2026 French/German Adsorption Conference

The Conference


The 2nd Adsorption Conference organized by the “French-German Adsorption Initiative” will be held in Duisburg (Germany) between March 24th and 26th, 2026. The conference is supported by the German Adsorption Group (DECHEMA) and the French “Association Francaise de l’Adsorption (AFA)”.


The aim of the conference is to bring together and foster collaboration between scientists from these two communities. However, we see this joint initiative as a platform that could be extended to all European countries in the very near future. Therefore we are open for presentations from France, Germany and neighboring countries. The conference will be organized around oral and poster sessions as well as four invited plenary talks.


It will focus on the following themes but any presentation related to adsorption phenomena is welcome:
  • Characterization of porous materials
  • Molecular modelling of adsorption phenomena
  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption
  • Gas phase adsorption processes (PSA / TSA / CSA / …)
  • Liquid phase adsorption processes and chromatography
As we want to cover the whole bandwidth from basic research to applied technology, we invite people both from academia and industry to present their topics.

The location


The city of Duisburg has ca. 500.000 inhabitants and provides a great venue for a scientific conference. It is located in the western part of Germany near the border to the Netherlands. The venue is next to the Duisburg main railway station, which is well connected to the European train system. The international airport of Düsseldorf is reached directly by train in less than 20 minutes.


The time schedule

The conference will take place in the buildings of the faculty of engineering of the University of Duisburg-Essen. It will start after lunch on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 and will close on Thursday, March 26th, 2026 around noon (a lunch bag will be provided). A combined wine/cheese and beer/bretzel event will be organized on the first evening while a social gala dinner will be organized on the second evening.

More details on conference organization will be provided later, but please already mark the dates in your calendar.

The proposed time schedule is:

  • 08.09.2025       Call for papers
  • 15.10.2025       Deadline for abstract submission
  • 05.12.2025       Publication of final program
  • 16.01.2025       Deadline for early bird registration
  • 13.03.2026       Deadline for regular registration
  • 24.03.2026       Start of conference


The organization committee

Chairman:
      Benoit Coasne (benoit.coasne@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)
      Dieter Bathen (dieter.bathen@uni-due.de)

Junior chairman:
      Benjamin Claessens (benjamin.claessens@univ-amu.fr)
      Christian Bläker (christian.blaeker@uni-due.de)

Local organizing committee:
      Iris di Nisio (iris.di-nisio@uni-due.de)
      Ramona Fels (fels@jrf.nrw)
      Malte Menk (malte.menk@uni-due.de)
      Jonas Beerlage (jonas.beerlage@stud.uni-due.de)