International Conference of Sustainable Chemistry for Net Zero 2025

Start date: 10 June 2025
End date: 13 June 2025
Location: St Andrews, Scotland

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Join us for the inaugural International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry for Net Zero

Taking place at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, this conference will focus on the pivotal role chemistry has to play in delivering a net zero future for all.



A stellar line-up of international keynote and plenary speakers will discuss various topics in sustainable chemistry. There will be opportunities to submit oral and poster abstracts – details coming soon!

Put the date in your diary: 10-13 June, 2025

Organisers

ScotChem is very grateful to the following individuals for the organisation of the conference:

Co-chairs

  • Prof. David Cole Hamilton (University of St Andrews)
  • Dr. Amit Kumar (University of St Andrews)

International advisory committee

  • Prof. Helen Sneddon (Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York)
  • Dr. Thomas Schaub (BASF, Germany)
  • Prof. C. J. Li (Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada)
  • Dr. Alessandra Quadrelli (Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l’environnement, France)
  • Prof. Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo (Instit for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Australia)
  • Prof. Sun Zhenyu (College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China)

Local organising committe

  • Prof. Russell Morris
  • Prof. Eli Zysman-Colman
  • Prof. Andrew Smith
  • Prof. Christopher Baddeley
  • Prof. John Irvine
  • Dr. Rob Armstrong
  • Dr. Craig Johnston
  • Dr. Paul Webb
  • Prof. Allan Watson
  • Dr. Jan-Willem Bos
  • Prof. Stuart A. Macgregor

ScotChem Computational Chemistry Symposium 2024

Date: 20 June 2024
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Location: University of St Andrews

Bringing together theoretically orientated chemists since 2006.



Keynote Speaker

Dr Cristina Trujillo, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester

Registration

The event is free to attend, but registration is mandatory.

Abstracts

We are keen to invite poster contributions from all-year PhDs and postdocs.

Please e-mail all abstracts by 5pm on 25th May 2024 to [email protected]

There are fantastic poster prizes so please submit your abstracts as soon as possible!

Programme

Details will be published soon.

Organising Committee

  • Prof Michael Buehl
  • Prof Stuart Macgregor
  • Dr John Mitchell
  • Dr Tanja van Mourik
  • Herbert Fruchtl

Universities of Scotland Inorganic Chemistry 2024

Start date: 25 June 2024
End date: 26 June 2024
Location: University of Edinburgh

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This is THE annual networking event across the Scottish inorganic chemistry community.



Keynote speaker

Professor Ludmilla Steier, University of Oxford and Imperial College, winner of the 2023 Materials Chemistry Early Career Prize.

Programme

The agenda includes plenary speakers from academia and industry, a panel discussion and opportunities to deliver oral and poster presentations. Further details will be published shortly.

There will be a poster and talk prize for first place and runner up, sponsored by Dalton Transactions.

Full agenda coming soon.

Abstracts

To submit a poster abstract, please complete the abstract submission form (doc) and email it to [email protected].

Deadline for oral abstract submission: Friday, 25 May, at 17.00.

Deadline for poster abstract submission: Friday, 1 June, at 17.00.

Registration

Ticket prices include the conference dinner and ceilidh at the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh.

ScotChem Polymer & Soft Materials III Conference

Start date: 13 June 2024
End date: 14 June 2024
Location: University of Strathclyde

Bringing together polymer and soft materials researchers & industry from across the world and showcasing recent advances in the field.

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The University of Strathclyde is hosting the third ScotCHEM Polymer & Soft Materials Conference, an annual fixture in Scotland’s chemistry research calendar. The conference series covers all areas of related research including polymer chemistry and technology, self-assembly, biointerfaces, and bioinspired and advanced materials. This year, we are expanding to a 2-day event and further aiming to highlight sustainability research, from best lab practices to degradable polymers and upcycling approaches.  

The programme will include invited and contributed talks, poster sessions, and other networking and discussion opportunities. A highlight will be a Civic Reception hosted by the Lord Provost and Glasgow City Council, with complimentary drinks at the prestigious Glasgow City Chambers on Thursday evening, 13 June. 

Abstract submission

Submissions are open to contributions:

  1. Scientific oral and poster presentations.
  2. Flash oral presentations highlighting your laboratory’s sustainability best practices (from day-to-day operations to the impact of sustainability awards and certifications).

Submission deadlines

  1. Oral and Poster (scientific and sustainability): 1 May 2024.
    Successful oral submissions will be notified by 10 May 2024.
  2. Flash presentations: 31 May 2024.

Send all abstract submissions to [email protected].

Download the abstract submission template: word doc or pdf.

Prizes & travel support

Early career researcher (ECR) prizes will be given to the most deserving contributed oral and poster presentations.   

ScotCHEM ECRs registering early may request travel support to help cover the costs of attending both days of the event.   

Confirmed Keynote and Invited Speakers 

Organizing Committee 

Conference chairs 

ScotChem organisers 

  • Alan Wiles – ScotChem
  • Suzanne Halden – ScotChem

ECR committee members  

  • Emma Edwards –  University of Strathclyde  
  • Ruchika Goyal – University of Strathclyde  
  • Iqra Azeem – University of Strathclyde 
  • Khalifa Mohamed – University of Strathclyde 
  • Dipankar Ghosh – University of Glasgow 

Scotland’s Hydrogen Economy

Date: 23 May 2023
Time: 09:30 - 17:30
Location: Eden Campus, Guardbridge

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First in the ScotCHEM Hydrogen series, bringing together industry, researchers and policymakers to identify opportunities to grow Scotland’s Hydrogen Economy.



Meeting, Tuesday, 23 May, University of St Andrews, Eden Campus, Guardbridge.

ScotCHEM Polymer & Soft Materials Conference II

Date: 4 May 2023
Time: 09:30 - 18:00
Location: University of Edinburgh

The annual ScotCHEM Polymer and Soft Materials Conference, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry.



Industry Keynote Speaker:

Dr Paul Hunt ‘Practicality of Making Sustainable Polymers’ – Croda International

Research keynote speakers:

  • Dr Amit Kumar ‘Homogeneous (De)hydrogenative Catalysis for A Circular Economy’ – University of St Andrews
  • Dr Ruaraidh McIntosh ‘Balancing Sustainability with Activity in Polymerisation Catalysis’ – Heriot Watt University
  • Dr Emily Draper ‘Using Supramolecular Assembly for Flexible Organic Materials’ – University of Glasgow
  • Prof Mike Ingleson ‘Electrophilic borylation as a route to generate deep LUMO / near IR-emitting small molecules and polymers’ - University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Ketan Pancholi ‘Magnetic Polymer Nanocomposites Incorporating Metal-Organic Frameworks: Tailored Synthesis for Targeted Applications’ – Robert Gordon University
  • Dr Ross Minty ‘The role of residual stress at the fibre-matrix interface in composite materials’ – University of Strathclyde

Poster Presentations

ScotCHEM Computational Chemistry Symposium 2022

Start date: 29 August 2022
End date: 30 August 2022
Location: University of Edinburgh

Advancing Computational Chemistry in Scotland.

Bringing together theoretically orientated chemists since 2006.

29-30 August - Python training and networking



Organiser: Professor Carole Morrison

Monday 29 August
Python training day

Fully booked!

This course is aimed at programmers with little or no Python knowledge seeking to learn how to use Python for scientific computing.

We will introduce Python’s fundamental scientific libraries numpy and matplotlib. Participants should already have some basic knowledge of the Python language.

Python Training Outline Programme:

10.00  – Registration and check installations10.15   – Introduction
11:15   – Break
11:30  – Using numpy
13:00  – Lunch
14:00  – Using matplotlib
15:30  – Break
15:45  – Exercises
17:00  – Close

Tuesday 30 August
Network Day

Registrations closed.

Back after a break due to COVID, the ScotCHEM Computational Chemistry Symposium will provide a mixture of talks and poster sessions, bringing together Scotland’s computational chemistry community.

Organiser: Prof Carole Morrison, Univerity of Edinburgh

POSTER SUBMISSION: CLOSED

Network Day Programme

10:00 – Registration and poster set-up

Session I

10:25 - 10.30 – Welcome and announcements

10.30 - 11.00 – Dr Tahereh Nematiaram, University of Strathclyde, ‘Organic Electronics from Structural Databases: Discovery and Design of Multifunctional Materials

11.00 - 11.30 – Oliver Lee, St. Andrews University, ‘Silico – A toolkit for simplifying the computational chemistry pipeline’

11.30 - 12.00 –Dr Hessam Mehr, University of Glasgow, ‘Probablistic reasoning: From interpreting known chemistry to discovering the unknown’.

12.00 - 1.30 Lunch and posters

Session II

1.30 - 2.00 – Dr Rob Arbon, University of Edinburgh, ‘Efficient and robust optimisation of models of protein conformational dynamics’

2.00 - 2.30 – Dr. Andrew Prentice, Heriot Watt University, ‘Modular approaches to compact configuration interaction wavefunctions’

2.30 - 2.50 – Flash poster presentations

2.50 - 3.20 – Dr Maria Jose Aliaga, University of Glasgow, ‘Metal oxide chemistry, self-assembly and applications’

3.20 - 3.50 – Prof. Michael Buehl, University of St. Andrews 'pNMR shifts of MOFS from DFT'

3.50 - Closing remarks/opening of poster session/cheese and wine reception

ScotCHEM 2020 Computational Chemistry Virtual Symposium

Date: 26 August 2020
Time: 09:50 - 16:45
Location: Online

Hosted by the University of Strathclyde

The Plenary Speaker is Prof. Adrian Roitberg, University of Florida and his talk will be “Is Quantum Chemistry Amenable for Machine Learning? Are the Computers Coming for Our Jobs?"



Programme

Session 1

09:50—10:00 Welcome and opening remarks

10:00—10:30 Dr James McDonagh, IBM Research Group, "Parameterization and automation of coarse-grained simulations for industrial
chemical formulation".

10:30—11:00 Dr Laia Vila-Nadal, University of Glasgow, "POMzites a roadmap for inverse design in metal oxide chemistry".

11:00—11:30 Jonathan Colburn, University of St Andrews, "Quantifying Electrostatic Preorganisation in Heme Peroxidase Enzymes with
QM/MM".

11:30—12:00 Arron Burnage, Heriot-Watt University, "Mechanistic Study of the Room Temperature Acceptorless Dehydrogenation
of an Isobutane σ-Complex in the Solid-State".

12:00—13:00 Lunch

Session 2

13:00—13:30 Dr Oliver Henrich, University of Strathclyde, "Coarse-Grained Modelling of DNA-Based Hydrogels and DNA Supercoiling".
13:30—14:00 Dr Daniel Dawson, University of St Andrews, "Computational Insights into the Extensively Disordered GaPO-34A Structure".
14:00—14:30 Dr Xiang Sheng, Stockholm University, "Modeling Enzymatic Enantioselectivity using Quantum Chemical Methodology".
14:30—15:00 Dr Rafel Szabla, University of Edinburgh, "Modelling reactions involving UV-induced electron transfer in DNA".

15:00—15:30 Break

Session 3

Plenary Speaker

15:30—16:30 Prof Adrian Roitberg, University of Florida, "Is Quantum Chemistry Amenable for Machine Learning? Are the Computers Coming
for Our Jobs?"

16:30—16:45 Poster prizes and closing remarks

ScotCHEM Polymer and soft materials conference I

Date: 1 July 2020
Time: 09:30
Location: Online

Due to the COVID-19 situation the conference was held on Zoom.



Invited talks from:

  • Prof Peter Skabara (University of Glasgow): Adventures with oligo- and polyfluorenes – redox-active assemblies and the beta-phase.
  • Dr Karen Johnston (University of Strathclyde): Multiscale modelling of polymer thin films.
  • Dr Valeria Arrighi (Heriot-Watt University): Structure of polymers by neutron scattering: cyclics, stars and nanocapsules.
  • Prof Neil McKeown (University of Edinburgh): Polymers of intrinsic microporosity.
  • Dr Christopher Lancefield (University of St Andrews): Unravelling lignocellulose: from lab to nature.
  • Dr Richard Langrick (Invista): HyperFlowTM polyamide – from knowledge to value add.

Registration

Registration is now closed.

For continued updates follow us on Twitter: @CHEMScot. For more information please contact [email protected]

Organising committee

  • Nico Bruns (UoStrath)
  • Jennifer Garden (UoE)
  • David Bucknall (HWU)
  • Bernhard Schmidt (UoG)
  • Filipe Vilela (HWU)
  • K. H. Aaron Lau (UoStrath)


[Last updated: 25 August 2020]