Tentative Speakers and the Titles

	Andrew Putnis, University of Münster, Germany The effect of specific background electrolytes on water structure and solute hydration: consequences for crystal nucleation, growth and dissolution
	Juan M. Garcia Ruiz, University of Granada, Spain Silica Biomorphs: Formation and Geochemical Plausibility
	Peter Vekilov, University of Houston, USA Effect of Amino-Acids on Calcite Crystal Growth
	Joseph A Nuth, NASAfs Goddard Space Flight Center, USA Cosmic materials, early solar nebula
	Liane Benning, University of Munster, Germany Using synchrotron X-ray scattering and diffraction to study mineral nucleation and growth
	Christine Putnis, University of Munster, Germany Mineral replacement reactions and implications for element mobilisation
	Katsuo Tsukamoto, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan Extremely difficult crystallization in space
	Ichiro Sunagawa, Emeritus Professor of Tohoku University, Japan Surface Microtopography of Minerals
	Mu Wang, Nanjing University, China
	Makio Uwaha, Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Japan Chirality selection during Crystallization
	Chaorong Li, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan Pattern formation during particle aggregation
	Tomoki Nakamura, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan Cometary dust recovered by Stardust space craft
	Gen Sazaki, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Japan Optical in-situ observation of ice crystal surfaces