Geoanalysis 2022
6th to 12th August 2022 | Freiberg
The International Association of Geoanalysts invites you to the 11th international conference on the analysis of geological and environmental materials to be held in Freiberg, Germany. Scientific sessions will take place in the conference facilities situated on the campus of Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg. Topical short courses will be given by experts in the field and organized in the facilities of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology. A special short course will address commercial geoanalysis including laboratory management, certification, business models as well as risks and will be organized in the facilities of Eurofins. The program includes various excursions and field trips during and after the conference.
Activities

Baroque Dresden
Explore historical treasures
The second mid-conference excursion will focus on the historical treasures in the baroque Saxonian Treasury the “The Green Vault” and the “the Mathematisch-Physikalischer…

The Ion Beam Center
Discover possibilities
The first mid-conference excursion offers a visit to the analytical facilities of the Ion Beam Center at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf.

The Saxon Switzerland
Germany's Rock National Park
Both excursions will meet to jointly visit the Saxon Switzerland national park along the Elbe valley, south-east of Dresden – one of the most amazing landscapes of…

Old Mines and new exploration
From silver rush to new stuff
The Post-Conference excursion will visit historical mining districts and actual exploration areas in the Erzgebirge, well-known for its Sn-, Ag-, Pb-, Zn- and Uranium…

Basalts in the Erzgebirge
Plutonists vs Neptunists
Post-Conference field trip to the historical battle field between neptunists and plutonists. Tertiary volcanics rocks were the subject of much heated discussions over…

International Association of Geoanalysts (IAG)
The mission of the IAG is to serve as an international forum for the advancement of geoanalytical science and to promote the interests and support the professional needs of those involved in the analysis of geological and environmental materials.
We organise conferences and meetings and act as the main sponsor of the Geoanalysis series of conferences.
Scientific commitee
DETLEF GÜNTHER ZÜRICH
CARLA VOGT FREIBERG
JENS GUTZMER FREIBERG
RAIMON TOLOSANA DELGADO FREIBERG
DIETER RAMMLMAIR HANNOVER
MICHAEL WIEDENBECK POTSDAM
JACINTA ENZWEILER CAMPINAS
MARION TICHOMIROWA FREIBERG
The Silver City Freiberg
Freiberg can be reached easily from the airports in Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin and Prague. Prague airport is especially interesting for guests from overseas. We will organize an on-demand shuttle service from nearby airports. The town centre of Freiberg is a historical monument in the form of a completely undestroyed ensemble. The flair of a medieval city, where tradition is lived and preserved to this day, entices the visitor.