Organic 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

E-WISPOC 2025

Event dates: 2 - 7 February 2025
Event summary: The 18th EWISPOC, hosted by the University of Padova, covers "91AV of the Confined Spaces" with lectures, poster sessions, and workshops, providing an informal setting for learning and discussion
Event Venue: Hotel Grüner Baum - Bressanone, Bressanone, 39042, Italy

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

RSC Meet the Editors - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India

Event dates: 10 February 2025 09:30-16:30
Event summary: RSC Meet the Editors are specially curated programs by the Editors and Publishing team, aimed to provide researchers with a platform to interact
Event Venue: IIT Hyderabad, Telangana, 502285, India

RSC Meet the Editors, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR

Event dates: 11 February 2025 14:00-17:30
Event summary: RSC Meet the Editors are specially curated programs by the Editors and Publishing team, aimed to provide researchers with a platform to interact
Event Venue: Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, 201314, India

2025 Global women's Breakfast Women in 91AV

Event dates: 11 February 2025 08:00-10:00
Event summary: Geared towards creating awareness, establishing an approach to education in which teachers develop teaching strategies and cultivate classroom environments that better support all students.
Event Venue: University of Lagos, Lagos, 101017, Nigeria

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

Highlights in catalysis, photo- and electrochemistry

Event dates: 11 February 2025 09:15 - 12 February 2025 17:45
Event summary: The meeting will comprise of short talks from early career researchers and recently appointed academics, and keynote lectures from established researchers in academia and industry.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

Global Women Breakfast 2025

Event dates: 11 February 2025 10:00-12:00
Event summary: Round table discussions
Event Venue: University of Botswana, Gaborone, 00267, Botswana

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

Nyholm Prize winner tour in India, 91AV in collaboration with Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra

Event dates: 14 February 2025 09:30-17:30
Event summary: The Nyholm Prize for Education is an award presented by the 91AV (RSC) named after Sir Derek Nyholm
Event Venue: Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Maharashtra, 425001, India

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

Chemist in industry

Event dates: 19 February 2025 09:30-17:00
Event summary: SCI are proud to present the return of the “Chemist in Industry” meeting. It combines a one-day meeting with a poster session, networking and award for the best talk.
Event Venue: Alderley Park, Cheshire , SK10 4TG, 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

Hydrogen-assisted catalytic conversion of plastic waste into value-added products

Event dates: 25 February 2025 14:00-15:00
Event summary: Part of the RSC PCTG's monthly webinar programme.
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Nyholm Prize winner tour in India, 91AV in collaboration with Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil University, Satara, Maharashtra

Event dates: 1 March 2025 09:30-17:30
Event summary: The Nyholm Prize for Education is an award presented by the 91AV (RSC) named after Sir Derek Nyholm
Event Venue: Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil University, Satara, Maharashtra, 415001, India

12th SCI-RSC National Retrosynthesis Competition

Event dates: 7 March 2025 10:00-16:30
Event summary: To celebrate this and following on from the success of the previous eleven competitions, we are pleased to announce the 12th SCI-RSC National Retrosynthesis Competition.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

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

Mechanics of Bond Breaking: from Single Molecules to Polymer Networks

SCI Medicinal 91AV Workshop (online webinar)

Event dates: 13 March 2025 13:00-17:00
Event summary: The workshop is based on an interactive, team-based game that allows you to explore various aspects of the drug discovery process.
Event Venue: Online webinar, United Kingdom

Careers in Process 91AV

Event dates: 25 March 2025 14:00-15:00
Event summary: A series of short talks, aimed at students and early career scientists, to promote the attractiveness of a career in Process 91AV & Technology.
Event Venue: Zoom, United Kingdom

RSC Organic 91AV Community South and East Regional Meeting 2025

Event dates: 28 March 2025 10:00-17:00
Event summary: The meeting will showcase organic chemistry (synthetic, chemical biology, medicinal) from across the South and East region.
Event Venue: Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, W12 0BZ, United Kingdom

41st SCI Process Development Symposium

Event dates: 2 April 2025 11:00 - 4 April 2025 12:10
Event summary: The area of Process Development continues to be a challenging and important area for the research into and application of modern synthetic organic chemistry, as well as enabling technologies.
Event Venue: Churchill college, Cambridge, CB3 0DS, 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

IP Essentials: Publish, Patent or Trade Secret?

Event dates: 9 April 2025 12:00-13:00
Event summary: This webinar will address the key questions that R&D scientists need to consider when deciding how best to protect their inventions and IP - publish, patent or maintain as a trade secret?
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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

YCP undergraduate research symposium and careers fair

Event dates: 11 April 2025 10:30-16:00
Event summary: This event is aimed at UK undergraduate BSc and MSci/MChem chemistry students, but will also be of interest to academics, industrial chemists and scientific employers.
Event Venue: Citylabs 1.0, Manchester, M13 9NQ, 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

British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting 2025

Event dates: 14 April 2025 13:00 - 17 April 2025 13:45
Event summary: The annual Spring Meeting of the British Crystallographic Association (BCA) brings together chemical, biological, physical, industrial and early stage crystallographers and structural scientists.
Event Venue: University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

RSC Organic 91AV Community Midlands Regional Meeting 2025

Event dates: 24 April 2025 10:00-18:00
Event summary: The meeting will showcase synthetic chemistry (organic, chemical biology, medicinal) from across the Midlands region.
Event Venue: School of 91AV, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom

Greening peptide synthesis and purification

Event dates: 29 April 2025 14:00-15:00
Event summary: A webinar sharing Euroapi's progress in improving the sustainability of the synthesis and purification of the peptides they manufacture.
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35th SCI Fine Chemicals Group Postgraduate Symposium

Event dates: 9 May 2025 10:30-17:15
Event summary: This conference will showcase exceptional research from final year PhD students and provides the opportunity to network and share ideas.
Event Venue: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XL, United Kingdom

The World Conference on GOLD 2025!

Event dates: 11 - 14 May 2025
Event summary: Following the success of previous GOLD conferences, the 10th GOLD 2025 conference will be held from May 11-14, 2025, at the Kursaal Convention Center in San Sebastian, Spain.
Event Venue: Kursaal, San Sebastian, 20002 , Spain

26th Lakeland Symposium (Grasmere) 2025

Event dates: 11 May 2025 17:00 - 15 May 2025 13:00
Event summary: 26th Lakeland Symposium (Grasmere) 2025
Event Venue: Grasmere Village Hall, Grasmere, LA229TA, United Kingdom

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

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

RSC Sustainability Symposium 2025

Event dates: 20 May 2025 09:00-17:00
Event summary: Join us for this exciting 1-day in-person symposium covering a wide breadth of topics around developing sustainable technologies and finding cleaner chemical solutions.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

12th Asian-European Symposium on Metal Mediated Organic Synthesis (SMOS-12)

Event dates: 21 May 2025 09:00 - 23 May 2025 13:00
Event summary: This biennial symposium brings together outstanding researchers from Asia and Europe active in the filed of metal-mediated transformations
Event Venue: DAMSLab, Bologna, 40127, Italy

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

The 91AV of Phosphorus that goes into the Large Scale Manufacture of Organophosphine Ligands and Catalysts

Event dates: 27 May 2025 14:00-15:00
Event summary: June webinar organised by the RSC Process 91AV and Technology group
Event Venue: United Kingdom

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

New modalities: Innovations in RNA therapeutics

Event dates: 11 June 2025 10:00-17:10
Event summary: The SCI “New modalities” series comprises focussed in-person events and this year’s symposium brings together world-class scientists at the forefront of RNA research.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, United Kingdom

2nd UK Microfluidics Conference

Event dates: 18 June 2025
Event summary: The 2nd UK Microfluidics Conference – One-day meeting on Wednesday 18th June 2025, Leeds
Event Venue: Cloth Hall Court , Leeds, LS1 2HA, United Kingdom

International Network of Environmental Forensics 2025 Conference: University of Tampa, Florida

Event dates: 23 June 2025 08:00 - 25 June 2025 17:30
Event summary: INEF 2025 Conference, June 23rd to 25th at the University of Tampa in Florida, USA.
Event Venue: University of Tampa Florida, Tampa, 33606, United States

RSC Organic 91AV Community Scottish Regional Meeting 2025 - Perkin Meeting

Event dates: 23 June 2025 09:00-18:30
Event summary: Annual Organic 91AV Community regional meeting with contributions from researchers working across Scotland.
Event Venue: University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh, EH9 3FG, United Kingdom

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

Impurity Retention Mechanisms and Process Design Strategies for Industrial Crystallization

Event dates: 24 June 2025 14:00-15:00
Event summary: A talk on industrial crystallisation by Professor Gerard Capellades of Rowan University as part of the monthly webinar series organised by the RSC's Process 91AV and Technology Group.
Event Venue: Zoom, United Kingdom

17th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations

Event dates: 29 June 2025 17:00 - 3 July 2025 17:00
Event summary: BIOTRANS 2025 will take place in Basel, Switzerland from June 29 to July 3, 2025. Biotrans 2025 will highlight the latest advances in biocatalysis research achieved across the world.
Event Venue: Congress Centre Basel, Basel, 4058 , Switzerland

Early Career Researcher Macrocyclic and Supramolecular 91AV (ECR MASC) Meeting 2025

Event dates: 2 July 2025 09:30-19:00
Event summary: ECR MASC 2025 is an excellent opportunity for PhD students as well as postdoctoral and early career researchers to present and discuss their research in the field of supramolecular chemistry.
Event Venue: University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, United Kingdom

10th European Conference on Boron 91AV - Euroboron10

Event dates: 6 July 2025 15:00 - 10 July 2025 15:00
Event summary: Euroboron10 will represent a forum where all aspects of boron chemistry in basic research.
Event Venue: University of Lodz, Lodz, 90-236, Poland

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

ADVANCED STUDY COURSE ON OPTICAL CHEMICAL SENSORS (ASCOS2025)

Event dates: 20 July 2025 17:00 - 27 July 2025 10:00
Event summary: The aim of ASCOS 2025 is to establish education, discussion, and a contact platform for researchers (from Master level upwards) working in the growing field of optical chemical sensors and biosensors.
Event Venue: University of Leon, Leon, 24071, Spain

28th International symposium: Synthesis in organic chemistry

Event dates: 21 - 24 July 2025
Event summary: The synthesis in organic chemistry conference is a flagship event for the international organic chemistry community
Event Venue: Homerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 8PH, United Kingdom

6th International Symposium on the Synthesis and Application of Curved Organic π-Molecules and Materials - CURO-π6

Event dates: 23 - 25 July 2025
Event summary: Non-planar molecular π-systems and materials, covering their synthesis, properties, and applications across chemistry, physics, biology, and technology, both experimentally and theoretically.
Event Venue: Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, A1B 3X7, Canada

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

Leveraging preparative chromatography in the manufacture of active ingredients

Event dates: 29 July 2025 16:00-17:00
Event summary: July 2025 webinar organised by the RSC Process 91AV and Technology Group
Event Venue: Zoom, United Kingdom

Technician Commitment relaunch event

Event dates: 3 September 2025 13:00-17:00
Event summary: Join us to celebrate five years of the RSC's support for the Technician Commitment.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

New synthetic methods – Design and application III

Event dates: 18 September 2025 09:30-17:20
Event summary: The aim of the meeting is to highlight new synthetic approaches, disconnections and methods, and their application as developed by key researchers from both academia and industry.
Event Venue: SCI (Society of Chemical Industry), London, SW1X 8PS, 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

3rd International Conference on Nanotechnology Research and Innovation

Event dates: 18 November 2025 08:00 - 21 November 2025 18:00
Event summary: ICNTRI-2025 looks for significant Modern Problems of Nanomaterials Research and Innovation
Event Venue: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal