Microelectronics conferences

The AVS symposium connects atomic-scale processing, characterisation, measurement and simulation with the behaviour of materials, surfaces, interfaces and devices. Its programme spans thin films, plasma processes, microelectronics, quantum technologies, two-dimensional materials, biomaterials and vacuum engineering. It links fundamental investigations with manufacturing, including semiconductor scaling, heterogeneous integration, autonomous experimentation and more resource-efficient production. Technical talks, posters, tutorials and an equipment exhibition support exchange between academic, industrial and government researchers. All programme times are America/New_York (EST, UTC−5). Sunday technical sessions run 15:00–19:00 on 8 November. The Monday plenary is 08:30–10:00; Tuesday–Thursday morning sessions start at 08:00, and Friday sessions run 08:15–12:00. Attendance is in person. Current full-week fees are USD 915 for Platinum members and USD 1,265 for non-members; student rates are USD 310 and USD 465. Day registration is also available; tutorials require an additional fee. Online registration remains available throughout the meeting, with badge collection at the venue.

This meeting examines how brain-inspired hardware could reduce AI’s growing energy requirements. Researchers connect materials and memory devices with circuits, systems and applications, including sparse computation and compute-in-memory architectures that reduce data movement. Two discussion days address fundamental advances and challenges; the final day considers translation and wider impacts. Programme participants include Steve Furber, Judith Driscoll and Tony Kenyon. The meeting takes place at The Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, or online, on 23–25 November 2026. Times are GMT (Europe/London, UTC+0). Sessions run 09:00–17:00 on 23 and 24 November, with posters 17:00–18:00 on 23 November; the 25 November programme runs 09:30–15:15. Timings may change. Attendance is free for researchers in relevant fields, with advance Eventbrite registration required. Separate online and in-person tickets cover the discussion meeting and final-day event; attending every day is optional. Lunch costs an optional GBP 25 on each of the first two days and is free on the third. Poster proposals are due 23 October, subject to capacity.

The congress brings together physics researchers, educators and industry practitioners for keynote presentations, focus sessions, workshops and scientific exchange. It is co-located with the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics, with the Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices included as a dedicated topical track. The scientific programme spans optics, astrophysics, quantum science, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter, theoretical particle physics and physics education. Paid attendance includes full-congress and selected-day categories, with student, retiree and school-teacher rates. Members of eligible partner societies can obtain membership-based discounts. Abstract and focus-session submissions closed on 3 July; early-bird registration ended on 28 August, and registration closes on 20 November.

The Neuro Inspired Computational Elements Conference (NICE) gathers research on neuromorphic computing and its connections to neuroscience and artificial intelligence. NICE 2027 holds its main conference on 6–8 April 2027 at the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom, followed by a tutorials day of mainly hands-on two-hour tutorials on 9 April. Topics span neuromorphic hardware, analog and beyond-CMOS devices and compute-in-memory architectures; NeuroAI, including theory of neural circuits and its experimental support, local learning and plasticity, and connectomics; neuroscience-inspired and hardware-aware algorithms, spiking neural networks and event-based artificial intelligence; applications in robotics, high-performance and edge computing, biosignal processing and brain-computer interfaces; event-driven and bio-inspired sensing; and software frameworks, benchmarks, simulators and theoretical models for neuromorphic engineering. Regular papers of 4–8 pages are reviewed by the programme committee for talks, lightning talks or posters, with proceedings indexed through IEEE Conference Proceedings. Paper submissions are due on 11 November 2026, tutorial suggestions on 2 December 2026 and late-breaking news submissions on 1 February 2027. Early-bird fees, until 17 January 2027, are £250 for students and £450 for regular participants (£300 and £550 afterwards), and the tutorials day costs £75 early or £100 later.