Plenary Lectures

PL01 - "Porphyrinoid-Based Based Chemical Sensors and Sensor Arrays" 
Roberto Paolesse, Department of Chemical Sciences and Technology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

PL02 - "Self-Assembled Metallocages with Heterocyclic Polyamines, a Cyclic Story"
Enrique García-España, Departments of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, ICMOL, University of Valencia, Spain

PL03 - "Design and Thermodynamic Assessment of Functionalized Ionic Liquids for Selective Rare Earth Element Recovery"  
Slobodan Gadžurić, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

PL04 - "Supramolecular recognition of DNA and RNA junction structures for anti-viral and anti-cancer therapy"
Michael J. Hannon, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Keynote Lectures

KN01 - "The contribution of thermodynamics and theoretical calculations to interpreting the spectroscopic properties of trivalent lanthanide coordination compounds"
Fabio Piccinelli Luminescent Materials Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Italy

KN02 - "Zinc detection using responsive MRI contrast agents: from rational design to in vivo applications" 
Célia Bonnet  Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS Université d’Orléans, France

KN03 - "Adsorption: Thinking beyond pollution remediation"
José L. Barriada, Department of Chemistry, University of A Coruña, Spain

KN04 - "Targeted and suspect LC-HRMS strategies for screening multiclass micropollutants and their transformation products in environmental and food samples"
Dimitra A. Lambropoulou, Department of Chemistry, Environmental Pollution Control Laboratory, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI-AUTH), Greece

KN05 - "Metal–ligand coordination and supramolecular assemblies in luminescent Au(I) and Pt(II) complexes"
Laura Rodríguez, Inorganic Chemistry Section, Faculty of Chemistry, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Award Lectures

PR1 - “Harnessing solution thermodynamics to develop functional drug delivery platforms”
Giuseppina D. G. Santonoceta, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Italy (ISMeC “F. Pulidori” prize 2026)

PR2 - “Unveiling chemical speciation of vanadium(IV/V) / 8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxylic acid system in aqueous solution”
Matteo Marafante, Department of Chemistry, University of Torino, Italy (ISMeC “S. Sammartano” prize 2026)

Oral communications

OC01-"Polyamino-polyphosphonates: Determination of stability constants in the metal ion – NTMP / EDTMP / DTPMP systems"
Petr Hermann, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Charles University, Czech Republic

OC02-"Selective Recognition and Quantification of Hard-Soft Acid-Base Properties of Anions from the Primary and Secondary Sphere Interactions with Cationic ZnII and CuII Tripodal Amine-Benzene CF3 Ligands" 
Anastasios D. Keramidas, Chemistry, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

OC03-"N/O Macrocycles for Pd(II) Recovery and Catalysis: A Hard-Soft Balance of Selectivity and Robustness"
Matteo Savastano, Department for the Promotion of Human Science and Quality of Life, University San Raffaele Roma, Italy

OC04-"Coordination of Sc(III) by pyridinecarboxylates: implications for picolinate-based chelator design"
Vladimir Sladkov, Pôle Santé, IJCLab/CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, France

OC05-"Thermodynamic Insights into Pb2+ Chelators for 212/203Pb complexation with acyclic ligands"
Jennifer Storchi, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

OC06-"From Speciation to Thermodynamic Stability: A Rigid HBED Analogue Controls Isomerization in Gallium-68 Complexes"
Erika Ferrari, Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and reggio Emilia, Italy

OC07-"Impact of carboxylate substitution by pyridine/imidazole in pyridine-based complexes: stability, dynamics, and relaxation properties of Ln3+ complexes"
Martina Sanadar, Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, France

OC08-"Chiral NIR-emitting Yb(III) complex: a promising water soluble optical probe"
Silvia Ruggieri, Luminescent Materials Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Italy

OC09-"Unravelling shifts in DOM ion-binding dynamics across the land-ocean interface"
María Martínez Cabanas , Department of Chemistry, University of A Coruña, Spain

OC10-"Bergamot Pomace as a Biosorbent for Rare Earths: Outcomes of the Wastezilla Project"
Gabriele Lando, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy

OC11-"Horse hoof waste cleaning and heavy metals removal optimization merging chemometrics and speciation studies towards upcycling"
Lisa Rita Magnaghi, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy

OC12-"What Binds What? Metal–Ligand Interactions of MGDA and GLDA with Environmentally Relevant Cations: A Comprehensive Investigation"
Clemente Bretti, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy

OC13-"Electrochemical Enzymatic Biosensing of Phenols in Deep Eutectic Solvents"
Rossella Svigelj, Department of Agrifood, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Italy

OC14-"Chemical speciation of inositol phosphates in grape seeds applied to wine waste valorization"
Manuel Valiente, Department of Chemistry - GTS center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

OC15-"Unraveling Metal Ion Solvation in Ionic Liquids through a Combined X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Molecular Modelling Approach"
Matteo Busato, Department of Chemistry, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy

OC16-"Functionalized ionic liquids containing ferrocene moiety"
Pavel Kozáček, Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Macromolecular Materials, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

OC17-"Phase equilibria and thermodynamic properties of the nickel(II) methanesulfonate – methanesulfonic acid – water system"
Femke Derison, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Belgium

OC18-"Dysprosium and Samarium Recovery via Natural Zeolite: A Study of Process Dynamics and Equilibrium Conditions"
José Alejandro Ricardo García, Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture, Università di Udine, Italy

OC19-"Dual-purpose Ni-sensitive bioplastic film as jewelry smart coating for allergen detection and skin exposure prevention"
Raffaela Biesuz, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Pavia, Italy

OC20-"Uranyl Chelation by Pincer-Like Dihydroxamic Acids"
Michel Meyer, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire, Université Bourgogne Europe, France

OC21-"Design and Modulation of Selectivity toward Vanadium(V) and Uranium(VI) Ions: Coordination Properties, Affinity and Applications of Hydroxylamino-Triazine Siderophores."
Angelos Amoiridis, Department of Chemistry, University Of Cyprus, Cyprus

OC22-"Silver(I), copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes: their solution behavior, solid state study and bioevaluation"
Gabriela Kuzderová, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia

OC23-"Metallochlorin Photosensitizers for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy: A Computational–Experimental Approach"
Juliana Machado, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Porto, Portugal

OC24-"Tailored oxaliplatin(IV) monohaloacetate complexes with redox-activation and multimodal anticancer activity"
Francesca Binacchi, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Università di Pisa, Italy

OC25- "The Acid-Base and Complex-Forming Properties of Cytokinins"
Přemysl Lubal , Department of Chemistry, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

OC26-"Effects of the structural modification of ambidentate hydroxy- pyridinonates on their metal ion binding"
Péter Buglyó, Department of Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary

OC27-"Biological properties of first row transition metal complexes of Schiff base ligands"
Giampaolo Barone, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Palermo, Italy

OC28- "Targeting G-quadruplexes using Supramolecular Strategies"
Jorge González García, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Valencia, Spain

OC29-"Complex formation and metal ion induced hydrolytic processes of fragments of tau and tubulin proteins"
K. Várnagy, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary

OC30-"New organotin(IV) syringates as potential PPAR-g agonists: from chemical characterization to biological activity towards colon cancer HCT116 cells"
Claudia Pellerito, Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica - Emilio Segrè, Università di Palermo, Italy

OC31-"How does the -DPHVW- Motif Contribute to Metal Coordination in Neisseria gonorrhoeae?"
Karolina Pawlik, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, Poland

OC32-"Investigation of transition metal complexes of tau fragments containing cysteine and one or more histidines"
Faareha Mazhar, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary

OC33-"Metal ion binding affinity of native and phosphorylated human Tau(28-34) protein fragment and the role of phosphorylation in the hydrolytic process."
Gomaa E. Amer, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary

OC34-"Small Change, Big Impact: Dual Amino Acid Swap Influence Metal Binding and Antimicrobial Activity of a MUC7-Derived Peptide" (special mention for the ISMeC "S.Sammartano" prize)
Klaudia Szarszoń , Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Poland