{"id":200912,"date":"2025-09-11T13:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wnst\/?post_type=multimedia&p=200912"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:20:55","slug":"relacja-z-15-miedzynarodowej-konferencji-european-meeting-on-ferroelectricity","status":"publish","type":"multimedia","link":"https:\/\/us.edu.pl\/wydzial\/wnst\/en\/multimedia\/relacja-z-15-miedzynarodowej-konferencji-european-meeting-on-ferroelectricity\/","title":{"rendered":"The 15th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity (EMF-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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|text: Iwona Lazar|
\n|photos: Matylda Klos|<\/small><\/p>\n

The 15th<\/sup> European Meeting on Ferroelectricity (EMF-15) <\/strong>international conference, combined with the Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian (PLU-7)<\/strong> conference, organized by the Ferroelectric Physics Team (ZFF) from the Institute of Physics at the University of Silesia in Katowice, took place from August 31 to September 5 this year at the International Congress Centre (MCK) and, for the first time, in the European City of Science Katowice. The recognition shown to Professor Krystian Roleder by the international community of ferro-physicists<\/strong>, combined with the attractiveness of the city of Katowice and the MCK, resulted in a unanimous decision by the EMF Conference Advisory Committee to entrust the organisation of EMF-15 to the ZFF team led by him. Although European, this scientific event also attracted distinguished scientists from the USA, Japan, and China. It was held under the honorary patronage of many institutions, including the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Rector of the University of Silesia in Katowice, the mayors of Katowice and Chorz\u00f3w, the scientific publisher Taylor&Francis, and the Polish and European Physical Societies. The special guest was the winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics for superconductivity and a doctor honoris causa <\/em>of the University of Silesia, Dr.\u00a0J.\u00a0Georg Bednorz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”196582″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\r\n

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During the opening ceremony, conference participants were welcomed by the rector of our university, Professor Ryszard Kozio\u0142ek<\/strong>, the dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Seweryn Kowalski, PhD, Professor U\u015a, and the director of the Institute of Physics, Professor Sebastian Pawlus<\/strong>. The conference began with a plenary lecture by J. Georg Bednorz entitled Four decades of development towards an efficient technology. A total of 15 plenary lectures and 61 invited lectures were given. Throughout the conference, participants had the opportunity to learn about new measurement systems and methods offered by aixACCT Systems, Nextron, and MeasLine. On the first evening of the conference, participants attended an organ concert at the Archcathedral of Christ the King in Katowice performed by Professor Julian Gembalski. In addition, two sessions were prepared to commemorate the work and scientific achievements of Professor Bo\u017cena Hilczer from the Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Pozna\u0144, who died this year, and Professor Ekhard Salje from the University of Cambridge, who also died this year, both of whom had a significant influence on the scientific community of ferro-physicists in Europe.<\/p>\n

The quality of the conferences organised can be measured by the examples of favourable opinions of participants on their scientific level and organisational aspects, provided below:<\/p>\n