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The XVI International Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry in Russia (RTAC-2020) was scheduled to take place in Moscow on 5–9 July 2020. The main organizers of the event are the Moscow State University (Lomonosov MSU), The Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry (IGIC RAS, Moscow) and The National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS). The conference aims to provide an international forum for the worldwide community to meet, present and discuss fundamental and practical aspects of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, with special focus on the discussion of modern scientific and technological advances and methodological developments in this area of science, as well as the selection of the most promising methods & instruments and new directions of research. One feature of RTAC-2020 is that a significant part of the meeting will deal with computational methods, including Calphad and ab initio calculations. The Conference Sessions are presented below: 1. Inorganic Substances and Materials Including Complex compounds and Natural Minerals a. Calorimetric methods (dissolution calorimetry, direct reaction calorimetry, adiabatic calorimetry, heat capacity determination, thermal analysis) b. Phase equilibria and Phase transformations c. Computational methods including Calphad and ab initio calculations 2. Organic and bio substances and materials a. Calorimetric methods (dissolution calorimetry, direct reaction calorimetry, adiabatic calorimetry, heat capacity determination, thermal analysis) b. Phase equilibria and Phase transformations c. Computational methods 3. Equipment, methodology and Standards of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. Most of the lecturers are leading scientists in different areas of calorimetry, thermal analysis and chemical thermodynamics. Representatives from Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Ukraine and USA have submitted abstracts, and of course, intended to be present at the meeting this year. We had hoped that our Conference would be a good platform for discussion and to offer the opportunity to start new collaborations. But as the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in the cancellation of many events, RTAC-2020 is no exception. Therefore, the Organizing Committee has decided that the XVI International Conference on Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry in Russia cannot be performed in the traditional form. Nevertheless, the RTAC-2020 conference was opened on-line on 6th of July 2020 for one day, and participants of Conference were able to see the excellent talks given by Dr Alexander Pisch, Prof Igor Abrikosov, Prof Alexandra Navrotsky and Prof Christoph Schick. The recording of the plenary session is available on the Conference YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClkNvrQSBogQzpa7FUHH7ew. The Book of Abstracts of RTAC-2020 has been published on the Conference site (https://rtac2020.chem.msu.ru) as originally planned, thanks to the generous financial support of Thermo-Calc Software AB. The Organizing Committee expresses its gratitude to the Editorial Board of the Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry for its understanding and the assistance in publishing selected articles of RTAC-2020. The papers published as "Selected articles of RTAC-2020" are a good example of the broadness of the topics covered during the Conference as well as of its high scientific level.