An overview of the research themes featured throughout the event. Sustainable Energy & Functional MaterialsEnergy storage and conversion materials, batteries, supercapacitors, photovoltaics, hydrogen materials, electrocatalysis, CO2 utilisation, circular polymers, sustainable synthesis, electronic, photonic and 2D materials.Bio & Soft MaterialsBiomaterials, hydrogels, tissue-material interfaces, drug delivery, regenerative materials and bioinspired systems.AI for Materials DiscoveryData-driven materials design, machine learning, automation and digital approaches to materials discovery. This article was published on 2026-05-27