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The annual congress of the Organometallic Chemistry Study Group (GECOM) and the Coordination Chemistry Concertation (CONCOORD) will be held this year from May 18 to 22, 2026.

The GECOM-CONCOORD congress was born from the merger in 1993 of the “Study Group in Organometallic Chemistry (GECOM)” and the “Concertation in Coordination Chemistry (CONCOORD)” group. It is an annual congress, whose location and organizing committee change each year, and which brings together the scientific community interested in coordination chemistry. Coordination and organometallic chemistry is a fundamental discipline of modern chemistry and natural sciences bringing together four major areas of research: i) Chemistry and reactivity of coordination complexes, ii) Catalysis, iii) Coordination chemistry and materials and iv) Bio-inorganic chemistry. Coordination chemistry is therefore a vast discipline located at the overlapping point of several disciplines of supramolecular and bioinorganic chemistry, at the frontier of life and materials sciences. It plays a central role in responding to major current societal challenges ranging from the production and storage of energy and information, to the development of more environmentally friendly chemistry.

This congress takes place every year, and this year the 2026 edition is organized by the team from Lille (UCCS). Here is a list of the last three editions to date: in May 2025 in Métabief organized by the colleagues from Bourgogne, in May 2024 in Ax-les-Thermes organized by the colleagues from Toulouse, in May 2023 in Fournols by the colleagues from Clermont-Ferrand and Palaiseau.

These fees are all-inclusive and cover accommodation, meals, coffee breaks, the Wednesday afternoon activity, and the shuttle service between Maubeuge and Val Joly for the entire duration of the conference.

 Two sponsorship are offered by  

Click on the image to download the fourth advertisement on GECOM 2026

Annonce_GECOM2026.pdf

By train to Maubeuge

• 4h15 from Dijon

• 4h30 from Rennes

• 4h10 from Strasbourg

• 1h10 from Lille

• 2h from Paris

From other cities (e.g., Toulouse, Nice, Marseille, Lyon…):
Flight (or train) to Paris or Lille, then direct train to Maubeuge.

Shuttle included:
Maubeuge → Val Joly (20 min)