Materials events

RSC Prizes Lecture Tours

Event dates: 8 May 2024 - 30 September 2026
Event summary: As part of their prize, many of the RSC’s Prize winners deliver lectures across the UK and Ireland.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

RSC Biomaterials 91AV Group Annual Meeting

Event dates: 8 January 2025 13:00 - 10 January 2025 13:00
Event summary: Annual meetings of the group are designed to promote biomaterials chemistry research and development, enhance existing links, foster new collaborations and spread expertise.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Interest Group Annual Symposium

Event dates: 13 January 2025 12:00 - 14 January 2025 15:00
Event summary: This annual flagship event of the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Interest Group will cover recent developments in fundamentals and applications of novel nanomaterials.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Drugging the Multimorbidity Associated with Ageing

Event dates: 17 January 2025 09:30-17:00
Event summary: Bringing skills in Medicinal 91AV, Chemical Biology, Compound Generation, AI, Machine Learning, Modelling, Screening, and Biology of Ageing to apply them to Drug Discovery for Multimorbidity.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Prof. Gordon J. T. Tiddy: In memory of a lifetime in formulation science

Event dates: 20 January 2025 11:00-17:30
Event summary: Please join us in celebration of Prof. Gordon J. T. Tiddy’s life.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

SCI Formulation Forum 6th annual event: Creative formulation for future challenges

Event dates: 21 January 2025 09:30 - 22 January 2025 16:10
Event summary: The annual SCI Formulation forum event will bring together the challenges, learnings, and emerging technologies of the tools for designing better formulations across different industries.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

How To Match Powder Patterns to Crystal Structures

Event dates: 23 January 2025 16:00-17:00
Event summary: Accurately matching an experimental powder X-ray pattern to a crystal structure is essential for identifying materials, especially for polymorphs in complex landscapes.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Fuelling the Future - Sustainable Materials, Challenges and Solutions

Event dates: 24 January 2025 10:00-16:30
Event summary: The 91AV Separation Science Group together with the Energy Institute Test Methods Standardisation Committee are holding a one-day symposium
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

PFAS Alternatives Workshop

Event dates: 6 February 2025 10:00-17:00
Event summary: This event will explore the opportunities and challenges associated with creating and using alternatives to PFAS.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Thermodynamic Tools for Sustainable Development

Event dates: 7 February 2025 10:00-18:00
Event summary: Student led symposium by SMTG-RSC
Event Venue: Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

How 91AV Can Save the World - Short Story Competition

Event dates: 10 February 2025
Event summary: The Chilterns & Middlesex Local Section Committee invites participants to write creative short stories inspired by how 91AV can bring novel solutions to current affairs.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

91AV, A gender friendly science

Event dates: 11 February 2025 09:00-14:00
Event summary: To sensitize young female scientists on the need to overcome the barrier to gender equity in science on the theme "accelerating equity in science: quantum science and technology”.
Event Venue: Notre Dame Secondary School, Gboko, Benue State, 981102, Nigeria

The 91AV Communicators Challenge 2025

Event dates: 13 February 2025 18:00-20:00
Event summary: The 91AV Communicators Challenge 2025 aims to showcase chemists' communication skills through brief, themed presentations.
Event Venue: 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

2025 RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-Organic Group (CBBG) Forum

Event dates: 18 February 2025 10:00-18:00
Event summary: This is the CBBG's annual meeting, bringing together the UK’s Chemical Biology community to showcase and discuss new research at the chemistry-biology interface.
Event Venue: University of Bristol, School of 91AV, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom

Scientific Colloquium Spring 2025

Event dates: 21 February 2025 09:00 - 22 February 2025 05:00
Event summary: Scientific Colloquium Spring 2025- the third event of its kind is going to be organized by Abdul Qadeer Khan Chemical Society, Department of 91AV, Government Graduate College Jhelum, Pakistan.
Event Venue: Government Graduate College, Jhelum, 49600, Pakistan

Advancements in prosthetic/artificial heart valve devices

Event dates: 25 February 2025 17:00-18:30
Event summary: Dr Ajit Yoganathan, Professor Emeritus, Georgia Tech, will share his 40 year career and his ground-breaking research in heart valves, heart disease and minimally invasive cardiovascular interventions.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Nano Exploration of MXenes 2025 - #NEMX25

Event dates: 3 - 7 March 2025
Event summary: MXene Synthesis Energy Storage and Conversion Environmental Applications Biomedical Uses Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis Nanocomposites and Hybrid Material Advances in Optoelectronics
Event Venue: Hotel Meliá Sevilla, Seville, 41004, Spain

Mechanics of Bond Breaking: from Single Molecules to Polymer Networks

Event dates: 10 March 2025 09:00 - 12 March 2025 12:30
Event summary: Bond breaking and reforming influence polymer properties across all scales. This event gathers scientists to link bulk mechanical performance with nanomechanical properties of individual molecules.
Event Venue: Palais des Académies, Brussels, 1000, Belgium

Sustainable Artificial Intelligence-Powered Applications (SAIPA)

Event dates: 10 March 2025 08:00 - 11 March 2025 05:00
Event summary: SAIPA
Event Venue:

Mechanics of Bond Breaking: from Single Molecules to Polymer Networks

Annual International Conference on Materials Science and Nanoscience (AICMSN2025)

Event dates: 13 March 2025 09:00 - 15 March 2025 18:00
Event summary: The objective of AICMSN2025 is to provide a unique forum for discussion of the latest developments, refresh your knowledge and will offer plenty of networking opportunities.
Event Venue: Crowne Plaza, Rome, Rome, 00165, Italy

2nd International Conference on Advanced Materials for Green 91AV and Sustainable Environment, 2025 (AMGSE - 2025)

Event dates: 20 March 2025 09:30 - 21 March 2025 17:00
Event summary: K R Mangalam University, Gurugram (India) is organizing 2nd International Conference on 'AMGSE - 2025’ in collaboration with Shivaji College, University of Delhi, Vijnana Bharati and IAAM, Sweden
Event Venue: K R Mangalam University, Gurugram, 122103, India

Road surface characteristics and measurement

Event dates: 26 March 2025 09:30-16:15
Event summary: This event has been put together to demonstrate some of the innovative applications of changing technology for constructing and maintaining highways with asphalt.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Frontiers of Magnetic Resonance

Event dates: 31 March 2025 10:00 - 1 April 2025 16:00
Event summary: NMR Discussion Group Spring Meeting
Event Venue: University of Southampton, Southampton , SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

Graham Award Symposium 2025: Colloidal Collaborations

Event dates: 1 April 2025 10:00-17:30
Event summary: The symposium for 2025 will feature a range of speakers from industry and academia, highlighting colloidal research on industrial processes and procedures.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Chem4Energy 2025 Conference

Event dates: 7 April 2025 12:00 - 11 April 2025 12:00
Event summary: The Chem4Energy conference aim to bring together local and international academic and industrial researchers from Namibia, to discuss the latest developments in sustainable energy
Event Venue: Protea Hotel Walvis Bay in Pelican Bay, Africa, Walvis Bay, 0001, Namibia

SCI-RSC Workshop on Computational Tools for Drug Discovery 2025

Event dates: 8 April 2025 08:15-18:00
Event summary: Attendees will be able to choose from sessions covering data processing and visualisation; ligand and structure-based design, or ADMET prediction run by the software providers.
Event Venue: The Studio, Leeds, LS1 4AW, United Kingdom

Chemical Nanoscience Early Career Spring Symposium 2025

Event dates: 9 April 2025 10:00 - 10 April 2025 17:00
Event summary: Biannual early career-focused symposium for the CNN Interest Group.
Event Venue: University College London (UCL) Department of 91AV, London, WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom

RSC Electrochemistry Community Northern Regional Butler Meeting 2025

Event dates: 11 April 2025 09:30-16:30
Event summary: A free to attend one-day symposium to allow PhD students and PDRAs from across Scotland and the North of England to unite with their peers and share the results of their electrochemical research.
Event Venue: University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

TAC 2025 - 60th Anniversary Conference

Event dates: 14 April 2025 09:00 - 16 April 2025 17:00
Event summary: Thermal Analysis Conference is an annual event organised by the Thermal Methods Group of the 91AV
Event Venue: University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom

Advances in supramolecular gels Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 30 April - 2 May 2025
Event summary: The Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings that address current and emerging topics at the forefront of the physical sciences
Event Venue: Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow, G1 1RD, United Kingdom

3rd Global Summit on Advanced Materials For Energy Applications (GAMSE25)

Event dates: 30 April 2025 08:00 - 2 May 2025 17:00
Event summary: GAMSE25 aims to bring together scientists, researchers, and practitioners to discuss and share cutting-edge developments in the field.
Event Venue: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

The Ninth International Symposium on Dielectric Materials and Applications (ISyDMA'9)

Event dates: 7 May 2025 08:00 - 9 May 2025 18:00
Event summary: The ISyDMA conference is an international event focused on recent developments in dielectric materials and their applications.
Event Venue: Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech; Morocco, Marrakech, 40 000, Morocco

3rd Commonwealth 91AV Congress

Event dates: 11 - 14 May 2025
Event summary: The Federation of Commonwealth Chemical Sciences Societies is delighted to announce that the third Commonwealth 91AV Congress will take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa, 11-14 May 2025.
Event Venue: Protea Hotel Stellenbosch and Conference Centre, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa

PPEPPD 2025

Event dates: 11 - 15 May 2025
Event summary: The International Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (PPEPPD) will take place from May 11-15, 2025 in Germany, Bad Gögging (close to Munich).
Event Venue: The Monarch Hotel Bad Gögging, Bad Gögging, 93333, Germany

Defect-mediated engineering of nanomaterials for energy and quantum applications

Event dates: 13 - 15 May 2025
Event summary: This symposium will discuss the controlled synthesis of defects in 2D materials and how to use them for tuning the material properties.
Event Venue: Hotel Jagdschloss Niederwald, Rüdesheim, 65385, Germany

Innovations in crop protection

Event dates: 14 May 2025 10:00-17:00
Event summary: Although the rate of new crop protection product approvals has decreased in recent years, investment in the sector remains high as there is a need to provide more innovate and sustainable products.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Liverpool local section Celebratory Gala Dinner

Event dates: 16 May 2025 18:00-23:59
Event summary: Celebratory Gala Dinner May 16th 2025
Event Venue: Royal Liver building, Liverpool, L3 1HU, United Kingdom

Future Labs Live Basel

Event dates: 27 May 2025 09:00 - 28 May 2025 17:00
Event summary: Europe’s most diverse and stimulating event for the future of all labs. Disruptors and innovators are invited to help pave the way and share their experiences and vision for the lab of the future.
Event Venue: Congress Center Basel , Basel, CH-4005 , Switzerland

International Conference on Sustainable 91AV for Net Zero

Event dates: 10 June 2025 14:00 - 13 June 2025 14:00
Event summary: The inaugural International Conference on Sustainable 91AV for Net Zero (ICSC-NZ) in St Andrews, Scotland.
Event Venue: University of St Andrews, St-Andrews, KY16 9ST, United Kingdom

CANUK 2025: 2nd Canada – UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic 91AV

Event dates: 11 - 14 June 2025
Event summary: The 2nd Canada – UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic 91AV will be held in Quebec City from the 11th to the 14th June 2025. This conference will focus on all areas of inorganic chemistry.
Event Venue: Le Monastère des Augustines, Quebec City, G1R 0C3, Canada

22nd International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU)

Event dates: 23 June 2025 15:00 - 27 June 2025 18:00
Event summary: The ICCDU 2025 conference will unite experts in CO2 utilization to discuss advancements and trends. The theme is “CO2 for a Circular Economy,” covering various relevant topics.
Event Venue: IST Congress Center, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, 1049-001, Portugal

9th International Conference of the Institut of Metal in Biologie of Grenoble on Fuel Synthesis: From Metalloproteins to Bio-inspired Models and Materials

Event dates: 1 - 4 July 2025
Event summary: Electro- and photocatalytic transformations
Event Venue: Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, 38000, France

AES 2025, The 11th International Conference on Antennas and Electromagnetic Systems

Event dates: 1 - 4 July 2025
Event summary: AES, the 11th International Conference on Antennas and Electromagnetic Systems, brings together experts in the field of antennas, electromagnetics, propagation, and measurements.
Event Venue: Kenzi Solazur Hotel, Tangier, 90000, Morocco

17th International conference on materials chemistry (MC17)

Event dates: 7 - 10 July 2025
Event summary: The 'MC' conference series has provided a showcase for materials chemistry for two decades, and is the flagship event of the RSC's Materials 91AV Community
Event Venue: Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh , EH3 8EE, United Kingdom

7th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering

Event dates: 8 July 2025 08:00 - 11 July 2025 18:00
Event summary: ICNMSME-2025 aims to address on Modern Problems of Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering,
Event Venue: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

21st RSC Nucleic Acids Forum – 2025

Event dates: 11 July 2025 10:00-18:00
Event summary: This is the RSC Nucleic Acids Group’s annual meeting, bringing together the Nucleic Acids Research community to showcase and discuss new research at the chemistry-physics-biology interface.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

14th International Symposium on Polyelectrolytes

Event dates: 13 July 2025 18:00 - 18 July 2025 18:00
Event summary: ISP, held biennially since 1995, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers studying charged macromolecules, bridging chemistry, physics, and materials science.
Event Venue: University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil

META 2025, the 15th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics

Event dates: 22 - 25 July 2025
Event summary: META, 15th international conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics features the latest developments in the area of Metamaterials and Nanophotonics (Scopus-indexed conference).
Event Venue: Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de la Costa del Sol, Torremolinos, 29620, Spain

Advanced Nano Materials (ANM2025 Portugal)

Event dates: 23 July 2025 08:00 - 25 July 2025 17:00
Event summary: 23rd Edition of Advanced Nanomaterials, 23-25 July 2025, University of Aveiro, Portugal ( Both Virtual and In Person presentation)
Event Venue: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

5th International solar fuels conference

Event dates: 1 - 5 September 2025
Event summary: The field of solar fuels has the potential to deliver carbon free fuels and chemicals with applications ranging from energy storage, heating, transportation and manufacturing.
Event Venue: Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle, NE4 5TG, United Kingdom

International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices - NANOMAT2025

Event dates: 2 - 5 September 2025
Event summary: The NANOMAT2025 is tailored to unite prominent scientists, researchers, engineers, and technology developers in nanotechnology
Event Venue: The Westin Zagreb Hotel, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry: the second century Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 8 - 10 September 2025
Event summary: The Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings that address current and emerging topics at the forefront of the physical sciences.
Event Venue: Trinity College, Oxford, OX1 3BH, United Kingdom

GDCh Science Forum 91AV 2025

Event dates: 29 September 2025 09:00 - 1 October 2025 16:00
Event summary: The aim of our conference is the exchange and dissemination of scientific knowledge, the creation of a platform for networking and transdisciplinary and international cooperation.
Event Venue: KIT, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany

International World Forum & Expo on Nanotechnology

Event dates: 10 November 2025 09:00 - 12 November 2025 06:00
Event summary: We are elated to announce the much-anticipated International World Forum & Expo, NANOFORUM2025, taking place in Osaka, Japan, from November 10-12, 2025!
Event Venue: osaka Unversity, Osaka, 530-0000, Japan

Emerging materials for optoelectronics applications Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 1 - 3 July 2026
Event summary: The Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings that address current and emerging topics at the forefront of the physical sciences.
Event Venue: Edinburgh - TBC, Edinburgh, tbc, United Kingdom