Thank you for attending SAXS & XRD excites 2026
The first combined International SAXS & XRD excites Symposium was held at the Graz University of Technology from April 13 to 16, 2026. More than 140 participants from 30 countries discussed the latest trends and advances in the field of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), thin-film XRD, and non-ambient XRD applications. Renowned experts met with young researchers and users from industry, learned from complementary fields, and expanded their networks.
Key topics
- SAXS/WAXS/RheoSAXS/USAXS for the study of nanostructured materials
- GISAXS/GIXRD/XRR for thin film and surface diffraction/scattering
- Operando / in situ analysis using X-ray scattering for battery research
- XRD, non-ambient XRD, and thin-film XRD methods and applications
- Total scattering and PDF analysis of disordered and amorphous materials
Key speakers
- Eva M. Herzig, University of Bayreuth, Germany
- Brian R. Pauw, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany
- Uri Raviv The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Bryan R. Wheaton, Corning Corporation, USA
- Simon Billinge, UC Santa Barbara, USA
- Noritaka Saito, Kyushu University, Japan
- Svetlana Mintova, LCS-CNRS, France
SAVE THE DATE
SAVE THE DATE
The next SAXS & XRD excites will be held from April 24 to April 28, 2028. If you pre-register today, we will keep you informed prior to the event.
Previous SAXS excites & XRD excites events
- SAXS & XRD excites (2026)
- XRD excites (2024)
- SAXS excites (2017, 2019, 2023)
Our previous SAXS excites keynote speakers include:
- Claudia Weidenthaler (Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenforschung)
- Monica Dapiaggi (Università degli Studi di Milano)
- David Walker (University of Warwick)
- Rémy Guillet Nicolas (CNRS LCS - ENSICAEN)
- Scott Misture (Alfred University)
- Volker Kahlenberg (University of Innsbruck)
- Stefan Weber (Abbvie Germany)
- Vishnu Shanker (NIT Warangal)
- Jill Trewhella (University of Sydney)
- Karen Edler (Lund University)
- Denise Erb (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
- Jan Ilavsky (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Dimitri Svergun (EMBL Hamburg)
- Mitsuhiro Shibayama (The University of Tokyo)
- Jan Skov Pedersen (Aarhus University)
- Detlef Smilgies (University of Binghamton)
- Sylvio Haas (DESY)
- Yongfeng Men (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry)
- Stefan Salentinig (University of Fribourg)
- Otto Glatter (University of Graz)
- Cy Jeffries (EMBL Hamburg)
- Stephan Roth (DESY)
- Michael Krumrey (PTB National Metrology Institute)
