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
06/27 - XX ECerS Conference - Valencia 2027
The XXth Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society will take place from 28th June to 2nd July 2027 in Valencia, Spain
01/26 - Golden Jubilee Celebration of the 50th ICACC
The 50th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2026) will be organised by the American Ceramic Society, ACerS, from 25th to 30th January 2026 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
04/26 - ACerS Spring Meeting & IGNITE MSE Workshop
The inaugural ACerS Spring Meeting will take place on April 12-16, 2026, in Bellevue, Washington, USA. Six ACerS Divisions are collaborating on this new event, which will include student and young professional programming alongside technical sessions, networking events, and more.
Latest news
Report on the 2025 ECerS-Fire Summer School
The 2025 ECerS - FIRE Summer School, entitled “Mining the future of refractories and high-temperature materials: the impact of sustainability, AI, computing tools and advanced techniques”, was co-organized by ECerS and FIRE at the Fraunhofer IKTS in Dresden, Germany, and took place from 28th to 30th August 2025, prior to the ECerS Conference.
Obituary - Professor Athena Tsetsekou
The Greek Scientific Community mourns the loss of our dear colleague Professor Athena Tsetsekou (64), Professor at the National Technical University of Athens, at the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, and President of the Hellenic Ceramic Society.
Funding Opportunities
JECS Trust
The JECS Trust sponsors activities or conferences involving a collaboration between different ECerS member countries as well as Mobility projects for young researchers...
2026 ECerS International Student Exchange
The purpose of this grant awarded by ECerS is to help European students to participate in events organised by other Ceramic Societies from all around the world...
ECerS office
Av. Gouverneur Cornez , 4
7000 Mons
Belgium