The XXV Encontro Galego-Português de Química took place at Santiago de Compostela, Spain from 20th to 22th of November, 2019.

José Luís Figueiredo, Emeritus Professor at University of Porto, was honored by Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ), Chemical Professional Organisation of Galicia (COLQUIGA) and the Chemical Association of Galicia.

Professor Costa Lima, from Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto, and Pelayo Rubido Muñiz and Juan Vieites Bautista de Sousa, both from COLQUIGA, were also honored.

More information here:
https://www.encontrogalegoportugues.org/
http://www.spq.chemistry.pt/agenda/event/451

The AIChE Annual Meeting 2019 took place in Orlando, Florida, USA from november 10^th to15^th. Professor Alírio E. Rodrigues was invited to give two talks at the AIChE Annual Meeting 2019.

One talk was entitled “The Role of Adsorption Processes in Lignin Biorefinery to Make Vanillin and Syringaldehyde” in the Area Plenary Session: Adsorption and Ion Exchange - In Honor of Celio Cavalcante. The second talk was entitled “Simulated Moving Bed- Learning from the Past and Shaping the Future” in the Plenary Session Chromatographic Separations and SMB - In Honor of Linda Wang.

AIChe 2019 counted with around 6000 participants from over 57 countries, 788 oral and poster sessions and 4680 total abstracts presented.