28th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena
ConférenceThe 28th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, INDIA during 6th September to 10th September 2026.
The Symposium is organized under the auspices of the Gas Kinetics Interest Group of the Faraday Community for Physical Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry. The Symposium has a long history, dating back to 1967. It is typically held every two years, with host cities generally alternating between continental Europe and the English-speaking world, mainly the UK. The Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Polanyi Medal is traditionally presented at this Symposium. In the history of the gas kinetics meeting, for the first time it was organized outside Europe and the UK at Boulder, CO, USA in 2012. Now, in 2026, this symposium will be held at Chennai, India.
The Symposium provides an open forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest experimental and theoretical research on a wide range of topics related to gas phase chemical kinetics. This has been expanded over recent years to cover all aspects of atmospheric and combustion chemistry, as well as astrochemistry and planetary atmospheres, with an increasing role for kinetics of heterogeneous and surface chemistry.