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18 to 20 May 2022 in Banská Štiavnica

This conference will bring together geoscientists, chemists, and materials scientists interested in the cycling of antimony and bismuth in nature, including man-made and engineered systems. Spatial scales range from planetary cycling to speciation and partitioning on micro- to nanoscale. Physical conditions span the range from conditions in the deep Earth to the surface of the Earth, including inorganic, organic, and biological processes. We will address questions of mobility of antimony and bismuth in various geochemical compartments, such as rocks, soils, water, and air. Fate of the elements during weathering will be discussed and interrogated. The goal of the conference is to establish the state of current knowledge and to identify promising venues that could help to enhance our understanding of how these elements behave, where do they come from and where are they heading.

Email: juraj.majzlan@uni-jena.de - montserrat.filella@unige.ch

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 30 March 2022

Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2022

Conference Date: 18 to 20 May 2022

Visits and excursions: 21 and 22 May 2022

Registration

Please register below.

Registration

The fees are 180 €.

They include coffee breaks, light lunches and the conference dinner.

Payment by bank transfer only to:

IBAN: DE40830944540042826308
SWIFT: GENODEF1RUJ
Account holder: Juraj Majzlan
Bank: Volksbank Gera-Jena-Rudolstadt, Johannispl. 7, 07743 Jena, Germany

Venue

Banská Štiavnica is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. Its fate has been closely linked to the exploitation of its abundant resources of silver ore. It is a completely preserved medieval town, which was proclaimed by the UNESCO to be a World Heritage Site.

The Conference will be held in the town’s New Castle.

Travel

Air links

The nearest large international airport is Vienna. A smaller airport with limited connections, but closer to the city of Banská Štiavnica is Bratislava.

Rail

There is a train connection from Bratislava to Banská Štiavnica. You have to change the train once or twice, depending on the connection, and the entire journey takes up to 4 hours (218 kilometers). Bus is a preferred option.

Bus

There are direct buses from Bratislava to Banská Štiavnica. The journey takes about 2.5 hours for a fee of appr. 9 euro.

Car

There is a motorway connecting Vienna to Banská Štiavnica through Bratislava (the motorway exit is about 15 km before the city of Banská Štiavnica). Please note that highways in Austria and Slovakia are not free.

In Slovakia, you have to purchase the highway sticker, available only on the internet. Controls are automatic and fines are high, so do not forget to buy it. If you rent a car in Slovakia, its price should include the sticker. Check to be sure.

In Austria, all cars, motorbikes and camper vans up to 3.5 mpw (maximum permissible weight) must properly display a toll sticker or have purchased online in time a digital vignette when they drive onto a motorway or expressway.

Accommodation

Call

This is a Call for posters and oral presentations. An example of abstract formatted in Word is available pressing the button Model Abstract. To submit an abstract, please use the button Submit

Model Abstract Submit

Programme

To be announced later