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Meetings

CATCOSY 2026

July 2 - July 3

2nd International Workshop CATCOSY 2026 on July 2nd, 3rd 2026 in Pisa, Italy Following the success and building on the experience of the 1st International Workshop CATCOSY 2024, we plan to hold a 2nd International Workshop CATCOSY 2026 as a transversal workshop led primarily by WG3 members, but also of interest for WG1 and WG2 ...

Dates and Venue June 4–5, 2026Université Gustave Eiffel, Batiment Bienvenue 77420 Champ sur Marne, France. Attendance is free upon mandatory registration --> register here! "PAHs: Theoretical and experimental challenges" – Fill in form Organizing Committee Sandra GómezDepartamento de Química, Facultad de CienciasCalle Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7, Módulo 1328049 Madrid, SpainEmail: Tsveta MitevaLaboratoire de ...

WG4-QFC 2026

May 31 - 9:00 AM

Registration for the 4th COSY WG4 meeting Molecules confined in helium nanodroplets - recent progress and new ideas for research and collaboration projects in the 4th grant period Half-day meeting on Sunday May 31st between 9:00 and 12:00 as a satellite of the QFC 2026 Conference in Obergurgl. Link to the main conference: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/congress/qfc2026/ The ...

Speaker: Prof. Sylvie Begin-Colin. Professor, University of Strasbourg. European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM). Head of the Research Team: Engineering of Hybrid Nanomaterials for Health, Energy and Environment Date: 7 May 2026 Time: 15:00 CET Title: Engineering of Iron Oxide Nanostructures Coated with Surfactants to Improve Phosphate Removal in Peritoneal Dialysis Treatment.  

We invite the members of the COST Action CA21101 (“COSY”), as well as all interested parties, to join the working group 1 (WG1) and 5 (WG5) one-day symposium in the CSIC Central Campus, Madrid on the 30th of April 2026. Working group 1 (leader Piotr Zuchowski) covers fundamental studies of molecular interactions: new methods, benchmarks ...

We cordially invite all the members of the COST Action CA21101 (“COSY”), as well as all interested parties, to CSIC Central Campus, Madrid, for the Fourth and Final General Meeting of our COST Action. The COST Action is dedicated to a better understanding and recognition of issues relevant to the experimental and theoretical characterization of ...

The goals of the FemCOSY webinars are raising awareness of gender biases, creating a supportive community, and fostering networking to improve the situation for women in science, with particular focus on scientific areas of the COSY network and share experiences of women in science. The 4th FemCOSY Webinar will take place on the Zoom platform, ...

What to expect: 🧠 Interactive brainstorming on how to design an effective scientific poster 🎨 Understanding what makes a poster different from presentation slides 📢 Workshop on promoting research and communicating science on social media 🤝 A collaborative space to exchange ideas and experiences This online event is designed to help early-stage researchers and students ...

Confirmed speakers: Tomasz Wesołowski (Geneve), Andre Gomes (Lille), Pierre-Olivier Roy (Geneve) and Tommaso Giovannini (SNS Rome). Date: 2 February 2026 (2:00PM - 4:30PM)

Experimental and Computational Approaches for Studying Multicomponent Confined Systems Organizers: Alessandro Fortunelli, Lyudmila Moskaleva, Petra Čechová, and Markéta Paloncyova) Date: 17 December 2025 09:00-17:00 This is the 2nd Edition of the WG3 Virtual Symposium - Young Scientists’ Forum - is designed to serve as a platform for Young Researchers and Investigators (YRIs) within the Working Group ...

ITC Inclusiveness Webinar

November 14, 2025

The ITC Inclusiveness Webinar will be held on 14th November from 11:00 to 13:00 (CET) as a one-time event of the COSY Action. This dedicated session aims to support early-career researchers from Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITCs) by addressing specific challenges and opportunities they face in expanding their international networks and applying for mobility funding. The event ...

The 1st In-person WG2 Workshop aims to bring together leading experts in theoretical and computational physical chemistry to exchange ideas and insights necessary for understanding the dynamical phenomena occurring in complex systems. These systems may include those with enclosing molecular cages, surfaces, and interfaces, as well as molecules confined by electromagnetic fields. The workshop will ...

We cordially invite members of the COST Action CA21101 (“COSY”), as well as all interested parties, to Bologna, for the Third General Meeting of our COST Action. The meeting will be organized by the University of Bologna (Italy). It will start on Wednesday, the 9th of July 2025, in the morning and will end on ...

Astrochemistry Symposium – Working Group 5 (COST COSY Action CA21101) We invite members of COST COSY Action CA21101 and all interested parties to this one-day Astrochemistry Symposium in Bologna, hosted by the University of Bologna on Tuesday, 8 July 2025. The symposium covers computational, theoretical and experimental aspects of astrochemistry in the gas phase and on solid ...

As a continuation of the Cluster Meeting 2025 in Prague, this dedicated satellite meeting will build upon the discussions and outcomes from the main event. The overarching theme of this event is to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange, building upon the progress made during the 2nd Grant Period of the COSY Action. WG3 will ...

The 3rd FemCOSY Virtual Meeting

May 15, 2025 - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

The 3rd FemCOSY Virtual Meeting will focus on presenting the initial findings from the gender imbalance survey, discussing the potential need for an additional survey, and planning a scientific publication on the topic. This event will feature insightful lectures from invited speakers and a discussion panel aimed at promoting gender balance initiatives in the scientific ...

Slides WG4 Meeting pdf Recent progress and new ideas for research and collaborations in the 3rd grant period Date and time: 21/02/2025, 13:00 to 17:00 This is the 3rd meeting of the working group 4 within the COST Action COSY. It is held online in the afternoon of Friday, February 21st 2025. The goal is to showcase ...

The 1st Face-to-Face FemCOSY Board Meeting will be held on-site at CSIC Central Campus in Madrid. The meeting aims to review the latest updates on gender equality, analyze recent survey findings, strategize for the upcoming FemCOSY online meeting, strengthen board collaboration, creating a solid foundation for FemCOSY's continued progress.

The WG3 Virtual Symposium is a dedicated platform for Young Researchers and Innovators (YRIs) within Working Group 3 and across the entire COSY Action to showcase and discuss their research on nanoclusters and confined molecular systems. This event aims to spark lively discussions and foster knowledge exchange on the latest advancements in nanocluster research. Building ...

We are pleased to announce a meeting under the COSY COST Action (Confined Molecular Systems, CA21101, https://cost-cosy.eu) for grant period 2, aimed at uniting the community of astrochemists and researchers focused on the interactions of molecular systems relevant to astrochemistry and astrobiology. The event is organized by the leaders of Working Groups 1 and 5, ...

The Second COSY General Meeting

July 1, 2024 - July 3, 2024

We cordially invite members of the COST Action CA21101 (“COSY”), as well as all interested parties, to Wroclaw, for the Second General Meeting of our COST Action. The meeting is focused on the experimental and theoretical characterization of confined molecular systems, from those relevant in new materials research, to those playing a key role in ...

https://conferences.au.dk/qfc2024 Dates:  23 - 26 June 2024 Venue: Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), Aarhus University, Buildings 1630-1632, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus C Denmark See location on a map. Local organizers: Marcel Mudrich, Henrik Stapelfeldt, Conference secretary: Brigitte Christina Henderson, Scope: The QFC 2024 is the 15th occurrence of the QFC conference series. ...

The 2nd FemCOSY Virtual Meeting

May 2, 2024 - 9:00 AM

Dear COSY members We are delighted to invite you to the second event of FemCOSY, an initiative within the COSY COST that focuses on women in science, particularly in fields where they are underrepresented, as Physics, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry.  Our aim is to identify the obstacles women face during their scientific careers and propose ...

This one-day virtual meeting will gather the leading experts in the field of molecular dynamics and spectroscopy. The goal is to present recent advances in quantum and classical dynamics to treat molecules either isolated or in a confined environment, which may consist of enclosing molecular cages, surfaces, and interfaces as well as of strong electromagnetic static or ...

Second Virtual Meeting of the COSY WG3

November 27, 2023 - 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Control at the Nanoscale - Manipulating Structure and Properties of Nanoscale Clusters. Recent Experimental and Theoretical Advances and Future Challenges Lik to registration: https://forms.gle/p9bvTfaYwgiYxJCK7 The 2nd WG3 Virtual Symposium will focus on recent experimental and theoretical advancements in the field of nanoscale cluster science, as well as the future challenges and opportunities. The topics will ...

Hands-on Training 'Read- My-Proposal' Transversal Goup Meeting Mentoring Event - Part 1: Introduction to competitive grant proposal and manuscript writing Date: 6 July 2023 Venue: Zoom Registration: Eventbrite registration Program: 13.30 - 13.35 CET. Opening remarks by Dr. Maria Pilar De Lara-Castells, COST-COSY Action Chair & Dr. Serim Ilday, COST-COSY Inclusiveness Coordinator 13.35 - 13.55 CET. ...

Cluster Meeting 2023

June 18, 2023 - June 21, 2023

The Cluster Meeting 2023 (CM2023) will be held from June 18th till 23rd 2023 in Prague (https://www.clustermeeting2023.eu/). CM2023 is a topical international conference with main focus on catalysis, reactivity, characterization, imaging and modeling of primarily size-selected clusters, as paradigmatic confined systems. The goal of the conference is to promote scientific exchange and interdisciplinary collaborations so ...

New Methods for the Description of Non-Covalent Interactions Working Group 1 Meeting Virtual Time Title Speaker 11-11:40 Linear-Scaling Systematic Molecular Fragmentation Approach  /keynote lecture/ Ugur Bozkaya  (Hacettepe University)  11:40-12:10 Accurate Non-Covalent Interactions with Machine Learned Force Fields Eric Boittier  (University of Basel) 12:10-12:40 Dispersion energy based on the multiconfigurational wavefunction for π − π∗ and n ...

FemCOSY Meeting

May 2, 2023 - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

We are delighted to invite you to the first event of FemCOSY, an initiative within the COSY COST that focuses on women in science, particularly in fields where they are underrepresented, such as Physics and Computational Chemistry, and also within the COSY network. Our aim is to identify the obstacles women face during their scientific ...

The First COSY General Meeting

March 1, 2023 - 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM

First General Meeting of the COST Action CA21101 – COSY: Confined Molecular Systems: From a New Generation of Materials to the Stars. https://generalmeeting.cost-cosy.eu/ Universidad de Cádiz (Cádiz , Spain) March 1-3 2023 We cordially invite members of the COST Action CA21101 (“COSY”), as well as all interested parties, to Cádiz, for the First General Meeting of ...

First WG4 meeting

January 24, 2023 - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Schedule of the first WG4 meeting (online) 13:00-13:15 Welcome, intro to COSY Marcel Mudrich, Maria Krikunova 13:15-13:30 Talk 1 Maria Krikunova He droplets setup at the MAC user end-station of ELI Beamlines 13:30-13:45 Talk 2 Lukas Bruder Coherent multidimensional spectroscopy of doped clusters and nanodroplets 13:45-14:00 Talk 3 Nadine Halberstadt Real Time Dynamics Simulation ...

Experiment and Theory Join Forces on Characterization of Confined Molecular Systems Working Group 3 meeting. COSY WG3 S-1 Symposium One-day virtual meeting of WG3: WG3 S-1, held on December 19, 2022, 09:30-17:30 via zoom. WG3 and other WG participants convened virtually to discuss the latest advances in experimental and theoretical techniques for characterization/property-prediction and how ...

Confined Molecular Systems in Astrochemistry: Experiment and Theory Working Groups 1&5 Meeting Virtual