On October 30th -31st, 2015, the 1st International Symposium on Energy Chemistry & Materials was hosted in Guanghua Building, Fudan University. This symposium was supported by iChEM and hosted by FDU. Over 300 scholars from more than 10 countries and top universities like Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Kyoto University attended this symposium. The symposium included 30 main keynote lectures and received over 160 posters.

The International Symposium on Energy Chemistry & Materials (ISECM) is a series of symposia organized by the Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM). ISECM brought together scientists, researchers, and students from academia and industry with interests in energy-related chemistry and materials. The aim of this symposium is sharing the latest developments in chemistry and materials involved in energy generation, conversion, and storage.