The International Conference on Self-Healing Materials (ICSHM) Steering Committee invites proposals for those interested in hosting the 11th ICSHM in 2028. ICSHM is the premier biennial conference focusing on advances in self-healing materials science, engineering, and technological applications. Since its first edition in 2007, the mission of this conference is to provide a high-level international platform for the field of self-healing materials. ICSHM attracts a diverse, multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers from around the world and provides a venue for reporting and observing the current state of the art and research results in the field. The conference provides a welcome environment for a mixture of academic, government and industrial researchers, managers, and policy makers.

Those wishing to submit a proposal are encouraged to contact the chair of the ICSHM Steering Committee (Nele De Belie nele.debelie@ugent.be) or any other steering committee member (see below) for advice and/or feedback.

Formal proposals are due by May 1, 2026, sent by email to Nele De Belie (nele.debelie@ugent.be) and should contain the following sections:

• Executive summary
• Organizing committee members, with information on their expertise in the field of self-healing materials
• Planned symposia topics
• Prospective conference venue
• Preliminary budget with estimated conference registration fee(s)
• Conference hotel or associated hotels in vicinity
• Travel infrastructure
• Pre- and/or post-conference programs envisioned

ICSHM Steering Committee

Name	Domain	Country
Nele De Belie	Concrete	Belgium
Wolfgang Binder	Polymers	Germany
Santiago Garcia Espallargas	Polymers	The Netherlands
Etelvina Javierre	Modelling, biological material	Spain
Mo Li	Concrete	USA
Veronique Michaud	Composites	Switzerland
Tomoya Nishiwaki	Concrete	Japan
Jason Patrick	Composites	USA
Erik Schlangen	Asphalt and concrete	The Netherlands
Aude Simar	Metal	Belgium
Olga Speck	Biomimetics	Germany
Nakao Wataru	Ceramics	Japan