1st International Symposium and 2nd National Symposium on Research and Innovation in Nanoscience

Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories 

1st International Symposium and 2nd National Symposium on Research and Innovation in Nanoscience 

From 20-22 October 2025 the Second National Symposium on Research and Innovation in Nanoscience—and the first to include international participation—brought together leading scientists to explore new frontiers and translational applications of nanotechnology in a truly global and multidisciplinary context. The symposium was organized in a hybrid mode with participants able to join online or on site: at the Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology (CFATA) in Queretaro, Mexico. 

The event was organized by researchers from the National Nanotoxicological Evaluation System Initiative (SINANOTOX), led by Dr. Carmen González Castillo and Karla Oyuky Juarez Moreno, the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (UASLP), and the Center for Applied Physics and Advanced Technology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). 

Held over three days in Queretaro the symposium featured four plenary lectures, four invited talks, 27 oral presentations, and 31 scientific posters (including some online contributions), showcasing research from national institutions and contributors across North and South America and Europe. The event attracted 150 participants. 

Discussions spanned a wide range of topics, including green synthesis, characterization, and application of engineered nanomaterials and other advanced materials in biomedicine, environmental remediation, energy, and nanotoxicology. Speakers also addressed the ethical and sustainability challenges of advancing science for societal and environmental well-being. 

Amongst other presenters, Fernand Doridot (ICAM, France) and Andreas Falk (BNN, Austria) presented the international network initiative INISS-nano, which is the global collaboration part of the NSC Community, ready to provide a valuable basis with its activities for future collaboration. 

The symposium concluded by reaffirming the crucial role of inter-institutional and international cooperation in promoting the responsible evaluation of nanomaterials and generating knowledge with tangible social and environmental impact, emphasizing the importance of training new generations of researchers and strengthening global collaboration networks. 

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