Opening Ceremony
„Clean Environment, Human Health, Our Future “
First Joint ICOBTE & ICHMET Conference
16th International Conference of Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE) and
21st International Conference of Heavy Metals (ICHMET)
Thursday, September-07-2023, 9 a.m.
University of Wuppertal, Germany
Welcome address by:
Rector of the University of Wuppertal, Professor Birgitta Wolff
Conference Patron, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Musical interlude:
Préludes op 28, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Sturm Hans Abrahamsen (1984), Virtuoso Pianist: Managing Director of the University of Music and Dance Cologne, Department Wuppertal, Professor Florence Millet
Welcome address by:
Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst
Lord Major of the City of Wuppertal, Professor Uwe Schneidewind
Musical interlude:
Arabeske Hans Abrahamsen (1984), L’isle Joyeuse, Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Virtuoso Pianist: Managing Director of the University of Music and Dance Cologne, Department Wuppertal, Professor Florence Millet
Welcome address by:
Conference Chair and President of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry, Professor Jörg Rinklebe