Flash Conferences

The European project ERA-Chemistry will inaugurate in 2007 a new style of conferences in chemistry. They aim at bringing together experienced and young researchers to discuss frontier chemical research. The scientific scope of these conferences will be concerned exclusively with emerging topics of immediate importance for developing chemical research: sharply defined domains at the forefront in Europe. The non-recurrent hot topics will be proposed six months in advance by the members of the Scientific Advisory Board of ERA-Chemistry, a panel of European experts nominated by the partner countries.

The ERA-Chemistry Flash Conferences are based on high-level lectures by invited internationally renowned specialists of the domain. Each person attending must, as far as possible, contribute to the conference, so the poster presentations will be fully open, and the best proposals will be upgraded to “contributed” lectures.

The ERA-Chemistry Flash Conferences will be completely open to any researcher in the field, independent of age or nationality. Junior researchers are particularly welcome to this new conference scheme. There is no registration fee: participants will have to cover their own travel and on-site accommodation expenses (which will be the lowest possible).

There will be two Flash Conferences per year, in different European countries. They are planned for 3 full days, on a single site for both the conferences and accommodation. The daily agenda is organised around morning lectures given by the invited speakers; the afternoon will be reserved for friendly discussions or free activities, and the evening for the contributed lecturers.

The abstract booklets will be provided to the participants only. No further publication will be made by the conference organisers. Each participant agrees that any information from lectures, posters and discussions is considered as a private communication from the contributor and is not for public use.

The audience is limited to 100-120 attendees, selected on the quality of their proposals by the Chairpersons. The first ERA-Chemistry Flash Conference is scheduled for March 2007 in France, followed by a second conference in October in Portugal.

Forthcoming ERA-Chemistry Flash Conferences in 2010

6th Flash Conference in Roscoff, France, 2010

 

Previous ERA-Chemistry Flash Conferences

2007

2008

2009