About 24-ICOS

The conference has a long tradition that dates to 1976 and has been organized every two years in different parts of the World. Since the beginning, the conference series has focused on different aspects of organic synthesis, addressing the most important advances in the field and is noted for its excellent scientific level. In 2026, the Conference will come to Poland for the first time in history.

The 24th edition of the International Conference on Organic Synthesis (24-ICOS) is organized at Lodz University of Technology by the Polish Chemical Society, under the auspices of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

24-ICOS will feature an exciting series of scientific events bringing prominent chemists from around the world to Łódź for six days of meetings, lectures and discussions. The programme will include plenary lectures, invited lectures, and many oral and poster presentations to allow as many attendants as possible to present their scientific results from different areas of organic synthesis. Traditionally, the conference will also host the Thieme-IUPAC Prize lecture. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences among researchers from all over the world who are interested in the development and application of organic synthesis.

We are confident that 24-ICOS will foster new collaborations, inspire new discoveries, and promote the advancement of this fascinating and dynamic field of synthetic organic chemistry!

The Conference will cover the broad spectrum of organic synthesis highlighting modern trends in:

• Synthetic methodology
• Catalysis (asymmetric, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis)
• Medicinal and bioorganic chemistry
• Chemical biology
• Natural products synthesis
• Chemistry of nano- and functionalized materials

The International Scientific Committee will review submitted and invite select Authors to contribute to programme with oral presentations.

Conference size: 600-800 delegates

Host city 

Łódź is a city of nearly 800,000 inhabitants, located in the very heart of Poland and Europe. It is a city of contrasts that intrigues at every turn — full of factories, yet exceptionally green, eclectic, and avant-garde. Łódź dazzles with the splendour of its former industrial palaces and enchants with artistic installations scattered throughout the city.

The city’s history dates back six centuries, but Łódź’s dynamic growth began less than 200 years ago. From a small settlement in the early 19th century, it quickly became a “Promised Land” — a centre of textile manufacturing founded by European entrepreneurs, offering tens of thousands of families hope for a better future.

Today, traces of its multicultural, working-class past can still be found throughout the city. Łódź remained such a melting pot until World War II. Despite its rapid development and constant transformation, the city has not forgotten its roots in the 19th-century textile industry. The old factories in the city centre have not been demolished but transformed into modern lofts, business centres, and tourist attractions. The historic pre-war tenement houses are being restored to preserve the original 19th-century urban layout.

After the war, Łódź became the film capital of Poland, opening a new and important chapter in its history. In 2017, it joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Film. In 2019, it was named Best Value Destination by the renowned British travel publisher Lonely Planet. And in 2022, Łódź was featured on National Geographic’s Best of the World list.

ICO(N)S of Lodz

Piotrkowska Street

Commonly referred to as Pietryna, is the business, cultural and enterteainment centre of the city. It is the venue of weekend promotional events, the Christmas Fair and guided walks aimed at attracting as many residents and tourists as possible. This is the most visited placed by tourists. You can visit it by following the trail of the most beautiful and most valuable architectural structures in Łódź. The unique decors of their facades combine historical, classical, romantic and modernist motifs. The House under Gutenberg is considered one of the most beautiful houses in Piotrkowska Street. On the main street of the city, there are numerous shops and restaurants offering delicious dishes from cuisines around the world, unforgettable interior designs and live music. There is also The Walk of Fame-called by the locals The Star Avenue.

Rose Passage

All the walls of the backyard have been covered in mirror pieces, creating an exceptionally light mosaic. Broken fragments of mirrors are arranged in the shape of roses.

Manufaktura

The second large complex of industrial Łódź was Izrael Poznanski’s industrial and residential area. The cotton empire of Poznański used to constitute almost a separate district, with the residence of the owner, worker’s houses, a nearby church and a hospital. Today, the historic buildings house the Manufaktura centre. This place is a lndmark of the city and a favourite meeting place for both łódź citizens and tourists. The marcet square of Manufaktura is a venue for numerous events: New Year’s Eve, concerts, workshops, exhibitions. There is a sandy beach in the market, with volleyball and tenis courts and a football pitch in summer, and an ice ink in winter. Manufaktura is a centre of enterteiment and recreation, with climbing, bowling alley, multi-cinema, a fitness centre, resteurants. In 19th cent. Former factory of I. Poznański there are: Museum of Factory, the ms 2 Museum of Art., theatre, hotel and over 300 stores.

Priest’s Mill

Typical red walls, massive towers, monumantal pates and tall chimneys give Łódź a specific colouring. The series of these preat buildings was launched by Karol Scheibler’s spinning mill in the district of Księży Młyn. It was the gradle of the great industrial and residental complexe of yhe Schebler family, with included industrial buildings, a rsidental area, the mansions and villas of the owners, as well aas streets and railway sidings, a school, two hospitals, a firehouse, a gas plant and a factory club.

Nowaday this historic part of the city is the location of numerous investments. Being in Księży Młyn you should visit: Museum of Art located in a neo-Renaissance villa surrounded by garden, one of the most advanced Palm House in Europe in the oldest Źródliska Park in Łódź, Palace of K. Scheibler – the only Museum of Cinematography in Poland.

EC1

EC1 was the first power station in Łódź, built in 1907. Today, in the industrial and revitalized interior, there is EC1 Łódź – The City of Culture, which includes the interactive Center of Science and Technology, the Planetarium, the National Center for Film Culture with an exhibition on the history of Polish cinematography “Polonia Cinema” and The Center for Comics and Interactive Narrative

Holly Łódź

Łódź features the Poland’s only Cinematography Museum, which gathers exhibits and documents the historyof the Polish film art., techniques and production. One od the spectacular events was the ,,IdaTheFilm”. Polish history of screens wordwide exhibition. ,,Ida”, the film by Paweł Pawlikowski, produced in Opus Film in łódź won the Oscar and numerous other adwords all over the world. The globally most recognizable graduate of the Łódź Film School is Roman Polański – director, screenwriter, actor, film produccer, and Oscar winner for directing ,,The Pianist” .

An Academy Award was also granted to Andrzej Wajda, one of the best polish directors and the co-founder of the Polish film school, for lifetime achivment.

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