Business Meetings at IMA 2026 Nanjing

Agendas of IMA Business Meetings at IMA 2026 Nanjing

Two Business Meetings will be held during IMA 2026 Nanjing in a hybrid format. In-person attendance is expected in principle, although online participation will also be available. The agendas of the Business Meetings are available below, and the zoom link has been sent to each National Representative by email. (If, for any reason, you have not received that email, please contact the Secretary.)

• 1^st IMA Business Meeting (General assembly)
  Friday, August 21, 13:30-14:30, Room 801
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• 2^nd IMA Business Meeting (Election)
  Sunday, August 23, 13:15-14:30, Room 801
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2026 IMA Election

Please note that voting for the election of new IMA Officers/Council Members will take place at the 2nd Business Meeting. You can view the candidates nominated to date, together with their CVs, on this password-protected page. The password can be found in the email that was sent to each national representative.

Voting at the 2nd Business Meeting (August 23) will be conducted according to the number of voting rights allocated to each country. If the National Representatives do not attend the meeting, please inform the secretary of the delegate who will cast votes on behalf of their national society. For those who intend to participate online, instructions for electronic voting will be provided by email to the National Representatives.

In addition to the candidates listed, if national delegates wish to nominate someone, the name of the candidate and the names of at least three delegates supporting the candidate must be submitted to the secretary at least 30 hours before the election (see article 11 of the IMA Constitution for detail)

IMA Meetings

IMA Meetings

Every four years, IMA general meeting is hosted by one of the national member societies. The meeting provides a forum for mineralogists and related scientists from around the world to:

• Present and discuss the latest research in mineralogy and related fields.
• Exchange information and ideas across diverse subfields of mineralogy
• Conduct business meetings
• Conduct official meetings for IMA Commissions/Working Groups
• Participate in specialized, short courses and field excursions.

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Next Meeting:

The next IMA general meeting will be held in Nanjing, China from August 20 to 24, 2026.
Visit the official website for details.

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Past Meetinigs:

• IMA 2022 Lyon (France)

• IMA 2018 Melbourne (Australia)

• IMA 2014 Johannesburg (Republic of South Africa)
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• IMA 2010 Budapest (Hungary)
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• IMA 2006 Kobe (Japan)
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• IMA 2002 Edinburgh (UK)

• IMA 1998 Toronto (Canada)
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• IMA 1994 Pisa (Italy)

• IMA 1990 Beijing (China)

• IMA1986 Standrod (USA)

• IMA 1982 Varna (Bulgaria)
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• IMA 1978 Novosibirsk (USSR)
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• IMA 1974 Berlin & Regensburg (Germany)
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• IMA 1970 Tokyo & Kyoto (Japan)
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• IMA 1968 Prague (Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia)
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• IMA 1966 Cambridge (UK)
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• IMA 1964 Dehli (India)
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• IMA 1963 Washington (USA)

• IMA 1960 Madrid (Spain)

Report of IMA Meetings at EMC 2024 Dublin

Report of IMA Meetings at EMC 2024 Dublin

During EMC 2024 in Dublin on 18-23 August, three IMA Council Meetings and two Business Meetings were held. All the meetings were held in a hybrid format with participants primarily in person and some in remote.

At the 1st Business Meeting, Has-Peter Schertl, IMA President reported the summary of IMA activities for the past two years since IMA 2022 Lyon including the current financial status of IMA, recent updates on commissions/working group and committees and the preparation for the next IMA meeting in Nanjing. In addition, some revisions of the IMA constitution and by-laws proposed by Council and the nominations for the election of Council Members were announced.

At the 2nd Business Meeting, the audit report of IMA’s financial accounts for the last two years was presented. Voting was held to elect new Council Members and Executive Officers, and national delegates who participated in person and online cast their votes (see the minutes of the meeting for the results of the vote). A vote was also taken for the revision of the IMA constitutions and by-laws, and the proposed changes were approved.

• Minute of 1st Business Meeting (Not yet approved by National Representatives)
• Minute of 2nd Business Meeting (Not yet approved by National Representatives)

At the closing ceremony of the EMC, the IMA medal was presented by President Hans-Peter Schertl to Patricia Dove, 2022 IMA Medalist and then the steering wheel with the names of all the past presidents engraved on it was handed over from Hans-Peter to President-Elect Eiji Ohtani.