Veranstaltung

14.10.2026

Symposium & IKZ Fellowship 2026

Aluminum Nitride – An Emerging Semiconductor for Power Electronics and Deep UV Photonics

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Registration

Registration is mandatory, but free of charge.
 

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 electronic Session

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

11:00 - 11:30 | Rüdiger Quay (IAF Freiburg)
‘Hocheffiziente AlN-basierte Elektronik für Hochleistungs-Anwendungen’

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
 

Optoelectronic Session

13:15 - 13:45 | Martin Strassburg (ams OSRAM)
‘Todays and future trends of optoelectronic devices’

13:45 - 14:15 | Asa 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 | Panel discussion with BMFTR (TBC)
‘The Contribution of Nitride Technology to the Technological Sovereignty of Germany and Europe’

16:45 - 17:30 | LabTour AlN / Oxide / Classical semiconductors @IKZ

18:00 - …        | Dinner

Participants (except for invited speakers) must make their own hotel reservations. The IKZ does not offer a hotel reservation service.

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For scientific matters:

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