Overview and General Information

2022: 10th International Freiberg Conference in Freiberg, Germany

• organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering (IEC) at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany), and supported by the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS Branch Lab “Circular Carbon Technologies” and the German Network for a Circular Carbon Economy (NK2 Network)
• 150 participants from 25 countries
• 67 presentations (in 3 parallel sessions), 10 Sponsors

2018: 9th International Freiberg Conference in Berlin, Germany

• Jointly organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and IEA Clean Coal Centre (London, UK)
• 300 participants from 20 countries
• 114 presentations (in 4 parallel sessions), 12 Sponsors
• Virtual special issue in the journal Fuel by Elsevier

2016: 8^th International Freiberg Conference in Cologne, Germany

• Jointly organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal(Zabrze, Poland)
• 200 participants from 20 countries
• 114 presentations (in 3 parallel sessions), 11 Exhibitors, 8 Sponsors
• Virtual special issue in the journal Fuel by Elsevier

2015: 7^th International Freiberg/Inner Mongolia Conference in Huhhot, Inner Mongolia, China

• First time in its history that the conference took place outside of Germany
• Jointly organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China)
• 160 participants from 15 countries
• 95 presentations (in 3 parallel sessions)

2014: 6^th International Freiberg Conference in Dresden/Radebeul, Germany

• Jointly organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia)
• 260 participants with 120 international (non-German) guests
• 113 presentations (in 4 parallel sessions)
• Special issue in the journal Fuel by Elsevier (Fuel Vol. 152, pp.1–145)

2012: 5^th International Freiberg Conference in Leipzig, Germany

• Jointly organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and EERC (Energy & Environmental Research Center, Grand Forks, USA)
• Special colloquium to honour the 60th anniversary of the first BHT coke production
• 270 participants from 20 countries
• 74 presentations (in 3 parallel sessions)
• Special issue in the journal Fuel by Elsevier (Fuel Vol. 116, pp. 803-920)

2010: 4^th International Freiberg Conference in Dresden, Germany

• Organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany)
• 256 participants from 24 countries
• 76 presentations (in 2 parallel sessions)  

2009: 3^rd International Freiberg Conference in Dresden

• Organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany)
• Conference held in collaboration with the 4th IEA Conference on Clean Coal Technologies
• 350 participants from 28 countries
• 147 presentations (in 4 parallel sessions)

2007: 2^nd International Freiberg Conference in Freiberg

• Jointly organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and DeZeV (Deutsches Zentrum für Vergasungstechnik, Germany)
• 240 participants from 22 countries
• 42 presentations

2005: 1^st International Freiberg Conference in Freiberg

• Jointly organized by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and DeZeV (Deutsches Zentrum für Vergasungstechnik, Germany)
• 210 participants from 21 countries
• 35 presentations