Symposium

The annual CLEAR Symposium connects chemistry educators worldwide in a virtual symposium, enhancing laboratory teaching through research. Attend #CLEAR26, an online symposium on laboratory teaching in chemistry, to gain valuable insights from experts in the field! Dr. Monica Soma Hensley, Beyond Benign Higher Education Instruction and Research Manager, is a co-organizer for this year's symposium, which centers on the theme of Sustainability and Green Chemistry. 

Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to share their work on teaching and learning in the chemistry laboratory. All interested individuals are invited to submit a poster for the event that focuses on research, assessment, or evaluation related to laboratory practices.

🗓️ Date: May 7th, 2026  
📍 Location: Online  
🔗 To learn more, register, or submit a poster:

https://clearsymposium.weebly.com/registersubmissions.html

The Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), a Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) signer, will host its XII Annual Meeting of Postgraduate Students from November 6th to 7th in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Beyond Benign Senior Program Manager Dr. Juliana Vidal will deliver the opening keynote, “Program in Green Chemistry: Catalyzing a Global Change for a Sustainable Future,” on November 6th from 9:30-10:30 a.m. 

As a member of the global GCC community, the Institute of Chemistry at UFF believes teaching students about green chemistry principles is a cornerstone of their formation as future chemists and citizens for a more sustainable world. The department is committed to advancing green chemistry through research, teaching, and promoting societal engagement.

Your Event For Greener Labs

Explore how you can make your assays, instruments, and experiments more sustainable - without much time, risk, or effort—based on real case studies. Discover where we are at and what you can do to save plastics, energy and reagents - without affecting your workflows.

This event is free to register.

Passive house’s reliable and superior energy performance with its myriad of co-benefits, is the cornerstone of the architectural solutions we require to be able to thrive. It is a firm foundation upon which we can build a regenerative society that repairs ecosystems damage, reverses it, and begins to increase all life.  There is a rising consciousness emerging revealing how comprehensive the field of sustainability is truly required to be if we are to meaningfully move towards regeneration. Only by broadening the lenses of our understanding can we take advantage of synergies of our actions across systems, and exponentially increase positive impacts.

For this year’s symposium, we invited you to submit proposals showcasing how passive house design relates to any aspects of regenerative design that are dear to your interests or practice.  We had an enthusiastic response from diverse locations and perspectives, all with inspiring examples of reaching for Regeneration and how Passive House was, or in some cases was not, a cornerstone of the strategy.

In the spirit of this symposium’s continual drive to integrate various disciplines through architecture, we also invited a scientist focused on Green Chemistry to close out the day and inspire us with efforts in that movement to address issues upstream.

Please join our tireless community for what we believe will be an inspiring, challenging, yet hopeful day!

The 13th ISMC will be a conference for school teachers of chemistry, school science technicians, academics, and educational professionals from the UK and overseas with the aim of promoting Microscale and Small-Scale Techniques (MaSSTs) in chemistry education.

"A meeting point to promote sustainable, environmentally respectful approaches in science and technology."

The event aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among academia, industry, and the public sector, with a focus on Education, Innovation, and Biomimicry as key drivers for sustainable transformation.

Thematic Pillars:

Green Education- Training sustainability-minded scientists with novel teaching methods and tools.

Sustainable Innovation- Green chemistry real-world applications in industry and product development.

Biomimicry & Nature-Based Businesses- Efficient, safe, and beautiful solutions inspired by nature positively impacting business.

Inovine Meetings LLC is delighted to invite you to the 2nd World Summit on Renewable Energy & Green Chemistry taking place on November 24-25, 2025 in Panorama Hotel Prague, Czech Republic. This year’s theme, “Powering a Sustainable Future: Innovations in Renewable Energy & Green Chemistry”, highlights the latest advancements shaping the field.

Join us on this global platform to explore diverse topics, including Green Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Circular Economy, Recycling, Biofuels, Bioenergy, Sustainable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Chemistry, Waste Management, Geothermal Energy, Energy Efficiency, Nano Energy & Energy Materials, Solar Energy, Turbines and Generators.

This conference provides a unique opportunity to connect with experts, share insights, and collaborate on solutions to pressing challenges in Renewable Energy and Green Chemistry.

We look forward to welcoming you to Prague, Czech Republic for this inspiring event!

We at the GCI are proud to announce our 10th annual GCI Symposium, organized in partnership with Green Chemistry McGill and Queen's University (Q-ACS)!

As a result of this great milestone, this symposium, titled 10 Years of The GCI Symposium: Thinking Green(er) in Daily Life, will celebrate all that we have been able to achieve in green chemistry, while thinking about how to broaden the scope of green chemistry to outside of the lab: in career, education, and society. This symposium is designed to connect students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty members interested in Green Chemistry with current leaders in the field to discuss advances in chemical processes and the future of sustainable research practices.

This symposium is a two and a half-day event, from May 7th - 9th, 2025. All events will be held at the University of Toronto – St. George Campus.

Important Dates

December 6th, 2024 - Registration opens
April 4th, 2025 - Early bird registration closes at 11:59 pm EDT
April 25th, 2025 - Regular registration closes at 11:59 pm EDT
April 16th, 2025 - Poster abstract submission closes at 11:59 pm EDT

Poster Abstract Submission & Travel Scholarship Application

We encourage all our attendees to submit a poster abstract for our poster networking session, taking place in the evening of Thursday, May 8th. Abstracts are limited to 200 words. Please note that posters do not require the inclusion/mention of Green Chemistry elements or aspects. However, all presenters are invited to look for opportunities to talk about Green Chemistry within the context of their research. Posters from previous conferences are welcome! Please make sure to submit your abstracts early, as they will be evaluated on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Additionally, we will be providing travel scholarships to alleviate some costs. The amount awarded is on a need-basis. Applications for the travel scholarship can be found on the second page of the poster abstract submission form.

Submit your abstract to the Symposium: Advancing Green Chemistry Education: The Process, Research and New Developments in Curricular Activities which will take place at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2025 meeting in CA& Hybrid.

Abstract

There is an increase in educational activities aimed at enhancing knowledge and use of Green Chemistry principles and applications. However, with demands in academia, this sometimes presents a barrier to wider adoption across the curriculum. This symposium explores the process of developing Green Chemistry activities, courses, and curricular changes, sharing how educators got started and progressed through development. The discussion will cover research, theory-based methodology, and pedagogical strategies used to revamp or develop activities, as well as chemical education research on this process. The session will also discuss the pivotal role of change agents—educators and researchers who drive the adoption of innovative practices and sustainable principles in education. By sharing the developmental journey and the theoretical underpinnings of our assessment strategies, the session aims to contribute to the broader discourse on advancing Green Chemistry education and to inspire ongoing research and implementation of effective teaching methodologies. Speakers from all sectors of the CHED community are invited to share how they are integrating green and sustainable chemistry, systems-thinking, toxicology, and social/environmental justice into their classrooms, laboratory curriculum, undergraduate research and outreach activities. Interdisciplinary and international perspectives are welcome, as are student speakers at the undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral levels, including those from minority-serving institutions.

Deadline for Submission is Monday, September 30.

In 2024, Green Chemistry celebrates its 25th anniversary. On this occasion, members of the Editorial Board are holding symposia worldwide for their local communities. Join Prof. Helen Sneddon and Dr Kirsten Hawkins on this event, a celebration of some of the UK's latest advances in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 

The symposium will be held in person at Department of Chemistry, The University of York, UK from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm on Monday 24th June, 2024. 

Please note that there is a maximum number of in-person attendees, so in-person attendance cannot be guaranteed. A confirmation email will be sent with further instructions after the registration deadline.

We look forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of Green Chemistry with you!

Registration deadline is May 31st, 2024.