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Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland at 150: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers

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Kevin Murphy
Thu, Feb 19, 2026 12:58 PM

Dear colleagues

Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland at 150: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers - Apologies for cross-posting.

Registration continues at: https://minsoc-150.org/registration/ [minsoc-150.org]. Note that the abstract deadline is 6th March 2026. The early bird registration deadline is 20th March 2026.

We now have 28 keynote and other invited speakers lined up for our Anniversary Meeting at the University of Manchester, UK on 23-25 June 2026.

M. Rumsey (Natural History Museum, London, UK)
Rosa Maria di Maggio (Forensic Geoscience, Italy)
Elizabeth Watkin (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
Carolyn Pearce (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany)
David Manning (Newcastle University, UK)
Laura Bastianini (Heriot Watt University, UK)
M. Hochella (Virginia Tech, USA)
Julie Cosmidis (U. Oxford, UK)
Pierre Josso (BGS Critical Metals Intelligence Centre, UK)
Geraldine Tchimbali (Pensana Ltd, Angola)
Katie McFall (University College London, UK)
Thomas Breithaupt (University of Cambridge, UK)
Jennifer Jackson (Caltech, USA)
Hannah Hughes (Camborne School of Mines, UK)
Oliver Higgins (St. Andrews University, UK)
Alan Hastie (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Emma Tomlinson (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Pierre Le Pape (Sorbonne Universit?/CNRS/MNHN/IRD, France)
Martin Whitehouse (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden)
Bob Hazen (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA)
Jocelyne Brendl? (Universit? de Haute-Alsace, France)
Ana Santos (Natural History Museum, London)
Andrew Berry, Australia National University, Canberra (Neumann Medal)
Barb Dutrow, Louisiana State University, USA (Collins Medal)
Lin Ma, University of Manchester, UK (Max Hey Medal)
James Byrne, Bristol University, UK (Howie Best Paper Award)
Helen Williams (University of Cambridge, UK)

Read about our proposed sessions: https://minsoc-150.org/programme/ [minsoc-150.org]

Prof. Sam Shaw
President and Conference Organizer
sam.shaw@manchester.ac.ukmailto:sam.shaw@manchester.ac.uk
Kevin Murphy
Executive Director, Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland
kevin@minersoc.orgmailto:kevin@minersoc.org

Dear colleagues Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland at 150: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers - Apologies for cross-posting. Registration continues at: https://minsoc-150.org/registration/ [minsoc-150.org]. Note that the abstract deadline is 6th March 2026. The early bird registration deadline is 20th March 2026. We now have 28 keynote and other invited speakers lined up for our Anniversary Meeting at the University of Manchester, UK on 23-25 June 2026. M. Rumsey (Natural History Museum, London, UK) Rosa Maria di Maggio (Forensic Geoscience, Italy) Elizabeth Watkin (Edith Cowan University, Australia) Carolyn Pearce (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) Jeffrey Paulo H. Perez (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany) David Manning (Newcastle University, UK) Laura Bastianini (Heriot Watt University, UK) M. Hochella (Virginia Tech, USA) Julie Cosmidis (U. Oxford, UK) Pierre Josso (BGS Critical Metals Intelligence Centre, UK) Geraldine Tchimbali (Pensana Ltd, Angola) Katie McFall (University College London, UK) Thomas Breithaupt (University of Cambridge, UK) Jennifer Jackson (Caltech, USA) Hannah Hughes (Camborne School of Mines, UK) Oliver Higgins (St. Andrews University, UK) Alan Hastie (University of Edinburgh, UK) Emma Tomlinson (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Pierre Le Pape (Sorbonne Universit?/CNRS/MNHN/IRD, France) Martin Whitehouse (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden) Bob Hazen (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA) Jocelyne Brendl? (Universit? de Haute-Alsace, France) Ana Santos (Natural History Museum, London) Andrew Berry, Australia National University, Canberra (Neumann Medal) Barb Dutrow, Louisiana State University, USA (Collins Medal) Lin Ma, University of Manchester, UK (Max Hey Medal) James Byrne, Bristol University, UK (Howie Best Paper Award) Helen Williams (University of Cambridge, UK) Read about our proposed sessions: https://minsoc-150.org/programme/ [minsoc-150.org] Prof. Sam Shaw President and Conference Organizer sam.shaw@manchester.ac.uk<mailto:sam.shaw@manchester.ac.uk> Kevin Murphy Executive Director, Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland kevin@minersoc.org<mailto:kevin@minersoc.org>