The Division of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society is pleased to invite you to the XXII National Divisional Congress which will be held in Palermo, at the campus of the University of Palermo in Viale delle Scienze ed. 19 from 16 to 19 June 2026. The Divisional Congress represents an opportunity for scientific and cultural interaction and debate on the most current issues relating to the chemistry of the environment and cultural heritage and their relationship to quality of life. It is aimed at researchers from academia and industry and all those interested in exploring issues related to knowledge of the environment, cultural heritage, and their protection. The aim is to highlight the importance of scientific research in safeguarding the environment and cultural heritage, in individual well-being, and in socioeconomic development.
Elena Semenzin from our partner Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics is proudly among the invited speakers.
The scientific topics on which the sessions will be organized are the following:
Chemistry and reactivity of contaminants and pollutants in the environment and cultural heritage;
Climate change, monitoring, risk assessment and environmental impacts;
Environmental sustainability (LCA, emergy, etc.), circular economy and recovery of sustainable resources and raw materials;
Development and production of materials and substances Safe and Sustainable by Design;
New eco-friendly materials for the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage;
Archaeometry and development of diagnostic methods for the characterization of historical, artistic and archaeological artefacts;
Indoor/outdoor air quality and impacts on cultural heritage conservation;
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in environmental chemistry and cultural heritage;
Innovative teaching methods for teaching environmental chemistry and cultural heritage;
Calorimetry and thermal analysis for the environment and cultural heritage.