Preliminary list of the Invited Speakers Prof. Xiang Ming Chen,  Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Title: Structure and Ferroelectric Characteristics of Ba(F1/2Nb1/2)O3 Magnetic Thin Films Derived by PLD Dr. Hervé Dietsch, Adolphe Merkle Institut and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Title: Hybrid colloids as building blocks for novel materials Prof. Denis Fichou, CEA-Sacley, Labo Nanostructures et Semi-Conducteurs Organiques, CNRS-CEA-UPMC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Title: New Nanostructured Organic Materials for Solar Energy Conversion Prof. Jorge Frade,  Department of Ceramics and Glass, University of Aveiro, Portugal Title: Thermochemical expansion of materials for energy conversion systems Dr. Corine Gérardin,  Institut Charles Gerhardt, Montpellier, France Title: Stimuli-responsive micelles of hydrosoluble copolymers for the preparation of functional mesoporous materials Prof. Daniel Guyomar, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA), France Title: Energy harvesting on vibrations: a performance comparison between ferroelectric materials and electrostrictive polymers Prof. Yoon-Bong Hahn,  Graduate School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Korea Title: High Performance Optoelectronic Devices Fabricated by Metal Oxides Based Nanostructures Prof. Angus Kingon, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Title: Review of Oxide-based Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Prof. Soshu Kirihara, Osaka University, Japan Title: Smart Patterning Processes: Development of Titania Artificial Interfaces with Geometric Patterns by Using Stereolithography and Aqueous Solution Techniques Dr. Mato Knez, Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle, Germany Title: Thin Film Assisted Synthesis of Functional Nanostructures Prof. Marija Kosec, Electronic Ceramics Department, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Title: Processing of piezoelectrics for energy harvesting Prof. Markku Leskelä, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland Title: Thin films of ternary compounds made by ALD Dr. Xavier Moya, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Title: Caloric effects in ferroic materials Prof. Roser Pleixats,  Departament de Quimica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Title: Recyclable Catalysts Based on Hybrid Silica Materials Prof. Horst-Günter Rubahn, NanoSYD, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark Title: Organic nanofiber-film based optoelectronic device technology Dr. Alessia Sambri,Department of Condensed Matter Physics (DPMC), University of Geneva, Switzerland Title: Epitaxial ferroelectric thin films on silicon for energy harvesting MEMS Dr. Ali Shakouri, Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Plenary Lecture: Nanostructured materials for thermoelectric energy conversion Prof. Thirumany Sritharan,  School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Title: Effects of epitaxy strain on phase and nano-domain formation in bismuth ferrite films Prof. Masahide Takahashi,  Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Title: Stimuli responsive surface micro structures on oxide-polymer hybrid films by photo-induced self-organization Prof. Wolfgang Tremel,  Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany Title: Metal Oxides as Protein Mimics Prof. Hidero Unuma,  Yamagata University, Japan Title: Structural and Electrochemical Characterization of Nano-Structured MnO2 Thin Films Prof. Dr. Satoshi Wada,  Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medical and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Japan Title: Enhanced Piezoelectric Properties of Barium Titanate – Potassium Niobate Nano-structured Ceramics by Artificial MPB Structure Prof. Dr. Rainer Waser,  Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH), Aachen, Germany Title: Redox-Based Resistive Switching – the Next Step of Moore´s Law? Dr. Michel Wong Chi Man,  Institut Charles Gerhardt, Montpellier, France Title: Tuning the structure of hybrid silicon-based materials by self-assembly