CFP summary
The 34th International Materials Research Congress (IMRC 2026) is a long-running international materials science meeting organized by the Sociedad Mexicana de Materiales in partnership with the Materials Research Society. The congress will be held in Cancún, Mexico and is designed as a broad interdisciplinary forum for the materials research community, with participation from researchers, students, industry representatives, and exhibitors. According to the official meeting information, the event typically brings together a large international audience and is structured around multidisciplinary symposia, a commercial exhibition, and activities such as a graduate fair. The congress covers a wide range of contemporary topics in materials science, engineering, processing, characterization, and advanced technologies, and the 2026 edition offers both on-site and virtual participation modalities.
Topics
Multidisciplinary materials research symposia; advanced materials design and synthesis; materials characterization and analysis; structural, functional and electronic materials; nanomaterials and low-dimensional systems; energy materials and sustainable technologies; polymers, composites, ceramics and metals; biomaterials and soft materials; materials processing and manufacturing; interfaces, surfaces and thin films; computational and theoretical materials science; emerging materials applications addressed through the congress symposia and associated technical sessions.