North American Silicon Symposium

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May 27th-29th, 2025, Prince of Wales Hotel, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

Silicon(e) Chemistry Enables Sustainability

Organizing Committee

Paul Zelisko (Brock University) – pzelisko@brocku.ca
Dan Chen (McMaster University)
Najibeh Alizadeh (Brock University)
Corradina Towie (Brock University)
Julio Trevino (Brock University)
Laura Voigt (Brock University)
Makiko Yamamuro (Brock University)

The 54th North American Silicon Symposium will bring together academic, industrial, and government silicon scientists and engineers from around the world to share in the most recent advances surrounding the element silicon, with the general theme of “Silicon(s) Chemistry Enables Sustainability”. For over half a century, this unaffiliated gathering has met in more than 25 different states and provinces in the USA, Mexico, and Canada. Please join us from May 27-29, 2025 for invited talks, insightful seminars, engaging poster sessions, and the traditional conference banquet.

This instalment of the Symposium will be held at the picturesque Prince of Wales Hotel in beautiful downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.  We look forward to engaging with you at the Symposium!

Location

Prince of Wales Hotel, 6 Picton St. Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

The Symposium will take place at the beautiful Prince of Wales Hotel, located in the heart of picturesque Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.  The venue boasts not only excellent conference facilities, but delegates will experience the royal treatment with top notch restaurants and spas on site.  The Hotel is only a short walk from the Niagara River and Lake Ontario and tucked into the heart of downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake.

For delegates not driving to the Symposium, Niagara Airbus offers shuttle service from Toronto Pearson, Hamilton, and Buffalo airports.

Plenary Speaker

Michael A. Brook (McMaster University)

Invited Speakers

Joseph Furgal

Bowling Green State University

Shuai Liang

Saint-Gobain Research North America

Alexandra Rinehart

Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Inc.

Marc Adler

Toronto Metropolitan University

Vinodh Rajendra

Momentive

John Grande

Siltech Corporation

samuel johnson

university of windsor

Jonathan Veinot

University of Alberta

Anne Ladegaard Skov

Danish Technical Univeristy

Registration

General (Early Bird – up to March 31, 2025) – $450 CDN
General (Regular – after March 31, 2025) – $500 CDN

Student (Early Bird – up to March 31, 2025) – $150 CDN
Student (Regular – after March 31, 2025) – $200 CDN

Banquet (optional) – $75 CDN

Click here to register!

Abstract Submission

Click on the link below to download the abstract template.

Complete your abstract by replacing the text in the template (figures should fit in the confines of the box); presenting author should be underlined.  Please select the type of presentation that you would like to make and e-mail the completed form, as a Word document to pzelisko@brocku.ca by May 1, 2025.  We regret that abstracts received after this date may not be considered.  Abstracts that extend beyond the space allotted may be edited for length.

Please include “54th Silicon Symposium – Abstract” in the subject line of the email and save the file as “Presenting Author Surname – Abstract”.

Abstract Template – 54th Silicon Symposium – May 2025

Sponsors

We would like to thank and acknowledge the contributions from our generous sponsors for their support in making this event possible.

Silicon-Level Sponsors

Germanium-Level Sponsors

Carbon-Level Sponsors

Tin-Level Sponsors

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