Each year, members of our Society gather for an annual meeting. This is often done at a location in North America or Canada, but on occasion we partner with colleagues elsewhere to take part in an international event.
Below is a list of previous Society meetings, with links to conference websites (and/or to the Program and Abstract volume) where available.
Date & Location | Theme | Annual meeting & organising institution(s) | CMS Annual Meeting No. |
|---|---|---|---|
October 18–23, 2020 PNNL, Richland, Wa (virtual) | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 57th | |
June 1-5, 2019 Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France | International conference of clay science and technology | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Euro Clay and the 6th Mediterranean Clay Meeting | 56th |
June 11-14, 2018 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL | New Visions in Clay Science | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 55th |
June 2-7, 2017 Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability, Edmonton, Canada | Living clays from nano-scale interactions to incorporation in everyday life | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 54th |
June 5-8, 2016 GA State University, Atlanta, GA | Resurgent clays | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 53rd |
July 5-10, 2015 Edinburgh, Scotland | 52nd | ||
May 17-21, 2014 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas | Everything is big, from nanoparticles to planets | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 51st |
October 6-10l 2013 Univesrity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL | 50th Anniversary of the Clay Minerals Society | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 50th |
July 7-11, 2012 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado | Shales and Imposters | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 49th |
Sept 24-29, 2011 University of California (CA)/ Middlebury College | Lake Tahoe Clays | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 48th |
June 6-11, 2010 Seville, Spain | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with the Clay Science Society of Japan and the Spanish Clay Society | 47th | |
June 5-11, 2009 Billings, Montana | Clays of the Big Sky | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 46th |
April 6-10, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with American Chemical Society | 45th | |
June 2-7, 2007 Santa Fe, New Mexico | Enchanted Clays | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 44th |
June 3-7, 2007 Oléron, France | Bridging Clays | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with French Clay Group | 43rd |
2005 Burlington, Vermont | Green Mountain Clays | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 42nd |
June 19-24, 2004 Richland, WA | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 41st | |
2003 Athens, Georgia | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 40th | |
June 8-13, 2002 Boulder, Colorado | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 39th | |
2001 Madison, Wisconsin | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 38th | |
2000 Chicago, Illinois | Clays in the Past and Future Millennia | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 37th |
1999 Purdue University, West Lafayette | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 36th | |
June 6-11, 1998 Cleveland, Ohio | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 35th | |
1997 Ottawa, Canada | CMS-AIPEA joint meeting | 34th | |
1996 Gatlinburg, TN | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 33rd | |
1995 Baltimore, MD | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 32nd | |
1994 Saskatoon, Saskattchewan, Canada | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 31st | |
1993 San Diego, California | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 30th | |
1992 Minneapolis | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Soil Science Society of America | 29th | |
October 5-10, 1991 Houston, TX | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 28th | |
October 6-11, 1990 Columbia, Missouri | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 39th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 27th | |
1989 Sacramento, CA | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 38th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 26th | |
1988 Grand Rapids, Michigan | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 37th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 25th | |
1987 Soccoro, New Mexico | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 36th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 24th | |
1986 Jackson, Mississippi | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 35th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 23rd | |
1985 Denver, Colorado | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 34th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 22nd | |
1984 Barton Rouge, LA | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 33rd Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 21st | |
1983 Buffalo, NY | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 32nd Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 20th | |
Aug 8-14, 1982 Hilo, Hawaii | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 31st Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 19th | |
1981 Champaign, IL | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 30th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 18th | |
1980 Waco, TX | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 29th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 17th | |
1979 Macon, GA | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 28th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 16th | |
1978 University of Indiana, IN | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 27th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 15th | |
1977 Kingston, Jamaica | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 26th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 14th | |
1976 Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 25th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 13th | |
1975 Mexico City, Mexico | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 24th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 12th | |
1974 Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 23rd Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 11th | |
1973 Banff, Alberta, Canada | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 22nd Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 10th | |
1972 Falmouth, Massachusetts | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 21st Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 9th | |
Aug 8-12, 1971 Rapid city, South Dakota | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 20th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 8th | |
1970 Miami Beach, FL | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 19th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 7th | |
1969 Dallas, Texas | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 18th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 6th | |
1968 Bloomington, Indiana | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 17th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 5th | |
1967 Denver, Colorado | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 16th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 4th | |
1966 Melon Institute | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 15th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 3rd | |
1965 Berkley, CA | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 14th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 2nd | |
1964 Madison, WS | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with 13th Annual Clay Minerals Conference | 1st | |
1963 Atlanta, GA | 12th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1961 University of Texas, Austin, TX | 10th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
October 5-8, 1960 Purdue University, Lafayette, IN | 9th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1959 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK | 8th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1958 Washington, D.C. | 7th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1957 University of California at Berkley, CA | 6th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1956 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL | 5th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1955 Penn State University, PA | 4th National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1954 Rice Institute | 3rd National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1953 University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri | 2nd National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals | ||
1952 University of California at Berkley | 1st National Conference of Clays and Clay Minerals |