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Plenary & Keynote Speakers

The keynote and plenary lectures are the intellectual centerpiece of the Congress—moments where our entire community gathers to be inspired, challenged, and united by the latest breakthroughs and the broadest perspectives in crystallography and structural science. These talks are delivered by internationally recognized leaders whose work is shaping the future of our field, bridging disciplines, and sparking new ideas across chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science.

Each speaker has been carefully selected for their ability not only to share cutting-edge research but also to connect with a diverse audience of students, early-career scientists, and established experts alike. Their presentations set the tone for the meeting, highlighting the transformative power of crystallography and its role in addressing global scientific challenges.

Dr. Bo Brummerstedt IversenAarhus University | Aarhus, Denmark

Commision: Quantum Crystallography

Dr. Ho-Kwang (Dave) MaoCenter for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research | Shanghai, China

Commision: High Pressure

Dr. Cynthia WolbergerJohns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Commision: Biological Macromolecules

Lia AddadiWeizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Alejandro P. AyalaUniversidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Ceará, Brazil
Len BarbourStellenbosch University, Department of Chemistry & Polymer Science, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Karena ChapmanStony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Yifan ChengUniversity of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, California, USA
Marijana ĐakovićUniversity of Zagreb, Department of Chemistry, Zagreb, Croatia
Alison EdwardsANSTO / Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Tamar GreavesRMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Joke HadermannUniversity of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Delia HaynesStellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Mei HongMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Erin JohnsonDalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Qihang LiuSouthern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
René Loredo PortalesUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Bridget MurphyChristian-Albrechts University of Kiel (Kiel), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [Photo credit: Valérie Schmitt-www.report-wissen.de]
Emmanuel NjiCentre for Research in Infectious Diseases, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Erica Ollmann SaphireLa Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, California, USA
Katharine PageUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Sakura PascarelliEuropean XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
Horst PuschmannDurham University, Durham, England, UK
Randy ReadUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK
Jian-Ren ShenOkayama University, Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Narcizo M. Souza NetoBrazilian National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Ryoji TamuraTokyo University of Science, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Kenji TsudaTohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Suzanna WardCambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK