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The Ninth Conference on Frontiers of Aberration Corrected Electron Microscopy will be held in spring 2026 as an on-site event at Kasteel Vaalsbroek located at the bordering point of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium from May 3rd to May 7th, 2026. We will again address recent advances in methods and applications for the study of solids in condensed matter research and the life sciences by the application of advanced electron microscopy techniques. We are thrilled to announce Ondrej Krivanek and Max Haider as our Guests of Honor this year. Furthermore, it is our pleasure to introduce our keynotes for the upcoming edition of PICO:
| Patricia Abellan | Sara Bals | Juri Barthel |
| Phil Batson | Nigel Browning | Jennifer Dionne |
| Michael Elbaum | Baptiste Gault | Raynald Gauvin |
| Irina Gutsche | Max Haider | Peter Hartel |
| Marc Heggen | Katharina Hipp | Arjen Jakobi |
| Marion Jasnin | Ute Kaiser | Ido Kaminer |
| Demie Kepaptsoglou | Christoph Koch | Jani Kotakoski |
| Ondrej Krivanek | Wanda Kukulski | Stefan Löffler |
| Andrew Miner | Arne Möller | Bonnie Murphy |
| Eva Olsson | Jürgen Plitzko | Stephan Raunser |
| Simon Ringer | Peter Rosenthal | Chris Russo |
| Jan Rusz | Martina Schifferer | Rasmus Schröder |
| Florian Schur | Naoya Shibata | David Smith |
| Henning Stahlberg | Beata Turnova | Knut Urban |
| Peter van Aken | Maria Varella | Irene Vercellino |
| Peyi Wang | Matthias Wolf | Nestor Zaluzec |
| Peijun Zhang | Wu Zhu | Benoit Zuber |
In cooperation with the Microscopy & Microanalysis peer-reviewed Journal, we will again create a PICO special issue for 2026. Submission is already possible here by using the PICO2026 dropdown in the special issue field.
PICO2026 is organised by the the Ernst Ruska-Centre in Aachen and Jülich and supported by several sponsors.
Registration is open until March 1st, 2026.
The conference program and information
about the speakers is available here.
PICO2026 will be held at Kasteel Vaalsbroek,
at the bordering point of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
More information is available here.
Our sponsors and some information to support you in order to organize your travel when you plan to visit the PICO2026 conference is available here.