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Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2026 Symposium

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The Gothenburg Physics Centre is pleased to announce a symposium held in the honour of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award laureate of 2025, Dr. Masato Sagawa. Students are welcome to attend.

Seminar
Date
11 Sep 2026
Time
All Day

Programme

Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2026 Symposium: Magnets for a Sustainable World

09:30–10:15 Masato Sagawa (NdFeB Corporation), Development of production technology for NdFeB sintered magnets

10:15–10:45 Oliver Gutfleisch (TU Darmstadt), Mitigation strategies along the resource critical value chain of rare earth magnets.

Coffea break, 20 min

11:05–11:35 Nora Dempsey (Institut Néel, CNRS), From Micromagnets to Materials Screening: Unlocking the Potential of Hard Magnetic Films.

11:35–12:05 Alena Vishina (Uppsala University), From NdFeB to Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets: A Theoretical Perspective.

Lunch, 2 h 10 min

14:15–14:45 Shunsuke Fukami (Tohoku University), Unstable magnets for energy-efficient computing

14:45–15:15 Saroj Dash (Chalmers), New magnetic orders:  2D magnetism and altermagnets.

Coffea break, 20 min

15:35–16:05 Panel discussion, moderator Nora Dempsey

More info

--> Event page for the award ceremony

--> Interview with Masato Sagawa