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Locations and Co-Organizers

Key conference statistics
2018: 9th International Freiberg Conference in Berlin, Germany
- Jointly organised 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: 8th International Freiberg Conference in Cologne, Germany
- Jointly organised 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: 7th International Freiberg/Inner Mongolia Conference in Huhhot, Inner Mongolia, China
- First time in its history that the conference took place outside of Germany
- Jointly organised 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: 6th International Freiberg Conference in Dresden/Radebeul, Germany
- Jointly organised by the Institute of Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering, TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 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: 5th International Freiberg Conference in Leipzig, Germany
- Jointly organised 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: 4th International Freiberg Conference in Dresden, Germany
- Organised 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: 3rd International Freiberg Conference in Dresden
- Organised 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: 2nd International Freiberg Conference in Freiberg
- Jointly organised 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: 1st International Freiberg Conference in Freiberg
- Jointly organised 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