Organizers: Alessandro Fortunelli, Lyudmila Moskaleva, Petra Čechová, and Markéta Paloncyova)

Date: 17 December 2025 09:00-17:00

This is the 2nd Edition of the WG3 Virtual Symposium – Young Scientists’ Forum – is designed to serve as a platform for Young Researchers and Investigators (YRIs) within the Working Group 3 and the entire Action to present and discuss their research on confined molecular systems. The YSF2025 aims at stimulating discussions on the latest advancements in nanocluster research, encouraging active participation and knowledge exchange among attendees. By stimulating active participation and knowledge exchange, the symposium aims to strengthen professional relationships and promote future collaborative projects both within and outside WG3. Building on the success of the previous virtual meetings of WG3: S-1 and S-2 held in 2022 and 2023, and the 1st Edition of the Young Scientists’ Forum in 2024, the event will follow a Faraday-Discussion format, which will allow attendees to discuss their research in a collaborative environment. The Faraday Discussion format foresees that some materials of the presentations are available ahead of the discussion (as DOIs, slides, or videos), then allowing for their very short presentation by the presenters and reserving a much longer time for the ensuing discussions and questions from the other participants (grounded on the previously available materials). In YSF these two types of contributions are expected: (i) Talks: 5-minute presentations followed by 15 minutes discussion, (ii) Brief Presentations: Flash presentations of 2 minutes followed by 8 minutes discussion. Furthermore, the symposium will be co-organized and co-chaired by YRIs, ensuring a collaborative approach to highlight and promote the work of early-stage scientists (doctoral candidates, postdocs, Young Researchers, within the first 10 years of their research activity, since graduation).

Request of oral presentations are now closed, but interested researchers can still attend by registering filling up the google form at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsvPtbHZEj7q0wBVCEIhGLifPs4sJBAP0xGlXi9wPAab_u4A/viewform

– instructions on the zoom link to attend, as well as the DOIs of the oral presentations, will be sent to registered participants before the event.