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26-29 OCTOBER
2025 HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MEXICO Fiesta Americana Hotel

The Iberoamerican Chitin Society and the International Federation of Chitin & Chitosan Societies are pleased to invite you to the 16th International Conference on Chitin & Chitosan, a joint meeting with the 9th Iberoamerican Chitin Symposium, to be held in Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico.

Continuing with the initiative started during the 13th ICCC in Münster, Germany, in 2015, a Student Forum organized by graduate students will also be held at the premises of the Center for Research in Food and Development, CIAD, after the main Symposium, on October 30th.

The congress will feature three plenary and nine keynote lectures, all given by renowned international specialists. There will also be 30 contributed oral presentations and a large number of posters. Many specialists, researchers, entrepreneurs and students from the main international research groups are expected to attend the event.

National and international companies are also being invited to exhibit and promote their chitin and chitosan products, analytical instruments and relevant technologies.

Topics

Confirmed Speakers

General Program

The detailed conference program has been published on the Conftool platform.

All activities will take place at the Fiesta Americana Hotel from October 26 to 29, and there will be no parallel sessions.

Types of presentations:

  • Plenary lectures: 40 minutes (including questions)
  • Keynotes: 30 minutes (including questions)
  • Oral presentations: 20 minutes (including questions)
  • Posters: Please read the instructions for their preparation

Daily program:

Sunday, October 26

6:00 p.m. – Registration

7:00 p.m. – Welcome Cocktail

Monday, October 27

8:00 a.m. – Registration

8:45 a.m. – Opening ceremony

9:00 a.m. – Opening plenary lecture: “There Will Always Be a Next: From First to Fourth Generation Chitosans”,
Prof. B. M. Moerschbacher

9:40 a.m. – Keynote: “Redefining Precision: Chitosan-Calibrated GPC for Accurate Molecular Weight Profiling”,
Dr. T. Richter

10:10 a.m. – Oral academic presentations

10:50 a.m. – Coffee Break

11:20 a.m. – Oral academic presentations

12:40 a.m. – Conference group photo

12:50 p.m. – Lunch

2:30 p.m. – Poster session

4:30 p.m. – Coffee Break

5:00 p.m. – Meeting of the Iberoamerican Chitin Society, SIAQ

Tuesday, October 28

9:00 a.m. – Plenary lecture: “Wound Healing and Hair Growth Effects of Chitin Nanofibers and Their Commercialization”, Prof. S. Ifuku

9:40 a.m. – Keynote: “Analysis of the Effects of Chitosans on Aquaculture Fish”, Dr. M. Collado-González

10:10 a.m. – Oral academic presentations

10:50 a.m. – Coffee Break

11:20 a.m. – Keynote: “Current Status of the Use of Nanostructured Chitosan Coatings and Active Compounds in Postharvest Preservation of Fruit and Vegetables”, Dr. S. Bautista

11:50 a.m. – Oral academic presentations

12:50 p.m. – Lunch

2:30 p.m. – Oral academic presentations

3:10 p.m. – One-to-one networking / Coffee Break

Wednesday, October 29

9:00 a.m. – Plenary lecture: “Chitin and Chitosan for Health-Related Applications: Extraction, Characterization and Processing”, Prof. K. de la Caba

9:40 a.m. – Keynote: “Engineering Bioelectronics Systems Based on Biopolymer Hydrogels for Biomedicine”, Prof. A. Osorio

10:10 a.m. – Oral academic presentations

10:50 a.m. – Coffee Break

11:20 a.m. – Opening of the Young Researchers Symposium, YRS

11:30 a.m. – YRS, oral academic presentations

12:50 p.m. – Lunch

2:30 p.m. – YRS, oral academic presentations

4:20 p.m. – Closing ceremony

6:30 p.m. – Departure for the City tour and Gala dinner

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Those interested in registering an accompanying person, who is only entitled for the City Tour and Gala Dinner, should sign up on the Conftool platform before October 16. Please take care of write “Accompanying person” in the address field. The cost is 80 Euros per person (equivalent to $1,750 MXN).

How to prepare your poster contribution

Posters will be placed on tables with total dimensions not exceeding 100 cm-width by 60 cm-height (36 x 22 inches landscape format). They can be printed on standard papers (letter or A4 size) or on standard paper rolls that do not exceed the dimensions mentioned above. During the poster session, authors will see labels on the tables with the ID number for each contribution. Each author must then sit in the corresponding place, with their work displayed horizontally on the table. The delegates will pass on the other side of the table, will read it, and ask any questions they may have, as in a traditional poster session.

One-to-one Networking

Facilitating and propitiating networking and interactions among participants during our conference will be a central priority. To support this goal, we have implemented the digital board Padlet—a user-friendly, visual, and intuitive platform.

This board enables to identify colleagues and facilitates the scheduling of meetings during the “1-to-1 Networking” session planned for Tuesday afternoon. We anticipate that the networking session will be especially valuable for early-career researchers seeking connections with senior academics, industry representatives, and other delegates, and hopefully for everyone.

For your convenience, Padlet is accessible from any mobile device, tablet, or PC directly through the provided links, with no need to download or install an application.

Upon accessing Padlet, please create a post with a brief professional profile, and consider adding a photo to facilitate recognition among participants. Few examples are provided for reference.

Additionally, a printed matrix displaying the names of all delegates will be available in the conference room. This board allows participants to directly indicate which delegates they would like to meet with.

Active participation in the networking sessions is strongly encouraged. However, if you prefer not to take part, kindly notify us by email at contact@chitin2025.org.

Thank you and let us make together of the ICCC/SIAQ conference a wonderful networking forum!

Go to Padlet app

Rules of etiquette and user guidelines for the use of SIAQ/ICCC Networking Padlet

Purpose

We have created this blog space to facilitate networking and interactions during the course of the conference.

Please do not use the Padlet for personal or other matters besides the conference networking.

Confidentiality and privacy
  • Please add a post with your professional profile: name, institution/company, status, professional interests, and optionally: a photo -to facilitate being recognised by other delegates-) and any social media professional profile (e.g. LinkedIn)
  • Please do not share any other personal information about yourself, such as e-mail, telephone, address, etc.
  • Please respect the module’s privacy rules and do not distribute the Padlet content outside the remit of the conference.
  • The Padlet and its contents will be removed/deleted after the end of the conference, so please make sure that the connections you establish during the conference are kept by other means (email, etc.).
  • By participating, you give consent to the conference’s organisers that the above information is shared only within this space and with the rest of the conference’s delegates during the course of the conference, and for the sole purpose of professional networking as stated above.
Active participation and "1 to 1 Networking session"
  • You can interact with the posts from other delegates via comments within their post, new posts, linking with their posts, or adding «like» (💚) reactions.
  • If you are interested in meeting with any other delegate during the «1 to 1 Networking» session on Tuesday afternoon, please add a comment or a link between your profile post and the delegate’s one you want to meet with, and convene a time slot from 16:40 to 18:40 h. We have allocated 10-minute slots for each “1 to 1” meeting, but, if needed, you can book more than one time slot.
  • We will schedule the «1 to 1» meetings calendar using the Padlet posts, and it will be made available to everyone who has arranged to meet ahead of the session.
Use of multimedia resources
  • Feel free to share posts with images, videos, audios, or links, and ensure they are relevant, and from reliable sources.
  • Properly cite the sources of any external material you use.
Digital responsibility

Please do not delete or edit any other delegate’s post.

Report any problems

Please report to us any questions, technical issues or other incidents.

Thank you, and let us make together of this space a lively and enjoyable networking forum!!

Registration

Registration fees should be paid at our web site via PayPal.

Delegates

670 €
  • Conference materials
  • Welcome cocktail
  • Daily lunch
  • Coffee break
  • City tour
  • Gala dinner

Students

360 €
  • Conference materials
  • Welcome cocktail
  • Daily lunch
  • Coffee break
  • City tour
  • Gala dinner

Delegados Nacionales

Los delegados y estudiantes mexicanos deberán comunicarse con el Comité Organizador a partir del 01 de septiembre de 2025 (contact@chitin2025.org) para el pago de su inscripción mediante transferencia electrónica (SPEI) con CLABE a la cuenta BBVA México del SIAQ, en pesos mexicanos, así como la presentación de los resúmenes.

Inscription

You must create a user account, which will allow you to register and participate in the congress.

From your user account, you will be able to:

  • Submit your contributions to the congress: to do so, you must prepare your abstract on the MS Word template, and then generate the PDF file, which you will upload onto the platform
  • Check the status of the review of your papers and know when they have been accepted
  • Pay your registration through PayPal (national delegates should contact the Organizing Committee for direct transfer to our bank account through SPEI). Above are the deadlines for payment of your registration.
  • See the program
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Abstract template
The deadline for submission of contributions has been extended up to September 27th

Important information to register as a student

To be eligible for the student fee, it is necessary to previously submit via email (contact@chitin2025.org) the official documentation that you are currently enrolled in your undergraduate, master’s or PhD program, or that you have defended your degree during 2025.

Please do not pay your student fee if you have not been previously authorized by the Organizing Committee. Otherwise, you will have to pay the difference to attend the congress, and your payment will not be refunded.

Lodging

The Organizing Committee has negotiated attractive rates for the accommodation of delegates at these three hotels, which are adjacent to each other and only a minute’s walk away.

Fiesta Americana Hotel

This centrally located hotel has excellent facilities and services for the organizatin of the congress, as well as comfortable rooms, swimming pool, and restaurants.

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Reservation

The Fiesta Americana hotel has offered attractive rates for delegates who request to stay during the period from 21 to 31 October 2025:

Deluxe single or double room

$1,785.00 MXN

(mexican pesos, taxes included)
* Does not include breakfast

Executive room, single or double

$2,023.00 MXN

(mexican pesos, taxes included)

* Does not include breakfast

Deluxe triple room

$2,261.00 MXN

(mexican pesos, taxes included)

* Does not include breakfast

Reservation
Reservation code: G1V34T@FAH

 

Notes:

Valid from October 21 to 31, 2025.

Not applicable to groups or in conjunction with other promotions. Subject to prior reservation and availability. Rates are in Mexican pesos, per night, and include 16% VAT and 3% lodging tax. Rates are for single, double, or triple occupancy.

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Araiza Hotel

With central locations, our hotels are close to major shopping and financial centers. Upon arrival, guests receive warm, friendly service that caters to their every need.

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Reservation

Standard room

Without breakfast$ 1,273.30 MXN
One breakfast included$ 1,558.90 MXN
Two breakfasts included$ 1,844.50 MXN

Superior room

Without breakfast$ 1,511.30 MXN 
One breakfast included$ 1,796.90 MXN
Two breakfasts included$ 2,082.50 MXN
Reservation
Without breakfast
Reservation
With breakfast included
Reservation code: CONGRESO CIAD

 

Notes:

Subject to prior reservation and availability. Rates are in Mexican pesos, per night, and already include 16% VAT and 3% lodging tax.

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Fiesta Inn Express

We’re redefining the essential. With a concept designed for travelers who value convenience without sacrificing comfort, we offer reliable, high-quality service in a comfortable and functional environment.

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Reservation

Standard single or double room

$1,487.50 MXN

(mexican pesos, taxes included)

* Includes buffet breakfast

Deluxe Room, single or double

$1,666.00 MXN

(mexican pesos, taxes included)

* Includes buffet breakfast

Reservation
Reservation code: G1V34Q@FIH

 

Notes:

Valid from October 21 to 28, 2025.

Not applicable to groups or in conjunction with other promotions. Subject to prior reservation and availability. Rates are in Mexican pesos, per night, and include 16% VAT and 3% lodging tax. Rates are for single, double, or triple occupancy.

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Fiesta Americana
Hotel

This centrally located hotel has excellent facilities and services for the organizatin of the congress, as well as comfortable rooms, swimming pool, and restaurants.

Learn more

Reservation

The Fiesta Americana hotel has offered attractive rates for delegates who request to stay during the period from 24 to 31 October 2025:

$1,785.00 MXN

(mexican pesos, taxes included)

Daily rate per person

$1,904.00 MXN

(mexican pesos, taxes included)

Daily rate per person

There are other hotel options in the vicinity of the ICCC venue, whose rates for delegate accommodation will be announced in the next few days.

In ALL cases, delegates must make their reservations directly with the hotel of their choice, using the codes that the Organizing Committee will publish to validate these rates.

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Sponsors

Let’s collaborate!. Contact the Organizing Committee to discuss sponsorship options and how we can work together.

Organizing Committee

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Do you have any questions? Do you need any information?

Please do not hesitate to contact us and we will gladly assist you. Thank you!