October 20-23, 2026
EuroNanoLab Experts School
Building European Excellence in Nanofabrication
The inaugural Lithography Experts School marks a major milestone for the EuroNanoLab consortium, establishing a premier platform to advance lithography expertise across Europe. This foundational event strengthens the four core pillars that define our mission:
Enhance excellence by building superior processing competence in advanced lithography techniques.
Share competencies by defining European standards in cleanroom procedures and lithography best practices.
Foundational & Advanced Techniques: Optical, laser, and electron-beam lithography
Hands-On Training: Limited-capacity sessions designed for non-expert participants to build practical skills.
Accelerate research by enabling process exchange and providing a single access point to micro- and nanofabrication research infrastructure and expertise.
Strengthen cooperation by building an alliance between scientists and micro- and nanofabrication experts.
Expert-Led Education and Knowledge Exchange
Internationally recognised academic and industrial lithography specialists will deliver lectures covering the full spectrum of modern lithography: from fundamental principles and resist chemistry to advanced patterning techniques, process simulation, and cutting-edge applications across multiple technology nodes.
The school creates a dedicated space for lithography experts to connect, exchange ideas, discuss recent breakthroughs and technical challenges, and explore emerging advances in lithography equipment and processing technologies. By bringing together the European nanofabrication community, the 1st Lithography Experts School establishes a foundation for sustained collaboration and accelerated innovation in one of the most critical technologies for next-generation device fabrication.
The EuroNanoLab Expert School Lithography is the flagship educational initiative from our network, bringing together researchers, PhD students, early-career scientists, and industry professionals to explore the present and future of lithography technologies. This inaugural school represents our commitment to fostering excellence in nanofabrication through hands-on training and knowledge exchange.
Over four intensive days in Braga, Portugal, participants will engage with:
Cutting-edge Approaches: Nanoimprint lithography (NIL), interference lithography, greyscale, and emerging alternative techniques.
Cleanroom Tours: Expert-led facility tours showcasing world-class nanofabrication infrastructure.
Sustainability Focus: Green materials and sustainable practices in lithography.
Networking & Collaboration: Direct engagements with leading lithography experts and peers across Europe's nanotechnology ecosystem.
Who should attend?
This event welcomes the entire European nanotechnology community and beyond:
Academic researchers seeking to expand their expertise or discover new techniques
Industry professionals driving innovation in nanofabrication
Cleanroom managers and technical experts wanting to strengthen their competencies
Anyone passionate about the future of micro- and nanotechnology
PhD students and early-career researchers exploring lithography technologies
Why Attend?
Learn from leading experts in lithography across Europe's premier nanofabrication centres
Explore emerging technologies, including nanoimprint lithography, interference lithography, and sustainable materials
Build your professional network with researchers and industry partners across the European nanotechnology ecosystem
Access world-class facilities through exclusive cleanroom tours
Be part of a growing movement toward green and sustainable nanofabrication practices
Gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge techniques and equipment
What is EuroNanoLab?
EuroNanoLab is a distributed research infrastructure uniting more than 40 state-of-the-art academic nanofabrication centres across Europe. Our mission is to accelerate research in micro- and nanotechnology by transforming a fragmented landscape of national facilities into an integrated, collaborative knowledge base that drives scientific excellence and innovation.
As a collective of leading European cleanrooms, EuroNanoLab offers a single point of access to cutting-edge expertise, world-class equipment, and shared knowledge — enabling researchers, students, and industry partners to achieve breakthroughs faster and more efficiently.
EuroNanoLab strives to provide:
New nanofabrication systems capable of fabricating more complex micro- and nanodevices, by integrating the specialised contributions of multiple cleanrooms to accelerate high-impact scientific projects.
Coordinated user access to world-class nanofabrication equipment, expertise, technology development, and a shared knowledge base through a central hub.
Multidisciplinary outreach and novel nanofabrication building blocks, co-defined with leading experts across key scientific communities: quantum technologies, 2D materials, nanobiosciences, neuromorphic computing, and astronomy and space exploration.
Fast technology transfer to start-ups and SMEs.
EuroNanoLab contributes to innovative solutions for societal challenges in energy, environment, transport, health, and general well-being. Achieving ESFRI landmark status will further strengthen EuroNanoLab's recognition at both national and international levels.
EuroNanoLab's model draws inspiration from the NNIN — the US distributed infrastructure of academic cleanrooms established in 2004. EuroNanoLab’s core partners include cleanroom networks that have been working with this model for over 15 years (Sweden, the Netherlands, France, and Norway).
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Expanding Access to Nanofabrication Innovation Across Europe
Scientists pursuing exploratory research, whether from academic institutions or industry, naturally tackle diverse and novel challenges. This means their requests to nanofabrication facilities often come with unexpected requirements, and even Europe's most advanced cleanrooms cannot stock every specialised process needed to meet every researcher's demands. Developing new processes to address these gaps typically requires lengthy, uncertain timelines.
Yet the missing capabilities frequently exist elsewhere: across Europe's distributed network of cleanrooms, ready-made solutions sit unused because neither the facilities nor the researchers know they're available. A well-coordinated European infrastructure could unlock this hidden potential, offering researchers access to a far richer toolkit of process expertise than any single centre could provide alone. By connecting researchers with the right capabilities, wherever they're located, EuroNanoLab can deliver faster, higher-quality solutions to nanofabrication challenges that might otherwise require months of development.
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Build a Europe-wide nanofabrication infrastructure capable of providing university/industrial users with manufactured nano-objects for research with the highest quality and fastest delivery time.
Work jointly with European-wide research communities (e.g., flagship or other initiatives) to support their research by anticipating the development of appropriate new technologies.
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Preliminary Programme - TBD
Register now to secure your place in this inaugural event.
Spaces are limited, particularly for hands-on training sessions and cleanroom tours.
Venue
The INL International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, located in Braga (North of Portugal), was founded by the governments of Portugal and Spain under an international legal framework to perform interdisciplinary research and deploy and articulate nanotechnology for the benefit of society.
INL aims to become the worldwide hub for nanotechnology, addressing society’s grand challenges.
INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Av. Mestre José Veiga
4715-330 Braga | Portugal
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INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Av. Mestre José Veiga
4715-330 Braga | Portugal