The topics of 3S*26 will cover all aspects of surface science, including, but not limited to

• Surface geometric and electronic structure
• Surface adsorption and desorption
• Reactions and dynamics at surfaces
• Particle-surface interactions
• Epitaxial growth and heterostructures
• 2D materials
• Applied surface and interface science

The scientific program will include about 30 – 40 oral presentations (20-minutes talks including discussion), selected from the submitted extended abstracts. All other contributions will be presented as posters. Poster boards are 180 cm high and 90 cm wide. Poster sessions will be preceded by short oral poster introductions, where authors will have the opportunity to highlight their work as in “2-minute commercial”.

All participants will be accommodated in the Ski Austria Academy St. Christoph am Arlberg close to St. Anton am Arlberg (Austria) in single and two-bed rooms (all with shower/bath, WC and TV). We have only a limited number of rooms at our disposal and therefore urge you to fill out the online-registration form as soon as possible. If possible please indicate a room mate (another participant), with whom you would like to share your room. Accompanying persons are welcome, but will have to pay the full fee. The number of single rooms is very limited. Please note that you need to confirm their availability by e-mail to the organisers before registering choosing this option. All registrations will be handled strictly on a first come – first serve basis. Since in previous years all available rooms were typically booked well ahead of the registration deadline, we strongly advise early registration.

The symposium will start in the evening of Sunday, February 22nd, 2026. You should therefore plan to arrive on Sunday afternoon the latest. However, arrival on Saturday, February 21st, 2026 is possible for an additional fee. Full board starts on Sunday evening with dinner. The scientific program runs from Sunday evening to Friday evening. Departure is on Saturday, February 28th, 2026 after breakfast. In addition to the scientific program, an important purpose of this symposium is to enable informal contacts and networking during daily skiing activities. Therefore, lectures, poster introductions and poster presentations will take place during the morning and evening hours. A typical symposium day will have the following format:

The all-inclusive conference fee for 3S*26 is:

To guarantee your participation please transfer the full fee before November 24, 2025 the latest. Registration without receipt of payment at this date will be automatically cancelled. Please note the additional information for payment.

Abstract submission will open on August 1^st, 2025, and closes on January, 5^th, 2026. The abstract submission should be done via our abstract submission form, which will be linked here in due time.

Please use the provided abstract template, export the final version as a PDF and upload it on the abstract submission page. 

Oral presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts before January 31, 2026. All other contributions will be presented as posters. Poster sessions will be preceded by poster introductions, where authors will have the opportunity to orally present highlights of their work as a “2-minute commercial”.

• Fritz Aumayr
• Anna Niggas
• Ulrike Diebold
• Markus Valtiner

Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Austria

• A. Arnau (Donostia, Spain)
• F. Aumayr (Vienna, Austria)
• U. Diebold (Vienna, Austria)
• H. Dil (Lausanne, Switzerland)
• P.M. Echenique (Donostia, Spain)
• K.-H. Ernst (Zürich, Switzerland)
• R. Fasel (Dübendorf, Switzerland)
• S. Hasegawa (Tokyo, Japan)
• J. Kunze-Liebhäuser (Innsbruck, Austria)
• E. Lundgren (Lund, Sweden)
• M. Messing (Lund, Sweden)
• K. Morgenstern (Bochum, Germany)
• P. Müller (Marseille, France)
• F. Netzer (Graz, Austria)
• K. Reuter (Munich, Germany)
• M. Rocca (Genova, Italy)
• W.D. Schneider (Lausanne, Switzerland)
• T. Sikola (Brno, Czechia)
• M. Valtiner (Vienna, Austria)