Special Events & Sessions

Sunday, January 12 - Satellite Meeting for the International Symposium on Integrated Magnetics begins. 
Click here for more info on how to register.

  • Monday, January 13

    • Industry Day

      Monday, January 13
      9:00 am – 1:00 pm

      Chaired by Guohan Hu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center and Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Seagate

      Magnetic Recording and Hard Disk Drives: Status, Challenges, and Future Directions

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        Western Digital Corporation

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        Seagate Technology

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        TDK Headway Technologies

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        Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

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        IBM

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        Western Digital

    • Tutorial: Symmetry in Magnetism

      Monday, January 13 
      2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

      Chaired by Cindi Dennis, NIST

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        Colorado State University

        New Prospects of Symmetry in Magnetotransport Studies

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        National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

        How to Synthesize Magnetic Materials in Various Forms of Powder and Bulk

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        Loughborough University

        Frustration in Magnetism: Misery loves Company

    • Opening Bierstube

      Monday, January 13
      5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
       

    • Young Professionals Lightning Talks

      Monday, January 13
      6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

      Chaired by Dmytro Bozhko, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  • Tuesday, January 14

    • Workshop: Overview of Permanent Magnets, Soft Magnets, and Biomagnetism Areas of Magnetism for the Non-Expert

      Tuesday, January 14
      12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

      Chaired by Cindi Dennis, NIST

      Permanent Magnets:  George Hadjipanayis 
      Soft Magnets: Satoshi Okamoto 
      Biomagnetism: Beth Stadler

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        Tohoku University

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        University of Minnesota

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        University of Delaware

    • Bierstube

      Tuesday, January 14
      5:30 pm – 6:45 pm

    • Students in Magnetism Networking Event

      Tuesday, January 14
      5:30 pm – 6:45 pm  
      All students are invited to mix and mingle at this networking event. 

      Click “More info” to learn  about joining the online Students in Magnetism Forum.

    • Evening Session: Science and History of Rock and Roll

      Tuesday, January 14
      6:45 pm - 8:00 pm

      Chaired by Amal El-Gazaly, Cornell University

      This session will focus on the science of rock and roll, most specifically on the development of electric guitars and the underlying physics and magnetism to their operation.  It will conclude with a brief historical discussion, with a particular focus on the ties of rock and roll back to the local jazz community in New Orleans.

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        Indiana University

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        Tulane University

  • Wednesday, January 15

    • Workshop: Overview of Spintronics, Magnetodynamics, and Coupled Magnetics Areas of Magnetism for the Non-Expert

      Wednesday, January 15
      12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

      Chaired by Cindi Dennis, NIST

      Spintronics:  Stephane Mangin
      Dynamics of Magnetization Switching: Pietro Gambardella
      Coupled Magnetics: Nian Sun

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        ETH Zurich

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        CRNS

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        Northeastern University

    • Magnetics Society Annual Meeting

      Wednesday, January 15
      12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

      Join us to learn more about what the IEEE Magnetics Society is doing to support and strengthen the magnetics community, and about the benefits of belonging to the Society. To join today, go to www.ieeemagnetics.org.

    • Bierstube

      Wednesday, January 15
      5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
       

    • Women in Magnetism Networking Event

      Wednesday, January 15
      5:30 pm - 6:45 pm

    • Evening Panel Discussion

      21st-Century Permanent Magnets:  How to Take it to the Next Level? A Panel/Audience Dialogue

      Wednesday, January 15
      6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

      Chaired by Laura Lewis, Northeastern University

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        University of Delaware

        (Sm)(Fe,Co)12-based magnetic materials: Perspective 1

      • Yukiko Takahashi

        NIMS

        (Sm)(Fe,Co)12-based magnetic materials: Perspective 2

      • César de Julián Fernández

        Istituto dei Materiali per l'Elettronica ed il Magnetismo Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

        Progress and prospects of hard hexaferrites for permanent magnet applications

      • Yaroslav Mudryk

        The Ames Laboratory, U.S. DOE/Iowa State University

        Synthetic L10-FeNi: achievements and challenges

      • Ester Palmero

        IMDEA Nanociencia

        Development of Sustainable Rare Earth-free Permanent Magnets based on MnAlC through Conventional and Advanced Manufacturing

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        University of Warwick

        Computational Insight into L10 FeNi optimization

    • Mentoring Workshop

      Wednesday, January 15
      6:45 pm - 8:00 pm
      Pre-registration is required.

      Chaired by Cindi Dennis, NIST

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        National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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        National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Thursday, January 16

    • Meet the Speakers

      Thursday, January 16
      12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

      Chaired by Cindi Dennis, NIST

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        National University of Singapore

        Spin Transport and 2D Materials and Heterostructures

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        Oak Ridge National Laboratory

        Using Small-angle Neutron Scattering to Study Magnetism on the Nanoscale

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        Oak Ridge National Laboratory

        Skyrmions and Using Neutron Scattering for Studying Topological Magnetic Phenomena in 3D Nanostructures

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        Radboud University

        Switching of Magnetization and Spin Lattice Interactions

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        Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

        van der Waals Antiferromagnets

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        Harvard University

        NV Center Magnetometry

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        Tohoku University

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        Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

        Voltage-control of Magnetism and Magneto-ionics

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        University of Cincinnati

        Thermoelectrics, Topological Materials, and Transport Characterization

    • Magnetic Sensor Challenge

      Instructional Meeting: Only for attendees that registered for this event.
      Monday, January 13
      2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

      Final Presentations:  Open to all attendees
      Thursday, January 16
      12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

      Chaired by Phil Mather

    • Outreach Challenge

      Final Presentations:  Open to all attendees
      Thursday, January 16
      12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

      Chaired by Cindi Dennis, NIST

    • IEEE Awards Ceremony

      Thursday, January 16
      4:30 pm - 5:30 pm  

      Chaired by Kunle Adeyeye, Magnetics Society Honors and Awards Chair, Durham University; and Atsufumi Hirohata, Magnetics Society President, Tohoku University

    • Plenary Session

      Thursday, January 16
      5:30 pm - 6:30 pm  

      Chaired by Mark Stiles, NIST, 2025 Joint MMM-Intermag General Chair

    • Plenary Reception

      Thursday, January 16
      6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

  • Friday, January 17

    • Workshop: Women in Magnetism

      Friday, January 17
      12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
      Pre-registration is required.

      Chaired by Montserrat Rivas, Universidad de Oviedo

    • Standards in Magnetism

      Friday, January 17
      1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

      Chaired by Philip Pong, New Jersey Institute of Technology