The CO-IN Symposia held its second Board Meeting in San Diego
The CO-IN Symposia held its second Board Meeting on February 23, 2026, in San Diego, CA at Doubletree by Hilton San Diego Mission Valley. Building upon the foundation established at the inaugural Boston meeting on February 09, 2025, at the Boston Marriott Newton, MA, this gathering marked a significant milestone in advancing the organization's strategic vision and global impact.
The Board comprehensively reviewed all conferences under the CO-IN Symposia umbrella, including past, present, and future editions. Key discussions centered on new implementations, including enhanced conference frameworks, expanded international outreach, and the integration of Nobel Laureates as featured presenters. The Board also reviewed proposals for poster awards sponsored by Wiley's ChemCatChem journals and other opportunities, strategies to increase participation from 40+ countries, and plans for future editions in 2027.
Additional agenda items included operational efficiencies, partnership development, and long-term goals to foster innovation in catalysis and reaction engineering worldwide. The meeting concluded with actionable directives to strengthen CO-IN Symposia's role as a premier platform for scientific exchange and collaboration.
In addition to conference-specific evaluations, the Board deliberated extensively on new implementations aimed at standardizing and elevating all future CO-IN Symposia events. Key initiatives discussed included the development of uniform operational protocols to ensure consistency across locations, enhanced international outreach strategies to broaden country participation and diversify perspectives, and the expansion of the sponsorship framework to include additional academic and industry partners.
The Board also reviewed quality assurance measures for technical talks and poster presentations, long-term budgetary planning, resource allocation for future editions, and comprehensive marketing and branding strategies to strengthen CO-IN Symposia's global presence. By the conclusion of the meeting, the Board had established a clear set of actionable directives designed to ensure consistency, quality, and sustainable growth across all CO-IN Symposia conferences worldwide, solidifying the organization's role as a premier platform for advancing conferences across the globe.