16th ICCP Course: Organic Petrology and Environmental Applications, Patras, Greece, 2025
| January 14, 2025 | Filled under Courses, News |
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1. Introduction
The International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP), in conjunction with the Department of Geology, University of Patras, is pleased to announce a training course in Organic Petrology and Environmental Applications to be held in Patras, Greece between 23-27th June 2025.
The course is designed for professionals and students, and is not exclusively targeting organic petrologists but also those, who rather deal with petrographic data and/or environmental proxies.
Instructors will be Dr. George Siavalas and Dr Eng. Małgorzata Wojtaszek- Kalaitzidi, with the participation of Dr. Stavros Kalaitzidis.
2. Course outline
The course will be held daily (23-27 June) from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., with breaks for morning and afternoon coffee/tea, and lunch.
The course will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to environmental science
- How organic petrography can help to solve environmental issues
- Sampling, sample preparation & analytical techniques
- Industrial processes as a source of anthropogenic particles
- Petrography of industrial & manufactured materials; Classifications and methods
- Environmental concerns & applications
- Petrography of organic matter in soils and recent sediments
- Tracing contamination sources, mitigation strategies and monitoring; nature-based solutions to net-zero carbon emissions
- Case studies
Emphasis will be given to practical exercises. Practical session facilities will be provided by Laboratory of Economic Geology, Department of Geology, UP, using a microscope coupled to an image projector equipped with FOSSIL software for reflectance measurement.
3. Registration and fees
Registration is available
Costs for the course include course notes, lunches and coffee-breaks. Cost for the course excludes travel, accommodation and meals other than during the course. The number of participants is limited to 20.
Registration is now available.
Due date for registration and payment is April 30th, 2025. A detailed outline of the course will be available on the website closer to the course.
Company / Professional: 1300 €
Government / Non-Profit: 750 €
Student: 250 €
Pay either by Bank Transfer to:
Bank Name: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Address: 48 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Account Name: International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology BSB: 064107
Account Number: 10409339 Swift Code: CTBAAU2S
Reference: your surname and 16th ICCP Course.
Or Contact ICCP’s Treasurer Dr. Joan Esterle j.esterle@uq.edu.au for Credit card payments. Receipt will be sent upon payment.
4. Accommodation
Participants will have to arrange their own accommodation. However, the organizers arranged special prices with the following Hotels:
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- Castello Hotel (https://castellohotel.gr/) in walking distance to the Venue.
- Astir Hotel (http://www.hotelastirpatras.gr/patras-hotel/index.html), in city center (please quote code 16th ICCP Course).
- Moxy Patra Marina (https://moxy-hotels.marriott.com/; reservations@moxypatra.com) in city center .
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For any assistance please contact Dr. Stavros Kalaitzidis (skalait@upatras.gr).
5. Venue
Conference and Cultural Centre, University of Patras University Campus, 26504 Rio-Patras, Greece.
Please note the University Campus is located about 7 km from the city center. There are regular buses and the cost of a taxi is about 8 Euros one way (about 15- 20 min drive).
6. Trainers
Dr. George Siavalas
Dr. George Siavalas is a geologist by background specialized in the petrographic description of sedimentary organic matter, including anthropogenic organic matter. He graduated from the Department of Geology, University of Patras, Greece, in 2003 and received his MSc. and PhD honours from the same Department in 2005 and 2013, respectively. During his PhD research he studied the composition of organic matter in soils and recent sediments near industrial facilities in order to identify the sources and fate of particulate organic matter in these environments. Since 2013 he is employed with Shell Global Solutions International actively working on the petrography of dispersed organic matter in sedimentary rocks and recently involved in the application of organic petrography in environmental studies. He is a co-convener of the “Environmental Applications of Organic Petrology” WG in ICCP since 2016, and has co-authored over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals and numerous contributions to conferences and technical workshops.
Dr Eng. Małgorzata Wojtaszek- Kalaitzidi
Dr. Małgorzata Wojtaszek-Kalaitzidi is a Chemical Technology Engineer and received her Ph.D. in 2015 from AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland. Since 2007 she is employed in the Institute of Energy and Fuels Processing Technology. Małgorzata has over 17 years of R&D experience in coke-making technologies, solid fuels and wastes quality assessment and processing technologies, organic petrology of fossil fuels, chars of various materials including wastes from automotive, constructions, furniture; coke; coke with various additives including i. a. plastics, coal tar, catalysts; biocoke/biochars; electrode material; fly ash; slug; pitch; petcoke; mesophase; thermally and chemically altered coal; biomass & biomass wastes; torrified biomass, environmental samples. Her scientific career is related to raw materials quality assessment. She has been involved in assessing the quality of coking coals from Polish mines, as well as imported from all over the world, being used by the Polish coke-making industry. She has a wide spectrum of collaborations with Polish and European scientific institutions and industry, as well as European Universities and Coking Plants. From 2010 Małgorzata has been the convener of the Coke Petrography and Carbon Materials ICCP-WG, and the organiser of ICCP’s Accreditation Program in Coal Blends.
For further Information please contact
Dr. João Graciano Mendonça Filho at graciano@geologia.ufrj.br or
Dr. Stavros Kalaitzidis skalait@upatras.gr