Plenary & keynote
Speakers
CSF 2027 features five plenary lectures and sixteen keynote lectures across the eight scientific tracks, alongside invited and contributed talks selected from submitted abstracts.
Speaker announcements are in progress. Invitations to plenary and keynote speakers are issued by the Scientific Committee through late 2026 and early 2027. Confirmed speakers are published on this page as each acceptance is received, with the first announcements expected in November 2026.
To propose a speaker, or to enquire about an invited lecture, write to committee@csf2027.com.
Plenary lectures
Five plenaries, one each morning
Plenary lectures run without parallel sessions, so the whole conference is in the room.
To be announced
Plenary I · Wednesday 15 September
Chemistry's role in a habitable century
To be announced
Plenary II · Thursday 16 September
Catalysis without compromise
To be announced
Plenary III · Friday 17 September
Closing the carbon loop: circularity beyond recycling
To be announced
Plenary IV · Saturday 18 September
Chemistry of the contaminated world
To be announced
Plenary V · Sunday 19 September
The next decade in sustainable chemistry
Award lectures
Sunday 19 September
Selected by the Scientific Committee from accepted contributions
Keynote lectures
Sixteen keynotes across eight tracks
Two keynotes per track, each opening a block of contributed talks in one of the four halls.
| Track | Keynote subject | Scheduled | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Photocatalysis for fine chemicals | Thu 16 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T2 | Solid-state electrolytes at scale | Thu 16 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T3 | Enzymatic depolymerisation | Thu 16 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T4 | Direct air capture economics | Thu 16 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T3 | Polymer upcycling to high-value products | Fri 17 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T6 | Integrated biorefinery design | Fri 17 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T1 | Continuous flow at manufacturing scale | Fri 17 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T8 | Green chemistry in the curriculum | Fri 17 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T5 | PFAS: from persistence to destruction | Sat 18 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T7 | Self-driving laboratories | Sat 18 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T2 | Critical minerals & battery recycling | Sat 18 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T1 | Sustainable solvents: what actually works | Sat 18 Sept, 10:00 | To be announced |
| T4 | Membranes for carbon separation | Sat 18 Sept, 11:30 | To be announced |
| T5 | Non-target screening of micropollutants | Sat 18 Sept, 11:30 | To be announced |
| T6 | Lignin valorisation pathways | Fri 17 Sept, 11:30 | To be announced |
| T7 | Generative design of functional materials | Thu 16 Sept, 11:30 | To be announced |
For invited speakers
What an invitation includes
Plenary and keynote speakers present to an international audience of more than 1,000 researchers, take part in the panel discussions, and contribute to the closing statement on research priorities.
- Registration fee waived for the full conference
- Places at the welcome reception and the conference dinner
- Support towards travel and accommodation, agreed individually with the committee
- Session chairing invitation where the speaker wishes to take one
- Speaker biography and photograph published on this page and in the book of abstracts
Speakers who have received a written invitation should reply to committee@csf2027.com with their confirmation, lecture title, a biography of up to 150 words, and a square portrait photograph of at least 800 × 800 pixels.
Session chairs
Chairing a session
Each of the parallel sessions is led by two chairs drawn from the community, one senior and one early-career. Chairs introduce speakers, keep the session strictly to time, and lead the discussion.
Expressions of interest in chairing are welcome from delegates who have published in the relevant track. Write to the committee with your name, affiliation, and preferred tracks.
Speak at CSF 2027
Oral presentation slots are filled from submitted abstracts. Submission closes 26 February 2027.