Call for Abstracts

Abstracts dealing with the following topics can be submitted:

  • Biobased chemicals and biodegradable materials
  • Biocatalysis and novel fermentation processes
  • Bioenergy and thermochemical transformations
  • Biorefining
  • Carbon capture and utilization
  • Catalysis for renewables and kinetics
  • Environmental biotechnology
  • Marine bioeconomy
  • Polysaccharides
  • Pretreatment and transformation of lignocellulosics
  • Seaweed: cultivation, processing and valorization
  • Sludge: handling, processing and valorization
  • Sustainability and circular economy
  • Valorisation of food residues
  • Wood chemistry and engineering

 

  • Abstract submission deadline for ORAL presentations: 31 January 2026.

Poster prize offered by Wiley, FEMS, RSC and Georg Thieme Verlag KG

During the Conference Dinner on Tuesday 3 June, the Poster Jury will select the 5 Best Posters. The winner of the first prize will receive the RRB Poster Award. The winners of the 2nd and 3rd prizes will receive a monetary award of € 250,00 offered by the journal Sustainability & Circularity NOW (Georg Thieme Verlag KG). The winners of the 4th and 5th prizes will receive a book offered by Wiley. 

Also the FEMS Best Poster Award for the best poster in the field of microbiology will be presented during this Conference Dinner on Tuesday 3 June.

This year, there will also be awards for the 3 Best PhD Communications, offered by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The winners of these Awards will be announced during the Closing Session on Wednesday 4 June and each will receive a Book voucher of one of their journals: Green Chemistry, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and RSC Sustainability.

Fems poster prize at RRB2025
RSC poster prize at RRB2025
Wiley poster prize at RRB2025
poster prize at RRB2025

Instructions for authors

 
  • Abstracts must be written in English not exceeding 400 words and must be submitted via the online submission platform as a Word file (.doc or .docx)
  • Use font Arial, 10 characters per inch (font size 10)
  • Type title in sentence case in bold without a full stop at the end
  • Type authors in bold. The presenting author must be underlined, type first name followed by family name, the names of the co-authors must start with the initials followed by the family names (Pieter Paul Rubens, J. Van Eyck, P. Brueghel, etc...)
  • Type affiliation(s) in bold underneath the authors: University/Institute, Dept., City, Country (do not mention street addresses, PO boxes or zip codes). When there are multiple affiliations number them as follows and use the semi-colon between the multiple affiliations: 
     

               1Dept. A, University A, City, Country; 2Dept. B, Institution B, City, Country; 3Dept. C, University C, City, Country 

  • Add the email address of the presenting author in bold in italics
  • Use single spacing and type the text unjustified without hyphenating words at line breaks. Use hard returns only to end headings and paragraphs, not to rearrange lines.
 
Download the RRB abstract template here.

Submission Instructions

Abstracts must be submitted as a Word file via the online submission form (see button below).

• Click on the link below to start
• Enter your personal information and then click on 'Submissions' in the top navigation bar.
• When uploading your abstract(s) you can either:

→ ‘Save and Continue Later’: in this case you can revise your abstract at a later stage (access with your login details) 
→ ‘Save and Submit’: in this case your abstract submission is final and your abstract can no longer be revised

You can submit several abstracts at the same time, but you can also upload several abstracts at a different point in time.Your abstract(s) is/are only uploaded successfully when you receive an automatic reply confirming your submission(s).

Important: the uploaded Word file(s) must contain: Title, authors & affiliations and the actual abstract.

The deadline for submitting abstracts for ORAL presentation is 31 January 2026.

Important notes
When submitting an abstract for oral or poster presentation, submitting authors should bear in mind that: 

• presenters are NOT exempted from paying the registration fee
• the presenting author must register by the deadline mentioned in the notification letter in order to confirm an oral or poster presentation 
• the abstracts of the oral and poster presentations will only be published in the Programme & Abstract Book, when the presenting author is registered 

Submit your abstract here ⇒
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