Plenary talk

• Prof. Masanobu Miyao, Kyushu University, Japan
  Novel Growth techniques of Group-IV Based Hetero-structures for Multi-Functional Devices

Invited talks

• Prof. Song Jin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  Metal Silicide Nanowires for Detection and Manipulation of Magnetic Skyrmions
• Prof. Daryoosh Vashaee, North Carolina State University, USA
  Recent Advances in Thermoelectric Silicides
• Prof. N. Galkin, Russian Academy of Science, Russia
  The prospects for silicon-silicide integrated photonics
• Dr. Hideyuki Nakano, Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Japan
  Two-dimensional silicon nanosheets; controllable exfoliation and exploration of functionality
• Prof. Tetsuji Kume, Gifu University, Japan
  Development of Group IV Clathrates for Photovoltaics (tentative)
• Prof. D. Migas, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Belarus
  Structure and electronic properties of low dimensional semiconducting barium and calcium silicides