Bonds and Bridges
Mineral Sciences and their applications:
Everything on
natural and analogous solid matter
and its interactions
General Meeting IMA 2010, Budapest, Hungary
General Chairman: Ekkehart Tillmanns, Austria
International Scientific Commmittee (under organisation):
Chairman: Ekkehart Tillmanns, Austria
Vice-Chairman: Georges Calas, France
Representatives of the organising countries:
Péter Árkai, Mihály Pósfai (Hungary),
Gheorghe Ilinca, Bogdan Onac (Romania),
Martin Chovan, Juraj Majzlan (Slovakia)
International Organising Committee:
Chairman: Tamás G. Weiszburg, Hungary
Secretary General: Dana Pop, Romania
Representatives of the organising countries:
Friedrich Koller, Austria, Corina Ionescu, Romania, Igor Broska, Slovakia
Field trip subcommittee:
Chairmen: Friedrich Koller, Austria, Ferenc Molnár, Hungary
Publications subcommittee:
Chairman: Gábor Papp, Hungary
Tradition: 50 Years of IMA
The International Mineralogical Association (IMA), the oldest international scientific body of mineral sciences, organised its 1st General Meeting (GM) in 1959. The next meeting of the recently quadrennial world conference series, the 20th IMA GM, is standing on, and will pay tribute to the solid basis built up by the results of two complete generations of mineral scientists, having met traditionally at IMA GMs.
Progress: Mineral Sciences Coming Up
Today the special skills and viewpoints of mineral scientists are inevitable when solid matter is present in a system. Whatever is its origin: natural, environmental, life-related or man-made; whatever is its size: nanoparticles in the atmosphere/human body, or the continental plates: its behaviour, properties and interactions, its usefulness, beauty, value or risk are determined by its bulk and surface structure and chemistry, and by its texture.
Organisers: The Four IMA Member Societies that will Invite for the Meeting
Organisers (in alphabetical order):
Austria: Mineralogical Society of Austria
Croatia: Croatian Mineralogical Association
Czech Republic: Czech Geological Society
Hungary: Mineralogical-Geochemical Branch of the Hungarian Geological Society
Poland: Mineralogical Society of Poland
Romania: Mineralogical Society of Romania
Slovakia: Mineralogical-Geochemical Branch of the Geological Society
of Slovakia
Supporting organisations (in alphabetical order):
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Mineralogical Society
Serbia: Mineralogical-Petrological Section of the Serbian Geological Society
Slovenia: Mineralogical Branch of the Slovenian Geological Society
Key Date & Important Dates:
From August 21 (Saturday) till August 27 (Friday) 2010.
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Venue for the Conference
The new Riverside Campus Facilities of the Eötvös L. University, Budapest (completed in 2002, high standards, very moderate costs).
The Region
The Austrian-Carpathian-Pannonian Region, a very safe area of the European Union, hosts mineral occurrences from Roman age gold mines in Transylvania till Alpine parageneses; many tens of type localities of mineral species; a wide range of rock types/mineral deposits in a special geodynamic situation.
Budapest, a city of 2 million people along the Danube, offers exciting programmes for visitors.
End of August weather is usually mild, pleasant for both field trips and cultural visits.
The Campus:
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- Cosy environment
- Large space for posters
Reasonable Costs
Registration fees:
about 250 EURO including the basic social programmes, like conference dinner
background:
limited rental fee, proper careful preparation, active role of the academic staff + students in the organization, lower general price level
Accommodation (extrapolated for 2010):
- low cost at the campus: 10 EURO.
- standard: 30-50 EURO;
- higher class 70-90 EURO;
- luxury: up to the stars
background:
- wide offer of places in Budapest
- in advance block bookings
Though the normal registration fee will be kept low, there will be several grant options advertised in the Second Circular. Grants will particularly, but not exclusively, encourage and help the participation of
active researchers (both in academic and applied positions) from countries, mainly from Latin America, Asia and Africa, where IMA had smaller impact in the last decades and/or where research and teaching of mineral sciences is less organised;
students and young scientists of promising dedication, with first results, but limited funds;
retired researchers of strong accumulated academic record, but no more institutional and financial background.
Thematic & Scientific Programme:
There are no applications without fundamental science. Fundamental mineral sciences are closely bound with other modern fundamental sciences. There is no long term moral and financial funding of fundamental science without convincing applications for society. Researchers of different fields need to meet personally.
The IMA2010 will be a meeting of multidisciplinarity.
Contributions are welcome from all fields of research and education related to mineral sciences and their applications, the latter including artistic and other social approaches as well.
The large meeting will be organised on a human scale: the number of the parallel sessions will be limited, posters will be on display for longer periods.
Exciting Field Programmes:
The region has many attractive mineralogical / petrological / geochemical / sites, ore and non-metallic deposits and also cultural sites to visit. Several of the latters belong to the UNESCO World Heritage.
Intensive pre- and post-congress field trip programme is planned. The trips will vary both in length (1-5 days) and in subject (covering all fields of mineral sciences + cultural programme).
Examples from the preliminary selected routes
- Romania: Transylvania, Banat, Maramures region: Ditrau Alkaline Massif, Rosia Montana/Verespatak, Baia Sprie/Felsobánya, Cavnic, Ocna de Fier/Vasko
- Slovakia: Banská tiavnica/Schemnitz/, Kremnica, pania Dolina, Smolnik, Dubnik/Cervenica/Vörösvágás
- Hungary: Úrkút, Rudabánya, Mecsek Mts. (nuclear waste depository), Bakony-Balaton Highland, bauxite
- Austria: Styrian Volcanism (Miocene-Pliocene). Eastern Alps, Felbertal, Erzberg
Further trips/trip segments are planned in co-operation with the mineralogical societies of the neighbour countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraina, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia)
Geographical Location:
The region is in between the former West and East, there is easy access from
both sides, and also from other continents.
The international airports of
Budapest connect the city directly to some oversea and to all important
European destinations.
Budapest is on the European motorway network (2
hours from Vienna) and
the termination of many intercity trains from both
west and east, south and north.
Within the city the Riverside Campus facilities of the Eötvös
L. University is located in a distance
- of about 30 minutes from the airport,
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about 15-20 minutes walk from the
centre of the city;
along the Danube, in between two bridges, both important
lines for public transport and vehicles;
there is an easy connection to both the western and the southern motorways;
there is unlimited free parking around the buildings.