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17 - 21 November 2025

ChemAI Week

Webinars, research lectures, tutorials, lab tours; a week long ChemAI satellite events on the topic of Chemistry and AI!

From Monday, November 17th until Friday, November 21st, the Amsterdam Chemistry Network (ACN), Amsterdam AI4Science, and TI-COAST, will host several interesting ChemAI satellite events, such as courses and webinars, on the topic of artificial intelligence and chemistry, culminating in the third ChemAI Symposium on the Friday afternoon.

Below is a schedule of the ChemAI Week. To register for any of these events go the this website.

In addition, the ChemAI week is followed by a Lorentz Center Workshop AI for Secure, Safe, and Sustainable Molecules and Materials (AI4S3M2) on 24 - 28 November 2025 in Leiden.

ChemAI WeekdayWhat’s happening
Monday, 17 November• 11:00 - 12:00 hr: From Contemporary Computational Chemistry to Future Methods of Application
 Research lecture by [Robert Pollice][10] in room SP C0.110.
• 15:00 - 17:00 hr: Elements of Artificial Intelligence – a Crash Course on Machine Learning for Chemists
  hybrid meeting ([zoom link][42]) at Science Park Room H0.08 and online by [Bernd Ensing][6] and [Robert Pollice][10]
Tuesday, 18 November• 15:00 - 16:00 hr: Harnessing Deep Learning for Drug Discovery: Challenges and Opportunities
  AI4Science/CSM seminar by [Francesca Grisoni][11] in Science Park 904, Room C4.174 or online ([meeting link][43])
Wednesday, 19 November• 14:00 - 15:00 hr: Machine Learning Acceleration of Electronic Structure Calculations
  Lecture by [Hannes Jonsson][15] in Science Park 906 room C0.110
• 15:00 - 16:30 hr: Unlocking Data in the Cambridge Structural Database for Functional Materials Innovation
  Online workshop by [Dr. Andrew Peel][14] of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre ([meeting link][44])
Thursday, 20 November• 10:00 - 12:00 hr: Get Hands-On with Open Multi-Modal Foundational Models for Materials and Chemistry
  Online workshop by [Dr. Seiji Takeda][12] and [Dr. Indra Priyadarsini][13] of IBM Research ([meeting link][45])
Friday, 21 November• Lab tours at Science Park
• [ChemAI Symposium][9]