Fundamental Physics
of Ferroelectrics
and related materials
2026
An annual series of workshops starting in 1990
Over the past 36 years this workshop has evolved into one of the world's leading forums on the physics of ferroelectricity and related phenomenon, where the best researchers from around the world gather to share and debate cutting edge developments in the field of ferroelectrics and related materials, both experimental and theoretical. This workshop series has played a significant role in fostering multi-institutional collaborations on research devoted to understanding the fundamental physics of these complex and versatile materials.
February 2-5, 2026
A workshop that brings together an international and interdisciplinary team of theorists and experimentalists
The 2026 in-person "Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics Workshop,” is the 37th in the series of workshops that has gathered the world’s leading theorists and experimentalists working in the field of ferroelectrics and related materials every year since 1990. This year we meet in Tours, France. The meeting includes two and a half days of oral sessions, a poster session, and a banquet.
The Poster Session is an integral part of the meeting, and poster presentators will have the opportunity to introduce their poster with 1-2 slides at the oral session. The presenters of the best theory and experiment posters will receive a certificate and small award at the end of the meeting (open to students and postdocs only).
Deadlines
Abstracts November 16, 2025
Registration November 16, 2025
Registration fees including welcome cocktail, gala dinner and lunches:
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students/postdocs: 250 €
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others: 350 €
February 2 - 5, 2026
Tours, France
Invited Speakers
- Hongjun Xiang, Fudan University, China
- Nicola Spaldin, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Andrew Rappe, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Yachin Ivry, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
- Ruijuan Xu, NC State University, USA
- Sonia Conesa-Boj, TU Delft, Netherlands
- Lucas Caretta, Brown University, USA
- Dennis Meier, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Martin Greven, University of Minnesota, USA
- Tony Schenk, Ferroelectric Memory Company, Germany
International Organizing Committee
Ronald Cohen
Carnegie Institution for Science, USA
Guillaume Nataf
GREMAN, CNRS, University of Tours, France
Nick Barrett
CEA SPEC, France
Daniel Bennett
NTU Singapore, Singapore
Claudio Cazorla
University Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Brahim Dkhil
CentraleSupélec, University Paris-Saclay, France
Lauren Garten
Georgia Tech University, USA
Peter Gehring
NIST, USA
Anna Grünebohm
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Local Organizing Committee
Laboratory GREMAN
Guillaume Nataf
Kevin Nadaud
Mustapha Zaghrioui
Anna Ott
Béatrice Negulescu
David Chouteau
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