Opening plenary lecture

© Gary W. Miller

Gary W. Miller Columbia University, New York, USA “Exposomics: extracting biological insight from human samples”

Biography:
Dr. Miller serves as Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Professor of Molecular Pharmacolgy and Therapeutics, and Director of the Center for Innovative Exposomics at Columbia University. Dr. Miller is a leader in the field of exposomics, which studies the comprehensive and cumulative effects of physical, chemical, biological, and social factors that influence biology and health. He leads NEXUS, the NIH-funded coordinating center for exposomics in the U.S. and is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As the holder of the International Collen-Francqui Professorship, Dr. Miller has spent much of 2026 giving lectures and developing collaborations with investigators across Belgium, including Gent University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Hasselt University, and the University of Liège.

Closing plenary lecture

© Janusz Pawliszyn

Janusz Pawliszyn University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada “Development, Challenges and Future of Non-exhaustive Partitioning Technologies”

Biography:
Janusz Pawliszyn, a professor at the University of Waterloo, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is one of the top analytical scientists in the world, as the inventor of solid-phase microextraction and imaged capillary isoelectric focusing. Both techniques have been successfully commercialized and adopted in various research and industry fields. He is the chief editor of Trends in Analytical Chemistry and Green Analytical Chemistry. He is one of the highest cited analytical chemists in the world with an H-index of 137, over 750 papers, and more than 87000 citations.  He is the founder of the ExTech Symposium series.

Tutorial lecture

© Klaus Kümmerer

Klaus Kümmerer Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany “From green chemistry to sustainable chemistry“

Biography:

Klaus Kümmerer is Director of the Institute of Sustainable Chemistry (https://www.leuphana.de/en/institutes/isec.html). His research and teaching are focused on Green Chemistry, Sustainable Chemistry, Green Pharmacy, Sustainable Pharmacy, Water Chemistry, Benign by Design, Material Resources, Ecology of Time. He is founding editor and editor in Chief of the scientific journals "Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy" and "Current Opinion of Sustainable Chemistry" and editor of "Environmental Pollution" (all Elsevier). He developed and leads the worldwide unique extra-occupational online study programs “Sustainable Chemistry (Master of Science)” and “Managing Sustainable Chemistry” (Master of Business Administration) at Leuphana University. In 2021 he ranked first in Germany, 10th worldwide in Environmental Science, 12th in 2025. He received several national and international awards for his interdisciplinary work, for example the prestigious Wöhler Award for Sustainable Chemistry by Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) in 2023. In 2024 he has been decorated with the Verdienstkreuz am Bande der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ("Bundesverdienstkreuz", Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany, awarded by the President of Germany). In 2024 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), in 2025 he received honorary doctorates from University of Gent and University of Helsinki. Klaus Kümmerer serves and served in national and international committees e.g. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Global Chemical Outlook by UNEP and the EU Technology Platform SusChem Europe, and as member of the European Commission’s High Level Roundtable on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, Lower Saxony Commission on Circular Economy, and Commission for Sustainability of the German Chemical Society.

Keynote lectures

© Fabiana Arduini	Fabiana Arduini University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy “Smart and ecodesigned paper-based electrochemical (bio)sensors”
© Leon Barron	Leon Barron Imperial College London, United Kingdom “Beyond the Trace: Sustainable Environmental Sample Preparation and Micropollutant Analysis at Scale”
© Barbara Bojko	Barbara Bojko Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), Torun, Poland “Solid-Phase Microextraction as a Tool for Translational Pharma and Biotech Research”
© Javier Hernández Borges	Javier Hernández Borges University of La Laguna, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain “From sampling to sample preparation: Contamination challenges in microplastics determination”
© Cecilia Cagliero	Cecilia Cagliero University of Turin, Turin, Italy "Miniaturizing sample preparation for a sustainable characterization of natural products"
© Marisol Cárdenas	Marisol Cárdenas University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain "Simplifying the sample treatment through affordable extraction units and its potential coupling with mass spectrometry"
© Gert Desmet	Gert Desmet Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium "Theoretical assessment of 3D printed shapes for extraction and liquid chromatography"
© Emanuela Gionfriddo	Emanuela Gionfriddo University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA “Extraction Matters: Painting a Clearer Picture of Targeted and Untargeted PFAS Exposure”
© Hans-Gerd Janssen	Hans-Gerd Janssen Unilever Research and Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands  “Methods for Headspace GC-MS optimized to simulate human smell”
© Pavel Kuban	Pavel Kuban  Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic "The direct coupling of liquid phase microextraction to capillary electrophoresis for analyses of complex samples"
© Maria Llompart	Maria Llompart University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain “Analytical assessment of emerging contaminants from daily life including microplastics”
© Luigi Mondello	Luigi Mondello University of Messina, Messina, Italy “An Integrated and Automatized Method for Analyzing Blood Circulating Lipids using an Innovative Sampling Tool”
© Pawel Nowak	Pawel Nowak Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland “Artificial Intelligence in Analytical Chemistry: Towards Yet Undiscovered Opportunities”
© Gangfeng Ouyang	Gangfeng Ouyang Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China “New methods for emerging pollutants integrating solid phase microextraction with mass spectrometry”
© Sibel Oskan	Sibel Ozkan University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey “The Future of Molecular Imprinting: Shaping Green and Innovative Electrochemical Platforms”
© Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard	Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, and at University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark “Electromembrane Extraction: Advances, Opportunities, and Current Limitations”
© Valérie Pichon	Valérie Pichon Sorbone Université, Paris, France “Selective and powerful extraction tools for the monitoring of biomarkers of exposure to chemical weapons”
© Verónica Pino Estévez	Verónica Pino Estévez University of La Laguna, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain “Exploring the applicability of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-based vials in thin-film solid-phase microextraction“
© Elia Psillakis	Elia Psillakis Technical University of Crete, Greece "Vacuum-Assisted Headspace Microextraction for Food Analysis"
© Kathy Ridgway	Kathy Ridgway  Da Vinci Laboratory Solutions UK and Ireland, Cambridge, United Kingdom “Preparing for a greener future: A critical comparison of sample preparation methodologies and the impact on food analysis“
© Torsten C. Schmidt	Torsten C. Schmidt University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany “Greening Sample Preparation by Miniaturization and Automation: Examples from GC and LC Analysis”
© Marcela Segundo	Marcela Segundo University of Porto, Porto, Portugal "Integrating Miniaturization and Flow-Based Automation: New Frontiers in Bead Injection for Pharmaceutical and Bioanalysis"
© Elena Stashenko	Elena Stashenko  Industrial University of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia "Integrated sample preparation and analytical strategies for tropical biodiversity studies"
© Lorena Vidal	Lorena Vidal University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain “Magnetic Deep Eutectic Solvents for Microextraction: Progress, Challenges and Outlook”
© Dajana Vuckovic	Dajana Vuckovic Concordia University, Montréal, Canada, Chairwoman Extech 2027 "Microsampling and microextraction in lipidomics"