The summer school “Surfaces and Interfaces” took place on 20-23 June 2017 in the framework of a European collaborative network of doctorate programs in Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials (PCAM), a European initial training network THINFACE, and the Summer Courses of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). The summer school was held in a seaside palace in the scenic city of San Sebastian, Basque Country (Spain) and welcomed PhD students, post-docs, and all researchers interested in the field.

The program, based on tutorials and invited talks, also included oral contributions and posters.

Tutorials

• Advances in 2D Materials
  Oliver Monti (University of Arizona, USA)
• Thin-Film Solar Cells
  Frank Nüesch (EMPA, Switzerland)
• Photonics/Plasmonics in 2D Materials
  Luis Martín-Moreno (Universidad Zaragoza, Spain)
• Core-level Spectroscopies
  Franz Himpsel (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Invited speakers

• Stefano Agnoli (Università degli Studi di Padova)
• Rainer Hillenbrand (CIC nanoGUNE, Spain)
• James O’Shea (University of Nottingham, UK)
• Talat Rahman (University of Central Florida, USA)
• Koen Vandewal (TU Dresden, Germany)
• Karin Zojer (Graz University of Technology, Austria)