8th Annual UKPorMat Conference
The 8th UKPorMat Conference will be held at the University of Birmingham on 3 - 4 June 2025.
Plenary Speakers
Hoi Ri Moon, Ewha Womans University
Neil McKeown, University of Edinburgh
Anna Slater, University of Liverpool
Len Barbour, University of Lincoln
Lauren Macreadie, University of New South Wales
Bettina Lotsch, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Sir Anthony Cheetham, University of California, Santa Barbara
Registration and abstract submission have been managed through the RSC PorMat Events Page. Details of key dates can be found here.
In order to stay up to date with conference details we recommend following the conference Twitter account @UKPorMat and joining the RSC Porous Materials Interest Group (@RSCPorMat), which you can do here:
https://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/PorousMaterials/
The Interest Group is now also on Bluesky at @rsc-pormat.bsky.social so follow us there too!
The 7th Annual UKPorMat Conference was held in Liverpool 2024
The 7th UKPorMat Conference was held at the University of Liverpool on 4 - 5 June 2024.
Plenary Speakers
Omar Farha - Northwestern University
Wendy Lee Queen - EPFL
Robert Mokaya - University of Nottingham
Magda Titirici - Imperial College London
Peter Budd - University of Manchester
Registration and abstract submission have been managed through the RSC PorMat Events Page. Details of key dates can be found here.
In order to stay up to date with conference details we recommend following the conference Twitter account @UKPorMat and joining the RSC Porous Materials Interest Group (@RSCPorMat), which you can do here:
https://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/PorousMaterials/
The 6th Annual UKPorMat Conference was in Sheffield in 2023
The 6th Annual UKPorMat Conference was held in Sheffield from 19 - 20th June 2023.
Plenary Speakers
Andy Cooper - University of Liverpool
Mónica Giménez Marqués - Universitat de València
Tomislav Friščić - University of Birmingham
Lauren Macreadie - University of New South Wales
Michael Mastalerz - Universität Heidelberg
Registration and abstract submission have been managed through the RSC PorMat Events Page. Details of key dates can be found here.
In order to stay up to date with conference details we recommend following the conference Twitter account @UKPorMat and joining the RSC Porous Materials Interest Group (@RSCPorMat), which you can do here:
https://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/PorousMaterials/
The 5th Annual UKPorMat Conference was in Glasgow in 2022
The Conference was held in Glasgow on 13th - 14th June 2022.
Plenary Speakers
Thomas Bennett - University of Cambridge
María Giménez López - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Andrew Goodwin - University of Oxford
Rebecca Greenaway - Imperial College London
Stefan Kaskel - TU Dresden
Veronique Van Speybroeck - Ghent University
The RSC Porous Materials Interest Group was pleased to offer free online registration to UKPorMat - viewing of all presentations streamed live - to students and postdoctoral researchers based in low or middle income countries, as defined by the World Bank (link - https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/low-and-middle-income).
The offer was open to members and non-members of the Royal Society of Chemistry. As a delegate of the 5th Annual UKPorMat Conference, the RSC gave a complimentary affiliate membership. Through membership, you can participate in our special interest groups, keep up to date with key developments, access specialist career and professional development support and receive discounts on any further events you may wish to attend. Information about how to take up this offer will be made available to registered conference delegates.
With affiliate membership you can access:
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Career-enhancing resources and connections
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Information on the latest innovation and discoveries
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Opportunities to meet and collaborate with like-minded scientists
Please contact us by email or using the contact page form if you have any queries.
FEZA 2021
In 2021, we were delighted to co-organize the virtual Federation of European Zeolite Associations (FEZA 2021) Conference, with the British Zeolite Association (BZA) on the 5-9 July.
Full information can be found at:
The conference included topics spanning all areas of porous materials science, including;
Zeolites, Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Porous Polymers, Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), Porous Carbons, Porous Silicas, Porous Organic Cages, AlPOs and other Zeotypes
The RSC Porous Materials Interest Group was also pleased to offer bursaries to support student attendance at the meeting. More information about the Interest Group can be found at:
https://www.rsc.org/Membership/Networking/InterestGroups/PorousMaterials/
The 4th Annual UKPorMat Meeting was at Cardiff University
1-2 July 2019
Thank you to all delegates for an excellent scientific meeting!
Invited speakers were:
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Paolo Falcaro, Graz University of Technology, Austria
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Lee Brammer, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield
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Caroline Mellot-Drazniek, Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, Collège de France
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Camille Petit, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
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Neil McKeown, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
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Xiaodong Zou, Stockholm University, Sweden
2019 Conference Programme
The conference programme can be found here.
All talks were held in the School of Chemistry "Large Lecture Theatre", Main Building, Cardiff University
Poster sessions, refreshments and lunches were in the Viriamu Jones Gallery, Main Building, Cardiff University