Program

The most recent innovations and trends in molecular chemistry of germanium, tin & lead will be presented! The GTL18 will provide a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators.

We are excited to announce a dedicated Special Issue of Inorganic Chemistry highlighting outstanding contributions from the GTL2026 – join us and be part of it.

EXPLORE PROGRAM

Information for Oral and Poster Presentations

Oral presentations

  • Please upload your talks to the university cloud
  • For fast identification, please name the file according to the following scheme: LastName_FirstName_GTL18.pptx, e.g. Doe_John_GTL18.pptx
  • Please note: We do not accept USB drives or hard disks
  • We only accept *.pdf or *.pptx files
  • Please check you presentation slides on the PC in the lecture hall no later than during the break before your session
  • We recommend the 16:9 format for the slides

Poster presentations

  • Posters should be printed in DIN A0 portrait format (width 84.1 cm; height 118.9 cm)
  • Poster display boards (incl. pins) will be provided at the venue
  • Posters can be mounted on the day of arrival and may remain on display until the end of the event
  • Please follow the numbering sequence for the poster numbers

Best (PhD) student presentations will be awarded – special thanks to Chemistry Europe, Wiley VCH and Strategic Elements for their support!

ACS - Inorganic Chemistry - Special Issue

The Editor-in-Chief of Inorganic Chemistry, Stefanie Dehnen, and the guest editors Thomas Müller and Jens Beckmann invites presenters and authors of the ICCOC-GTL 2026 to contribute to a themed issue of Inorganic Chemistry 

“Novel Avenues for Heavy Main Group Elements – From Catalysis to Material”

The submission deadline will be March 1, 2027.

Keynote Speakers

The Keynote Lectures are presented by:

  • Prof. Dr. Simon Aldridge
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Fässler
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Filippou
  • Prof. Dr. Robin Fulton
  • Prof. Dr. Moumita Majumdar
  • Prof. Dr. Takahiro Sasamori

Invited Speakers

The Invited Lectures are presented by:

  • Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen
  • Prof. Dr. Zhaowen Dong
  • Prof. Dr. Rajendra Ghadwal
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Haas
  • Prof. Dr. Terrance Hadlington
  • Prof. Dr. Roman Jambor
  • Prof. Dr. Richard Layfield
  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Marschner
  • Prof. Dr. Yoshiyuki Mizuhata
  • Prof. Dr. Norio Nakata
  • Prof. Dr. Eric Rivard
  • Prof. Dr. Masaichi Saito
  • Prof. Dr. David Scheschkewitz
  • Prof. Dr. Ulrich Siemeling
  • Prof. Dr. Gengwen Tan
  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Wagner
  • Prof. Dr. Dmitry Bravo Zhivotovskii

Oral Contributions

The Oral Contributions are presented by researchers of all career stages:

  • Tanya Batra
  • Prof. Dr. Kim Baines
  • Tomáš Bíza
  • Dr. Priyanka Chakraborty
  • Richard Chlebík
  • Oliver Clark
  • Bettina Frank
  • Prof. Dr. Malte Fischer
  • Dr. Christoph Förster
  • Jonas Gilch
  • Paul Janßen
  • Prof. Dr. Andrew Johnson
  • Dr. Yang Liu
  • Aleksandr Novoselov
  • Prof. Dr. Rudolf Pietschnig
  • Clara Roller
  • Prof. Dr. Aleš Růžička
  • Emeric Schubert
  • Diya Sengupta
  • Prof. Dr. Adrian-Alexandru Someşan
  • Paul Schmiedel
  • Prof. Dr. Norihiro Tokitoh
  • Prof. Dr. Frank Uhlig
  • Enes Ünver
  • Prof. Dr. Scott Weinert
  • Tobias Weng
  • Yihan Zhou