Welcome to the World Conference on GOLD 2025!

Following the success of the previous tri-annual GOLD conferences on the applications of gold in high-technology (Québec 2022; Paris 2018; Cardiff 2015), the GOLD 2025 conference (10th ) will be held on May 11-14, 2025, in San Sebastian, Spain. The event will take place at the Kursaal Convention Center, a splendid venue by the seaside.

Gold has generated commercial, technological, and scientific interest for centuries and this interest is far from declining. On the contrary, gold is an essential component of high-technology materials and the subject of intensive research in various fields. We aim at attract experts in different fields, from catalysis, biomedicine, organometallics, nanoparticle synthesis and characterization, plasmonics, optics and photonics, electronics, as well as precious metals purification and recycling. Particular emphasis will be placed in the chemistry and physics around much of the current technological interest, including catalysis, nanophotonics, and biomedical applications.

At GOLD 2025, prominent specialists from these different topics will gather and lead the discussion of the most recent highlights and achievements within their fields. The conference will provide a comprehensive overview of the different areas of gold science and technology in a lively atmosphere and a unique environment.

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Gold 2025: May 11-14, 2025, in San Sebastian, Spain.

TOPICS

1- Synthesis of nanoparticles and nanostructures

Including : nanocages, nanostars, nanorods, nanoshells, nanourchins, nanotubes, nanodiscs, mesoporous materials

 

2- Gold-containing molecular and supramolecular complexes

Including: organometallics, metal-organic frameworks (MOF), nanoclusters

3- High-purity gold synthesis and recycling

Including: recycling, urban mining, analytical chemistry (for high-purity gold)

4- Catalysis

Including: heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis, self-cleaning surfaces

5- Electrochemistry

Including: electrochemical sensors, electrochemical biosensors, enzymatic fuel cells

6- Plasmonics (fundamentals, engineering and systems)

Including: plasmons; photoacoustic, photothermal, photodynamic, optoacoustic research

7- Electronics, optics, photonics

Including: electronics, optics, optoelectronics, photonics, wearable electronic, wearable sensors

8- Biomedical applications of gold: in vivo applications and technologies,  injectable nanoparticles, pharmacology

Including: diagnosis, therapy, cancer,cardiovascular, infectious, immunology, imaging (not gold standard), antimicrobial, virus, bacteria neurology, photoacoustic (biomedical applications), photothermal (biomedical applications), photodynamic (biomedical applications), optoacoustic (biomedical applications)

9- Biomedical applications of gold: sensors and devices

Including: biosensors, biological sensors, electrochemical sensors for biomedical applications

10- Energy

Including: fuel cells, photovoltaic, solar cells, batteries, energy devices, solar energy, energy conversion, energy production

11- Environment

Including: Recovery, gold, effluents, environmental technologies, bacteria, other living organisms and bioreactors in minerals processing and extractive metallurgy, green synthesis, gold nanoparticles, green synthesis, gold, synthesis of gold nanoparticles from plant extracts

12- Computational approaches, machine learning, AI

Including: computational approaches, machine learning, artificial intelligence


Submission deadline : November 15th,2024

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CHAIRS

Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán

Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán

CIC biomaGUNE (BRTA), Spain

Prof. Javier Aizpurua

Prof. Javier Aizpurua

Donostia International Physics Center & University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Prof. Sara Bals

Prof. Sara Bals

EMAT, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Prof. Marc-Andre Fortin

Prof. Marc-Andre Fortin

CR-CHUQ-Université Laval, Canada

Prof. Teri W. Odom

Prof. Teri W. Odom

Northwestern University, USA

Prof. Vivian Wing Wah Yam

Prof. Vivian Wing Wah Yam

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. Souhir Boujday

Prof. Souhir Boujday

Sorbonne Université, France

Prof. Raffaella Buonsanti

Prof. Raffaella Buonsanti

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Prof. Angela Casini

Prof. Angela Casini

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Prof. Qian Chen

Prof. Qian Chen

University of Illinois, USA

Prof. Xiaodong Chen

Prof. Xiaodong Chen

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. Emiliano Cortés

Prof. Emiliano Cortés

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Prof. Christy Landes

Prof. Christy Landes

University of Illinois, USA

Prof. Xing Yi Ling

Prof. Xing Yi Ling

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. Sijin Liu

Prof. Sijin Liu

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Laura Na Liu

Prof. Laura Na Liu

University of Stuttgart, Germany

Prof. Jwa-Min Nam

Prof. Jwa-Min Nam

Seoul National University, South Korea

Prof. Ki Tae Nam

Prof. Ki Tae Nam

Seoul National University, South Korea

Prof.  Junsuk Rho

Prof. Junsuk Rho

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea

Prof. Liane Rossi

Prof. Liane Rossi

Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Prof. Vincent Rotello

Prof. Vincent Rotello

University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Prof. George C. Schatz

Prof. George C. Schatz

Northwestern University, USA

Prof. F. Dean Toste

Prof. F. Dean Toste

University of California Berkeley, USA

Prof.  Jianfang Wang

Prof. Jianfang Wang

Department of Physics The Chinese University of Hong Kong

INVITED SPEAKERS

Dr. Neus Bastús

Dr. Neus Bastús

Institut Català de Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Spain

Dr. Lucas V. Besteiro

Dr. Lucas V. Besteiro

University of Vigo, Spain

Prof. Elodie Boisselier

Prof. Elodie Boisselier

Université Laval, Canada

Dr. Jiaqi Chen

Dr. Jiaqi Chen

Chengdu University, China

Prof. Laura Fabris

Prof. Laura Fabris

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

 Dr.  Vladimir Golovko

Dr. Vladimir Golovko

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Dr. Guillermo González-Rubio

Dr. Guillermo González-Rubio

University of Madrid, Spain

Dr. Theodore Goodson

Dr. Theodore Goodson

Dr. Jie He

Dr. Jie He

University of Connecticut, USA

Dr. Shuzhou Li

Dr. Shuzhou Li

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. Stephan Link

Prof. Stephan Link

University of Illinois, USA

Dr. Alejandro Manjavacas

Dr. Alejandro Manjavacas

CSIC, Spain

Dr. Kyoung-Duck Park

Dr. Kyoung-Duck Park

POSTECH, South Korea

Prof. Sara Skrabalak

Prof. Sara Skrabalak

Indiana University, USA

Dr. Gail Vinnacombe-Willson

Dr. Gail Vinnacombe-Willson

CIC biomaGUNE, Spain

Prof. Qiangbin Wang

Prof. Qiangbin Wang

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. Nerea Zabala

Prof. Nerea Zabala

University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

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