Alpenhotel Oberstdorf

Falkenstraße 15
87561 Oberstdorf / Germany
https://www.alpenhotel-oberstdorf.com/en/
[email protected]

The nearest international airports are Munich or Zurich. Trains to Oberstdorf depart directly from these airports and take about 3.5 hours, please check the Deutsche Bahn website for connections. 

If you choose to arrive by train, the nearest train station is "Oberstdorf". There is a bus shuttle to the hotel between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Please book the shuttle 2 days ahead directly at the hotel. Taxis are also available directly opposite the train station.

Driving directions (Google maps) 

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Monday, September 22^nd, 2025

Tuesday, September 23^rd, 2025

2D-Materials, Oxides

Wednesday, 24^th, 2025

Molecular layers

Thursday, 25^th, 2025

Friday, 26^th, 2025

New materials, electrochemistry

Katharina Al-Shamery
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany

Abner de Siervo
State University of Campinas, Brazil

Hans-Joachim Freund
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany

Hans-Peter Steinrück
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Christof Wöll
KIT Karlsruhe, Germany

Carlos Cesar Bof Bufon
São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brasil

Andre Avelino Pasa
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brasil

Waldemar Augusto de Almeida Macedo
Nuclear Technology Development Center (CDTN), Brazil

Noah Al-Shamery
University of Oldenburg, University of Warwick, Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Fabiano Bernardi
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Brazil

Carlos Cezar Bof Bufon
São Paulo State University, Brazil

Olaf Brummel
University of Erlangen, Germany

Gustavo Dalpian
University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

Luis Henrique de Lima
Federal University of ABC - UFABC, Brazil

Abner de Siervo
State University of Campinas, Brazil

Flávio Leandro de Souza
National Center for Energy and Materials, Research-CNPEM/ Federal University of ABC - UFABC, Brazil

Katharina Franke
FU Berlin, Germany

Hans-Joachim Freund
Frith-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany

Lola González-García
Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany

Carlos Graeff
São Paulo State University, Brazil

Fabian Hartmann
University of Würzburg, Germany

Thomas Heine
TU Dresden, Germany

Jörg Libuda
University of Erlangen, Germany

Victor Lopez-Richard
Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCar, Brazil

Sabine Maier
University of Erlangen, Germany

Lars Mohrhusen
University of Oldenburg, Germany 

Christian Papp
FU Berllin, Germany

Túlio Rocha
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, Brazil

Swetlana Schauermann
University of Kiel, Germany

Antônio Souza-Filho
Federal University of Ceará, Brazil

Hans-Peter Steinrück
University of Erlangen, Germany

Martin Sterrer
University of Graz, Austria

Andreas Terfort
Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Germany

Christof Wöll
KIT Karlsruhe, Germany

Aldo José Gorgatti Zarbin
Federal University of Paraná - UFPR, Brazil

The conference fee is 600 Euros. It covers all meals (lunchs all days, dinner on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday), excluding the excursion with conference dinner on Wednesday. 

The excursion to the Breitachklamm will take place on Wednesday afternoon. The walk through the Breitachklamm, a spectacular gorge, will end at the Alpe Dornach, where the workshop dinner is planned. Total cost is 70 Euro, including bus transfer, entrance fee and dinner.

There are four registration categories

• Regular participant with excursion (total cost 670 Euro)
• Regular participant without excursion (total cost 600 Euro)
• Accompanying person (including lunch, dinner and excursion, total cost 300 Euro)
• Travel grant applicant (postdocs and early career researchers only)

If you intend to participate in the excursion, choose the first category. If unsure, select option 2. 

Special dietary requirements can be provided during registration. If unsure, feel free to contact the organisers.

All regular attendees will receive an invoice with payment instructions (either credit card or bank transfer, depending on your choice). Please note that PhD students are not eligible for a travel stipend.

Online registration 

There will be a limited number of travel grant stipends for early career researchers, usually postdocs, to allow their participation. A stipend will cover registration fee and hotel costs. In addition and depending on your home country, costs for a long-distance flight (Brazil, max. 1000 €) or the costs for train tickets (Germany, max. 400 €) are also reimbursed.

In order to apply, applicants should provide a CV, a list of publications, a letter of support from their supervisor (if applicable) in addition to a short letter of motivation plus a title and abstract for an intended poster or talk. It is mandatory to present a poster at the workshop. However, excellent contributions can be „upgraded” to a talk by the organisers.

Applications should be send to the conference office via Email as a single PDF attachment, no later than April, 30th, 2025. Additionally, applicants should register in the category „Travel grant applicant" which is free of costs.

Abstract submission:
Please submit the abstract of your talk or your poster on a single page as a PDF document directly during the registration process (there is an option for ile selection following the submission of your registration). A Word template is provided for your convenience.

Poster guidelines:
Poster format: Portrait A0 (height x width = 1189 mm x 841 mm)
Language: English

Each poster will be presented in an oral minute presentation prior to the poster session. Please prepare one slide and file it to our conference office before the beginning of the conference. The order of the minute presentations will be the order of the poster numbers.

Materials to mount the posters will be available at the conference office.

Lectures:
Oral presentations are in English. Please bring your presentation on a USB stick or bring your computer to the lecture hall in the break before your presentation.