On 17-19 June 2025 the International Flame Research Foundation will hold its first full, in-person conference since 2018.

The IFRF Conference 2025 will be our 20th conference since the IFRF was founded in 1948. As a world-renowned centre for steelmaking and high-temperature industries, as well as the current IFRF headquarters, Sheffield is an ideal venue to bring together delegates from across the world.

Who should attend?

The conference theme – ‘sustainable and safe industrial combustion’ – echoes the key objective of IFRF and has direct relevance to practitioners across a wide range of industrial sectors, including:

• Power generation
• Iron, steel and aluminium production
• Oil and gas
• Refining and petrochemicals
• Glassmaking
• Ceramics production
• District heating and cooling
• Cement production
• Lime and minerals processing

What to expect

Hosted in Sheffield UK, this three-day conference promises to be an invigorating and exciting event, including:

• A keynote speech each day from combustion experts in research and industry
• Tour of the Energy Innovation Centre's state-of-the-art facilities, home to the Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) and Sustainable Aviation Fuels Innovation Centre (SAF-IC)
• Poster sessions
• Interactive panel discussions
• Paper presentations (to be collated in a special edition of Industrial Combustion Journal)
• EU project dissemination sessions
• Networking opportunities with fellow researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals
• A gala dinner at the University of Sheffield's historic Firth Hall

Accessibility and dietary requirements

We will do our best to fulfil your requirements to allow you to fully participate in this event. Please let us know if you have any special requirements such as dietary needs, the need for a private room during the day, handouts in advance and/or in alternative formats such as Braille or large print, hearing loops, wheelchair access, high-backed chair etc.

Cancellation policy

If IFRF should have to postpone an event, IFRF shall notify you as soon as possible and provide you with a new date for the delivery of the event.

If IFRF should have to cancel the event, IFRF shall provide you with a full refund of the ticket price only.

Should you wish to cancel any booking of an event in advance of the event date, notice should be sent to administration@ifrf.net as soon as possible.

Should you wish to cancel any booking of an event in advance of the event date, you will be entitled to the following refund:

• More than 28 days before the event date: 100%
• Between 22 and 28 days before the event date: 75%
• Between 15 and 21 days before the event date: 50%
• 14 days or less before the event date: 0%

Find full event information on the IFRF website: https://ifrf.net/events/ifrf-conference-2025-sustainable-and-safe-industrial-combustion/