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Connect with your community at one of our wide-ranging, international events or host an event in the heart of London’s Piccadilly at Burlington House.

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From everyday webinars to conferences, panels to training, our events span the entire landscape of the chemical sciences and shape the future of chemistry.

Need a venue for your own event? Join us at Burlington House in the heart of London. Explore a venue that combines rich heritage with vibrant spirit and contemporary facilities to provide you with the perfect formula for an unforgettable occasion.

Host an event at Burlington House

We invite all manner of enquiries, including conferences, wedding receptions, award ceremonies and gatherings of up to 200 people. Event bookers can choose from six impressive event spaces, spread over two floors, and linked through adjoining doors, offering the flexibility to be hired together.

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Featured events

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28th international symposium: synthesis in organic chemistry

21–24 July 2025, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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5th international solar fuels conference

1–5 September 2025, Newcastle, United Kingdom

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Faraday Discussion: polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry

8–10 September 2025, Oxford, United Kingdom

We want your ideas for subject areas and topics for our future seminars and conferences. Please fill in our quick survey to provide feedback and inform how we hold further events.

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Faraday Discussions

Find more details about forthcoming Faraday Discussion events, how to propose a meeting, and the Faraday Discussions journal

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Peripatetic conferences

Timely and impactful science that engages the global chemical science community.

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Prize lectures

Find a prize lecture near you

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#RSCPoster conference

#RSCPoster is a free global online poster conference held on LinkedIn over the course of 24 hours. The event brings together the global chemistry community to network with colleagues across the world and at every career stage, share their research and engage in scientific debate.

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RSC Desktop Seminars

Bringing the world's leading research directly to you.

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RSC Science Camp

Bridging science and publishing: interactive webinars for researchers.

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We're here to help. Whether you want to attend or organise an event with us, get in touch.