The Annual Early Career Colloid (ECCo) meeting will take place on 25-26 June at the University of Hertfordshire. The conference is specially geared towards early career academics, PhD students, postdocs and scientists from universities, research organizations and industries.

Keynote speakers:
Izabela Jurewicz, University of Surrey
Rachel Evans, University of Cambridge

Poster abstract submissions are open until mid March.

For more information, visit the conference webpage.

SCI’s All-Ireland Group and Materials Chemistry Group are organising this two-day symposium, which aims to cover the field of polymeric coatings and promote new developments in the field. Through a combination of workshops, academic and industrial presentations and panel discussion, attendees will learn the fundamentals of polymeric coatings as well as learning about new developments in the field and real-world applications of coating technology.

For more information, visit the meeting’s website.

The recipient of this year’s Rideal Award is Prof Joe Keddie from University of Surrey. An event to celebrate Joe’s achievements, ending with the Rideal lecture, will be held on the 8th of April 2024 at the SCI, London.

For more information visit the meeting’s website.

Dr Gemma-Louise Davies, University of Birmingham, is the 2025 recipient of the prestigious McBain Medal. The 2025 McBain Medal meeting will feature invited lectures and will be concluded with the 2025 McBain Medal Lecture by Dr Gemma-Louse Davies.

Key Dates:
Poster submission deadline: 15 December 2025
Early-bird registration deadline: 17 December 2025

More details can be found here.

The annual ECIS conference is the flagship event of the European Colloids and Interface Society (ECIS). Its 39th edition will be jointly held with the 5th UK Colloid Science Conference!

Key Dates:
11th Apr 2025: Abstract submission deadline
13th Jun 2025: Early Bird Registration concludes
11th Jul 2025: Last day for Oral Presentation registration

More details on the event can be found on the website.

A symposium is held in his memory of Prof Gordon J. T. Tiddy on 20^th January 2025 at the Royal Society of Chemistry in Burlington House, London. More details about the event are available here.

The recipient of this year’s Thomas Graham Lecture Award is Prof Alex Routh from the University of Cambridge. An event to celebrate Alex’s achievements and the presentation of the award will be held on the 1^st of April 2025 at the SCI headquarter in London. More details about the event are available here.

The recipient of this year’s McBain Medal is Prof. Jason Zhang from the University of Birmingham. An event to celebrate Jason’s achievements and present him with the McBain Medal will be held on the 25th of January 2024 at the Exchange, Birmingham.

The recipient of this year’s Rideal Award is Dr. Andrew Howe from AQDOT. An event to celebrate Andrew’s achievements, ending with the Rideal lecture, will be held on the 24th of April 2024 at the SCI, London.

The 11th MIBio conference will take place at Howard Theatre, Downing College, Cambridge, on 18th October 2023. MIBio engages leading experts from industry and academia in a discussion on how the latest molecular interaction-based discoveries can be exploited in biopharmaceutical formulation to produce more effective, patient-friendly, and safer therapeutic products. Abstracts for poster presentations at MIBio 2023 are now being invited. 

For more information on the conference please visit