Strategy: IMA-CAM
(http://www.appliedmin.org) was initiated around 1979, after
the creation of the International Council for Applied Mineralogy
(ICAM). The aims of IMA-CAM are to co-ordinate or arrange conferences,
symposia, seminars, or meetings devoted to applied mineralogy,
to serve as a liaison body to other organizations active in the
field, and to encourage interaction between applied mineralogists,
particularly focusing on the areas of process mineralogy, applied
mineralogy of ceramics, cements and glasses, development and
application of advanced materials, environmental mineralogy and
health, analytical techniques, mineral surfaces and nanoparticles.
Since the ICAM
meeting in Perth 1993, it was decided to hold ICAM meetings on
a quadrennial schedule at exactly half-way between the IMA meetings.
In addition, ICAM and IMA-CAM decided of jointly sponsoring sessions
organized by one or the other at ICAM and IMA Meetings (see CAM history  ).
The objectives of CAM was revisited during the Kobe business
meeting (see the 2006
annual report ).
A handbook for CAM was prepared by Dogan Paktunc. It is actually under discussion within the IMA council.
Informations on the workshop held during the ICAM meeting, in Brisbane, 2008 is available at the following address: "Workshop notes and findings "
Other informations on CAM Activities and ICAM meeting are available on the IMA news (October-December 2008). and on the CAM activity pages.
CAM 2008 annual report prepared by Dogan Paktunc (29 october 2008).
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