The Introductory School 2026 is an intensive three-day program combining professional skill development with advanced scientific training in materials science, crystallography, and device-oriented applications.
Planned sessions: 
Session 1: Time-management. Dr. Ramiro García Galán (UPM, Spain)
Session 2: Presentation skills.  Dr. Ramiro García Galán (UPM, Spain)
Session 3: Crystallography and Tensors of Physical Properties of Materials.
Prof. Ausrine Bartasyte (UMLP, France - Coordinator)
Session 4: KNbO₃, (K,Na,Li)NbO₃ and related materials: how to obtain single crystals and to manipulate their domain structure. Prof. Daniel Rytz (Brevalor, Switzerland)
Session 5: Introduction to integrated electro-optics, requirements to the materials. Prof. Laurent Vivien (CNRS, France)
Session 6: Introduction to nonlinear optics and metasurfaces, requirements to the materials. Prof. Giuseppe Leo (University Paris Cite, France)
Session 7: Introduction to piezoelectric devices. 
Prof. Emeritus Paul Muralt (PieMACS, Switzerland)
Session 8: Introduction to BAW, material requirements, devices.
Prof. Marta Clement (UPM, Spain)
Session 9: Introduction to SAW, material requirements, devices. Dr. Alberto Hernández-Mínguez, Dr. Mingyun Yuan (PDI-FVP, Germany)