Stará Lesná, High Tatras, Slovakia
8 - 9 October, 2026
CONFERENCE HISTORY
The Biotechnology and Metals Conference was founded in 2009 to foster cooperation and advancement in environmental biotechnology and environmental protection. Established by Prof. Jana Sedláková, PhD. and Alena Luptáková, PhD., the conference brings together researchers, academics, and industry professionals to address key challenges related to biotechnological approaches for removing metals and other harmful substances from the environment.
Deliberately kept small in scale, the conference was designed to encourage genuine scientific exchange and lasting professional relationships in a warm, collegial setting. Since its founding, it has grown into a valued platform for scientific exchange. It hosted participants from across Central and Western Europe as well as Asia, creating an internationally connected yet intimately focused community around its shared research interests.
1st Biotechnology and Metals Conference
Košice, 24–25 September 2009
Organised by the Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Metallurgy, and the Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
2nd Biotechnology and Metals Conference
Košice, 22–23 September 2011
Organised by the Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and the Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Metallurgy.
3rd Biotechnology and Metals Conference
Košice, 17–19 September 2014
Organised by the Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Metallurgy, and the Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences.
4th Biotechnology and Metals Conference
Košice, 10–11 November 2016
Organised by the Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and the Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Metallurgy.
5th Biotechnology and Metals Conference
Košice, 11–12 October 2018
Organised by the Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, the Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and the Slovak Mining Society.
2020 & 2022 — No conference held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6th Biotechnology and Metals Conference
Stará Lesná, High Tatras, 10–11 October 2024
Organised by the Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences; the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava; the Slovak Mining Society; and ALGAJAS, s.r.o.