Overview topics & program committee

program committee

Conference Chair - program committee

Prof. Dr. 

Dietmar Koch

University Augsburg
 

Prof. Dr.

Ralf Goller 

Technical University of
Applied
Sciences Augsburg         

Dr.

Martin Christ 

VM&P GmbH, Augs-burg   

Poster show and poster competition

Eligibility requirements:

• All participants in KERAMIK 2026 with a poster submission accepted by the program committee are eligible to participate in the poster competition.
• Participants in the Hans-Walter-Hennicke lecture competition are not eligible to participate.

PD Dr.
Guido Falk

Saarland University, 
Saarbrücken

Hans-Walter-Hennicke lecture competition

In memory of Prof. Dr. Hans-Walter Hennicke, the DKG has been awarding the Hans-Walter-Hennicke lecture prize since 1995, which honors the best lectures given by young ceramists on their final theses during the DKG annual conference.

Eligibility requirements:

• Submission of bachelor's, master's, diploma, or comparable thesis (excluding dissertations) submitted in the field of raw materials/ceramics and defended no more than 18 months ago

• Participants in the poster competition are not eligible to participate.

Dr.
Michael Rozumek

Morgan Advanced Materials
Haldenwanger GmbH,
Waldkraiburg

Prof. Dr. 

Dietmar Koch

University Augsburg

TOPIC 01 - Recycling & Circular Economy

Dr. 

Angelika Priese 

DKG e. V., 
Cologne

Dr. 

Nadja Kratz

FGK Höhr-Grenzhausen

Dr. 

Stefan Wild

ESK-SIC GmbH

Prof. Dr. 

Michael Stelter

Fraunhofer IKTS, Hermsdorf

Prof. Dr. 

Rosa Urbano
Gutierrez

Manchester
School of Architecturer

TOPIC 02 - Material & Process Optimization, Additive Manufacturing

PD Dr.
Guido Falk

Saarland University,
Saarbrücken

Prof. Dr.
Jens Günster

BAM Berlin

Prof. Dr.
Frank Kern

University
Stuttgart

Dr. 

Marcus Emmel

FGK Höhr-Grenzhausen

TOPIC 03 - Characterization

PD Dr. 

Tobias Fey

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prof Dr. 

Verena
Merklinger

University of Applied
Science Konstanz

Prof. Dr.
Eduardo Saiz

Imperial College London

TOPIC 04 - Simulation, Digitalization & Artificial Intelligence

M.Sc.
Yuanbin Deng

RWTH Aachen

Dr.

Martin Christ 

VM&P GmbH, 
Augsburg   

PD Dr. 

Tobias Fey

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

Dr.
Anke Kaletsch

RWTH Aachen

TOPIC 05 - Sanitary Ceramics, Porcelain & Building Materials

Giuseppe Noto

Villeroy & Boch AG

Dipl.-Ing.
Daniela Hesky

IAB Weimar

Prof. Dr. 

Pascal Seffern

University of Applied Science
Koblenz

Ir. 

Marcel Engels

FGK Höhr-Grenzhausen

Siegmund Meyer

BHS tabletop AG

TOPIC 06 - Refractory, HT and UHT Applications  

PD Dr. 
Patrick Gehre

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Prof. Dr. 
Jon Binner

University of Birmingham

Dr. 
Volker Uhlig

InfraBioTech GmbH,
Freiberg

TOPIC 07 - Ceramic Filters, Membranes & Foams

Prof. Dr. 

Ingolf Voigt

Fraunhofer IKTS, Hermsdorf

Dr. 

Phillipp Gingter

PD Dr. 

Tobias Fey

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

TOPIC 08 - Ceramics for Energy Technology, Sensors & Electronics

Prof. Dr. 

Jörg Töpfer

EAH Jena

Prof. Dr. 

Till Frömling

TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. 

Suelen Barg

University
Augsburg

TOPIC 09 - Bioceramics

Subtopics: Bioceramics, bone substitute materials, bioactive materials, bio-functionalization

Dr. 

Franziska
Schmidt

Charité Berlin

Dr. 

Sabine Begand

Fraunhofer IKTS, Hermsdorf

Prof. Dr. 

Aldo 
Boccaccini

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

Prof. Dr. 

Louise M. Jennings 

University of Leeds

TOPIC 10 - Historiy and Ceramics 

Dr.
Uwe Reichel 

DKG e. V., 
Cologne

TOPIC 11 - Ceramic Fiber Composites / AK Reinforcement of Ceramic Materials

Prof. Dr. 

Dietmar Koch

University
Augsburg

Walter Pritzkow

Walter E. C.
Pritzkow Spezialkeramik

Dr.

Oriol Gavalda-Diaz

Imperial College London

Dr. 

Johanna Schmidt

Schunk Kohlenstoff-technik
GmbH

Andreas Kienzle

BJS Ceramics GmbH

TOPIC 12 - DKN Young Researchers

Dipl.-Ing.
Patricia Kaiser

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

M.Sc.
Michelle Weichelt

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

M.Sc.
Moritz Steiner

University Cologne

M.Sc.
Edwyn Wolf

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg