The committee has, in principle, decided to schedule the bi-annual gathering, once in Portugal and once in India. Ahmedabad University has agreed to organise the next DES meeting in collaboration with IIT Guwahati. Considering this discussion, the organising team of Portugal has approved the hosting of the 5th International Meeting on Deep Eutectic Solvents at the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University, India, from October 20-23, 2026.