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 27th June to 1st July 2027 in Valencia, Spain
06/26 - Ceramics across borders
The German Ceramic Society (DKG), the Netherlands Ceramic Society (NKV), and the Belgian Ceramic Society (BCerS) warmly invite you to an International Ceramic Meeting taking place on Monday June 8 and Tuesday June 9, 2026, at the University of Cologne, Germany.
06/26 - CIMTEC - Perugia, Italy
The 16th International Ceramics Congress will be held from 15th to 19th June 2026.
The 10th Forum on new materials will be held from 21st to 24th June 2026.
Latest news
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.
New Impact factors released for the 2 ECerS Journals!
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Impact Factors were released for the two official Journals of the European Ceramic Society:
- Journal of ECerS: 6.3
- Open Ceramics: 3.4
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...
Frontier of Ceramics
The proposal aims to promote frontier research and knowledge transfer in the field of materials, devices and processes related to any application area of ceramics.