• Materials for environmental protection and remediation
• Biomedical, Bio-Derived and Bio-Inspired Materials
• Materials for the digital transformation
• Materials for mobility
• Materials for structural and multifunctional applications
• Materials for energy and power generation
• Materials and cultural heritage.

MATERIAIS 2023 will be organized by the University of Minho and PIEP (Innovation Pole in Polymer Engineering), an R&D non-profit private association. The University of Minho has campi in Braga and Guimarães (Azurém) and offers a number of graduate and post-graduate courses in Materials-related areas, and hosts important Research Centres pursing research in Materials Science and Engineering. Nowadays, the city of Guimarães is one of the most important national centres of research and innovation in Materials Science and Engineering, as well as of associated industrial activity.