2026
CMS Annual Meeting
Provo, Utah, USA
7–11 July 2026
2027 – June 20-25 – Madrid Spain
2028 – Tucson Arizona – Dates TBD (late summer)
2029 – University of Maryland, USA – Dates TBD
2030 – Canada – Dates TBD
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 and Location | Theme/title | Annual meeting & organizing institution(s) | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 13-18 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
18th International Clay Conference | AIPEA, Clay Minerals Group, Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland | 62nd |
| June 3–7, 2024 Univ. Hawaii’ at Manoa |
https://clayconferences.org Report Programme + Abstracts |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting 5th Asian Clay Conference |
61st |
| May 20–25, 2023 Univ. Texas at Austin, TX |
CMS Meeting website
Program and Abstracts volume Jackson Award Lecture (C. Tournassat) |
Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting University of Texas at Austin |
60th |
| July 25–29, 2022 Istanbul, Turkey |
New Interfaces: Bridging Continents and Cultures with Clays | CMS-Turkish Clay Society: International Clay Conference | 59th |
| October 14–15, 2021
(Virtual) |
Clay Minerals in Healthcare Applications | International Workshop (CMS) | 58th |
| October 18–23, 2020
PNNL, Richland, Wa (virtual) |
Clays on the Columbia: Bridging Scales and Disciplines | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting | 57th |
| July 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
Dennis Eberl: The Marylin and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award 2019 Memoir of an Illitist Colleen Hansel: Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award How microbes break the cryptic manganese cycle to form manganese oxides Laurent Michot: Pioneer in Clay Science Lecturer Crystalline and osmotic swelling of clay minerals. Recent advances Bruno Lanson: George W. Brindley Clay Science Lecture Crystal structure of defective lamellar minerals and their X-ray identification: implications for reactivity |
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 |
Euroclay | Annual Clay Minerals Society Meeting with Euroclay
James Kirkpatrick: The Marylin and Sturges W. Bailey Distinguished Member Award 2015 NMR spectroscopy and computational molecular modeling of clay minerals Balwant Singh: Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award Imperfect minerals can control soil fertility and geochemistry Reinhard Kleeberg: Pioneer in Clay Science Lecturer |
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 6-10, 2013
University 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 |
Programme | 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 |
Classic Clays and Minerals | 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, Saskatchewan, 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 |