emc2016 2nd European Mineralogical Conference (Rimini, Italy 11 - 15 September 2016) Minerals, rocks and fluids: alphabet and words of planet Earth Call for Abstracts deadline May 9, 2016 Dear All, the abstract deadline of the Second European Mineralogical Conference that will be held in Rimini, Italy, from 11 to 15 September, 2016 is approaching soon. The Registration and Call for Abstracts are now open at the address http://emc2016.socminpet.it The conference is organized on 16 themes with 42 thematic sessions. Among the impressive list of sessions we would like to draw your attention to one that is honouring the remarkable active career of Bruce Yardley who recently retired. So please join us and our keynote speaker Lukas Baumgartner (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) for the following session: P16 - Fluids in the crust Fluids are one of the key parameters for geochemical and geodynamic processes in the crust and play a major role in shaping the modern Earth. Fluid-mineral and fluid-rock interactions and their resulting rock record have been therefore a very active field of research over the past decades. Bruce Yardley, who recently retired from his professorship at the University of Leeds, has been intensively working in this field throughout his career on various aspects ranging from the study of fluid inclusions, fluid-mineral interactions, thermodynamics, experimental to field based metamorphic petrology and low temperature geochemical processes to name only a few. His contributions are highly recognized and significantly advanced our understanding of the role of fluids in the crust. The session is aimed to cover a broad range of aspect studying fluids in the crust Bruce has been working on to visualize the progress that has been made in the field over the duration of his remarkable career. Convener: Maria Luce Frezzotti, Cristoph Heinrich and Thomas Müller (contact: T.Mueller@leeds.ac.uk) Hope to see you all in Rimini! On behalf of the conveners Thomas Mueller Dr. Thomas Mueller Lecturer in metamorphic petrology/geochemistry Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Phone: +44 (0)113 - 34 311 56 Email: t.mueller@leeds.ac.uk<mailto:t.mueller@leeds.ac.uk> Web: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/ http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/people/t.mueller