The 2nd International Conference on Bioinspired and Biobased Chemistry & Materials will be held October 15–17, 2014, in Nice, France. This year’s conference, chaired by Frédéric Guittard of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France), is endorsed by the Materials Research Society (MRS), the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

The program covers three topics—NanoTech, BioTech, and SmartTech—and features over 70 presentations, a poster session, and a social event. Plenary lectures will be given by Nicholas Kotov (University of Michigan, USA) on “Self-organization of nanoparticles terminal and extended assemblies,” and Justin Gooding (University of New South Wales, Australia) on “Making silicon a responsive material for biosensing and biolabelling applications.”

The conference’s aim is to create a cohesive community of scientists, engineers, and managers from different backgrounds in order to promote new ideas and to share innovation and research in the emerging field of bioinspired and biobased chemistry and materials. Some papers will be selected and published in Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC’s monthly journal.

More information can be accessed from the conference website www.nice2014-conference.com or email contact@nice-conference.com.