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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