IYPE International events


For events per country see
IYPE National Committees

Launch Events (pdf)

DatePlaceCountryCityContact

  
5-9 September, 2007    Slovenia  Ljubljana  branka.hlad@gov.si

12th Geoconservation Regional Conference and ProGEO Working Group 1 Annual Meeting
  

  
10 - 12 September, 2007  Lithuanian Geological Survey  Lithuania  Vilnius-Suderve  jurga.lazauskiene@lgt.lt

The international seismological workshop SEISMICITY AND SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF BALTIC SEA REGION AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES
  

  
12-14 settembre, 2007  Palacongressi della Riviera di Rimini, Via della Fiera, 52  Italy  Rimini  

GEOEXPOTALIA 2007 - VI Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra
  

  
12-14 September, 2007  Palacongressi dela Riviera de Rimini  Italy  Rimini  www.geoitalia.org
zuffa@geomin. unibo.it

6th Biannual Meeting – Geoscience and Society in Italy in the International Year of Planet Earth, 2008
  

  
15 September, 2007  University of Oslo  Norway  Oslo  arne.bjorlykke@ ngu.no
www.planeten jorden.no

IYPE launch in Norway
  

  
16-20 September, 2007  Tallinn  Estonia  Tallinn  maegs15@ maegs15.org
www.maegs15.org

15th Meeting of the Association of European Geological Societies
  

  
21 September, 2007  Dar Es Salaam  Tanzania  Dar Es Salaam  hudson@udsm.ac.tz

IYPE Fund raising dinner
  

  
22 September, 2007 - 28 January, 2008  Miraikan  Japan  Tokyo  a-ogita@ miraikan.jst.go.jp

Special Exhibition ‘Underground’
  

  
2-3 ottobre, 2007  Da definire  Italy  Toscana  

Stati Generali della Sostenibilità
  

  
14-20 October, 2007    USA    www.earthsciweek.org

Earth Science Week   Additional information
  

  
16 October - 3 November, 2007    France  Paris  jonas.satkunas@ lgt.lt

Contribution GEODIVERSITY AND GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF LITHUANIA to UNESCO exibition ‘Planet Earth: from space to place’
  

  
Monthly November 2007  University of Costa Rica  Costa Rica  San Pedro Montes de Oca  pdenyer@ geologia.ucr.ac.cr

40th Anniversary of the Central American Geology School (SCI/OUT)
  

  
6 - 7 November, 2007    Malaysia  Putrajaya  Dr. Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Institute For Environment and Development (LESTARI)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor D.E.
MALAYSIA
T +603-8921-4153
F +603-8925-5104
E joy@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my

International Symposium on Cities and Conservation
  

  
15-17 November, 2007    Tunisia  Tunis  geotunis@gnet.tn

The geomatics from a long lasting development tool to a means for the electronic administration
  

  
19-24 November, 2007  AIST Auditorium  Japan  Tsukuba  yoshiki.saito@ aist.go.jp

International Symposium on Quaternary Environmental Changes and Humans in Asia and the Western Pacific
  

  
28-30 November, 2007     Thailand  Bangkok  ulgen@un.org
www.ungiwg.org

UN Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) in the International Year of Planet Earth.
  

  
28-30 November, 2007  Bangkok   Thailand  Bangkok   jellefroukje@ gmail.com
www.ungiwg.org/ meeting2007.htm

8th UNGIWG Plenary ‘UNSDI in the International Yerar of Planet Earth’
  

  
28-30 November, 2007    Thailand  Bangkok  ulgen@un.org
www.ungiwg.org

UN Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI) in the International Year of Planet Earth
  

  
2008  Geol. Survey  Germany  Hannover  Prof. H.-J. Kümpel, Dr. Frauke Schäfer
(frauke.schaefer@ bgr.de

50th Anniversary BGR, Geol. Survey
  

  
2008 (da definire)  Da definire  Italy  Riccione  raffaella.ciacci@ email.it
(Raffaella Ciacci)

Calendario ‘Illustrissimi’
  

  
During 2008, to be defined  To be defined  Italy  To be defined  Maurizio Burlando
direttore@ parcobeigua.it

European Geoparks Network General Assembly
  

  
2008    UK    opusmosaic@ btconnect.com
www.opusmosaic. co.uk

International Year of Planet Earth – Mosaic Exhibition
  

  
2008 - 2009  Europe, Germany Univ. Jena  Germany  Various places, Europe  Prof. Lothar Viereck-Goette
(lothar.viereck- goette@uni-jena.de)

‘German Volcano Street’ (Dt. Vulkan. Ges.) – ‘Transboundary European Volcano Street’ (of Geoparks)
  

  
2008  TU Freiberg et al.  Germany  Brazil  Prof. J. Matschullat
(joerg.matschullat@ ioez.tu-freiberg.de)
Dr. C.Oiti Berbert
(coiti@mct.gov.br

Joint German Brazil. Soil-Geochem. Transects
  

  
2008 - 2010  Alps  Germany  Numerous places  Dept. Earth Sciences, LMU München; Dr. Ulrich Lagally, LfU (Bayer. Geol.LA) et al.
(Ulrich.Lagally@ lfu.bayern.de),
Dt. Alpenverein, Dr. E. Rettmann

Outreach ‘Geotraverses in the Alps’ in cooperation with F, I, AU, CH, SLO, LI
  

  
2008  Various places  UK  Various cities  www.devon.gov.uk/ devonrocks

Various events: North Devon Discovery Day, Dartmoor Rocks Exhibition and Fun Day, Ask the Experts – Geological Finds Day plus some of the Jurassic Coast events and quarry walks. More information ...
  

  
2008  Various places  UK  Various cities  sarah.holder@devon.gov.uk

Devon Rocks Events

Please visit our web site to see the events
  

  
1 February, 2008  ICT  Austria  Innsbruck  axel.borsdorf@ uibk.ac.at
(Prof. Dr. Axel Borsdorf)

Final Conference Diamont
  

  
6-8 February, 2008  The Geological Survey of Norway  Norway  Trondheim  ngu@ngu.no
www.ngu.no

150 Year Anniversary – The Geological Survey of Norway
  

  
11-14 February, 2008  Launch of the International Year of Planet Earth  France  Paris  v.e.neall@massey.ac.nz

Student Contest
  

  
12-13 February, 2008  UNESCO Headquarters  France  Paris  

The Launch Event of the International Year of Planet Earth
  

  
18-20 February, 2008  MP Council
of Science &
Technology
  India  Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - 462 003  geomatics2008@ gmail.com

Geomatics 2008 - Annual Convention and International Conference
First Circular (doc)
More information (pdf)
  

  
11-14 March, 2008  University of Rajasthan  India  Jaipur  groundwater2008@ gmail.com
sinhaaa@ sancharnet.in
sinha_1415@ hotmail.com

International Groundwater Conference on Groundwater Dynamics and Global Change
First Circular (pdf)
  

  
13-18 April, 2008    Austria  Vienna  meetings.copernicus. org/egu2008/

EGU General Assembly
  

  
30 April - 4 May, 2008  Univ. Stuttgart  Germany  Stuttgart  Eckart. olshausen@ po.hi.uni- stuttgart.de
(Prof. Dr. Eckart Olshausen)

10th Colloquium ‘Historical Geography’
  

  
May - June 2008  Gea Norvegica Geopark  Norway  Telemark/ Vestfold  mona.holte@geanor.no
geopark.itum.com/ felles.aspx

Official opening of Gea Norvegica Geopark – the first Scandinavian geopark approved by UNESCO
  

  
8-9 May, 2008  Arusha  Tanzania  Arusha  hudson@udsm.ac.tz

IYPE launch in Africa
  

  
18-23 May, 2008   Budapest Congress Center  Hungary  Budapest  www.ISCO2008.com (Ádám Kertész)

ISCO 15th Congress
  

  
29-30 May, 2008  Geo Forschungs Zentrum (GFZ)  Germany  Potsdam  jochen.schiewe@ hcu-hamburg.de

4th GIS-Training Conference
  

  
Spring 2008  Berlin  Germany  Berlin  f.kraas@ uni-koeln.de
(Prof. Frauke Kraas, Köln)

‘Megacities’ – Conference
  

  
Summer 2008  To be defined  Italy  To be defined  To be defined

Geotraverses of the Alps
  

  
June 15-19, 2008  Utrecht  The Netherlands  Utrecht  www.incose.org/ symp2008

INCOSE International Symposium 2008 – ‘Systems Engineering for the Planet’, emphasising the responsibility of engineers w.r.t. the use of natural recourses and the need for sustainable products.
  

  
18-20 June, 2008    Turkey  Istanbul  symposium@ iahr-gw2008.net
www.iahr-gw2008.net

Flow and Transport in Heterogeneous Subsurface Formations: Theory, Modelling & Applications
  

  
22-26 June, 2008  Osnabrück Townhall Terra Vita Geopark   Germany  Osnabrück  escher@klos.de
(Hartmut Escher)
kluttig@lkos.de
(Timo Kluttig)
www.geoparks 2008.com

3rd UNESCO Conference on Geoparks
  

  
July 02-05, 2008  Barceló José Palacio Hotel  Costa Rica  San José  egamboa@ geologos.or.cr

9th Central American Geological Congress (SCI)
  

  
19 July - 2 August, 2008  Alaska  USA  Various places  www.deuqua.de

German Quaternary Ass. (DEUQUA), Excursion 2008
  

  
20-24 July 2008  Perth Convention Centre  Australia  Perth  aesc2008@ iceaustralia.com

www.iceaustralia.com/ aesc2008

Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2008
  

  
22 July - 2 August, 2008  Hohen- kammer Castle  Germany  München  UN University, Munich Re Foundation Dr. Koko Warner
www.ehs.unu.edu

3rd Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability
  

  
3-8 August, 2008  Mabu Thermas & Resort  Brazil  Foz do Iguaçu  www.irs2008.org.br

International Radiation Symposium 2008
  

  
6-14 August, 2008  Oslo  Norway  Oslo  secretariat@33igc.org
www.congrex.no

International Geological Congress (IGC)
  

  
12-15 August, 2008  Le Kram Congress and Exhibition Centre  Tunesia  Tunis  a.hayder@igc- tunis2008.com
(Adnane Hayder)
frank.meyer@uni- bayreuth.de
(Frank Meyer)

31st International Geographic Congress (IGU)
  

  
17-20 August, 2008    Australia  Perth  www.promaco.com.au/ 2008/geotm
r.dowling@ ecu.edu.au

Inaugural Global Geotourism Conference
  

  
Settembre 2008 (da definire)  Da definire  Italy  Roma  luca.demicheli@ apat.it

EuroGeoSurveys General Assembly
  

  
September/ October 2008  RWTH  Germany  Aachen  littke@lek. rwth-aachen.de

International DGG and GV-Conference ‘Resources and risks in Earth Systems’
  

  
1-6 September, 2008  Vienna, University  Austria  Vienna  www.deuqua.de

DEUQUA 2008 (German Quaternary Ass.)
  

  
15-16 September, 2008  University of Wales  UK  Exeter  www.ex.ac.uk/bhs2008

10th National British Hydrological Society Symposium
  

  
29 September - 2 October, 2008  Techn. University Aachen  Germany  Aachen  info@geo2008.de
(Prof. P. Kukla )

Int. Conf. ‘Geo 2008 Resources and Risks in the Earth System’ (Joint DGG and GV)
  

  
5-9 October, 2008  Geological Society of America (GSA)  USA  Houston  www.acsmeetings.org/ programs/technical/faq/

Geological Society of America (GSA) – Joint Annual Meeting
  

  
October 13-16, 2008  Isle of Capri,  Italy  Napoli  www.ihp 2008capri.it

The Role of Hydrology in Water Resources Management
  

  
14-19 October, 2008    Morocco  Zarzis – Tunisia  www.ucam.ac.ma/ mats2008

International Field Workshop MATS2008 – ‘Microbial mats and mat-related sedimentary structures in siliciclastic environment’
  

  
4-11 November, 2008  Geosciences Centre Univ. Göttingen  Germany  Göttingen  www.geobiologie. uni-goettingen. de/kalkowsky.shtml
Prof. J Reitner

Int. Kalkowsky-Symposium ‘Geobiology and Stromatolites’
  

  
4-6 November, 2008  Hammamet  Tunisia  Hammamet  mh.inoubli.@planet.tn
saidtlig@yahoo.fr
dt.onm@email.ati.tn

22nd Colloquium and 13th Conference of African Geology
  

  
7 November, 2008  BGR Hannover  Germany  Hannover  volker. steinbach@bgr.de
Dr. Volker Steinbach, BGR-Hannover

Conference on ‘Resources’
  

  
7-12 September, 2008  Sestri Levante  Italy   Genoa  simp.dst.unipi.it/ SIMP-AIC2008

Learning from and for the Planet Earth: Structures and models in Earth, Materials and Life Sciences
  

  
10-13 November, 2008  AIST Auditorium  Japan  Tsukuba  miyazaki-t@ aist.go.jp

I*Y Symposium 'Fifty Years after IGY: Modern Information Technologies and Earth Sciences'
  

  
1-5 December, 2008  Massey University  New Zealand  Palmerston North  s.m.siebert@ massey.ac.nz

Joint Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Societies of Soil Science entitled ‘SOIL – the living skin of Planet Earth’
  

  
23-30 August, 2009  Sopron Downtown Convention District  Hungary  Sopron  loc@iaga2009 sopron.hu, szarka@ggki.hu (László Szarka)
www.iaga2009 sopron.hu

IAGA 11th Scientific Assembly
  

  
12 June - 16 July, 2010  Tel-Aviv  Israel  Tel-Aviv  msdfels@mscc. huji.ac.il
(Prof. Daniel Felsenstein)

IGU Regional Conference
  

  
August 2008  To be defined  Norway  Oslo  David.Govoni@ giovanigeologi.it
(Davide Covoni, Responsabile Sezione Giovani della Società Geologica Italiana)

First World Congress of Young Earth-Scientists – YES 2008