ICC has held a number of international conferences on coal science, C1 chemistry, such as the World Coal Science Conference, Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference and Sino-Japan Symposium on C1 Chemistry. Extensive academic cooperation ties have been established with renowned universities, research institutions and companies from over 20 countries like the USA, the UK, Germany, Japan and Poland, etc.
For two consecutive years, ICC had one doctoral candidate selected each year to attend the Nobel Prize Presentation Conference in Germany. Scholars from Germany, Holland, India and Mongolia have come to ICC to finalize their dissertations or conduct post doctoral work.