Physical 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

International Master in Fragrance Formulations (IMFF)

Event dates: 19 May - 30 November 2025
Event summary: The applications to the 2025 edition of the International Master in Fragrance Formulations (IMFF) are open. The course will be in English and online, from May to Nov 2025. www.fragranceschool.eu
Event Venue: United Kingdom

45th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - (Dioxin 2025)

Event dates: 1 November 2025 08:00 - 6 November 2025 17:00
Event summary: Dioxin2025, the 45th Int’l Symposium on Halogenated POPs, will be held Nov 1-6, 2025, in Antalya, Türkiye, bringing experts together to discuss advancements and challenges on legacy & emerging POPs.
Event Venue: Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek Hotel and Convention Center, Antalya, 07525, Turkey

Introduction to Intellectual Property

Event dates: 3 November 2025 11:00-12:30
Event summary: This ‘Introduction to Intellectual Property’ webinar aims to provide an understanding of how IP supports innovation, creativity, and competitive advantage.
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Harnessing Green 91AV and AI for Sustainable Development

Event dates: 4 November 2025 09:00 - 7 November 2025 08:00
Event summary: ACS-FUO hosts a hybrid conference on green chemistry & AI for sustainable development, 8 keynotes, workshops, and networking.
Event Venue: Federal University Otuoke, Otuoke via Yenagoa, 560249, Nigeria

The Thomas Andrews Lecture 2025

Event dates: 12 November 2025 14:00-17:00
Event summary: The Thomas Andrews Lecture for 2025, will be given by Professor Joan Brennecke, from the University of Texas at Austin.
Event Venue: Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, United Kingdom

RSC Analytical Biosciences Group Annual General Meeting 2025

Event dates: 14 November 2025 14:00-17:00
Event summary: The Analytical Biosciences Group will be holding our 80h Annual General Meeting on the 14th November 2025. The meeting will take place at University College London and will also be live streamed.
Event Venue: University College London, London, WC1H 0PP, United Kingdom

RSC Meet the Editors – IIT Jodhpur

Event dates: 17 November 2025 09:45-17:20
Event summary: RSC Meet the Editors are specially curated programs by the Editors and Publishing team
Event Venue: IIT Jodhpur, Karwar, 342030, India

ChemSpider Webinar 3: Data management

Event dates: 18 November 2025 15:00-16:00
Event summary: How can we create a better future with chemistry data?
Event Venue: United Kingdom

Universities, higher education and research: Change and Challenge in the chemical sciences

Event dates: 18 November 2025 12:00-13:00
Event summary: UK universities are facing a financial sustainability crisis. Join our expert panel to explore the impacts, risks and how the chemical sciences are responding.
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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

RSC Meet the Editors – BITS Pilani

Event dates: 19 November 2025 09:00-18:30
Event summary: RSC Meet the Editors are specially curated programs by the Editors and Publishing team
Event Venue: BITS Pilani, Pilani, 333031, India

RSC Meet the Editors – NIPER Mohali

Event dates: 21 November 2025 09:45-17:40
Event summary: RSC Meet the Editors are specially curated programs by the Editors and Publishing team,
Event Venue: Convention Centre, Mohali, 160062, India

Synthesis of Bersacapavir: route scouting effort and scale up challenges of a new and innovative haloform-type amidation

Event dates: 25 November 2025 14:00-15:00
Event summary: Part of the monthly webinar series organised by the RSC PCTG
Event Venue: United Kingdom

45th National Convention of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI-45)

Event dates: 30 November 2025 12:00 - 5 December 2025 13:00
Event summary: The South African Chemical Institute (SACI) and The University of the Witwatersrand will be hosting the 45th SACI National Convention.
Event Venue: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa

Third Radionuclide Production in the UK Meeting: From Atoms to Applications

Event dates: 2 December 2025 09:00-17:00
Event summary: Hosted by the 91AV (RSC) and National Physical Laboratory (NPL), this meeting will explore the current and future status of radionuclide production for nuclear medicine.
Event Venue: The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9WU, United Kingdom

3rd Annual Chemical Feedstocks for Sustainable Industry 2025

Event dates: 4 December 2025 18:00 - 5 December 2025 17:30
Event summary: The third annual event discussing the latest advances in sustainable technology to support the chemicals industry
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Faraday Community poster symposium 2025

Event dates: 9 December 2025
Event summary: The Faraday Community for Physical 91AV brings together PhD students, Post-Doctoral researchers and early career researchers in industry.
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

The Autocatalytic Decomposition of Nitro-Containing Species: New Insights to Assist Safe Process Development

Event dates: 9 December 2025 14:00-15:00
Event summary: Webinar organised by the RSC's process chemistry and technology group
Event Venue: Zoom, United Kingdom

NMRDG Winter Meeting 2025

Event dates: 11 December 2025 10:00-17:00
Event summary: The annual winter meeting of the RSC NMR Discussion Group
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

ChemSci 2025: Leaders in the Field Symposium

Event dates: 11 December 2025 09:30 - 13 December 2025 14:30
Event summary: We are pleased to announce ChemSci 2025: Leaders in the Field (LiTF) Symposium, brought to you by Chemical Science, our flagship diamond open access journal.
Event Venue: IISER Pune, Pune, 411008, India

2025 6th International Conference on Material 91AV and Composite Materials

Event dates: 12 December 2025 09:00 - 14 December 2025 18:00
Event summary: MCCM 2025 aims to unite innovative academics and experts in the fields of material chemistry and composite materials, facilitating the exchange of scientific information between them.
Event Venue: Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China

Synergy of Theory and Experiments in Exploring Molecular Functionality in Supramolecules and Molecular Clusters in the Gas Phase

Event dates: 18 December 2025 08:00 - 20 December 2025 12:00
Event summary: Synergy of Theory and Experiments in Exploring Molecular Functionality in Supramolecules and Molecular Clusters in the Gas Phase
Event Venue: Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, HI 96815, United States

2025 International Symposium on Liquid Salts 91AV and Materials Technology

Event dates: 18 - 21 December 2025
Event summary: An international meeting to promote the innovative application of liquid salts technologies in clean energy and enhance international academic exchange and collaboration in the fields of ionic fluids.
Event Venue: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Jiading Campus), Shanghai, 201800, China

Spectroscopy and dynamics interest group meeting 2026

Event dates: 7 January 2026 15:00 - 9 January 2026 13:00
Event summary: Three-day annual meeting of the RSC's spectroscopy and dynamics interest group, including short talks and posters from early career researchers and a handful of invited talks from experts.
Event Venue: University of Warwick , Coventry, CV47SH, United Kingdom

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

Event dates: 12 January 2026 12:00 - 13 January 2026 17:00
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

CECP 2026

Event dates: 1 February 2026 18:00 - 5 February 2026 08:00
Event summary: Central European Conference on Photochemistry
Event Venue: Congress Center of Bad Hofgastein, Bad Hofgastein, 5630, Austria

E-WISPOC 2026

Event dates: 1 February 2026 16:00 - 6 February 2026 12:00
Event summary: The event brings together researchers, students, and leading experts in the field of physical organic chemistry, with special attention to inclusion, diversity, and the support of younger chemists
Event Venue: Hotel Grüner Baum, Brixen, 39042, Italy

ICOPVS 2026

Event dates: 23 February 2026 14:00 - 28 February 2026 17:00
Event summary: XI ICOPVS 2026 will be held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP 221005, India during 23-28 February 2026 with Prof.Jürgen Popp as Conference Chair.We invite you to this exciting conference.
Event Venue: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

VR-Enabled Process 91AV: AI Avatars, Live Data Streams & On-Demand 3D Printing

Event dates: 24 February 2026 14:00-15:00
Event summary: February 2025 PCTG webinar
Event Venue:

Towards a Biobased Chemical Future

Event dates: 26 February 2026 13:00-17:00
Event summary: An afternoon seminar with the 91AV and the Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association discussing our chemical future and the role of new sustainable bio-based chemicals
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Applied Catalysis for the Circular Economy III

Event dates: 10 March 2026 09:30 - 11 March 2026 17:30
Event summary: The 91AV is running its Applied Catalysis for the Circular Economy meeting on Mar 10-11th 2026
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Chem4Energy 2026

Event dates: 23 - 26 March 2026
Event summary: The Chem4Energy community has grown out of a number of collaborative UK-Africa consortium programmes and 2026 will see the fifth in this series of annual meetings.
Event Venue: Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, 1459, South Africa

Structure 2026: automated interpretation of spectroscopy data

Event dates: 27 March 2026 09:30-16:30
Event summary: A spring meeting organised jointly by the RSC NMR Discussion and Molecular Spectroscopy groups.
Event Venue: The Discovery Centre, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, CB2 0AA, United Kingdom

Integrating chemistry, engineering and biology to create the next generation of vaccines

Event dates: 30 March 2026 10:00-18:00
Event summary: This event aims to bring together physical scientists and life scientists to devise new approaches to vaccines that could have great impact on human and animal health.
Event Venue: Queens' College, Cambridge, CB3 9ET, United Kingdom

Vibrations at interfaces Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 8 - 10 April 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: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom

Molecular and ion flows through angstrom-scale channels Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 13 - 15 April 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: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6HJ, United Kingdom

Bridging the gap from surface science to heterogeneous catalysis Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 20 - 22 April 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: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

India Pharma Expo 2026

Event dates: 23 April 2026 09:00 - 25 April 2026 18:00
Event summary: 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 is a premier international exhibition and conference dedicated to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and technology sectors.
Event Venue: HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad, 500084, India

BioCatUK 2026 - UK National Meeting in Biocatalysis

Event dates: 7 - 8 May 2026
Event summary: BioCatUK 2026 brings together academia, industry, and the entire biocatalysis community to share research, explore future directions, and network across all career stages.
Event Venue: University College London, London, E20 2AE, United Kingdom

2nd International Connect on Clean & Traditional Energy

Event dates: 22 June 2026 09:00 - 23 June 2026 18:00
Event summary: Welcome to CLEANENERGY-2026 – the 2nd International Connect on Clean & Traditional Energy, taking place on June 22–23, 2026 in the dynamic city of Munich, Germany.
Event Venue: Munich, Germany, Munich, 80336, Germany

EFMC-ACSMEDI Medicinal 91AV Frontiers 2026

Event dates: 22 June 2026 17:00 - 25 June 2026 13:00
Event summary: Symposium co-organised by EFMC and ACSMEDI, and including 3 top speakers & 9 sessions on key topics in Medicinal 91AV, as well as 18 oral comms selected from the submitted abstracts.
Event Venue: Trinity Conference Centre, Dublin, 2, Ireland

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

8th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering

Event dates: 7 July 2026 08:00 - 10 July 2026 18:00
Event summary: ICNMSME-2026 aims to address on Modern Problems of Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering, to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry.
Event Venue: University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

Solid electrolyte interphases in next-gen batteries Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 13 - 15 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: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

ICSD 2026 : 14th International Conference on Sustainable Development,Rome, Italy

Event dates: 9 September 2026 09:30 - 10 September 2026 18:00
Event summary: The International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University.
Event Venue: Roma Eventi Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 00187, Italy

Sustainable chemistry of electrofuels and electrochemicals Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 14 - 16 September 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: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6BY, United Kingdom

Molecular excited states theory and experiment Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 14 - 16 September 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: Homerton College, Cambridge, CB2 8PH, United Kingdom

Bridging electrochemical devices across Earth and space applications Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 2 - 4 November 2026
Event summary: Bridging electrochemical devices across Earth and space applications Faraday Discussion
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom

Corrosion from fundamentals to extremes Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 7 - 9 April 2027
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: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6BX, United Kingdom

Surface-enhanced raman scattering Faraday Discussion

Event dates: 14 - 16 April 2027
Event summary: Surface-enhanced raman scattering Faraday Discussion
Event Venue: The 91AV, London, W1J 0BA, United Kingdom