Our Mission
To accelerate the discovery and adoption of advanced materials that power a sustainable, smart and connected future.
About the Conference
Advanced Materials for a Sustainable, Smart and Connected Future
To accelerate the discovery and adoption of advanced materials that power a sustainable, smart and connected future.
Delegates from across the world gather in Rome to share research, forge partnerships, and shape industry direction.
Three days of plenary talks, keynote addresses, and parallel tracks across the most pressing themes in materials science.
Matverse-2027 is a three-day advanced materials conference in Rome, Italy, bringing together materials scientists, engineers, academic researchers, R&D leaders, sustainability experts, technology entrepreneurs and graduate scholars. The conference focuses on sustainable, smart and connected materials innovation, with sessions shaped around current priorities in materials research: nanomaterials, circular materials, energy materials and storage, functional materials, AI-enabled materials discovery, computational modelling, advanced manufacturing and resilient infrastructure. Program themes reflect leading research directions highlighted across recent materials publications, including AI-assisted discovery, sustainable polymers, CO2-derived materials, high-entropy materials, nanocircular economy approaches and automation for clean-energy materials development. Nanomaterials and nanotechnology Sustainable and circular materials Energy materials, batteries, hydrogen and photovoltaics Smart, functional and connected materials Computational materials, AI and digital twins Advanced manufacturing, coatings and smart infrastructure