St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
June 22-26, 2025

The Electrostatic Society of America (ESA), the Institute of Electrostatics Japan (IEJ), la Société Française d’Electrostatique (SFE), and the Electrostatic Processes Committee (EPC) of the IEEE Industrial Applications Society (IEEE-IAS) are pleased to announce the 2025 Joint Conference on Electrostatics.

The 2025 Joint Conference on Electrostatics will be held June 22-26, 2025, at Brock University (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada). Brock University is located in Canada’s Niagara region, a short drive from Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the Lake and is surrounded by world-class wineries.

Presentation and paper contributions are invited in all scientific and technical areas of electrostatics, ranging from fundamental physics and new developments to applications in industry, atmospheric and space sciences, biology, medicine, energy, and other fields utilizing electrostatic phenomena.

A substantially reduced conference fee will be offered to all student participants. Presentations by graduate and undergraduate students are eligible for the Student Presentation Competition. Please indicate student presenter when submitting abstract.

If you need a visa to travel to Canada, you can request a formal invitation letter from the ESA President, Prof. Poupak Mehrani at poupak.mehrani@uottawa.ca. Please start your visa application process as early as possible as it might take months to obtain a Canadian visa.

For travelling from Toronto Pearson Airport to St. Catharines downtown or Brock University, there are multiple options, some are direct and some require travelling from the airport to Toronto downtown (Toronto Union Station) or Niagara Falls and then travelling from there to St. Catharines. Here are some options (please select the desired currency on each webpage):

1. If renting a car, St. Catharines is approximately 1 hr 10 min drive from Toronto Pearson Airport.

2. UP Express (https://www.upexpress.com/en). The fastest option for going from Toronto Pearson Airport to Toronto Union Station is to take the express train (every 15 minutes) which would take approximately 30 minutes.

3. Megabus (https://megabus.transport-ticket.com/?retailerPartnerNumber=274265&locale=en-CA) There are many buses per day to St. Catharines (including 5 buses to Brock University) that leave from Toronto Bay St., which is a walking distance from Toronto Union Station.

4. FliXBUS (https://www.flixbus.com/) Direct from Toronto Pearson Airport (Terminal 1) to St. Catharines downtown (there could be only one trip per day). From Toronto Union Station Bus Terminal to St. Catharine’s (6 trips per day to Downtown) or Brock University (2 trips per day).

5. Airport Shuttle (https://www.niagaraairbus.com/): Niagara Airbus, $80 to $100, on demand, 1 hr 20 min.

• September 15, 2024: Abstract submission open
• April 15, 2025: Abstract submission deadline 
• May 15, 2025: Early registration deadline
• June 22, 2025: Conference starts, informal evening reception
  
• June 23, 2025: Technical sessions begin

Poupak Mehrani, ESA, University of Ottawa, Canada

Takayuki Ohshima, IEJ, Gunma University, Japan

Gérard Touchard, SFE, University of Poitiers, France

Hak-Joon Kim, IEEE-IAS EPC, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, South Korea

Bill Vosteen (bill.vosteen@gmail.com)

Craig Snoeyink (craigsno@buffalo.edu), University at Buffalo, USA