The workshop will highlight recent advances in material systems designed for studying the most intriguing physical phenomena at the nanoscale. These phenomena are related to spin, topology, and coherence, which make it possible for the materials to display quantum functionalities. While Condensed Matter Physics is rich in material systems in which almost any physics can be readily found and studied, with recent developments of quantum materials, it appears possible to purposefully design material systems with a given physical phenomenon in mind.

Tunneling phenomena are of importance in a wide range of fields in the physical, chemical, biological and computational sciences. The present series of Workshops has always been highly cross-disciplinary. It encompasses work on tunneling of protons and heavier species in gas and condensed phases, in general, including biological systems, chemical reactions, transport phenomena in solids and liquids and in systems of lower dimensionality.

The scientific program will include, but is not limited to, the following topics:

The workshop aims to strengthen the biocatalysis research community in Spain, with special emphasis on generating a new network of young researchers in this area. We are pursuing organizing a conference/workshop where a series of lectures will be given in English by international researchers in the area of biocatalysis.

PECAS – CAT&SCALE scopes the integration of electrochemistry and surface science research areas towards the understanding of the nature of the electrode-solution interface at an atomic level. Leading experts across the different disciplines will present the latest experimental and theoretical efforts in the field of photo- and electrochemistry on surfaces, promoting in depth discussions between students and scientific community from both fields.

Optics, Electronics and Magnetism in 2D Materials worshop (OEM-2D) is a dynamic and cutting-edge event at the intersection between materials science and condensed matter physics,  with experts in the field of two-dimensional nanostructures including flakes, layers and nanostructures, and studying phenomena related to electronics, magnetism and  optics. This workshop focuses on the structure-property interplay in its shaping of the electronics and magnetic materials of today. Other nanostructures related to surfaces are also welcome.

Transformation is the present-day topic. Sustainability, climate change, war situations, authoritarianism, many major challenges - and the insight that old recipes, convictions and strategies no longer lead to solutions without difficulty. Also, with regard to science. Science appears relevant but increasingly controversial. Hopes that in knowledge societies, through the spread of knowledge, conflicts would be more easily pacified have been largely disappointed.