Chem4Energy 2026 – A Special Tribute
Deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Professor Cornie van Sittert – a dear friend and colleague who played a pivotal role in establishing the Chem4Energy conference series – the 2026 meeting will be dedicated to her memory and will include a special session to celebrate her work and contributions to the scientific community.
The Chem4Energy community has grown out of a number of collaborative UK-Africa consortium programmes and 2026 will see the fifth in this series of annual meetings, which focus in particular on:
Although contributions in all areas within the Chem4Energy remit are welcome, core themes of the 2026 meeting include:
Chem4Energy 2026 will be dedicated to the memory of our esteemed colleague Professor Cornie van Sittert. A special session to remember and celebrate her work and service to the scientific community will take place on Monday afternoon, 23rd March. For those who wish to give a short presentation or share some words during this tribute, please submit an abstract.
Organising committee:
Professor Nora de Leeuw – University of Leeds, UK
Dr Marietjie Ungerer – University of Leeds, UK
North-West University, South Africa
Further information about Chem4Energy 2026, including registration and abstract submission can be found on our dedicated conference website: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/events-conferences/doc/chem4energy-2026
Deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Professor Cornie van Sittert – a dear friend and colleague who played a pivotal role in establishing the Chem4Energy conference series – the 2026 meeting will be dedicated to her memory and will include a special session to celebrate her work and contributions to the scientific community.
The Chem4Energy community has grown out of a number of collaborative UK-Africa consortium programmes and 2026 will see the fifth in this series of annual meetings, which focus in particular on:
- Highlighting the synergy between experiment and computation
- Offering opportunities for early career researchers to disseminate their work in oral and poster presentations - often their first conference talk!
- Allowing plenty of opportunity for discussion of the research presentations
Although contributions in all areas within the Chem4Energy remit are welcome, core themes of the 2026 meeting include:
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis for clean energy production
- CO2 capture and utilisation
- Materials for solar energy devices
- Nuclear energy
- Hydrogen production, storage and transport
- High-performance computing in energy research
Chem4Energy 2026 will be dedicated to the memory of our esteemed colleague Professor Cornie van Sittert. A special session to remember and celebrate her work and service to the scientific community will take place on Monday afternoon, 23rd March. For those who wish to give a short presentation or share some words during this tribute, please submit an abstract.
Organising committee:
Professor Nora de Leeuw – University of Leeds, UK
Dr Marietjie Ungerer – University of Leeds, UK
North-West University, South Africa
Further information about Chem4Energy 2026, including registration and abstract submission can be found on our dedicated conference website: https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/events-conferences/doc/chem4energy-2026
