The organizing committee of the 11th ICOBTE cordially invites you to participate in the scientific and social programs of the International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements. This Conference is a continuation of the very successful ICOBTE series. Recent ICOBTE conferences were held in Austria (1999), Canada (2001), Sweden (2003), Australia (2005), China (2007), Mexico (2009).
Participation of scientists and professionals actively involved in trace element biogeochemistry related issues, as well as of graduating students makes the ICOBTE an ideal arena for exchanging information and an international forum to discuss your emerging ideas and plans for research and development relative to trace elements, and influencing the policy enactment.
Your findings will reach an interested and competent audience and your projects and hypotheses may receive support or enrichment by scientists of various disciplines and several Countries.
The conference has been financially supported by several reputed international Institutions and Agencies, which allowed to assist invited plenary speakers and delegates from low income Countries.
Visit this conference website and discover the themes of the special symposia, the technical excursions and the organized social events.
The 11th ICOBTE will take place at the Florence Congress Center, which is located in the heart of Florence, close to the most famous monuments of the city known as the cradle of the Renaissance. The enjoyable social programme will also give you a sample of the Italian atmosphere and refined taste for welcoming.
We sincerely hope you may join us in Florence

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Conference chair: Giancarlo Renella, University of Florence, Italy
Co-chairperson: Roberto Gabbrielli, University of Florence, Italy
ISTEB President: Nicholas Lepp, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISTEB vice-President: Enzo Lombi, University of South Australia, Australia
ISTEB Honorary President: Domy Adriano, University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, USA