24/09/2026
🔬🤝 For three days, Austria's chemistry community met in Krems.
We hosted the Austrian Chemistry Days 2026, one of Austria's most significant scientific conferences in the natural sciences, together with the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH) and the Czech Chemical Society. Under the theme "Trust in Chemistry", researchers, students and industry partners including BASF, KremsChem, Anton Paar, Bruker, Shimadzu and Agilent came together to discuss AI in analytical chemistry, sustainable energy and the circular economy.
Keynotes by Peter Schoenmakers (University of Amsterdam), Erwin Reisner (University of Cambridge) and Harald Pflanzl set the tone, with contributions from Aleš Růžička (University of Pardubice) and Karsten Haupt (Université de Technologie de Compiègne).
As Uwe Rinner, Head of our Institute of Applied Chemistry and Conference Chair, put it: "Trust in chemistry is not built through slogans, but through knowledge, transparency and tangible solutions to the challenges of our time." Hosting this conference reflects how closely research, education and practical application connect here, from digitalisation and data analytics to sustainability.
🧡 IMC. It's all in me.
ℹ️ Find out more about our Chemistry bachelor degree programme: https://www.imc.ac.at/en/study/bachelor/science-technology/chemistry/
ℹ️ Find out more about our Sustainable Chemistry and Digital Processing master degree programme: https://www.imc.ac.at/en/study/master/science-technology/sustainable-chemistry-and-digital-processing/