ECerS 2025 - Call For Papers

Become Part of the ECerS 2025 Community

August 31–September 4, 2025, Dresden, Germany

The 19th Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS) will take place in Dresden, Germany, from August 31 to September 4, 2025. This prestigious event offers a unique platform to explore cutting-edge research and product developments across a wide range of topics within ceramic science and technology. It provides an opportunity for researchers, engineers, industry leaders, and students from around the world to present and exchange their recent findings. 

The conference is organized by ECerS and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, and supported by the German Ceramic Society DKG e. V.

Call for Papers & Posters – Submission Deadline: December 31, 2024

We invite you to participate in ECerS 2025 by submitting your abstracts for oral or poster presentations. Submissions are open until December 31, 2024. The conference will cover a broad array of symposia topics, including:

• S1: Innovative ceramic syntheses, processing and shaping / Ceramic coatings / Porous ceramics
• S2: Thermal processes and advanced sintering / Cold sintering
• S3: Additive manufacturing
• S4: Advanced structural ceramics and composites / Architectured materials / Defense / Subsea systems
• S5: Refractories / High and ultra-high temperature ceramics / Hardmetals
• S6: Ceramics for environmental technologies / Recycling
• S7: Glass-ceramics and glasses
• S8: Functional ceramics
• S9: Ceramics for energy conversion and storage, chemistry and environment / Hydrogen
• S10: (Bio)ceramics, composites, and bioactive glasses for healthcare
• S11: Ceramics and construction materials for building applications / Silicate ceramics / Art + Archaeology
• S12: Advanced characterization techniques
• S13: Modeling and digitalization of materials and processes
• S14: Ceramic membranes, water treatment, and gas separation
• S15: Transparent ceramics
• S16: ACerS-ECerS Joint Symposium (invitation only)
• S17) International Sodium Battery Symposium SBS6
• S18) European-Korean Symposium

Besides the plenary lectures, the conference includes the ECerS awards ceremony and the ECerS fellowships ceremony as well as a student speech contest. Moreover, the 100th Annual Meeting of DKG is fully integrated.