Registration
Registration is mandatory, but free of charge.
Registration deadline: October 2nd, 2026
Venue
Max-Born-Saal
Max-Born-Str. 2 A
12489 Berlin
About the Laureate
Andreas Waag is a professor of semiconductor engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig and one of the leading researchers in the field of nitride semiconductors. His research group is studying aluminum nitride (AlN) for applications including UV LEDs, AlGaN templates, and photonic devices.
About the IKZ International Fellowship Award
The IKZ International Fellowship aims to bring a renowned scientist to the institute for scientific exchange and to shape a new R & D direction at IKZ. The Fellowship amounts to 10.000 € and will be awarded within the framework of this workshop.
Schedule
08:45 - 09:00 | Thomas Schröder (IKZ Berlin) | Welcome Note and Award ceremony
09:00 - 09:40 | Andreas Waag (TU Braunschweig)
‘Nitride Semiconductors and their future role in quantum technology, photonics and microelectronics’
Power / RF Electronics I | Chair: Thomas Schröder
09:40 - 10:10 | Thomas Straubinger (IKZ Berlin)
‘AlN @ Leibniz: AlN-based power electronics’
10:10 - 10:40 | Mervi Paulasto-Kröckel (Aalto University)
‘AlN Based Device Development’
10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
Power / RF Electronics II | Chair: Andreas Fiedler
11:00 - 11:30 | Rüdiger Quay (IAF Freiburg)
‘High-Efficiency AlN-Based Electronics for High-Power Applications’
11:30 - 12:00 | Oliver Hilt (FBH Berlin)
‘AlN-based transistors for high voltage power conversion and for high frequencies’
12:00 - 12:30 | Martin Kuball (University of Bristol)
‘Ultrawide bandgap electronics opportunities: From Gallium Oxide to Aluminum Nitride to Diamond?’
12:30 - 13:15 | Lunch break
Optoelectronics | Chair: Thomas Straubinger
13:15 - 13:45 | Martin Strassburg (ams OSRAM)
‘Todays and future trends of optoelectronic devices’
13:45 - 14:15 | Åsa Haglund (Chalmers Uni. of Technology)
‘UV photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers: the perfect laser or a laser for perfectionists?’
14:15 - 14:45 | Michael Kneissl (TU Berlin / FBH Berlin)
‘Far-UVC with AlGaN LEDs: Progress, Limits, and Application Potential’
14:45 - 15:15 | Bernd Witzigmann (FAU Erlangen)
‘Physics and Simulation of III-nitride based UVC light emitters’
15:15 - 15:30 | Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30 | Symposium Wrap Up
‘The Contribution of Nitride Technology to the Technological Sovereignty of Germany and Europe’
- Dirk Ziemanm (BMFTR) kicks off with a pitch introducing the High-Tech Agenda Germany (HTAD).
- open discussion chaired by Andreas Waag
16:45 - 17:30 | LabTour AlN / Oxide / Classical semiconductors @IKZ
