Meeting Dates: 15^th - 20^th July 2012

The 2012 meeting of the British Zeolite Association will be held at the University of Chester in northwest England. This triennial, Chislehurst-style BZA meeting, organised along the lines of a Gordon Conference, will be limited to 120 participants.The BZA welcomes contributions from all fields of zeolite, microporous and mesoporous materials science, including synthesis, structure, applications, characterisation, catalysis and computational studies. We also look forward to receiving contributions in the areas of hybrid materials, MOFs and the application of porous solids in chemical, fine-chemical and green & sustainable processes as well as energy applications.

NEW  We are pleased to announce that on the 19th of July there will be a joint session with the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society and George Christidis will deliver the George Brown lecture noted below.

     Invited Speakers:

• Lynne McCusker, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland - IZA Ambassador
  
"The intriguing structure of SSZ-57 and the consequences of its modulation and disorder"
• Russell Morris, University of St Andrews, UK
  "From unzipping to medical gas delivery - new chemistry for zeolites"
• Matt Neurock, University of Virginia, USA
  "Theoretical insights into solid acid catalyzed reactions: understanding and controlling C-C bond formation paths"
• Geoff Ozin, University of Toronto, Canada - Barrer Award Winner
  "Pores for Thought"
• Matt Rosseinsky, University of Liverpool, UK
  "Flexibility and functionality in metal organic frameworks"
• Ryong Ryoo, KAIST, South Korea
  "Directing hierarchically nanoporous architectures by surfactant-type zeolite SDA
• George Christidis, Technical University of Crete, Greece - George Brown Lecturerr
  "Smectites and zeolites: genesis in similar geological environments yields unique and intriguing propertiess

      BZA Committee

• David Law, BP
• Paul Wright, University of St Andrews
• Craig Williams, University of Wolverhampton
• Martin Attfield, University of Manchester
• Aidan Doyle, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Joe Hriljac, University of Birmingham
• Tina Düren, University of Edinburgh
• Robert Hodgkins, Johnson Matthey
• Gary Hix, Nottingham Trent University
• Robert Raja, University of Southampton
• Richard Walton, University of Warwick
• Justin Hargreaves, University of Glasgow