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Discover a wide range of chemistry events happening throughout the UK and Ireland, from workshops and lectures to conferences and networking opportunities. Use this page to browse all upcoming events, find those near you, and stay connected with the chemistry community.
10th Fragment-based Drug Discovery Meeting
The Fragment series was started in 2007 and continues with this theme in having over three-quarters of the pres...
14–16 September 2026
Cambridge, UK
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RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Dalton poster symposium 2026
This event lets early-career inorganic chemists present their work to a wider community.
14 September 2026
London, UK
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Hands-on Sample Preparation
The Hands-On Sample Preparation course combines the 8 individual hands-on sample preparation techniques.
14–24 September 2026
Milton Keynes, UK
InQuanto Summer School
A practical school on the application of quantum compute to quantum chemistry problems.
14–18 September 2026
Cambridge, UK
Physical Organic Chemistry Concepts for Process Development
Physical organic chemistry concepts for process development, 14鈥�16 September 2026, online event.
14–16 September 2026
UK
Chemical Biology meets Drug Discovery
The 2026 Chemical Biology meets Drug Discovery at AstraZeneca's the DISC in Cambridge, UK
14–15 September 2026
Cambridge, UK
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Advances in Coatings
Join leading experts for a day exploring cutting鈥慹dge innovations in coatings science.
14 September 2026
Birmingham, UK
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Molecular excited states theory and experiment Faraday Di...
The Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings
14–16 September 2026
Cambridge, UK
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Sustainable chemistry of electrofuels and electrochemical...
The Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings
14–16 September 2026
Manchester, UK
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Molecular excited states theory and experiment Faraday Di...
The Faraday Discussions are unique international discussion meetings
14–16 September 2026
Cambridge, UK
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RSC Dalton Community Northern Regional Meeting 2026
This symposium supports PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in inorganic chemistry.
17 September 2026
Leeds, UK
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Secrets of Batch Process Scale-Up
Ensuring effective translation of laboratory processes to pilot plant scale
21–23 September 2026
Dublin, Ireland
A Celebration of Organic Chemistry 2026
This event celebrates modern organic chemistry, highlighting new methodologies and applications.
22–23 September 2026
Macclesfield, UK
Ardley Energy Recovery Site Visit
Join the RSC Mid-Southern Counties Local Section for a visit to the Ardley Energy Recovery Facility.
28 September 2026
Oxfordshire, UK
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Applications of Machine Learning to Process Chemistry
Short Course
28–29 September 2026
UK
Sydney Andrew medal lecture
SCI announces the 2025 Andrew Medal recipient - Professor Rosemary Collier, University of Warwick
30 September 2026
London, UK
Sampling and Sample Preparation: The Cornerstones of Anal...
A one-day JPAG Foundations event covering the key topic of sample prep in pharmaceutical analysis
1 October 2026
London, UK
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EMBO Practical Course | Causality in biomedicine: going b...
Gain an introduction to causal inference and causal representation with EMBO and EMBL-EBI Training.
4–9 October 2026
Hinxton, UK
Hands on GC and GCMS
Theory of GC and MS essential to any participant, with handson in the lab to practice and re-enforce
5–9 October 2026
Milton Keynes, UK
Hands-on ICP-MS
The course examines each component of ICP-MS and ICP-MS/MS instrumentation, followed by a practical exercise in...
6–7 October 2026
Milton Keynes, UK
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