The conference will include the following scientific sections and round tables:


Section S1 - Structure, composition and crystal Chemistry

Section S2 – Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry, soils and sediments

Section S3 – Physical and Chemical Properties of Clay Minerals and Layered Materials

Section S4 – Industrial applications of clays and layered materials

Section S5 – Environment and Health, Archaeology and Art


Round tables or Special symposiums:

SS1 – Clays in Oil and Gas Industry

SS2 – Clays as engineering barriers for radioactive waste


Composition of the Organizing Committee:

Chairmen:

- Drits Viktor Anatolyevich, Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN RAS)

- Pavlenko Vladimir Ilyich, Chairman of the Presidium of the Arkhangelsk Scientific Center

- Victoria V. Krupskaya, Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGEM RAS), Chairman of the Russian Group on Clay Minerals (RCG) at the International Clay Association (AIPEA)



Secretariat:

Scientific Secretary: Tatyana Sergeevna Zaitseva, Institute of Geology and Geochronology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGDD RAS), Secretary of the Commission on Clay Minerals, Member of the Council of the Russian Group on Clay Minerals (RCG) at the International Clay Association (AIPEA)

Members of the secretariat: Olga V. Dorzhieva, Sergey V. Zakusin, IGEM RAS

The cost of participation is currently being negotiated and will be posted on the event page on the Internet.