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DatePlaceCountryCityContact

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

50th Anniversary BGR, Geol. Survey
  

  
2008 (to be defined)  To be defined  Italy  Riccione  raffaella.ciacci@ email.it
(Raffaella Ciacci)

Calendario ‘Illustrissimi’
  

  
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
www.devon.gov.uk

Devon Rocks Events
  

  
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
  

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

Geotraverses of the Alps
  

  
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
  

  
June 29 - July 9, 2008  University of Alaska Fairbanks  USA  Fairbanks  www.nicop.org

The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP)
  

  
June 30 - July 4, 2008  Universidad Complutense de Madrid  Spain  El Escorial (madrid)  www.ucm.es/ cursosverano

Summercourses
  

  
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 Geographical Congress (IGU)
  

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

Inaugural Global Geotourism Conference
  

  
September 2008 (to be defined)  To be defined  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.)
  

  
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
  

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

10th National British Hydrological Society Symposium
  

  
September 20-24, 2008  Radisson Hotel and the High Country Conference Center, Northern Arizona University  USA  Flagstaff, Arizona  www.aipg.org/2008/ AIPG-AHS-3IPGC.htm

AIPG 45th Annual Meeting
  

  
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
  

  
05 - 10 November, 2008  Centre IGESA  France  Island of Porquerolles, Hyères  www.esf.org/ conferences/08284

NEW METHODOLOGIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
  

  
11-15 October, 2008   Klosterhotel  Sweden  Vadstena  www.esf.org/ conferences/08264

THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: NEW CHALLENGES, NEW ISSUES
  

  
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’
  

  
18-23 October, 2008  Universitätszentrum Obergurgl  Austria  Ötz Valley, near Innsbruck  www.esf.org/ conferences/08260

NEW CHALLENGES IN EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS: OBSERVING AND MODELLING A MULTI-SCALE SYSTEM
  

  
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’
  

  
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’
  

  

2009

        

  

  
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