CPD Courses and Events

Chem4Energy is pleased to announce the 2026 conference on ‘Materials and Processes for a Sustainable Energy Future’. 

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

The Chem4Energy conferences aim to bring together local academic and industrial researchers and developers from South Africa with colleagues from Europe, the USA and further afield, to discuss the latest developments in sustainable energy materials and processes, build new collaborations, and influence and support future directions in the field of sustainable energy research.  

Please read the 'More Info' section before completing your registration

What will I learn?
This course focuses on general management issues, including legislation, compliance with authorisation conditions, quality assurance and control. You’ll gain perspectives from all sides – regulators, industrial emitters and contract source testing organisations. You’ll also look at measurement and analytical techniques. Gaseous and particulate emissions will be covered and both extractive sampling and in situ methods will be discussed. Towards the end of the course there will be a workshop on calculation methods, something which is relevant to everyone involved in emissions monitoring.

How will I benefit?
Whether you’re new to the field or looking to update your knowledge, you’ll gain a broad overview of industrial air pollution monitoring. You’ll have the opportunity to meet equipment and services providers.

If you’re a stack tester requiring personal certification under the Environment Agency's MCERTS scheme, the sessions on Day One are particularly relevant to MCERTS level 2 (team leaders). Day Two is particularly relevant to MCERTS Technical Endorsements 1 (particles), 2 (trace species) and 3 (manual methods for gases). Sessions on Day Three are particularly relevant to MCERTS Technical Endorsement 4 (instrumental methods for gases).

The University of Leeds is pleased to host the RSC Solid State Chemistry Group 44th Christmas Meeting and Early Career Researcher (ECR) Meeting as a combined event in December 2025. Taking place over three days, the programme begins with the ECR Meeting (15–16 December), offering a supportive platform for emerging researchers to present their work and build networks. This is followed by the long-standing SSCG Christmas Meeting (16–17 December), showcasing cutting-edge research from across the solid-state chemistry community.

One registration covers both meetings, and all participants are warmly encouraged to attend the full programme.