Call for Abstracts | 29th Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry | 29-31 July 2026

Communicated on behalf of Eric Scerri

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We are pleased to announce that the 29th annual conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC 2026) will be held from 29 to 31 July 2026, at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) under the auspices of the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC). https://philosophyofchemistry.com/

We invite proposals addressing a diverse range of contemporary questions in the epistemology and metaphysics of chemistry, in addition to historical and educational aspects of chemistry.

Location: Royce Hall, at UCLA.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royce_Hall

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Prof. Pieter Thyssen, Liège University, Belgium, 

Prof. Guillermo Restrepo, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany,

Deadline for abstract submission: 31^st March 2026

Notification of acceptance:  20^th April 2025

Further details regarding the venue, program, and registration process will be provided in due course at the website for the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry.  https://philosophyofchemistry.com/symposia-2/

Please direct any inquiries to Dr. Eric Scerri, UCLA, scerri@g.ucla.edu

We look forward to welcoming you all at UCLA, 

Kind regards, The organizing committee.

Call for abstracts

We welcome submissions on any topic in the philosophy of chemistry, including historical and educational presentations of fundamental aspects of chemistry. Presentations will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for Q&A.  Zoom presentations will have 20 minutes plus 5.  

Plenary speakers will deliver longer talks.

Candidate speakers should submit a 1-page abstract (in Word format) of no more than 400 words (excluding references) by 31 March to scerri@g.ucla.edu

All abstracts must contain a title and be prepared for anonymous review.

Please include your affiliations in the body of your email, and specify whether your paper will be presented in person or online.  Submitted abstracts will be blind-reviewed by the scientific committee. Notifications of acceptance will be delivered by 20^th April.