Dear colleagues, We invite all of you to submit the abstracts for the 9th International Conference on the Occurrence, Properties and Utilization of the Natural Zeolites - Zeolite 2014 being held in Belgrade, Serbia in a period from 8 to13 June, 2014. The Zeolite 2014 web site is: http://www.ktf-split.hr/zeolite2014/ Zeolite 2014 is the latest in a series of conferences organized under the auspices of the International Natural Zeolite Association - INZA (www.inza.unina.it) The main hosting Institutions are the Institute for Technology of Nuclear and Other Mineral Raw Materials - ITNMS (Serbia) and Faculty for Chemistry and Technology, University of Split (Croatia), with the support of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia. It is our pleasure to announce the following invited speakers: a.. Dr. Linda S. Campbell, University of Manchester, U.K. b.. Prof. Vassilis Inglezakis, Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan c.. Dr. Aramis Rivera, Institute of Materials Science and Technology, University of Havana, Cuba d.. Prof. Dr. Reinhard X. Fischer, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Unversität Bremen, Germany Important dates: 20 January 2014 - Deadline for submission of 2 page extended abstracts. 20 March 2014 - Notification of acceptance of extended abstracts. Abstract submission procedure: Step 1: Fill up the registration form and send it back to the Organizers, Step 2: Please follow the format for 2 page abstracts provided in the template, Step 3: Choose the Session in which you feel your abstracts fits best. A certain number of papers from Zeolite 2014 will be published in a special issue of the journal Clay Minerals. http://claymin.geoscienceworld.org Authors of oral and poster presentations at Zeolite 2014 are encouraged to submit a complete manuscript to this journal. In order to be considered for publication, manuscripts must be submitted directly to the journal no later than 1st June 2014. Please contact us if you have any queries. We are really looking forward seeing all of you, next year!! Best Regards, Aleksandra Dakovic and Marina Trgo Chairs of the Zeolite 2014