RSC Dalton Community Scotland and Universities of Scotland Inorganic Conference (USIC) 2026
The upcoming RSC Scottish Dalton/USIC Conference will be held at Heriot-Watt University on the 1st and 2nd of September 2026. The new combined format of these conferences was a great success last year, combining the regional RSC Scottish Dalton meeting and PhD student-led USIC conference. We have Prof. Andrew Weller (York), Dr Lucas Carreras (Johnson Matthey), and the 2026 RSC Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize winner Dr Conrad Goodwin (Manchester) confirmed as a plenary speakers. We will also feature invited talks from each of the Scottish chemistry departments. As is tradition, USIC will focus on early career researchers and offer opportunities for oral and poster presentations, along with a conference dinner and a traditional Scottish ceilidh in the evening.
The event will be held in the Postgraduate Centre at Heriot-Watt University which has good bus links into Edinburgh. The dinner and ceilidh will be held at The Pavilion at Myreside. There is a wide variety of accomodation options in central Edinburgh. The Courtyard by Marriott, Edinburgh West located on campus is offering a 15% discount on room bookings. Please contact them at [email protected] or 0131 526 3210 and quote "USIC Conference" to book a discounted room.
All are welcome to attend and we encourage attendance from those outside of Scotland.
Registration costs:
拢60 - Student (RSC Member)
拢80 - Student (Non-RSC Member)
拢100 - Non-student (RSC Member)
拢120 - Non-student (Non-RSC Member)
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Abstract submission for oral and poster presentations from PhD students and ECRs is now open - deadline: 31/07/26
Speakers
Professor Andrew Weller
University of York
UK
Dr Lucas Carreras
Johnson Matthey
UK
Dr Conrad Goodwin
The University of Manchester
UK
Dr Yue Hu
The University of Edinburgh
UK
Dr Zeliha Ertekin
The University of Glasgow
UK
Dr Catherine Weetman
University of Strathclyde
UK
Dr Jan-Willem Bos
University of St Andrews
UK
Dr Sebastian Tyerman
Heriot-Watt University
UK
Dr Jeffrey Gorman
Durham University
UK
Committees
Dr Dominic Willcox
Heriot-Watt University
UK
Dr Stephen Mansell
Heriot-Watt University
UK
Josef Stevenson-Hornby
Heriot-Watt University
UK
Rachel McCabe
Heriot-Watt University
UK
Ellis Corrigan
Heriot-Watt University
UK
Daniel Lambden
Heriot-Watt University
UK
Event details
We are now accepting abstracts from PhD students and ECR researchers for both oral and poster presentations. We welcome submissions from any area of inorganic chemistry from any instituion.
Please submit your abstracts using the attached template as a .docx file.
Abstract submission deadline: 31/07/26
We will email if you have been selected to present by 07/08/26.
Deadlines
Please register on the RSC page using the web link.
Student RSC Member: 拢60
Student Non-RSC Member: 拢80
RSC Member: 拢100
Non-RSC Member: 拢120
Registration includes attendance to both days of the conference, lunch, teas and coffees, and the conference dinner and ceilidh.
Registration deadline: 07/08/26
Deadlines
RSC Coordination and Orgametallic Chemsitry Discussion Group
Heriot-Watt University
Postgraduate Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Postgraduate Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK