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Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the International Advisory Board and of the Local Organization Committee, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to participate in the 15th Barrande-Vltava French-Czech Chemistry Meeting on 26–28 August 2026, which will be held at the Université Paris Saclay in Orsay, France.

This two-day scientific symposium, organized under the auspices of the Embassy of France in the Czech Republic and the Société Chimique de France, will cover many aspects of chemical sciences. The programme includes 6 plenary (45 + 5 min of questions) and 7 invited (25 + 5 min of questions) lectures at parity between prominent Czech and French speakers, together with 18 oral communications (12 min + 3 min of questions). All the participants, including speakers, will have the opportunity to present their work as a poster.

One of the aims of the Barrande-Vltava Meetings is to structure and strengthen the French-Czech relationships in chemistry, fostering thereby privileged exchanges between researchers, teachers and institutions. Gathering around 60–80 participants each year in a friendly atmosphere, this series of colloquia, launched in 2010, has already favoured the emergence of new bilateral collaborations, exchanges of students and researchers, co-supervision of PhD's, invited professorships, but also the signature of double-diploma agreements at the master and doctorate levels.

This 15th edition in France will provide an ideal forum for sharing new ideas, highlighting the fruits of the on-going bilateral networking activities, and giving the opportunity to talented young chemists to discuss their latest results.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Orsay in August.

The 15th Barrande-Vltava Organizing Committee