keith Task
BASF Corporation
Kristen Hallas
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Kristina McElheran
University of Toronto
Linjiang Chen
University of Science and Technology of China & University of Birmingham
Maria Politi
University of British Columbia
Maryam Ebrahimiazar
University of Toronto
Mitra Taheri
Johns Hopkins University
Nicholas Sandor
University of Victoria
Nicola Bell
University of Glasgow
Noah Paulson
Argonne National Laboratory
Olivier Fontaine
Université de Montréal
Pablo Quijano Velasco
Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Raviv Murciano-Goroff
Boston University
Reena Shadaan
University of Toronto
Rodrigo Neumann Barros Ferreira
IBM Research
Sang Soo
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Sarah Maurer
Central Connecticut State University
Shi Xuan Leong
University of Toronto
Shoichi Matsuda
National Institute for Materials Science
Shyue Ping Ong
University of California San Diego
Simon K. Steensen
Technical University of Denmark
Süleyman Er
DIFFER
Tejs Vegge
Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Pruyn
University of Toronto
Vladan Stevanovic
Colorado School of Mines
Yan Zeng
Florida State University
Yousung Jung
Seoul National University
Yuchi Zhao
University of Toronto
Shyue Ping Ong
University of California San Diego
Heather Kulik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fang Liu
Emory University
Sang Soo
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Keith Task
BASF Corporation
Yan Zeng
Florida State University
Yousung Jung
Seoul National University
Linjiang Chen
University of Science and Technology of China & University of Birmingham
Vladan Stevanovic
Colorado School of Mines
Kristina McElheran
University of Toronto
Alastair Florence
CMAC, University of Strathclyde
Brandon Keith
Sanofi
Raviv Murciano-Goroff
Boston University
Eunice Aissi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shi Xuan Leong
University of Toronto
Simon K. Steensen
Technical University of Denmark
Kristen Hallas
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Tejs Vegge
Technical University of Denmark
Kai Nichols
Seagate Technology
Anton Dmitrienko
Solid4m labs inc.
Holly Fruehwald
National Research Council of Canada
Sarah Maurer
Central Connecticut State University
Emily Moore
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
F. Pelayo García de Arquer
ICFO
Nicola Bell
University of Glasgow
Keith Brown
Boston University
Maryam Ebrahimiazar
University of Toronto
Süleyman Er
DIFFER
Olivier Fontaine
Université de Montréal
Don Futaba
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shoichi Matsuda
National Institute for Materials Science
Rodrigo Neumann Barros Ferreira
IBM Research
Pablo Quijano Velasco
Noah Paulson
Argonne National Laboratory
Jiayu Peng
University at Buffalo
Maria Politi
University of British Columbia
Thomas Pruyn
University of Toronto
Bastian Ruehle
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
Nicholas Sandor
University of Victoria
Reena Shadaan
University of Toronto
Alexander Siemenn
MIT
Mitra Taheri
Johns Hopkins University
Yuchi Zhao
University of Toronto
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Disclosure about our speakers and participants

It is the policy of the University of Toronto to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigour in all its individually accredited or jointly accredited educational programs.

Speakers and/or planning committee members, participating in University of Toronto programs, are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains but is not limited to relationships within the last FIVE (5) years with not-for-profit organizations, pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic.

The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of facts.

It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.