Goldschmidt 2023 Conference Report

The Goldschmidt2023 Conference took place in Lyon (France) and online from 9 to 14 July 2023. We are very grateful to all volunteers and staff involved in the organization of the conference. Here is some information about the meeting.

Science Program

All sessions and plenaries were organized in a full hybrid format, with live streaming on Zoom. Both presenters and the audience were onsite in Lyon or remote. Sessions were also recorded and all registered delegates had access to the recordings for 30 days after the conference. For more information on the conference format, click here.

  In-Person Remote Total
Themes 14
Sessions 109
Abstracts 3305 435 3740
Oral presentations 1921 223 2144
Poster presentations 1384 212 1596

The 5 plenary lectures and the medal lectures are accessible to all on the Goldschmidt YouTube channel. Watch the plenary lectures | Watch the medal lectures

The conference program also included 16 pre-conference science workshops (7 fully in-person, 8 hybrid and 1 fully remote) as well as 13 early career events (8 in-person and 5 hybrid) and several DEI related events.

Attendance

The Goldschmidt2023 conference was attended by 4505 delegates from 76 countries. Here are some detailed numbers:

  In-Person Remote Total
Total number of delegates 3788
84% of delegates
717
16% of delegates
4505
Students 1284 272 1556
35% of delegates
Delegates at science workshops 346 91 437
Delegates from low-income and lower-middle income countries 72 258
Registration fee was waived
330
Mentor Program 178 mentors
373 mentees
21 mentors
105 mentees
199 mentors
478 mentees

Number of delegates for top 15 countries:

Country In-Person Remote Total Registrants
USA 660 156 816
France 633 11 644
China 327 108 435
Germany 378 19 397
United Kingdom 301 22 323
Switzerland 220 6 226
India 55 165 220
Canada 138 23 161
South Korea 128 10 138
Australia 108 23 131
Japan 103 28 131
Italy 72 9 81
Belgium 71 0 71
Spain 55 16 71
Netherlands 53 2 55

Press Releases

Research at Goldschmidt2023 was widely reported in the international media. View press releases issued at the conference and read a selection of related news articles at the Press Corner.

Blogs and Photos

The Goldschmidt2023 Bloggers, Thaïs Couasnon, Ruth Delina, Pablo Forjanes, Josua Pakulla and Ocea van Loenen, reported on their experiences in sessions, at plenary talks, early career workshops, and much more. View all the conference blog posts.

Highlights of the conference were captured by our photographer Gaël Kazaz. View all the conference photos.