Business Meetings

The IMA is governed by the Business Meetings held at every two years, alternating between the IMA held every 4 years, and another international mineralogical meeting such as EMC (European Mineralogical Conference). Two Business Meetings are held during a meeting.

Any National representative, Commission and Working Group of the IMA may propose business to be transacted at the Business Meetings. Such proposals must be sent to the IMA Secretary eight weeks before the meeting and will be included in the agenda.

The member societies send delegates to the Business Meetings. The delegates receive and review reports from the IMA Commissions, Working Groups and Council, and can implement new policies. The delegates at the Business Meeting elect the Council members, including the officers and the Presidents of IMA.

Minutes of recent Business Meetings are provided below. 

For previous Business Meetings, please contact the IMA archive manager (Annamaria Kis)

• 2008, Vancouver, Canada
• 2006, Kobe, Japan
• 2004, Florence, Italia
• 2002, Edinburgh, UK
• 1998, Toronto, Canada
• 1994, Pisa, Italia
• 1990, Beijing China
• 1986, Stanford, USA
• 1982, Varna, Bulgaria
• 1980 Orléans, France
• 1978, Novosibirsk, Russia
• 1976, Sidney, Australia
• 1974, Berlin, Germany
• 1972 Montreal, Canada
• 1970, Kyoto, Japan
• 1968 Praha, Czechoslovakia
• 1966, Cambridge, UK
• 1964, New Delhi
• 1962, Washington, USA
• 1960, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1959, Zürich, Switzerland