National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry

ICECHIM

PRIOCHEM

National Institute of Research-Development for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM

is the proud host of

The International Symposium

“PRIORITIES OF CHEMISTRY FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT”

PRIOCHEM XXI

Event organized under the aegis and with the support of the Romanian

Ministry of Education and Research

and

National Authority for Research

Media partners:

  • Introduction
  • Tech Talks
  • Unfolding
  • Call for papers
  • Registration form
  • Scientific Committee
  • Organizing and Technical Committees
  • Publishing
  • Partners
  • Contact
Introduction

PRIOCHEM XXI

During 15-17 October 2025, INCDCP – ICECHIM will host the XXIst edition of the International Symposium Priorities of chemistry for a sustainable development PRIOCHEM. Early-stage and experienced researchers with prestigious work are invited to present their most recent results in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering, with applications in areas such as development of smart materials, bio-economy, circular economy, cultural heritage protection, new materials for energy applications, or environmental protection.

Established in 1950, ICECHIM proudly marks 75 years of continuous, high-level research in chemistry and chemical engineering. Throughout 2025, we celebrate this milestone anniversary by honoring the dedication, innovation, and achievements of our researchers who have shaped the institute’s legacy and impact.

This international symposium is organized under the auspices of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research (National Authority for Research). Its focus is on the research areas of the institute corroborated with the new guidelines on RDI activity at national and European level, included in the Horizon Europe program.

The symposium will host the following sections:

Denomination
Indicative

1. Multifunctional materials, nanocomposites, innovative technologies and cultural heritage preservation

1 – MTCH

2. Bioresources, biotechnologies and biorefining

2 – BBB

In partnership with

Romanian Chemical Society

Foundation “C. D. NENITESCU”

Association for Development and Integrative Education for the Future

Tech Talks

Tech Talks – Meet the mentors!

With its XXIst edition, PRIOCHEM continues the series of events dedicated to young researchers (and not only), introduced in 2024.

Tech Talks – Meet Your Mentors! is an exciting opportunity for young researchers and students to engage with distinguished researchers from various scientific and technological fields, representing today’s and tomorrow’s mentors across several areas of expertise, to discover the prevailing and emerging scientific areas of intense interest and research focus. This event aims to inspire and educate the next generation of researchers.

By attending the event and interacting with our guests, young researchers will be able to gain valuable insights, a glance at the future of the RDI domain, and have networking opportunities with the prominent researchers of our national Research, Development & Innovation environment.

Confirmed participants (in alphabetical order):

TBA.

Unfolding

Invited speakers (in alphabetical order)

TBA.

The scientific program includes:

  • Plenary conferences;
  • Oral communications;
  • Poster sessions;
  • Round tables;
  • Workshops (Satellites events);
  • Exhibitions.

All papers will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee, which reserves the right to accept or reject papers and to decide on the format of presentation (oral or poster presentation).

Oral communications

We recommend 10 minutes for oral presentations, including Q&A session.

Posters

Confirmed Posters by the Scientific Committee (scheduled) will be presented either in person or online, according to the organizers’ instructions.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: The display of posters for the presentation in physical format will be done exclusively using their electronic form (e-poster); to ensure their correct display, please request the poster template from the section responsibles. The posters to be presented in physical format will be sent to the organizers by 13.10.2025 (15.00 hours) at the latest.

Exhibitions

Companies will be invited to exhibit their products or to hold presentations.

Exhibitors:

TBA.

Important information

  • Original works will be presented.
  • Organizers will award the most valuable oral presentations, presented by students and young researchers (with a maximum of 8 years of R&D experience).
  • Plenary lectures will be presented by chemistry and chemical engineering personalities from Romania and abroad.
  • The working language of the symposium is English.
  • The GDPR agreement can be consulted here.

Program

PRIOCHEM XXI program will be available HERE.

Satellite events

Workshop – TBA

TBA

To participate, please register using the following form.

Moderator: […], contact: […]

Date: […], […], room […]

Call for papers

Registration

Registrations for PRIOCHEM XXI are available online on the website icechim.ro/priochem-en in the Registration form tab. In order to proceed with submitting your participation fill-in all the fields of the registration form.

Should you be the main author of the registered paper, please fill in the abstract template below and attach it to the registration form.

Registration fees

The registration fee, corresponding to the registration of one scientific contribution, will be payed in the ICECHIM’s bank account RO82RNCB0077015755980001 B.C.R. Sector 6, with the specification “Participant name&surname – Standard/Student – REGISTRATION FEE PRIOCHEM XXI”.

Registration fee / paper
By  September 15th
September 16th – October 13th

Standard

120 Eur

160 Eur

Student

60 Eur

80 Eur

The registration fee includes: publication of the abstract (according the registered author’s option), symposium materials, Participant’s Certificate of Attendance.

Important Deadlines

  • 15th of September Abstract submittal by online registration form;
  • Acceptance notifications will be sent in maximum 5 working days from the date of receiving the abstract.
Registration form
Scientific Committee

Scientific Committee (in alphabetical order, preliminary)

  • Dr. Habil. Radu Claudiu FIERĂSCU – President of the Scientific Committee – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Univ. Dr. Habil. Constantin APETREI – “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Dr. Luc AVEROUS – University of Strasbourg, FRANCE
  • Prof. Dr. Rabah BOUKHERROUB French National Centre for Scientific Research, FRANCE
  • Prof. Dr. Hugues BRISSET – University of Toulon, FRANCE
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michal CEGLOWSKI – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, POLAND
  • Prof. Dr. Andrew COLLINS, NorGenoTech, Skreia, NORWAY
  • Prof. Dr. Gregorio CRINI – University of Burgundy – Franche Comte, FRANCE
  • Prof. Dr. Jacques DESBRIÈRES University of Pau and the Adour Region, FRANCE
  • Dr. Habil. Doina DIMONIE – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Dr. Biochem. Mihaela DONI – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Dr. Luisa DURAES – University of Coimbra, PORTUGAL
  • Dr. Eng. Cristina Emanuela ENĂȘCUȚĂ – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Dr. Habil. Anton FICAI – University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Dr. Habil. Irina FIERĂSCU – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Dr. Eng. Adriana FRONE – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Dr. Milen I. GEORGIEV – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BULGARIA
  • Prof. Dr. Rodica-Mariana ION – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Dr. Eng. Tanța- Verona IORDACHE – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Dr. Habil. Anna MALM – Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, POLAND
  • Prof. Dr. Ioan-Cezar MARCU – University of Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Prof. dr. Narcisa MEDERLE – University of Life Sciencies ”King Michael I” from Timișoara, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Dr. Philippe MICHAUD – University Clermont Auvergne – Pascal Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, FRANCE
  • Dr. Habil. Florin OANCEA – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Dr. Francois-Xavier PERRIN – University of Toulon, FRANCE
  • Prof. Dr. Leslie PETRIK – University of Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA
  • Prof. Dr. Roberto PETRUCCI – University of Perugia, ITALY
  • Dr. Habil. Nicoleta RADU – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Dr. Eng. Valentin RĂDIȚOIU – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Dr. Eng. Andrei SÂRBU – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Assist. Prof. Dr. Habil. Elwira Zofia SIENIAWSKA – Medical University of Lublin, POLAND
  • Prof. Dr. Mircea TEODORESCU – University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Assoc. Prof. Boyko TSYNTSARSKI – Institute of Organic Chemistry – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BULGARIA
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Federica VALENTINI – University of Rome Tor Vergata, ITALY
  • Dr. Eng. Zina VULUGA – INCDCP-ICECHIM, Bucharest, ROMANIA
  • Prof. Dr. Artur VALENTE – University of Coimbra, PORTUGAL
Organizing and Technical Committees

Organizing Committee

  • Dr. Biochem. Mihaela DONI, General Manager
  • Dr. Habil. Chem. Radu Claudiu FIERĂSCU
  • Dr. Habil. Irina FIERĂSCU (section 1)
  • Dr. Eng. Adriana FRONE (section 1)
  • Dr. Eng. Tanṭa Verona IORDACHE (section 1)
  • Dr. Eng. Mălina DEȘLIU-AVRAM (section 2)
  • Dr. Eng. Cristina Emanuela ENĂȘCUȚĂ (section 2)
  • Dr. Chem. Ana-Maria GURBAN (section 2)


Technical Committee

  • Magda-Aura CANTACUZ, Financial Manager
  • Ioana CĂRUȚAȘU, Head of Aquisitions-Administrative Service
  • Irina Elena CHICAN, Head of Projects Monitoring
  • Liliana ILIE, Head of Financial-Accounting Service
  • Ștefan MOCANU, Head of IT&C Service
  • Ada Lorena NICULIȚĂ, Marketing Specialist
  • Andra Bianca RUSU, PR&Communication Specialist
Publishing

Publishing

The participants have several alternatives for the publication of their works. According to the registered author’s preference, the papers can be published as:

  • Abstract, in the Book of Abstracts volume of the symposium (ISSN 2601 – 419X and ISSN-L 2601 – 4181); the volume will be made freely available on the conference website;
  • Abstract or extended abstract on special Proceedings volumes of our partner publishers (proceedings of our 2023 scientific meetings are available here and here);

Following the evaluation of the presented papers, the following awards will be offered:

TBA.

Important details

  • All papers have to be presented by at least one of the authors at the conference (either on-site or online).
  • Papers can only be submitted to a single journal or proceedings volume.
  • Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
  • All papers are subject to a peer-review process prior to publication.
  • The most valuable works presented by young researchers will be rewarded with prizes awarded by the PRIOCHEM XXI Scientific Committee.
Partners

Academic partners

Publishing partners

Media partners

Exhibitors

Contact

Address:

Romania, Bucharest, 6th District, 060021, No. 202, Splaiul Independenței

Phone and fax:

Phone: +40213153299; Fax: 021 312 34 93

E-Mail:

Designation
Person appointed
Extension/contact
President of the Scientific Committee/ Representative of the Organizing Committee

Radu Claudiu FIERĂSCU

142, e-mail: fierascu.radu@icechim.ro

Section 1 – MTCH

Irina FIERĂSCU

Adriana FRONE

Tanța Verona IORDACHE

136

123

124

Section 2 – BBB

Cristina ENĂSCUȚĂ

Mălina DEȘLIU-AVRAM

Ana-Maria GURBAN

158

169

170

Technical Committee

Irina CHICAN

Ada Lorena NICULIȚĂ

Andra Bianca RUSU

175

147

167

NOTICE: The event is to be hosted in a hybrid format (both on the premise and online) that applies to both oral presentations and poster presentations.