Magnetic Soft Matter for Robotics
2nd Annual Conference
3-4 September 2026 – Odense, Denmark
Program
Thursday, September 3rd 2026
Morning Session
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Opening remarks | Poramate Manoonpong, SDU Biorobotics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Invited 1 TBA | Jonathan Rossiter, University of Bristol, UK |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Invited 2 Magnetic Composites for Soft Robotics | Muhammad Khan, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Invited 3 Magneto-Elastic Shells: from Buckling Instabilities to Tunable Friction | Matteo Pezzulla, Aarhus University, Denmark |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Group picture | |
| 12:15 – 14:00 | Lunch break, individual discussions |
Afternoon Session
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Invited 4 TBA | Jonas Jørgensen, SDU Biorobotics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
| 14:45 – 17:30 | Poster session (5-mins spotlight and discussion) with refreshments (Doctoral colloquium) | |
| 18:30 – … | Conference dinner |
Friday, September 4th 2026
Morning Session
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Invited 5 Quasi-Analytic Strategies for a Powerful Modeling of Magneto-Active Elastomers | Dirk Romeis, TU Dresden, Germany |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Invited 6 TBA | Vedran Budinski University of Maribor, Slovenia |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Invited 7 TBA | Seppe Terryn, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch break, individual discussions |
Afternoon Session
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Invited 8 TBA | Di Wu, SDU Robotics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
| 14:15 – 15:00 | Invited 9 Empowering Flexible Automation: How OnRobot Gripper Solutions Drive Productivity and ROI in Modern Manufacturing | Yulong Wang, Onrobot company, Denmark |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Closing remarks | |
| 15:15 – … | Individual discussions, visits to the labs, etc. |