7th HRSMC/EPA Summer School on Photochemistry!

29 June 2026 to 2 July 2026  Fletcher Kloosterhotel in Deurne

Every four years the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) organises a summer school where PhD students and other researchers are trained by top scientists in the area of photochemistry.

Essential topics in Photochemistry include:

Experimental and computational approaches to understanding optical and dynamical properties of materials for:

• optoelectronics 
• artificial photosynthesis 
• biomolecular systems 
• and multi-spin systems.

Early Bird Registration: April 27, 2026

Final Registration Deadline: May 25, 2026

Details here: https://www.hrsmc.nl/shared-content/events/2026/06/photochemistry-school-2026.html

ICCC2026 – 46th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC) Odense, Denmark

Jun 28-Jul 3, 2026

This landmark gathering will celebrate the full breadth of coordination chemistry, bringing together researchers, innovators, and collaborators from across the globe.

This meeting will include a two-day light-harvesting/photochemistry session with an excellent line up of speakers:

Plenary talk 

• Erwin Reisner
• Katja Heinze
• Jim McCusker

Invited speakers: 

Oliver Wenger, Elena Jakubikova, Ludovic Troian Gautier, and Anthonín Vlček.

Early Bird Registration

Closes: April 17th 2026*

Closure of Poster submissions: May 17th 2026

Conference webpage: https://iccc2026.com/program/

Italian Photochemistry Meeting 2026

10th to the 12th of June 2026

https://eventi.unibo.it/ipm2026

The Italian Photochemistry Meeting 2026 (IPM2026), organized by the Italian Group of Photochemistry (GIF) and the Interdivisional Group of Photochemistry of the Italian Chemical Society (GIdF), will be held in Bologna from the 10th to the 12th of June 2026.

This year, the IPM2026 will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GIF.

The conference will highlight recent developments in photochemistry and related fields, covering a broad range of scientific topics, including artificial photosynthesis, supramolecular photochemistry, photoactive nanomaterials, photocatalysis, molecular devices and machines, computational methods, optical sensing and imaging, and biomedical and environmental applications of photochemistry.

The scientific program will include:

– Four plenary lectures delivered by: 

• Prof. Felix Castellano (The North Carolina State University)
• Prof. Nathalie Katsonis (University of Groningen)
• Prof. Jorge Parola (NOVA University Lisbon)
• Prof. Annamaria Petrozza (IIT, Milan)

– Eight keynote lectures, including:

one keynote from the recipient of the “Ugo Mazzucato” Award 2025

one keynote from the recipient of the “Franco Scandola” GIF Young Investigator Award 2025

CECP – Central European Conference on Photochemistry, Bad Hofgastein, Austria

Feb 1 – 5, 2026

6th Molecules and Light conference, Poznan, Poland. (The Polish Section of EPA) and Polish Chemical Society (PTChem)

14 – 17 Sep  2025

26th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC)

Milazzo, Italy, July 7^th –July 12^th – 2025

250 attendees

X Ciamician Photochemistry School – 2025

9^th and 12^th June 2025

20 speakers from leading Italian universities

The 32nd International Conference on Photochemistry

The 32nd International Conference on Photochemistry will take place from July 13 (Sunday) to July 18 (Friday), 2025 in Aachen (Germany). The event is jointly organized by the RWTH Aachen University and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. The conference will focus on the following topics:

• Frontiers in Photochemical Sciences
• The Photophysics and Photochemistry of Solar Energy Conversion
• Pushing the Spectroscopic and Microscopic Limits of Single Molecules
• Photoswitches for Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
• Plasmonics & Photonics
• Photochemical Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms
• Industrial Photochemistry
• Photochemistry and the Sustainable Environment
• New Theoretical Tools in Photochemistry
• Advanced Spectroscopic Methods
• Molecular Photomedicine
• Photoredox Catalysis
• Enriching Materials Science with Photochemistry
• Light-Driven Functional Molecular Systems

Website link https://www.icp2025.de

International Conference on Photochemistry

The International Conference on Photochemistry remains one of the most important scientific events for the international photochemical community. It is held every two years in world renowned education and research environnement. Past editions have been hosted, among others, in Strasbourg (France), Jeju Island ( Korea) or Leuven (Belgium). Each edition gathered hundreds of participants from all around the world thus providing a highly stimulating networking environnement.

• Edition 2025 – Aachen, Germany – July 13 to July 18  2025 – website https://www.icp2025.de
• Edition 2023 – Sapporo, Japan – July 23rd  − July 28th, 2023 – Program & Abstract (https://icp2023.jp/program.html) – website (https://icp2023.jp/)
• Edition 2021 – Online Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland – 19 July 2021 to 23 July 2021 — Program & Abstract — Website
• Edition 2017 – Strasbourg, France – 16 July 2017 to 21 July 2017 — Program & Abstract — Website
• Edition 2015 – Jeju Island, Korea – 28 June 2015 to 3 July 2015
• Edition 2013 – Leuven, Belgium — 21 July 2013 to 26 July 2013 — Website

IUPAC International Symposium on Photochemistry

The International Symposium on Photochemistry remains one of the most important scientific events for the international photochemical community. Over the years, participation in the Symposium has included a healthy number of delegates from North America, Asia, and Europe, with a smaller but sustained participation of delegates from Australia and New Zealand, Africa and Latin America. The IUPAC symposium in Photochemistry brings together many of the world experts in various scientific areas and strongly encourages the participation of younger scientists, postdocs and students. The scientific topics to be covered in the Symposium include areas of unparalleled impact in the world today.

• Edition 2024, Valencia, Spain July 14h to July 19^th 2024 https://www.photoiupac2024.com
• Edition 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 17, 2022 to July 22, 2022
• Edition 2018 – Dublin, Ireland – 8 July 2018 to 13 July 2018 — Program & Abstract — Website
• Edition 2016 – Osaka, Japan – 3 April 2016 to 8 April 2016 — Website
• Edition 2014 – Bordeaux, France — 13 July 2014 to 18 July 2014

28th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry

After the unfortunate cancellation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope to welcome the photochemistry community in Amsterdam in July 2022.

More information here.

The 28th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry (PhotoIUPAC2022) will be held July, 2022, at the Roeterseilandcampus of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The conference will cover all areas of photochemistry. Some topics are listed below, but they are not intended as a limiting classification nor to exclude any other experimental or theoretical contributions related to the field.

• Light energy conversion
• Photochemical reactions and intermediates
• Artificial molecular switches and motors
• Photo-mechanical materials
• Imaging and sensing
• Single molecule photochemistry
• Photomedicine
• Photobiology
• Emerging techniques and applications

Conference chair: Fred Brouwer (University of Amsterdam)

Registration will open on December 15th 2021 here.

Conference updates will appear here.

PhotoIPUAC 2022 Website