Past meetings
Here you can find information and the book of abstracts of past luminescence and ESR meetings. This page is intended to be dynamic and information will be added progressively.
International Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (LED) Conferences
18th International LED (Jordan, 2026) - upcoming
17th International LED (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023)
16th International LED (online, organised by the team in Burgos, Spain, 2021)
15th International LED (Cape Town, South Africa, 2017)
14th International LED (Montréal, Canada, 2014)
13th International LED (Torun, Poland, 2011)
12th International LED (Beijing, China, 2008)
11th International LED (Cologne, Germany, 2005)
10th International LED (Reno, USA, 2002)
9th International LED (Rome, Italy, 1999)
8th International LED (Canberra, Australia, 1996)
7th International Specialist Seminar on Thermoluminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (Krems, Austria, 1993)
6th International Specialist Seminar on Thermoluminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1990)
5th International Specialist Seminar on Thermoluminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (Cambridge, UK, 1987)
4th International Specialist Seminar on Thermoluminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (Worms, Germany, 1984)
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(Information on older conferences provided with kind permission of Geoff Duller)
Asia-Pacific Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating (APLED) Conferences
APLED 2025 (Jeju, South Korea) - upcoming
APLED 2022 (Ankara, Türkiye - online)
APLED 2015 (Adelaide, Australia)
APLED 2009 (Ahmendabad, India)
APLED 2006 (Hongkong)
UK Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating meetings (UKLum)
UKLum 2025: St Andrews - upcoming
UKLum 2024: Oxford
UKLum 2022: Royal Holloway
UKLum 2019: DTU, Denmark
UKLum 2018: Sheffield
UKLum 2016: Liverpool
UKLum 2015: Glasgow
UKLum 2013: St Andrews
UKLum 2012: Aberystwyth
UKLum 2010: Oxford
UKLum 2009: Royal Holloway
UKLum 2007: Sheffield
UKLum 2006: Liverpool
UKLum 2004: St Andrews
UKLum 2003: Aberystwyth
UKLum 2001: Glasgow
UKLum 2000: Oxford
UKLum 1998: Cheltenham
UKLum 1997: Durham
UKLum 1995: Sussex
UKLum 1994: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
UKLum 1993: British Museum, London
(Information on older conferences provided with kind permission of Geoff Duller)
German Luminescence and ESR Dating Meetings (DLED)
DLED 2024: Jelenia Góra, Poland (Silesian University of Technology Gliwice)
DLED 2023: Innsbruck, Austria (University of Innsbruck)
DLED 2022: Bonn, Germany (University of Cologne)
DLED 2021: Loccum, Germany (LIAG Hannover)
DLED 2020: online (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)
DLED 2019: Bingen, Germany (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz)
DLED 2018: Beatenberg, Switzerland (Universities of Bern and Lausanne, Paul Scherrer Institute)
DLED 2017: Schney, Germany (University of Bayreuth)
DLED 2016: Emmendingen, Germany (Freiburg University)
DLED 2015: Berlin, Germany (Humboldt University Berlin)
DLED 2014: Rauischholzhausen, Germany (University of Gießen)
DLED 2013: Freiberg, Germany (Freiberg Instruments)
DLED 2012: Mannheim, Germany (Curt Engelhorn Zentrum Archäometrie)
DLED 2011: Cologne, Germany (University of Cologne)
DLED 2010: Innsbruck, Austria (University of Innsbruck)
DLED 2009: Hannover, Germany (LIAG Hannover)
DLED 2008: Leipzig, Germany (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)
DLED 2007: Vienna, Austria (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien)
DLED 2006: Bern, Switzerland (University of Bern)
DLED 2004: Trebgast, Germany (University of Bayreuth)
DLED 2003: Einbeck, Germany (LIAG Hannover)
DLED 2002: Helbigsdorf, Germany (Technical University and Forschungsstelle Geochronologie Quartär, Freiberg)
DLED 2001: Benediktbeuren, Germany (GFS München)
DLED 2000: Marburg, Germany (University of Marburg)
DLED 1999: Mendig, Germany (Univerrsity of Bonn)
DLED 1998: Dresden, Germany (Technical University Dresden)
DLED 1997: Cologne, Germany (University of Cologne)
DLED 1996: Freiberg, Germany (Technical University and Forschungsstelle Geochronologie Quartär, Freiberg)
DLED 1995: Heidelberg, Germany (Forschungsstelle Archäometrie at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)
1991-1994: informal meetings between the Heidelberg and Freiberg research groups (1994: Selb, Germany; 1992: Elbsandsteingebirge, Germany; 1991: Ortenau, Germany)
New World Luminescence Dating Workshops (NWLDW)
16th NWLDW (São Paulo, Brazil, 2025) - upcoming
15th NWLDW (Nevada, USA, 2024)
14th NWLDW (Colorado, USA, 2022)
13th NWLDW (Illinois, USA, 2019)
12th NWLDW (Manhattan, KS, USA, 2018)
11th NWLDW (Lincoln, NE, USA, 2016)
10th NWLDW (Manhattan, KS, USA, 2015)
9th NWLDW (Logan, UT, USA, 2013)
8th NWLDW (Los Angeles, CA, 2012)
7th NWLDW (Montréal, Canada, 2010)
6th NWLDW (Seattle, WA, USA, 2009)
5th NWLDW (Chicago, IL, USA, 2007)
4th NWLDW (Denver, CO, USA, 2006)
3rd NWLDW (Halifax, Canada, 2004)
2nd North American Luminescence Dating Workshop (Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2003)
1st North American Luminescence Dating Workshop (Tulsa, OK, USA, 2001)
(Information on older conferences provided with kind permission of Geoff Duller)
Other conferences with relevance for the luminescence and ESR community
Workshop on Dating, Isotopes & Human Evolution (Brisbane, 2019)
