Analytica 2026: The Future of Chromatography Is Here – Are You Ready?

The future of chromatography is here – are you ready?

Chromatography continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, driven by the need for sustainability, analytical performance, and digital innovation. This dedicated analytica 2026 conference session brings together leading experts to explore how next-generation GC and LC technologies, advanced hyphenated techniques, microfluidics, additive manufacturing, and data-driven workflows are reshaping analytical science. From greener HPLC strategies and supercritical fluid chromatography to ion mobility–HRMS and multidimensional separations, the programme provides a forward-looking perspective on how laboratories can adapt to emerging analytical challenges and unlock new scientific insights.

Companies participating in the analytica 2026 trade fair:

• Agilent Technologies
• ANALYTIKA
• Bruker
• DataApex
• KNAUER
• LabRulez
• LECO
• Markes International
• Metrohm
• PerkinElmer
• Restek
• SCIEX
• SciY
• Shimadzu
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Wasson-ECE
• Waters Corporation

Programme Tuesday, 24 March 2026, ICM Saal 5

09:30 - 10:00 EuChemS-DAC Tribute to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Buchberger presented by Dr. Martin Vogel

• Dr. Martin Vogel | Germany | University of Münster

The Future of Chromatography Is Here – Are You Ready? Towards Sustainable HPLC: Are Narrower Columns the Solution? (GDCh)

10:00 - 10:30 From filament to chromatogram: using additive manufacturing to democratise miniaturisation and promote sustainability in analytical laboratories

• Dr. Thorsten Teutenberg | Germany | Institut für Umwelt & Energie, Technik & Analytik e.V. (IUTA)

10:30 - 11:00 Supercritical fluid chromatography as a sustainable analytical method

• Prof. Dr. Caroline West | France | University of Orleans

11:00 - 11:30 Microfluidic versus conventional LC–HRMS for HIV metabolomics: a comparative performance assessment

• Frederic Lynen | Belgium

11:30 - 12:30 Poster Session sponsored by Shimadzu

The Future of Chromatography Is Here – Are You Ready? GC & HPLC: The Cutting-Edge Advances You Need to Know - Part I (GDCh)

12:30 - 13:00 Next-Gen HPLC: A Column Technology Deep Dive

• Prof. Dr. Gert Desmet | Belgium | Free University Brussels

13:00 - 13:30 GC-Based hyphenated techniques for detailed characterization of complex samples

• Prof. Dr. Giorgia Purcaro | Belgium | University of Liège

13:30 - 14:00 Molecular Encoding as a Tool to Enable Data Science-Assisted Analytical Measurements

• Prof. Kevin Schug | USA | The University of Texas at Arlington

14:00 - 14:30 Good Resolutions for Bad Pollutants: Ion Mobility–HRMS to Resolve Complex Environmental Mixtures

• Prof. Dr. Gauthier Eppe | Belgium

The Future of Chromatography Is Here – Are You Ready? GC & HPLC: The Cutting-Edge Advances You Need to Know - Part II (GDCh)

15:00 - 15:30 GC×GC-TOFMS for Medical Volatolomics

• Prof. Dr. Jean-François Focant | Belgium | University of Liege

15:30 - 16:00 Cryogenic band compression as a means to simplify the sample preparation step in 1D and comprehensive 2D GC food analysis

• Prof. Dr. Peter Q. Tranchida | Italy | University of Messina

16:00 - 16:30 Significance of radial dispersion to effective modulation in two-dimensional liquid chromatography and its role in machine-learning based automated method development

• Bob Pirok | Netherlands | University of Amsterdam

16:30 - 17:00 LCxSFC coupling: A robust tool to aid understanding of renewable and circular industrial processes 

• Karine Faure | France | University of Lyon