Call for abstracts

Topics of Interest

ICCK 2027 welcomes experimental, theoretical, and modeling contributions across the broad field of chemical kinetics, including:

1. Homogeneous gas-phase kinetics

• Combustion and energy conversion
• Atmospheric and environmental chemistry
• Interstellar and planetary chemistry

2. Liquid- and solution-phase kinetics

• Homogeneous catalysis
• Polymer chemistry and polymer reaction engineering
• Aqueous and non-aqueous reaction kinetics

3. Heterogeneous and surface kinetics

• Heterogeneous catalysis
• Surface reactions and interfaces
• Chemical vapor deposition and materials synthesis

4. Plasma and ion kinetics

• Plasma chemistry
• Ion–molecule and charged-species kinetics
• Plasma-assisted processes

5. Solid- and condensed-phase kinetics

• Thermal decomposition and pyrolysis
• Chemical recycling and waste conversion
• Energetic materials

6. Cross-cutting methods and approaches

• Industrial applications of chemical kinetics
• Experimental methods and advanced diagnostics
• Theoretical and computational chemical kinetics
• Kinetic mechanism development and automated kinetics
• Data-driven methods and machine learning
• Uncertainty quantification and model reduction
• Simulation of chemical reactors

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts will be submitted through a portal.
Presentation and poster submissions follow the same format. Selection between the two is available in the portal.

Abstracts should include:

1. Authors and presenter
2. Introduction
3. Methods
4. Results
5. Conclusions
6. References (format: [1] A. B. Smith, Int. J. Chem. Kin., volume number, page/article number (year).)
7. Max one image, horizontal format

Total length:

• without image: maximum 4000 characters (spaces included), approximately 600 words;
• with image: maximum 3000 characters (spaces included), approximately 450 words.

Submit an abstract

Poster format

• Posters must be in A0 size, (841 mm W × 1189 mm H) in portrait orientation
• Landscape format is not permitted due to poster boards
• Presenters are required to print and bring their own posters to the conference

Wing Tsang Award

About Wing Tsang

The award is named in honor of Wing Tsang (1935–2026), a pioneer in chemical kinetics investigations and a founder, together with John T. Herron, of the International Conference on Chemical Kinetics in 1985.

Wing Tsang’s outstanding technical contributions to chemical kinetics during his 51-year career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) centered on combustion chemistry and shock tube experiments. His leadership was also key in creating the evaluated chemical kinetics databases that continue to have tremendous impact on the broader kinetics community.

Criteria for the Wing Tsang Early Career Award

• The awardee must be an early career investigator within 10 years of their terminal degree as of the conference date.
• The awardee’s research interests should be in one or several aspects (experimental, theoretical, and modeling) of fundamental or applied chemical kinetics.
• The awardee must have been an active participant in past ICCK conferences.
• The awardee must demonstrate research excellence and impact in fundamental or applied chemical kinetics, the potential for future leadership, and service to the chemical kinetics community.
• The awardee must be available to present the Wing Tsang Plenary Lecture at the ICCK conference.

Timeline and nomination instructions

Nomination deadline: February 1, 2027

Nomination packages should include:

• A short CV (no more than 2 pages).
• A list of up to 5 most influential publications.
• A letter of nomination (maximum of 2 pages).
• One supporting letter (maximum of 2 pages).

Nomination packages should be sent to Craig Taatjes, chair of the Wing Tsang Award Committee, at cataatj@sandia.gov.

Self-nominations are not permitted. Members of the ICCK Standing Committee may not nominate or support a candidate.

Support the award

Donations are being solicited to fund this award for the next 20 years, in honor of Wing Tsang and to encourage excellence in chemical kinetics. For information about making a donation, please contact the ICCK Treasurer, Bill Green, at whgreen@mit.edu.

Committees

Program chairs

Local organising committee

Scientific advisory committee

Registration

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Contacts

For any questions, contact the organisers at ICCK2027@mzevents.it.