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New Editor in chief for the Journal of ECerS!
Since first January 2024, the Editor in Chief of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society, JECS, is Prof. Jérôme Chevalier, from INSA Lyon, France.
He is succeeding to Prof. Richard Todd, from University of Oxford’s Department of Materials, UK, who has been managing the Journal since July 2010 as editor in Chief and to Sir Richard Brook, also from University of Oxford’s Department of Materials, who ran the Journal since its creation in 1988 until 2010.
On the occasion of the organisation of the last PEC (Permanent Executive Committee) meeting of ECerS that was held in Oxford on 20th February 2024, the 3 Editors met for a nice dinner.

From left to right: Prof. Richard Todd, Sir Richard Brook and Prof. Jérôme Chevalier
We wish Professor Chevalier much success in his new duties, may he ensures that the Journal maintains its high quality and, why not, grows even more!
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2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 5th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the International Conference on Advances in Refractory & Ceramic Materials 2026 organized by the Indian Ceramic Society on the occasion of their 90th Annual Session that will be held from 14th to 16th December 2026 at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 11th International Congress on Ceramics – ICC 11 – that will take place from 6th to 11th September 2026 at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo, Japan.
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