From September 15 to 19, Rome hosted the NanoInnovation Conference 2025 at the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Over the past decade, the NanoInnovation Conference has established itself as a flagship event for the national community focused on advancing nanotechnology and integrating it with other key enabling technologies (KETs) across all application fields. With over 1,300 participants in recent editions, the conference has become a central platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and innovation.
Nanotechnology has emerged as one of the most significant and influential drivers of rapid, sustainable development, with a profound impact across numerous sectors. This conference serves as a well-established springboard for the national and international communities engaged in nanotechnology and its related applications.
COST Actions involved in nanotechnologies
This year’s programme emphasised innovation, nanomedicine, nanomaterials, energy, and their interconnected ecosystems, aiming to maximise the technological and societal impact of investments in research and higher education.
On 15 September, COST hosted a session highlighting how nanotechnologies can drive progress across various scientific fields. Presented through the lens of eight COST Actions, the discussion demonstrated how these networks strengthen collaboration and deliver clear benefits to their members. Topics covered included data-driven applications, advanced materials, artificial intelligence and machine learning, AgriNano techniques for sustainable agriculture, luminescent sensors for environmental security, advanced energy materials enabling the clean energy transition, the emerging potential of thin-film photovoltaics, epitaxy, and the development of next-generation devices.
Relevance for COST Actions
Dr Noelle Gogneau, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, and OPERA Action Chair
Current technical innovations in nanotechnology are mainly based on improving and controlling the material properties. Epitaxy is one of the most powerful techniques to fabricate optimised materials. For engineering the best nanomaterials and ensuring their optimal integration in advanced devices, disruptive approaches and technical challenges cannot be considered without exchanges with the epitaxy and nanotechnology communities, as well as the stakeholders. These exchanges promote the convergence of knowledge and offer to the young research generation, as previously their elders, the essential network for becoming the innovators of tomorrow.