
Registration will open in fall 2025
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. It is our pleasure to announce our keynotes for the upcoming edition of PICO:
Peijun Zhang |
Stephan Raunser |
Jennifer Dionne |
Simon Ringer |
Eva Olsson |
Peyi Wang |
Chris Russo |
Michael Elbaum |
Nigel Browning |
Max Haider |
Rasmus Schröder |
Heiko Müller |
Ute Kaiser |
Juri Barthel |
Jani Kotakoski |
Irene Vercellino |
Arjen Jakobi |
Stefan Löffler |
Patricia Abellan |
Benoit Zuber |
Beata Turnova |
Maria Varella |
Katharina Hipp |
David Smith |
Sara Bals |
Martina Schifferer |
Marion Jasnin |
Andrew Miner |
Arne Möller |
Naoya Shibata |
Florian Schur |
Jan Rusz |
Irina Gutsche |
Baptiste Gault |
Peter Rosenthal |
Ondrej Krivanek |
Christoph Koch |
Wu Zhu |
Phil Batson |
Demie Kepaptsoglou |
Bonnie Murphie |
Jürgen Plitzko |
Wanda Kukulski |
Peter van Aken |
Henning Stahlberg |
Marc Heggen |
Raynald Gauvin |
Nestor Zaluzec |
In cooperation with the Microscopy & Microanalysis Magazine, we will again create a PICO special issue for 2026. Submission is already possible through 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 will open in fall 2025.

The conference program and information
about the speakers will be posted here.

PICO2024 will be held at Kasteel Vaalsbroek,
at the bordering point of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
More information will be made available here.

Our sponsors and some information to support you in order to organize your travel when you plan to visit the PICO2026 conference will be posted here.