The Joint Conference on Chemistry is an annual conference organized by the consortium of Chemistry Department of seven universities in Central Java: Diponegoro University (UNDIP), Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES), Sebelas Maret University (UNS), Jenderal Soedirman University (UNSOED), Satya Wacana Christian University (UKSW), Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang (UNIMUS), and Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN).

This joint conference has been held since 2006 which initially started with a local seminar to accommodate the dissemination of research results from chemistry lecturers and researchers from the five universities. Starting 2014, we enhanced the the scope of conference to be an International Conference by inviting overseas participant from all over the world.

The series of International Joint Conferences on Chemistry held are:

1. The 9^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Diponegoro University (Undip), Semarang in 2014
2. The 10^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Sebelas Maret University (UNS), Surakarta in 2015
3. The 11^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed), Purwokerto at 2016
4. The 12^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Universitas Negeri Semarang (Unnes), Semarang at 2017
5. The 13^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Diponegoro University (Undip), Semarang at 2018
6. The 14^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Sebelas Maret University (UNS), Surakarta at 2019
7. The 15^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Satya Wacana Christian University (UKSW), Salatiga at 2020
8. The 16^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed), Purwokerto at 2021
9. The 17^th Joint Conference on Chemistry was hosted by Universitas Negeri Semarang (Unnes), Semarang at 2022

The objectives of this Joint conference are:

1. To provide a forum for researchers, educators, students and industries to exchange ideas, to communicate and discuss research findings and new advances in chemical sciences.
2. To give an opportunity to both academia and practitioners to communicate and discuss on Chemical problems faced in research and the industry sector.
3. To enhance the capacities of innovation from researchers and industries who apply science and technology on their work
4. To contribute a formulation of global strategies in advancing chemical science role as well as developing policy initiatives in community
5. To stimulate future collaborations among researches, educators, industries, and governments who use chemical science and technology.

The conference will be a chemistry related disciplinary event considering all the major areas of chemistry, including inorganic, physical, organic, analytical and biochemistry. This conference also presents topics on chemical education, policies, and many other interesting topics. Interfaces with other sciences and other research areas will be actively encouraged.

Topic of interest to be covered in the conference includes, but not limited to:

• Analytical Chemistry
• Applied Chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Educational Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry

The conference invites researchers to attend and present their works in oral or poster session by submitting a short abstract for consideration. The abstracts will be peer-reviewed and the acceptance for presentation will be announced. In addition, prospective authors are later invited to send their full paper to be included in the conference proceeding that will be published by an international publisher.

Publication

All accepted papers will be published in one of the publications as follows: