8th International Workshop on Crystallization in Porous Media

About Cryspom

The biannual international workshop Crystallization in Porous Media (CRYSPOM) focuses on fundamental research of crystallization in porous materials. It unites researchers from geoengineering, geology, physics, chemistry, mechanics and conservation interested in crystal nucleation, growth and transport in porous media and its related consequences.

The idea is to bring together leading researchers and Ph.D. students to provide for a constructive and open dialogue. Also, it seeks to incite collaborations between theorists, modelists and experimentalists on an international level.

CRYSPOM results from a long-standing tradition. The workshop was founded by Prof. Noushine Shahidzadeh in 2008 in Paris, and subsequently took place in: Brienz (Switzerland, 2010), Troia (Portugal, 2012), Amsterdam (The Netherlands, 2014), Toulouse (France, 2016), Hamburg (Germany, 2018) and Pau (France, 2021). The eight in the series will be held in Ghent (Belgium), 13th – 15th of June, 2023.

CRYSPOM VIII is a co-organization of Ghent University, Antwerp University and the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA).

The topics include but are not limited to:

Fundamentals of salt and ice crystallization in porous or confined media
Advances in imaging of crystallization in porous media
Crystallization in the built environment
Crystallization in geosciences and energy applications
Crystallization in industrial and environmental processes

Organizing committee

Veerle Cnudde (UGent),
Tim De Kock (UAntwerp),
Julie Desarnaud (KIK IRPA),
Sebastiaan Godts (KIK IRPA),
Maxim Deprez (UGent),
Gulce Kalyoncu (UGent),
Dulce Valdez Madrid (UGent)

Scientific committee

Noushine Shahidzadeh (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Michael Steiger (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
Leo Pel (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands)
Rosa Espinosa-Marzal (University of Illinois, USA)
Teresa Diaz-Goncalves (Consulting, Portugal)
Hannelore Derluyn (UPPA, France)
Marc Prat (IMFT, France)

Deadline

FEB 13

Early Bird registration

February 13th 2023
FEB 28

Abstract submission

February 28th 2023
JUNE 1

End of registration

June 1st 2023

For those who need further extension of the deadline, please directly contact the

Registration Fee

Students:

Early Bird €200
Late €250

Academia/Industry:

Early Bird €300
Late €350

All fees are expressed in Euro and are inclusive of 21% VAT.
The conference dinner and excursion are included in these prices and will not be reimbursed.

Conference Venue

The conference will be held at convention center Het Pand, a former hospital and Dominican monastery from the 13th century in the heart of Ghent (Onderbergen 1).

You can also find more information about this location on the 'Gent Congres' website.

Courtyard Onderbergen, Het Pand (North Wing) — Courtyard Onderbergen, Het Pand

Rear facade of 'Het Pand' seen from the Leie River (known as 'Klein Pand or Priorie') — Rear facade of 'Het Pand', seen from De Leie River

Gallery

4D reconstructed X-ray micro-CT dataset of Bentheim sandstone — Slice through a 4D reconstructed X-ray micro-CT dataset of a 5 mm diameter Bentheim sandstone core, subject to in situ salt crystallization (white). Courtesy of Ben Callow.

Coloured SEM image of Na2SO4 crystals in a lime-cement matrix (courtesy of D. Valdez Madrid) — Coloured SEM image of Na2SO4 crystals in a lime-cement matrix. Courtesy of Dulce Valdez Madrid.