2026 Swiss Workshop on Materials with Novel Electronic Properties

Basic research and applications

Les Diablerets

Switzerland

Aug. 25th – 27th, 2026

The 2026 Swiss Workshop on Materials with Novel Electronic Properties is the fourteenth edition of a series of Swiss Workshops organized by MaNEP, formerly the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) on Materials with Novel Electronic Properties and now a Network at the Swiss level.

The meeting will bring together researchers working in Switzerland in the field of Materials with Novel Electronic Properties. The workshop is to act as a forum promoting research and applications in this area.

SWM 2026 will include the following topics:

  • Applications
  • Cavities
  • Material growth 3D
  • Out of equilibrium physics
  • Oxide interfaces/Nickelates
  • Quantum magnetism
  • Quantum materials 2D
  • Superconductivity
The workshop is open to all scientists, engineers and students interested in these fields and gathers MaNEP Network members. It provides an outstanding scientific forum to share the last developments and offers networking opportunities.

Contact: swm@manep.ch

Invited speakers


Elsa Abreu (ETHZ, Switzerland)
Bernhard Auchmann (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland)
Stephen Blundell (University of Oxford, England)
Giuseppe Carleo (EPFL, Switzerland)
Jerome Faist (ETHZ, Switzerland)
Claudia Felser (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
Marta Gibert (TU Wien, Austria)
Marc Janoschek (PSI, UZH, NCCR Muoniverse, Switzerland)
Stefan Mathias (University of Göttingen, Germany)
Philip Moll (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
Jacobo Santamaria (University of Madrid, Spain)
Ajit Srivastava (University of Geneva, Switzerland)

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Workshop location


The workshop will be held at the Congress-Center at Les Diablerets, in the Canton of Vaud. The participants will be lodged at the Glacier Hotel and in nearby hotels. The Glacier Hotel and the Congress-Center are about 10 minutes walk from the train station "Les Diablerets".

The Glacier Hotel
Chemin du Vernex 3
1865 Les Diablerets
Switzerland
Phone: +41 24 492 3721

E-mail: info@theglacierhotel.ch
Website: www.glacier3000.ch/en/hotel/the-glacier-hotel

Reaching Les Diablerets


Les Diablerets can be reached conveniently by car or by train. If you come by car, take the highway to Aigle and then follow signs to Les Diablerets. If you come by train, change train in Aigle and take the mountain train Aigle - Le Sépey - Les Diablerets. The Eurotel Victoria and the Congress-Center are about 10 minutes walk from the train station "Les Diablerets".
From Zurich and Geneva airports there are train connections to Les Diablerets. Check the Swiss Railway SBB-CFF-FFS website for time departures.

Program committee


Titus Neupert (University of Zürich) Chair
Mitaly Banerjee (EPFL-Lausanne)
Christian Bernhard (UNI-Fribourg)
Andrea Caviglia (UNI-Genève)
Johan Chang (UNI-Zürich)
Thierry Giamarchi (UNI-Genève)
Steve Johnson (ETH-Zürich)
Markus Müller (PSI)
Christian Rüegg (PSI, UNI-Genève, ETH-Zürich, EPFL-Lausanne)
Carmine Senatore (UNI-Genève)
Fabian von Rohr (UNI-Genève)
Philipp Werner (UNI-Fribourg)

Organization committee


Ivan Maggio-Aprile Chair
Adriana Bonito Aleman
Pierre Bouillot
Gregory Manfrini
Jean-Claude Schnuriger
Natacha Triscone

Contact information


MaNEP Switzerland Network
24, Quai Ernest-Ansermet
CH – 1211 Geneva 4
Phone: +41 (0)22 379 30 64
E-mail: swm@manep.ch