European Ceramic Society

We are a non-governmental, nonprofit federation of national ceramic societies each representing the ceramists of a member country.

ECerS was established in 1987 in order to co-ordinate and promote the study of ceramics and in particular :

  • To encourage education, training and research.
  • To consult with and bring together individuals and representatives of members, research establishments, academic bodies and institutions of governments and other bodies including the Commission of the European Community.
  • To collect, disseminate and exchange information with other organizations
  • To promote planning, promotion and organization of conferences and meetings
  • To procure planning, printing, publication and circulation of technical papers,

Conferences calendar

03/25 - How to Address the Competitiveness of Energy-Intensive Industries in the EU

Event organised by CerameUnie on site at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium - and ONLINE! - on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 from 13:00 to 15:00 

04/25 - yCAM 2025

The 2025 edition of the young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum (yCAM) will take place at INP-ENSIACET, Toulouse, France, from 23rd to 25th April 2025.

04/25 - 2nd ACDC 2025

The second International Conference of the Croatian Ceramic Society "Advanced Configurations in Derivative Ceramics" will be organised in ŠIBENIK, Croatia, from 30th April to 3rd May 2025.

Latest news

Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.

Mar 13, 2025
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!

Dear Ceramic Community,

We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!

Mar 12, 2025

Funding Opportunities

JECS Trust

The JECS Trust sponsors activities or conferences involving a collaboration between different European Ceramic Society member countries, involving student/early ...

Frontiers of Research

Open to early stage researchers of the countries affiliated to ECerS, the proposal aims to promote frontier research in the field of materials, devices ...

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Our actions

ECerS coordinates and promotes the study of ceramics through the following actions :

ECerS office

Av. Gouverneur Cornez , 4

7000 Mons

Belgium

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