Engineering conferences

This Faraday Discussion compares electrochemical devices on Earth and in space. Researchers examine how reduced gravity changes bubble dynamics, transport and efficiency; electrolyser designs that manage gas separation and withstand radiation and temperature extremes; battery interfaces, dendrites and durability; and fuel-cell catalysts, gas handling and closed-loop energy storage. Precirculated research papers support extended discussion among academic and industrial researchers and postgraduate students. The meeting is at Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA, on 2–4 November 2026. Times are GMT (Europe/London, UTC+0). Registration opens at 11:00 on 2 November, welcome at 12:45 and Michael Hecht’s introductory lecture at 13:00. Sessions start at 09:00 on 3 and 4 November; the meeting closes at 13:00 on 4 November. Participants include Detlef Lohse, Kerstin Eckert and closing lecturer Hitoshi Naito. The published programme may change. Public booking is open. Until 2 October, fees are GBP 445/545 for members/nonmembers and GBP 225/275 for student members/nonmembers, plus VAT. Standard fees are GBP 505/620 and GBP 275/325 respectively, plus VAT; registration closes 19 October. Abstract submission has closed.

The AVS symposium connects atomic-scale processing, characterisation, measurement and simulation with the behaviour of materials, surfaces, interfaces and devices. Its programme spans thin films, plasma processes, microelectronics, quantum technologies, two-dimensional materials, biomaterials and vacuum engineering. It links fundamental investigations with manufacturing, including semiconductor scaling, heterogeneous integration, autonomous experimentation and more resource-efficient production. Technical talks, posters, tutorials and an equipment exhibition support exchange between academic, industrial and government researchers. All programme times are America/New_York (EST, UTC−5). Sunday technical sessions run 15:00–19:00 on 8 November. The Monday plenary is 08:30–10:00; Tuesday–Thursday morning sessions start at 08:00, and Friday sessions run 08:15–12:00. Attendance is in person. Current full-week fees are USD 915 for Platinum members and USD 1,265 for non-members; student rates are USD 310 and USD 465. Day registration is also available; tutorials require an additional fee. Online registration remains available throughout the meeting, with badge collection at the venue.

This scientific discussion meeting asks which nanoscale optical sensing approaches can deliver affordable, information-rich healthcare measurements. Its focus is continuous biochemical monitoring beyond conventional physiological wearables and diagnostic sensors. The programme examines interferometric biomarker detection, surface-enhanced Raman assays, nanophotonic sensing and translation toward practical diagnostic tools, comparing modalities and their potential for use across healthcare settings. Jeremy Baumberg and Duncan Graham organize the meeting; programme participants include Selim Ünlü, Karen Faulds and Jennifer Dionne. Sessions take place on 9–10 November 2026, 09:00–17:00 GMT (Europe/London, UTC+0), at the Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, with online attendance also available. The meeting is intended for researchers working in relevant fields. Advance registration is required; choose a free online or in-person ticket on the event-specific Eventbrite page. Optional lunch costs GBP 25 per day. A poster session is planned for 9 November. Poster proposals are due by 9 October and may be accepted on a rolling basis, subject to capacity. The scientific programme may change.

Fourteen linked symposia connect materials synthesis, characterisation, modelling and properties with applications in energy, health, transport, housing, electronics and environmental protection. The programme spans polymers and organic composites, glasses and ceramics, porous and nanoscale materials, microstructure design, processing, and surface durability. Scientific contributions examine how modern atomistic simulations can bridge the cooling-rate gap between models and experiments in disordered solids, including the challenges of thermal transport and quantum effects. Surface studies combine electron and ion spectroscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy, electrochemistry and density-functional calculations to connect atomic-scale corrosion mechanisms to macroscopic degradation and protective strategies. Other sessions investigate photocatalysis, recycling and sustainable energy materials. Times are Europe/Paris (CET, UTC+1). The opening ceremony starts at 08:30 on 16 November, followed by a plenary at 09:30. Plenaries on 17–20 November start at 08:30. Parallel sessions run across the week, with Friday's final scientific block at 10:00–12:00. The programme is provisional. Full-congress fees including VAT are EUR 385 for students/doctoral researchers, EUR 671 for academics and EUR 891 for industry through 9 October; from 10 October academic and industry rates rise to EUR 770 and EUR 1,001. Day tickets cost EUR 385 or EUR 495 and cannot be used by oral or poster presenters, who must register for the full congress. The gala dinner is extra. Purchase-order payments are not accepted after 15 October.

This biennial symposium examines how homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzymatic catalysis can meet pharmaceutical and fine-chemical manufacturing needs. Academic and industrial talks compare stereoselective bond formation, lowering catalyst costs, data science combined with high-throughput experimentation for scalable reactions, perfumery synthesis, earth-abundant metal catalysis and greener biocatalysis. Discussion connects new catalytic methods with process development, industrial constraints and sustainability. Programme participants include Sarah Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)); Beatriz Dominguez (Johnson Matthey); Steven Fussell (Asymchem); Lionel Saudan (DSM); Scott Rice (AstraZeneca); Francesca Paradisi (University of Bern). SCI’s Fine Chemicals Group and RSC’s Applied Catalysis Group organize the in-person meeting at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA. On 17 November 2026, registration begins at 10:00, welcome remarks at 10:30 and talks at 10:35. Closing remarks are at 17:40 and the reception at 17:45. Times are Europe/London, GMT (UTC+00:00). Early registration through 13 October costs £125 for SCI/RSC members, £145 for non-members, £40 for student members and £75 for unemployed SCI members; later rates are £175, £195, £55 and £105 respectively. Member discounts require eligibility verification. Register Now on the official page offers sign-in or general event registration. One speaker presents remotely; attendee access is in person.

Examine the engineering barriers to scaling geothermal energy from conventional wells to superhot rock resources. Technical presentations connect field experience with research on thermal exposure, well integrity, cutter–rock interaction, lost circulation and high-temperature tools. Case studies address reliable construction, operational safety and cost reduction; panels consider permitting, resource risk and the conditions needed for viable projects. 17–18 November: registration from 07:30 and programme from 08:30 each day, ending at 15:30 on 18 November; Europe/Copenhagen (CET, UTC+01:00). In-person fee: €775 IADC members or €975 non-members, including conference access, breaks, lunches, reception and proceedings. Payment is required before attendance. Full-time students outside industry may request discounted registration.

This meeting examines how brain-inspired hardware could reduce AI’s growing energy requirements. Researchers connect materials and memory devices with circuits, systems and applications, including sparse computation and compute-in-memory architectures that reduce data movement. Two discussion days address fundamental advances and challenges; the final day considers translation and wider impacts. Programme participants include Steve Furber, Judith Driscoll and Tony Kenyon. The meeting takes place at The Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG, or online, on 23–25 November 2026. Times are GMT (Europe/London, UTC+0). Sessions run 09:00–17:00 on 23 and 24 November, with posters 17:00–18:00 on 23 November; the 25 November programme runs 09:30–15:15. Timings may change. Attendance is free for researchers in relevant fields, with advance Eventbrite registration required. Separate online and in-person tickets cover the discussion meeting and final-day event; attending every day is optional. Lunch costs an optional GBP 25 on each of the first two days and is free on the third. Poster proposals are due 23 October, subject to capacity.

The meeting connects extracellular-vesicle biology with methods for isolation, characterisation and clinical translation. Sessions examine vesicle production and cargo sorting, communication between cells, neuroscience, immune modulation, disease biomarkers, bioengineering and therapeutic delivery. Studies range from proteomic profiling and diagnostic platforms to regenerative approaches and nucleic-acid therapies. An Education Day covers experimental design, isolation methods, MISEV guidance, career development and hands-on technology demonstrations; the scientific meeting includes oral presentations, posters and early-career research sessions. Programme times are Australia/Melbourne (AEDT, UTC+11). Education Day runs 09:30–16:30 on 24 November. The main meeting opens at 09:00 on 25 November, with the first scientific session at 09:30. Sessions begin at 09:00 on 26 and 27 November; the meeting ends at 13:15 on 27 November. In-person registration is AUD 952 for full members, AUD 1,152 for non-members, AUD 763 for junior members and AUD 532 for student members. Day rates are AUD 550 for members and AUD 650 for non-members; Education Day alone costs AUD 150. The conference dinner is separately priced.

This symposium connects academic and industrial work on automated chemistry, from robotic solid/liquid handling and flow chemistry to reaction monitoring, purification, algorithms and experiment design. Scientific sessions examine automated chemistry data workflows, agentic high-throughput synthesis, kinetic measurements and mechanistic models, data-driven purification and AI-assisted R&D. It serves researchers, students and industrial chemists using automation in organic, medicinal and process chemistry. The 24 November programme has registration at 10:00, opening remarks at 10:30, scientific presentations from 10:35 to 16:10 and a networking reception at 16:15 (London local time, GMT). Early-bird registration ends 27 October: SCI members GBP 105, nonmembers GBP 135 and student members GBP 55. Later rates are GBP 150, GBP 185 and GBP 95 respectively. Event-account registration is available to nonmembers.

The Fall Meeting connects materials synthesis, structure and properties with applications in energy, electronics, quantum technologies and medicine. Its symposia combine in situ electron microscopy, ultrafast measurements, diffraction, spectroscopy and computational modelling to study dynamic processes, defects and interfaces. Research tracks examine batteries and sustainable chemical conversion, semiconductor and photonic devices, quantum matter, nanoscale assembly, soft bioelectronics, regenerative biomaterials, and structural materials for extreme environments. AI-assisted design and autonomous experiments are addressed alongside experimental characterization and manufacturing. The plenary examines recovery of critical elements from urban waste streams and decarbonization of metal production. The meeting takes place on 29 November–4 December 2026 in Eastern Time (America/New_York, UTC−05:00). Sunday tutorials run 08:30–17:00; Monday's plenary is 08:15–09:30. Symposia run through the week, ending Friday at 13:00. All sessions and presentations are in person. Registration requires an MRS account. Until 29 October at 23:59 ET, general registration is US$1,240, or US$1,085 with the member discount; student rates are US$380 or US$335. Higher rates begin on 30 October. Breaking News abstract submissions closed on 16 September.

The conference connects fundamental phase-change physics with heat-transfer applications, from nucleation and frost to energy systems, computing hardware and space technology. Topics include liquid–vapour and liquid–solid transitions, microgravity, engineered surfaces, advanced measurements and AI. Experiments, theory and simulations will connect molecular and intermediate scales to practical thermal management and interfacial transport. Attendance requires a bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, or an accepted equivalent. Applications are subject to selection and available capacity.

Discuss a global network of two-to-four-metre telescopes equipped with high-resolution, highly stable spectrographs to characterise small and long-period exoplanets through radial velocities. The meeting connects instrument builders and operators with data-analysis specialists and scientific-network managers. The proposed performance exceeds resolving power 100,000 and targets stability below 50 centimetres per second. This Theo Murphy meeting is intended for researchers in relevant fields and takes place in person. Attendance is free but requires an invitation: applicants state their expertise and reasons for attending, and organisers review requests on a rolling basis. Catering and accommodation are separate. Registered participants are invited to submit posters; submissions within one month of the event may miss the programme booklet.

These scientific study days examine radio-wave propagation and the environments that shape terrestrial, maritime and space links, radar and remote sensing. Topics include experimental characterisation and empirical, statistical or deterministic channel models; meteorology; electromagnetic properties of surfaces; complex media; radar and SAR imaging; environmental datasets; machine learning and physics-informed neural networks; and emerging millimetre-wave requirements. The meeting brings together academic laboratories, industry and public institutions. Presentations are primarily in French, with some English contributions possible. The announced abstract deadline is 1 November 2026 and programme publication is scheduled for 1 December 2026.

This meeting connects cellulose chemistry, physics, biology and engineering with sustainable biomass-derived materials. Research themes include nanocellulose applications, cellulose–biopolymer interactions, structural characterization, self-assembly and sustainable product development. The programme examines biosynthesis, molecular structure, circular design and routes from laboratory understanding to a circular bioeconomy. Talks, poster sessions and discussion focus on emerging and unpublished research. Applicants need a science or engineering bachelor’s degree or equivalent; undergraduates are not eligible. Places may fill before the application deadline.

SIAM’s computational science and engineering meeting covers mathematical models, scalable algorithms, scientific software, high-performance computing and scientific machine learning. It takes place in Pittsburgh on 22–26 February 2027. Travel-support applications are open until 30 November 2026. Abstract deadlines have passed; registration is scheduled to open in December 2026. The meeting is co-located with ACDA27 and the International Meshing Roundtable.

The inaugural RACI conference on robotics, automation and machine learning in chemistry examines robotic synthesis, automated analysis, experimental planning, self-driving laboratories and chemical data science. Academic and industry researchers will exchange methods through plenary and contributed talks, posters and demonstrations. The meeting connects chemistry with robotics and AI, including cheminformatics and data-driven discovery. Paid registration includes the two-day programme, welcome reception and daytime catering; the conference dinner costs extra. Abstract submissions close on 31 October 2026, with acceptance notices on 15 November and early-bird rates through 30 November. The RACI registration table gives 18 February 2027 as the final registration date.

The 31st annual conference brings scientists, engineers, clinicians and industry researchers together to discuss biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Topics include biointerfaces and host responses, drug delivery, biofabrication, responsive materials, computational biomaterials, biosensing, mechanobiology, stem-cell technologies and clinical translation. Oral and poster contributions connect fundamental materials research with medical devices and disease models. The three-day in-person programme includes scientific sessions and networking. Paid registration offers member, student and early-career categories with supporting evidence required for discounted eligibility. Abstracts are due on 6 November 2026; presenter registration and early-bird pricing end on 19 February 2027. The registration page states the early-bird cutoff as 23:59 ACDT.

The Neuro Inspired Computational Elements Conference (NICE) gathers research on neuromorphic computing and its connections to neuroscience and artificial intelligence. NICE 2027 holds its main conference on 6–8 April 2027 at the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom, followed by a tutorials day of mainly hands-on two-hour tutorials on 9 April. Topics span neuromorphic hardware, analog and beyond-CMOS devices and compute-in-memory architectures; NeuroAI, including theory of neural circuits and its experimental support, local learning and plasticity, and connectomics; neuroscience-inspired and hardware-aware algorithms, spiking neural networks and event-based artificial intelligence; applications in robotics, high-performance and edge computing, biosignal processing and brain-computer interfaces; event-driven and bio-inspired sensing; and software frameworks, benchmarks, simulators and theoretical models for neuromorphic engineering. Regular papers of 4–8 pages are reviewed by the programme committee for talks, lightning talks or posters, with proceedings indexed through IEEE Conference Proceedings. Paper submissions are due on 11 November 2026, tutorial suggestions on 2 December 2026 and late-breaking news submissions on 1 February 2027. Early-bird fees, until 17 January 2027, are £250 for students and £450 for regular participants (£300 and £550 afterwards), and the tutorials day costs £75 early or £100 later.

The conference connects mathematical and computational methods with materials science and engineering. Themes include variational models and partial differential equations, homogenization, inverse problems, image analysis, nonlinear elasticity, phase transitions and pattern formation. Research on soft, active, optical, topological and other functional materials is considered alongside electronic structure, quantum approaches, machine learning and data-driven methods.

INCC connects the neuromorphic computing community across neuroscience, physics, materials research and artificial intelligence. The programme combines plenary and invited presentations, contributed research talks, workshops and a characterisation laboratory supported by Advanced Microtesting. Organised by NeuroSYNC and the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, with NeuMat and NeuroWare as co-organisers, it brings academic and industrial researchers together to examine brain-inspired computing and build collaborations across the device-to-system ecosystem. Abstracts are due 31 October 2026, with acceptance notifications on 25 November.