Driven by rapid advancements in technological revolution and industrial transformation, materials science—as a cutting-edge foundational discipline—is undergoing deep integration with artificial intelligence (AI), giving rise to intelligent new paradigms in materials R&D. Against this backdrop of innovation, we cordially invite global experts and scholars to join the 2nd Materials Science Summit-Al Materials, where we will explore AI-empowered breakthroughs in materials research and collaborate on shaping the future of interdisciplinary development

Hosted by MDPI and organized by Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), with support from the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory and the Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Chemistry and Fine Chemicals, the summit will take place from November 1 to 3, 2025, at GTIIT in Shantou, Guangdong, China.

MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is a multidisciplinary academic publisher with extensive resources in materials science. It publishes numerous high-impact journals in this field, consistently advancing academic progress and global exchange.

01 Summit Info

Date: November 1-3, 2025 (Registration on Nov 1)

Venue: North Campus, GTIIT (241 Daxue Road, Jinping District, Shantou, Guangdong, China)

Leadership

Honorary Chairman (in no particular order)

Wang Weihua, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Institute of Physics, CAS

Gong Xingao, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fudan University

Summit Chair

Daniel Tan, Deputy Head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering at GTIIT; Director of MATEC

Advisory Committee (in no particular order)

Jia Jinfeng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Southern University of Science and Technology

Ma Yuguang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; South China University of Technology

Zhang Di, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Zou Zhigang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing University

Sun Yitao, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Supportive journals:

Materials, Polymers, Nanomaterials, Metals, Crystals, Membranes, AI Materials, Entropic and Disorder Matter

02 Fee & Registration

Registration Fee: Free (includes tea breaks, lunch & dinner on conference day. Travel: at participants' own expense)

Deadline: October 15, 2025

Sign-up：

Scan the QR code or open the link

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/TvQhyF5YVJ

03 Contacts

For any inquiries, please contact:
MDPI Marketing Department at mktplan@mdpi.com or scan the QR code below to add our staff on WeChat.

We look forward to welcoming you in the coastal city of Shantou!

Fu Yimeng

Luo Danchen

Text/Photos: Daniel Tan, GTIIT News & Public Affairs