Save the Date - ISEB25, 2022

ISEB25 First AnnouncementMountain scene with conference logo

SAVE THE DATE!

We have been waiting to share the good news with everyone - plans for ISEB25 in 2022 are underway again. After needing to cancel the symposium last year, for the first time in the organization’s nearly 50-year history, we continued to make arrangements for 2022 while also being mindful of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We believe that ISEB can host a symposium in 2022 that will be safe and economical for our entire international membership.

The meeting will be held at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (https://www.banffcentre.ca/) in Banff, Canada, from June 27 - July 2, 2022. ISEB25 will bring together scientists from all over the world to discuss recent developments and discoveries from all aspects of Environmental Biogeochemistry. The symposium will include a single oral session format for three days, daily poster sessions for discussions among the participants, optional field excursions, and social and networking activities. There will be a range of invited and keynote speakers, a dinner to honor award recipients, and events to honor past members who we lost recently.

We hope that everyone will join us in Banff, and as always, we encourage students and early career scientists to attend the symposium. However, we also understand there may be continuing health and financial reasons why some members may not be able to attend in person. Consequently, we are exploring potential options that will allow for remote participation and attendance to ISEB25 events.

The resort town of Banff is a charming and modern location to host the meeting. Surrounded by the Canadian Rocky Mountains, there are many opportunities for outdoor adventures and sight-seeing, including hot springs in town, the Sulphur Mountain gondola, Cave and Basin National Historic Site, nearby Banff National Park, Lake Louise, and Moraine Lake, as well as numerous art galleries, museums, restaurants, shops, and spas.

The Government of Alberta currently has a Restrictions Exemption Program that requires businesses to ask guests for proof of vaccination, medical exemption, or a privately-paid negative PCR or rapid test within 72 hours of (https://www.alberta.ca/REP). The Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity is participating in the Restrictions Exemption Program, and ISEB25 delegates and guests will be asked to act in accordance with program requirements. The town of Banff is also proactively monitoring COVID-19 cases, vaccinations, and business auditing. More information about safe travel to and within Banff can be found at: https://banff.ca/1132/Coronavirus-info-for-Banff

The Banff Centre for the Arts will have accommodation options for our group at a reduced rate, and there will also be alternative lodging options in Banff, just a 10-15 minute walk from the Banff Centre. Banff is about 150 km from the Calgary International Airport, and there will be options for airport shuttles.

We look forward to seeing you in Banff, and please stay tuned for more information on the ISEB website: https://isebiogeochemistry.com/

ISEB25 Organizing and Planning Committee:

Chris Omelon, Chris Weisener, Ernest Chi Fru, Lotta Purkamo, Danielle Fortin, William Ghiorse, Annette Engel 

 

 

 
 

Mission Statement

  • promotion of scientific knowldege of biogeochemistry and related fields through discussions, reports and publications.

  • Stimulation of scientific investigations, planning, organization and administration of biennial international symposia on biogeochemistry, as well as other meetings and publications for the advancement of scientific knowledge in this interdisciplinary field.

  • Improvement of education in biogeochemistry and related subjects.

 

Biennial Symposia

The first International Symposium on Environmental Biogecohemistry was held at Logan, Utah, USA, 22 to 24 March 1973.  Since then, symposia have taken place regularly every two years at different venues around the world.

 

Past Symposia

  • XXV   2021  Postponed until 2022 
  • XXIV  2019  Potsdam, Germany
  • XXIII  2017  Palm Cove, Australia
  • XXII   2015  Piran, Slovenia
  • XXI    2013  Wuhan, China
  • XX     2011  Istanbul, Turkey
  • XIX    2009  Hamburg, Germany
  • XVIII  2007  Taupo, New Zealand
  • XVII   2005  Jackson Hole, USA
  • XVI    2003  Oirase, Japan
  • XV     2001  Wroclaw, Poland
  • XIV    1999  Huntsville, Canada
  • XIII    1997  Monopoli, Italy
  • XII     1995  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • XI      1993  Salamanca, Spain
  • X       1991  San Francisco, USA
  • IX      1989  Moscow, USSR
  • VIII    1987  Nancy, France
  • VII     1985  Rome, Italy
  • VI      1983  Santa Fe, USA
  • V       1981  Stockholm, Sweden
  • IV      1979  Canberra,  Australia
  • III      1977  Wolfenbüttel, W Germany
  • II       1975  Hamilton, Canada
  • I        1973  Logan, USA

History of ISEB

The initial concept for this organization was developed in 1970 by D.A. McLaren and J. Skujins; specifically, a meeting with no overlapping sessions devoted to environmental biogeochemistry where participants would be exposed to discussions not only in their own field of expertise, but also to discussions in other cognate disciplines. 

Skujins subsequently organized an informal meeting in 1971 with P. Givens, T. Brock and H. Ehrlich that gave shape and form to the idea of a international symposium on biogeochemistry.  In 1973, the first symposium was held at Utah State University in Logan, USA.  Since then the symposium had become a regular biennial event with formalization of the organization through incorporation as a not-for-profit company under the name of Symposia on Environmental Biogeochemistry, Inc. (SEB).  At the 19th biennial symposium in 2009 at Hamburg, Germany, the International Committee of SEB established the International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry.