Register now – Spatial ALD Day 2.0 – October 28, 2025

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Register now for the second edition of the Spatial ALD Day, which will take place on Tuesday, October 28, 2025! This event follows the highly successful first Spatial ALD Day we organized at the start of our NWO OTP project on spatial ALD. As our project now nears its conclusion, we look forward to bringing the community together once again for a day of insightful discussions, technical deep dives, and networking.

💡 Want to know what to expect? Check out our recap of the first Spatial ALD Day edition here, featuring photos and presentation downloads!

Program

The event will feature a mix of technical talks, discussions, and networking opportunities:

8:45 – 9:00 – Badge collection
9:00 – 10:00 (Optional) Tutorial Session – A deep dive into key topics for those new to (spatial) ALD (Bart Macco, TU/e)
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee and badge collection
Scientific Highlight Session
- 10:15 – 10:30 Overview of our NWO OTP project on spatial ALD (Bart Macco, TU/e)
- 10:30 – 10:55 Plasmas for spatial ALD (Ralph Houben, TU/e)
- 10:55 – 11:45 Compound materials and conformality in (plasma) spatial ALD (Mike van de Poll, TU/e)
11:45 – 13:00 Group photo + lunch
Technical contributions
- 13:00 – 13:30 Air Liquide – ALD for Energy Applications – Recent Progress in Precursor Chemistry for Li-ion Batteries and H₂ Catalysts (Jamie Greer)
- 13:30 – 14:00 PoWall – Title TBD (Sébastien Moitzheim)
- 14:00 – 14:25 SparkNano – Plasma sALD in porous membranes: throughput and efficiency (Paul Poodt)
14:25 – 14:45 Coffee break
Technical contributions (part 2)
- 14:45 – 15:10 TNO – Spatial ALD for the next generation of PV devices (Valerio Zardetto)
- 15:10 – 15:35 TU Twente – Tuning ceramic nanofiltration membranes by atmospheric-pressure MLD grown titanicone layers (Fred Roozeboom)
- 15:35 – 16:00 TNO – Spatial ALD of IrOx for catalysis (Oscar Diaz Morales)
- 16:00 – 16:25 SALD – Scaling up of spatial ALD (Hindrik de Vries)
16:25 – 16:45 Panel discussion and concluding remarks (led by Bart Macco)
16:45 – 20:00 Lab Tour, Networking, and dinner – You will have the opportunity to explore our lab facilities and see spatial ALD in action. The event will conclude with networking drinks and a dinner buffet at the university. Dinner will be served around 18:00.

Practical Information

Costs: Participation is free, though registration is required.
Date: October 28th
Food: Lunch and buffet dinner will be served, dietary preferences can be indicated during the registration.
Getting to Eindhoven: You can either fly to Eindhoven or to Amsterdam. In the latter case, you can then take the train to Eindhoven. In case you fly to Eindhoven, you can reach the city centre either by taxi or by bus (#400 or 401). In case you fly to Schiphol (Amsterdam), then consult the website ns.nl/en to search for the train connection. You can buy (1st and 2nd class) tickets at machines available at the Arrival section or in the main Schiphol hall from which the train tracks can be reached via escalators.
Location: Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, the Netherlands. You can type this address in Google maps to reach TU/e from your hotel. TU/e is located close to the train station and you can easily reach TU/e by foot from the bus-side of the station. The meeting room is in the Flux building, room 1.02. Please refer to the map on the website: www.tue.nl/en/our-university/tue-campus. Flux is building # 19 on the map. The map indicates also parking space (Pxx) in case you reach TU/e by car.
Recommended hotels:
- Hotel Queen: https://www.queeneindhoven.nl/
- Sandton Hotel Eindhoven: Sandton Eindhoven Centre – Centrum van Eindhoven – officiële website
- Leonardo Hotel Eindhoven: Leonardo Hotel Eindhoven City Center | Leonardo Hotels
- (formerly Crown hotel)
- Westcord hotel Eindhoven: Hotel Eindhoven | WestCord Hotels | Officiële Website
- Holiday Inn: Holiday Inn Eindhoven | Overnachten, Vergaderen, Dineren in Eindhoven
- Hotel Mariënhage: Boutique klooster hotel centrum Eindhoven – Hotel Mariënhage