CLOSED - Call for papers and posters

The theme of the World Salt Symposium 2027 is: “Salt for the Next Generation: Combining Innovation and Tradition” and the technical sessions will be grouped into six main categories.

Submissions were welcomed under the main topics listed below.

The abstract review has been concluded. Accepted submitters for both posters and presentations have been notified by the Organising Committee. Another call for abstracts will be launched soon.

Feel free to reach out to us in case of questions.

1. Salt Production and Processing

  • Global salt deposits
  • Salt geology
  • Solution mining and dry mining
  • Evaporation technologies
  • Sea salt production

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  • Solar salt
  • Salt crystallisation and purification methods
  • Equipment and process innovations
  • Process optimisation and digitalisation
  • New developments in salt production

2. Salt uses

  • Chemical industry (chlor-alkali, etc.)
  • Winter road service
  • Water treatment
  • Human nutrition

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  • Agriculture
  • Pharmaceutical uses
  • Other industrial uses

3. Environmental Sustainability & Climate Adaptation

  • Environmental responsibility and circular practices
  • Energy-saving and emission-reduction strategies in salt production
  • Water footprint
  • Climate change adaptation for sea and rock salt producers
  • Salt caverns for energy storage
  • Salt batteries

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  • By-products from bittern (magnesium and potassium salts, bromine, etc.)
  • Brine valorisation
  • Salt from seawater desalination plants
  • Biodiversity and ecological impacts of salt extraction
  • Case studies on salt mine disasters and prevention
  • Energy transition and decarbonisation strategies

4. Health, Nutrition & Society

  • The role of salt in human nutrition
  • Salt with micronutrients and public health (salt with iodine, fluoride, folic acid, selenium, etc.)
  • Salt reduction and reformulation policies in food products
  • Effects of salt on the human body

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  • Labelling of salt and consumer information
  • New scientific findings and communication strategies
  • Socioeconomic impact and employment in the salt industry
  • Salt education – tourism - museum

5. Market and Logistics

  • Global and regional salt market trends and outlook
  • Regulatory affairs
  • Tariffs
  • Logistics and transport challenges (maritime, rail, road, inland waterways)

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  • Storage solutions and stock management
  • Digitalisation and data in logistics planning and forecasting
  • Infrastructure and port capacity constraints and opportunities

6. Culture, Innovation & the Future of Salt

  • Salt in culture, art, and history
  • Salt in regional and economic development
  • Technological innovation and digital transformation in the salt sector
  • The future of salt in sustainable energy and material innovation

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