Including calls for papers and nominations, CI awards, highlights of past events, and more

Highlights from the 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC)

The 15th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC 2025) was a resounding success and the largest edition in the series’ history. Held from 18–22 May at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, with pre-conference activities on 17–18 May at UTown, NUS, the event brought together over 800 delegates from around the world and received a record-breaking 700+ scientific abstract submissions. Read more here.

Call for Nominations: 2026 Fellows of The Combustion Institute

The Call for Nominations for the 2026 Fellows of The Combustion Institute has been released. Nominations are being accepted until 30 September 2025. The newly elected Fellows will be announced in 2026.

Highlights from the 12th European Combustion Meeting (ECM)

The 12th ECM was held at the University of Edinburgh from 7-10 April 2025. The successful meeting welcomed 631 participants from Europe and beyond. Read more here.

Changes to Combustion and Flame Guidelines

As of 1 June 2025, authors must follow revised format guidelines when submitting to Combustion and Flame. Read more here.

Recipients of 2025 Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award Announced

The Combustion Institute and Elsevier, with the assistance of the selection committee, have chosen the 2025 recipients of the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award: Prof. Sili Deng and Prof. Mitchell Spearrin. Learn more about the recipients here.

Attending a Combustion Event or Meeting? Send in your photos!

As the year rolls on, so do a wide variety of combustion-related events and meetings around the world. We encourage those in attendance at these various meetings and events to send their photos and videos to us at office@combustioninstitute.org.

Join us in shaping the future of combustion research and career development!

The Women in Combustion Advisory Committee (WiCAC) is excited to announce the Women in Combustion Mentoring Program. This initiative aims to support women in their early- and mid-career by fostering professional relationships, enhancing research skills, and broadening professional development. Determine your eligibility by reviewing the program guidelines on the CI website's WiC page. Interested participants can complete this form.

Assembling a list of upcoming CI and CI-affiliated events

The International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS) has been held every two years since its founding in 1967. The colloquium has been the premier international forum for the presentation of scientific contributions in the fields of explosions and unsteady combustion, where there is strong coupling between reaction and fluid mechanics. The 30th edition of ICDERS will be held from 27July-1 August 2025 in Ottawa, Canada. Learn more here.

This training school, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from 2-5 September 2025, is part of CYPHER COST Action and organized by the Chemical Kinetics Laboratory of ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Participation in the training school may be financially supported for members of the CYPHER COST Action, but the event is open to anyone interested in attending. The school is hosted by the Hungarian Section of The Combustion Institute. Read more here.

The University of Minnesota will host the 4th SoAE in Minneapolis, MN from 28 September-2 October 2025. This conference will bring researchers from around the world together to discuss pertinent issues related to the production, transport, storage, and use of green ammonia for energy applications. Read more here.

The Twentieth International Conference on Numerical Combustion (ICNC2025) will be held from 14-17 October 2025 in the City of Rome, Italy. The conference program consists of invited talks and parallel sessions of mini-symposia on focused subjects as well as general contributed presentations aligned with the conference topics. The social program will include a welcome reception, a social dinner, and a guided tour of Rome. Learn more here.

Providing updates about the upcoming International Symposium on Combustion

The 41st International Symposium on Combustion (ISOC) will be held in Kyoto, Japan from 26-31 July 2026. We are happy to report that the planning process for the 41st ISOC is well underway. While there will be a few changes, The Combustion Institute believes this will make the submission, registration, and publication processes easier for registrants. Among these changes are the planned use of Microsoft CMT for paper submissions and the contracting of a new software company, CVENT, to facilitate a more streamlined meeting experience, both online and onsite. More information will be provided as it becomes available.

41st ISOC Colloquium Teams Announced

As part of the preparations for the 41st International Symposium on Combustion (ISOC), Program Co-Chairs Osamu Fujita and Venkat Raman have assembled a vast and knowledgeable network of combustion experts to serve on the colloquium teams. The upcoming symposium will feature 13 colloquium categories, each supported by a team of experienced evaluators. Every paper submitted will be evaluated by at least two colloquium team members and a lead colloquium coordinator, ensuring a rigorous and fair evaluation process. Learn more about the colloquium teams on the Symposium website. 

41st ISOC Town Halls

Two successful, well-attended 41st ISOC Town Hall meetings were held on 10 and 11 June 2025. Featuring comments from CI President Hai Wang, 41st ISOC Program Co-Chairs (PCCs) Osamu Fujita and Venkat Raman, and Proceedings of The Combustion Institute Editors Deanna Lacoste, Michael Mueller, and Fei Qi, the meetings were informative and interactive, including time for a Q&A session. You can view a recorded excerpt of one of the meetings here. A document including the most commonly asked questions can be found here.

Information for Authors Interested in Submitting to the 41st ISOC

The PCCs will utilize Microsoft's Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) for the submission and evaluation of papers to be presented at the 41st ISOC. CMT is a conference management system designed specifically for academic conferences. Many of you may be familiar with CMT from using it for previous meetings. More information on how to create an account, find the Symposium portal, submit your paper, and more will be made available soon. Additional information for authors has been posted on the Symposium website.

Highlighting combustion resources and the accomplishments of CI members

Thanks to the continuing efforts of the organizers of The Combustion Institute's four regional meetings and the support of the Editors, Volume 41 of the Proceedings of The Combustion Institute (PROCI) is progressing well along the review and publication process. Read more here.