International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology – ICONAN 2026
Celebrating its 10th year, ICONAN 2026 will reflect on the remarkable advancements in nanomedicine while looking toward its future potential. The conference will emphasize a deeper understanding of the nano-bio interaction at all levels, exploring how emerging technologies like AI, bioelectronics, and organoids are transforming therapeutic approaches, including gene and cell therapies and novel drug delivery systems. ICONAN 2026 will foster collaborative exchanges, offering researchers the opportunity to share new ideas, explore innovative technologies, and engage with peers from around the world.
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
Submit your abstract before the early bird submission deadline: July 18th, 2025
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12
Plenary Speakers
12 high profile speakers are invited to give plenary speeches at the 2026 International Conference On Nanomedicine And Nanobiotechnology.
250
Attendees
Limited to 250 attendees: the whole venue is dedicated to ICONAN 2026 including an auditorium, breakout rooms and a friendly exhibition space.
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2 afterworks will be additional opportunities for you to network and enjoy your stay in Rome!
CHAIRMEN
Prof. Zhi Luo
Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Prof. Francesco Stellacci
Institute of Materials, Bioengineering Institute, and Global Health Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Eric Andrew Appel
Stanford University, United States
Xiaogang Liu
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Natalie Artzi
Harvard Medical School, United States
Marianna Yanez Arteta
Astra Zeneca, Sweden
Giuseppe Battaglia
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain
Ana Beloqui Garcia
UCLouvain, Belgium
THE CONFERENCE VENUE
Roma Eventi – Piazza di Spagna
Via Alibert, 5/a, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE PAST EDITIONS
We were so excited to have attended ICONAN 2019 in Munich last week! Great nanomedicine work and a beautiful city! Tell us what your favourite part was. @premc @iconan_nanomed #nanomedicine #nanotechnology pic.twitter.com/a46Ey1zqOV
— Oxford HighQ Ltd (@OxfordHighQ) October 22, 2019
#ICONAN2018 in #Rome was a really nice conference 🙂 A lot of inspiring talks in a great location and perfectly well organized! https://t.co/p90cqVCw4I
— Coralie Lebleu (@Coralie_Lebleu) September 29, 2018
Reunión of old friends at #ICONAN2018 @iconan_nanomed #NANOMEDECINE pic.twitter.com/Z1Bk9MtQ86
— Amthena Lab (@AmthenaLab) September 28, 2018
#ICONAN2018 Big thanks to Samuel Haddad @SamuelHaddad5 and the whole @premc team for an excellent, professional and friendly @iconan_nanomed conference organisation. Good luck organising the next one. pic.twitter.com/dcbw1GWNTL
— Anwar Sunna (@sunnalab) September 28, 2018
me and my poster having a blast at #ICONAN2018! loved being able to connect with researchers from every corner of the globe to chat about lipid encapsulation and antibody conjugation - thanks to the organizers and @premc! pic.twitter.com/49ZVRwZRrL
— Sam McWhirter (@smmcwhirter) September 27, 2018
Was great to see so many disciplines coming together at #ICONAN17 #Barcelona to share #biomedical #nanotechnology research. Learned a lot! https://t.co/LebBuGDzEE
— Duncan Craig (@duncancraigucl) 5 octobre 2017
Bringing targeting in nanomedicine to the next level: Dario Neri from @ETH_en delivering a fantastic talk on cancer treatment @iconan_nanomed @LMU_Muenchen #ICONAN2019
— Luciani Lab (@luciani_lab) October 18, 2019
Inspiring talk by Mauro Ferrari #iconan2019 about #saxophones #failures #nanomedicine #metastasis #maths pic.twitter.com/IpnfzrsXaj
— Roy van der Meel (@rvdmnanomeds) October 16, 2019
Day 3 of the wonderful #ICONAN2018 conference. Today is my poster day so come and visit me at poster C15, just follow the big eye #science #nanomedicine #polymers #presentation #firstconference pic.twitter.com/CoErubSaET
— Thomas Leigh (@taleigh12) September 28, 2018
Thanks for the invite @iconan_nanomed ! Great plenary speakers (@MariaJ_Alonso JP Barthélémy, R Auzely, etc.), high scientific level and very professional conference organizing service @premc https://t.co/tNiDvCDvkz
— Julien Nicolas (@julnicolas) 28 septembre 2017
#ICONAN2017 #Nanomedicine #Nanobiotech #Biotech #Nano #Bio #Technology #Nanomed #Nanobiotechnology #Barcelona #Conference pic.twitter.com/phXeGj5KPw
— ICONAN 2020 (@iconan_nanomed) October 6, 2017
TAKE A LOOK AT THE ABSTRACTS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS
- Multimodal Polypeptide-based Therapeutics bypassing Challenging Biological Barriers presented by Prof. Maria Vicent (more details)
- Protocells and Therapeutics: Harnessing Biomimicry with Self-Assembled Polymersomes and Bioconjugates presented by Prof. Sebastien Lecommandoux (more details)
- A platform nanotechnology: the creation of a biotech company presented by Prof. Francesca Crawford (more details)
- Clinical Translation of Graphene & Lessons Learn presented by Prof. Kostas Kostarelos (more details)
- (SUPER-) SELECTIVE BIOMATERIALS: A BALANCING ACT OF RIGIDITY AND GEOMETRY AT THE NANOSCALE presented by Prof. Maartje Bastings (more details)
- Chemically powered nanobots: swimming nanoparticles for biomedicine presented by Prof. Samuel Sánchez (more details)
- Designing nanomaterials for advanced therapeutics and ultrasensitive biosensing presented by Prof. Molly Stevens (more details)
- Supramolecular Broad-Spectrum Antivirals presented by Prof. Francesco Stellacci (more details)
- Nanoengineering for the Detection and Treatment of Cancer presented by Prof. Daniel Heller (more details)
- New Approaches for Therapeutic Pulmonary RNA Delivery presented by Prof. Olivia M. Merkel (more details)
- Rapid Amyloid-Beta Clearance through Blood Brain-Barrier in Alzheimer’s Disease presented by Prof. Xiaohe Tian (more details)
- Squalene lipid prodrugs: a unique biomimetic approach exploiting endogenous lipoproteins for drug delivery presented by Dr. Simona Mura (more details)
- Optimizing Nucleic Acid Nanomedicines by Chemical Evolution of Carrier Sequences presented by Prof. Ernst Wagner (more details)
- Polypeptide-based Conjugates as Versatile Therapeutics presented by Dr. María J. Vicent (more details)
- Drug Delivery with Multifunctional Mesoporous Nanoparticles presented by Dr. Prof. Thomas Bein (more details)
- Long-acting drug delivery: are we witnessing a paradigm shift in treatment of chronic diseases? presented by Prof. Andrew Owen (more details)
- RNA delivery: between extracellular vesicles and lipid nanoparticles presented by Prof. Raymond Schiffelers (more details)
- Phenotypic targeting via multiplexed and chemotactic polymersomes presented by Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia (more details)
- Tuning Particle Deformability in Drug Delivery Systems presented by Prof. Paolo Decuzzi (more details)
- CriPec® nanomedicines: academic to industry and preclinical to clinical translation presented by Dr. Cristianne Rijcken (more details)
- My MSCA-funded postdoc project: A modular nanocarrier platform for siRNA and prodrug delivery presented by Dr. Roy van der Meel (more details)
- The CRC 1066: From a center for nanoparticle based tumor immunotherapy to novel approaches in oncology presented by Dr. Matthias Barz (more details)
- Nano-Ghosts: A cancer delivery platform or an inflammatory therapeutic? presented by Prof. Marcelle Machluf (more details)
- From encoded combinatorial libraries to targeted therapeutics presented by Prof. Dario Neri (more details)
- Prodrugs and associated opportunities in localized drug synthesis presented by Dr. Alexander Zelikin (more details)
- My 27 Years of Failure (Trying to Cure Lung and LIver Metastases) presented by Dr. Mauro Ferrari (more details)
- Developing Nanomedicines for Innovative Therapies – Industrial Perspective presented by Dr. Marianne Ashford (more details)
- Heat mediated drug delivery with temperature sensitive liposomes – a synergistic approach presented by Prof. Lars Lindner
- A cancer survivor’s journey; A patient’s perspective presented by Mrs. Lora Kelly (more details)
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