History in brief
The history of the ESIR stats in 1990, when during International Isotope Meeting "Three Isotopic Days" (Poland) Mariusz O. Jędrysek proposed establishment of scientific isotope society and organizing an Isotope Workshop second year.
The "Isotope Workshop I" was organized under the auspices of the Isotope Section of the Mineralogical Society of Poland by Stanislaw Halas and Mariusz O. Jędrysek in Lublin (Poland) in May, 1992. Over 50 participants attended the meeting; with the great majority of participants from Poland, but also from: Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Slovenian and Ukraine. During the Worshop participants took the decision to reorganize Isotope Section of the Mineralogical Society of Poland and to register it in accordance to accepted goals, under the name of the International Isotope Society (IIS) by a proper court in Wroclaw (Poland). As the main aim of the new Society promotion of scientific cooperation in geochemistry was indicated. At the same time the first election of the authorities of the Society took place with indication of: chairperson (Mariusz O. Jedrysek, Lublin and Wroclaw, Poland) and two vice-chairpersons (Jana Hladikova, Prague, the Czech Republic; and Attila Demeny, Budapest, Hungary), secretary (Teresa Kral, Wroclaw, Poland) and treasurer (Maciej St. Filus, Wroclaw, Poland).. It was also agreed that the Society is to be focused in Middle Europe, the Society is open to members from anywhere in the world. Nine ESIR workshops took place so far (Previous Workshops)