IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences
Geoscience events 2020
Note: Many events have been deleted or postponed to new dates, due to the Covid-19 pandemic
January
8 - 10 January 2020
NGWM20 - 34th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Oslo, Norway
Website: https://www.geologi.no/ngwm20
9 - 10 January 2020
iGEO2020 - Irish Geosciences Early Career Symposium 2020, Galway, Ireland
Website: https://igeo2020.wordpress.com/registration/
18 - 20 January 2020
2nd International Symposium on Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Madrid, Spain
Website: https://www.macise.org/energy-environment-climate-change.html
27 - 31 January 2020
2020 Sun-Climate Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Website: http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/sorce/news-events/meetings/2020-scs/
February
3 - 4 February 2020
Conservation Paleobiology Symposium, Bologna, Italy
Website: https://spark.adobe.com/page/Ffnuc5r9hxepo/
4 - 5 February 2020
Tackling environmental concerns for deploying geothermal energy in Europe, Brussels, Belgium
Website: https://www.egec.org/events/two-days-geothermal-brussels-events-4th5th-february-2020/
10 - 12 February 2020
ICCGE 2020 - 9th International Conference on Clean and Green Energy, Barcelona, Spain
Website: http://www.iccge.org/index.html
10 - 14 February 2020
27th AMOS Annual Meeting and International Conference on Indian Ocean Meteorology and Oceanography (AMOS 2020), Fremantle, WA, Australia
16 - 21 February 2020
2020 OSM - Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, USA
Website: https://www.agu.org/ocean-sciences-meeting
20 - 21 February 2020
International Conference on Big Data and Machine Learning in Geosciences, Berlin, Germany
Website: https://www.bgr.bund.de/EN/Themen/Geodatenmanagement/Big_data_ML_conf/big_data_ML_conf_node_en.html
23 - 28 February 2020
World Biodiversity Forum, Davos, Switzerland
Website: https://www.worldbiodiversityforum.org/en
24 - 25 February 2020
Global Science Summit on Earth, Energy, and Environment, Dubai, UAE
Website: https://environmentalmeetings.org/
March
1 - 4 March 2020
PDAC 2020 - Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada
Website: https://www.pdac.ca/convention
3 - 4 March 2020
Conference "Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development", Kuwait
Website: https://kwtgs.org/
16 - 19 March 2020
GEO 2020 - 14ht Middle East Geoconference and Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain
Website: https://geo-expo.com/
16 - 19 March 2020
WRAA2020 - The 2nd International conference on Water Resources in Arid Areas, Muscaat, Oman
Website: http://conferences.squ.edu.om/icwriaar/
17 - 19 March 2020
Oceanology International 2020, London, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.oceanologyinternational.com/about/
22 - 24 March 2020
EAGE Seabed Seismic Today: from Acquisition to Application, Manama, Bahrain
Website: https://eage.eventsair.com/seabed-seismic-ws/
23 - 24 March 2020
Future of Mining Australia 2020, Sydney, Australia
Website: https://australia.future-of-mining.com/static/about
23 - 26 March 2020
Eighth EAGE Workshop on Passive Seismic, Prague, Czech Republic
Website: https://eage.eventsair.com/eighth-eage-workshop-on-passive-seismic/
29 March - 2 April 2020
SAGEEP 2020 - 33rd Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Denver, Colorado, USA
Website: https://www.sageep.org/
31 March - 3 April 2020
MinWat 2020 - 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Mineral Waters: Genesis, Exploitation, Protection, and Valorisation, Caserta, Italy
Website: https://minwatitaly2020.org/
April
7 - 9 April 2020
CINAREM'20 - International Conference of Minerals Resources Exploitation, Guardalavaca, Holguín, Cuba
Website: http://cinarem.ismm.edu.cu/
15 - 17 April 2020
2nd International Congress on Climate Change and its Impacts, Lima, Peru
Website: http://www.sgp.org.pe/ii-congreso-internacional-cambio-climatico-2020/
23 - 24 April 2020
EUROGEO 2020 "Sustainable Development Goals for all", Madrid, Spain
Website: http://www.eurogeography.eu/2020-conference/
26 - 29 April 2020
2020 ISGC - International Sedimentary Geoscience Congress, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Website: https://www.sepm.org/SEPM2020
27 April - 1 May 2020
World Geothermal Congress 2020, Reykjavik, Iceland
Website: https://www.wgc2020.com/
May
3 - 8 May 2020
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria
Website: https://www.egu2020.eu/
6 - 7 May 2020
20th EWA Symposium IFAT 2020 "Integration of the Water Sector in the Circular Economy", Munich, Germany
Website: http://www.ewa-online.eu/calendar-detail/events/ewa-20th-symposium-ifat-2020-title-integration-of-the-water-sector-in-the-circular-economy.html
6 - 8 May 2020
11th International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, A Coruña, Spain
Website: https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2020/sustainable-development-and-planning-2020
10 - 15 May 2020
6th International Conference on Alluvial Fans, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Website: http://www.alluvialfans.co.uk/
10 - 15 May 2020
10th International Freiberg Conference on IGCC & XtL Technologies, Shanghai, China
"Closing the Carbon Cycle"
Website: https://gasification-freiberg.com/
11 - 12 May 2020
WCES-2020 - World Congress on Earth Sciences, Paris, France
Website: https://conferenceera.com/earth-sciences-conference/
11 - 13 May 2020
2020 GeoConvention in association with GAC-MAC Annual Conference, Calgary, Canada
Website: https://gac.ca/events/events-archive/2020-geoconventions-association-gac-mac-annual-conference/
11 - 13 May 2020
FRIAR 2020 - 7th International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management, Valencia, Spain
Website: https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2020/friar-2020
12 - 24 May 2020
Geological Society of Nevada 2020 Symposium, Sparks, Nevada
Website: http://www.gsnv.org/2020-symposium/
13 - 15 May 2020
Water Pollution 2020: 15th International Conference on Monitoring, Modelling and Management of Water Pollution, Valencia, Spain
Website: https://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2020/water-pollution-2020
18 - 22 May 2020
International Congress (IAPG-IAH): "Geoethics & Groundwater Management: Theory and Practice for a Sustainable Development", Porto, Portugal
Website: https://geoeth-gwm2019.wixsite.com/porto
21 - 22 May 2020
EuroWorkshop on "Porphyry Deposits in Serbia", Bor, Serbia
Website: https://eurogeologists.eu/event/euroworkshop-porphyrite-deposits-in-serbia/
24 - 28 May 2020
JpGU - AGU Joint Meeting 2020, Chiba, Japan
Website: http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_j2020/
25 - 27 May 2020
BSGC 2020 - 14th Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference 2020, Helsinki , Finland
Website: https://www.ril.fi/en/events/bsgc-2020.html
25 - 27 May 2020
NGM 2020 - 18th NGM Nordic Geotechnical Meeting, Helsinki , Finland
Website: https://www.ril.fi/en/events/ngm-2020.html
June
2 - 5 June 2020
LAC2020 - 6th Landscape Archaeology Conference, Madrid, Spain
Website: https://lac2020.cchs.csic.es/
7 June 2020
Workshop: ‘Uncertainty Quantification and Visualization in Geological modelling’, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Website: https://eage.eventsair.com/eageannual2020/workshop-3
8 - 10 June 2020
MPE20 - SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth, Garden Grove, CA, USA
Website: https://www.siam.org/Conferences/CM/Conference/mpe20
8 - 11 June 2020
X International ProGEO Symposium, Segovia, Spain
Website: http://www.igme.es/patrimonio/Xprogeo2020/
14 - 20 June 2020
16th International Peatland Congress, Tallinn, Estonia
Website: https://www.ipc2020.com/
16 - 18 June 2020
16th ICAAR - International Conference on Alkali Aggregate Reaction in Concrete, Lisbon, Portugal
Website: http://icaar2020.lnec.pt/
16 - 18 June 2020
The Eighth International Symposium "Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques", Livorno, Italy
Website: http://sympcoastmed.fi.ibimet.cnr.it/index.php/en/monitoring-of-mediterranean-coastal-areas-problems-and-measurement-techniques/?fbclid=IwAR31TEV1NzzN14JI1YIqXx5mHEgtHsyTemiLx-5PJtZLMCF2M2-84JgI6g4
21 - 25 June 2020
EcoSummit 2020 - 6th International EcoSummit Congress, Gold Coast, Australia
"Building a sustainable and desirable future: Adapting to a changing land and sea-scape"
Website: http://ecosummitcongress.com/
21 - 26 June 2020
Goldschmidt2020 - International Conference on Geochemistry and Related Subjects, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
Website: http://www.eag.eu.com/about/goldschmidt/
22 - 26 June 2020
Geomorphometry 2020, Perugia, Italy
Website: http://www.geomorphometry2020.org/
25 - 27 June 2020
ICUR2020 - 2nd International Conference on Urban Risks, Lisbon, Portugal
Website: http://ceru-europa.pt/icur2020/en/
28 June - 4 July 2020
AOGS2020 17th Annual Meeting, Sono Belle Vivaldi Park, Hongcheon, South Korea
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
Website: http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2020/public.asp?page=home.html
30 June - 2 July 2020
icRS 2020 - International Conference on Resource Sustainability, Dublin, Ireland
Website: http://icrs2020dublin.ucd.ie
July
4 - 10 July 2020
EuroScience Open Forum 2020, Trieste, Italy
Website: https://www.esof.eu/en/trieste-2020.html
5 - 10 July 2020
9th edition International Student Geosciences Conference (IGSC), Aachen, Germany
“Applied Geosciences in a Modern Society – Acting Responsible for a Sustainable Future”
Website: https://igsc2020.rwth-aachen.de/
8 - 10 July 2020
Extractive Industry Geology (EIG) Conference, Exeter, United Kingdom
Website: https://www.eigconferences.com/
9 - 11 July 2020
GeoEarth-2020 - 2nd World Congress on Geology & Earth Science, Osaka, Japan
Website: https://geology-earthscience.com/
14 - 16 July 2020
6th International Archean Symposium, Perth WA, Australia
Website: https://6ias.org/
15 - 17 July 2020
2020 RTG2EE Conference, Bali, Indonesia
"Recent Trends in Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering and Education"
Website: https://rtgee.org/
18 - 20 July 2020
IWEG 2020 - Third International Workshop on Environment and Geoscience, Chengdu, China
Website: http://www.iwegconf.org/
19 - 24 July 2020
IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Waikoloa, USA
Website: https://igarss2020.org/
21 - 24 July 2020
16th EASA Biennial Conference "New anthropological horizons in and beyond Europe", Lisbon, Portugal
Website: https://easaonline.org/conferences/easa2020/
27 - 31 July 2020
CAAWG10 - 10th International Conference of the African Association of Women in Geosciences, Luanda, Angola
"Earth Sciences and Sustainable Development in Africa"
First Announcement (pdf)
August
10 - 11 August 2020
3rd International Conference on Earth Science & Geo Science, Atlanta, USA
Website: https://scientificfederation.com/earth-geoscience-2020/index.php
15 - 23 August 2020
43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Sydney, Australia
Website: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/
17 - 21 August 2020
34th International Geographical Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
Website: http://www.igc2020.org/en/
24 - 28 August 2020
Eurosoil 2020 - The European Confederation of Soil Science Societies, Geneva, Switzerland
Website: https://eurosoil2020.com/
25 - 28 August 2020
XIV Congreso Geológico de América Central y VII Congreso Geológico Naciona Costa Rica 2020, San José, Costa Rica
Website: http://14cgac.com/
31 August - 4 September 2020
4th European Conference on Flood Risk Management - Science and practice for an uncertain future, Budapest, Hungary
Website: https://floodrisk2020.net/
September
1 - 5 September 2020
Geohealth 2020 - International Meeting on Earth, Health and Environment, Bari, Italy
Website: http://geohealth-scientists.org/
6 - 11 September 2020
ESC 2020 - 37th General Assembly (GA) of the European Seismological Commission, Corfu, Greece
Website: https://www.erasmus.gr/microsites/1193
7 - 11 September 2020
ISC6 - 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization, Budapest, Hungary
Website: http://isc6.org/
7 - 11 September 2020
EMS2020 - European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia
Website: https://www.ems2020.eu/home.html
15 - 17 September 2020
4th ICOS Science Conference "Knowledge for shaping the future – understanding our Earth's biogeochemical processes", Utrecht, the Netherlands
Website: https://www.icos-ri.eu/sc2020
16 - 18 September 2020
90th Congress of the Italian Geological Society, Trieste, Italy
"Geology without Borders"
Website: http://www.geoscienze.org/trieste2020/index.php/en/
20 - 23 September 2020
2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics, La Jolla, CA, USA
Website: https://icegt-2020.eng.ucsd.edu/
20 - 25 September 2020
47th IAH - International Association of Hydrogeologists, São Paulo, Brazil
"Groundwater 4.0: Connected, Visible and Ethical"
Website: https://abas.iah2020.org/en/
21 - 25 September 2020
XXI Argentine Geological Congress, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentine
Website: http://www.congresogeologico.org.ar/
24 - 26 September 2020
3rd World Congress on Climate Change, Barcelona, Spain
Website: https://wccc-2020.com/
28 September - 2 October 2020
PaleoArc2020 - 2nd International Conference on Processes and Palaeo-environmental changes in the Arctic: from past to present, Pisa, Italy
Website: http://palaeoarc2020.dst.unipi.it/
October
4 - 7 October 2020
Peruvian Congress on Geology, Lima, Peru
Website: http://www.sgp.org.pe/xx-congreso-peruano-de-geologia-2020/
4 - 7 October 2020
MassMin 2020 - Eight International Conference on Mass Mining, Santiago, Chile
Website: https://www.massmin2020.com/
10 - 18 October 2020
CAG28 - 28th Colloquium of African Geology, 18th Conference of the Geological Society of Africa, Fez, Morocco
Website: http://www.fsdmfes.ac.ma/CAG28/
11 - 16 October 2020
SEG2020 - SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) 90th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Houston, USA
Website: https://seg.org/AM/2020/
15 - 17 October 2020
International Virtual Conference "Earth’s Changing Climate: Past, Present & Future", India
Download flyer
26 - 28 October 2020
Regional Conference on Geomorphology, Mashhad, Iran
Website: http://www.geomorph.org/2019/11/first-circular-for-the-regional-conference-on-geomophology-mashhad-iran-26-28-oct-2020/
26 - 30 October 2020
27e Réunions des Sciences de la Terre, Lyon, France
Société Géologique de France (SGF)
26 - 30 October 2020
GSA - Geological Society of America Annual Meeting "Connects Online"
November
1 - 5 November 2020
4th International Symposium & Field Workshop Living with Landscapes - Adaptation with Desert & Coastal Landscapes, Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt
Website: http://www.dahab2020.com/
2 - 5 November 2020
3rd CAJG - 3rd Springer/SSG Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Sousse, Tunisia
Website: https://www.cajg.org/index.php
2 - 6 November 2020
WLF5 - 5th World Landslide Forum, Kyoto, Japan
Website: http://wlf5.iplhq.org/
8 - 12 November 2020
The PataDays 2020 - Workshop on paleoseismology and active tectonics, Hornitos, Chile
Website: https://www.patadayschile.cl/
8 - 13 November 2020
IAGS 2020 - 29th International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, Viña del Mar, Chile
Website: https://iags2020.cl/
23 - 27 November 2020
7th SGA-IUGS-SEG-UNESCO Short Course on African Metallogeny, Windhoek, Namibia
"Energy Metals for a Sustainable Society"
Download the leafleat (pdf file)
25 - 27 November 2020
Eighth International Meeting on the Valorization and Preservation of Paleontological heritage (RIV3P8), El Jadida, Morocco
Website: http://www.fs.ucd.ac.ma/fs/riv3p8
December
1 - 17 December 2020
AGU Fall Meeting 2020 "Online Everywhere"
"Shaping the Future of Science" from 7 – 11 December 2020 for concentrated content; 1 – 17 December to minimize scheduling conflicts.
Website: https://www.agu.org/fall-meeting