Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2024 – First announcement and Call for Abstracts

08.11.2024 - 09.11.2024

The Department of Environmental Sciences of the University of Basel and the Platform Geosciences of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) cordially invite you to participate in the 22nd Swiss Geoscience Meeting to be held on Friday, 8 November and Saturday, 9 November, 2024 in Basel.

On Friday 8 November,

  • In the afternoon, a series of four Invited keynote lectures will be held on this year’s Plenary Session topic: “The Anthropocene – Past, Present and Future”,
  • In the morning, a workshop on «Decolonizing Geosciences» will be organised by GEODES https://geodeswitzerland.ch

On Saturday 9 November,

  • 24 scientific symposia (see below) will cover the diverse spectrum of current research in geosciences, encompassing the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, the biosphere, the atmosphere and the anthroposphere.

CONTRIBUTIONS:

Deadline for abstract submission is 30 August 2024.

Depending on the number and subject of abstracts submitted, proposed sessions may be canceled, merged or new ones created. Abstracts will be initially assigned to the session indicated by the authors at the time of abstract submission. All abstracts must be submitted electronically until the deadline following the instructions on the SGM2024 website: https://geoscience-meeting.ch/sgm2024/

 

REGISTRATION:

Deadline for registration is 15 October 2024.

Registration and Payments must be made electronically following the instructions on the SGM2024 website.

Registration will open beginning of September

 

SYMPOSIA at SGM 2024:

We kindly invite you to submit abstracts for oral presentations or posters addressing the following subjects:

  1. Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geodynamics
  2. Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
  3. Environmental Biogeochemistry of Trace and Major Elements
  4. Palaeontology
  5. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology: processes of formation, transport and transformation through time
  6. Alpine Hazards: Early Detection, Monitoring, Warning, Modelling, Mitigation
  7. Seismic Hazard and Risk in Switzerland: From Science to Mitigation
  8. Deep geothermal energy, CO2-storage and energy-related exploration of the subsurface.
  9. Studying geoscience processes in underground research laboratories
  10. Quaternary environments: landscapes, climate, ecosystems and human activity during the past 2.6 million years
  11. Geomorphology
  12. Soil: Formation, Processes, and Conservation
  13. Hydrology and Hydrogeology
  14. Limnology and Oceanography
  15. Cryospheric Sciences
  16. Atmospheric Composition and Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
  17. Urban environments and climate change
  18. Tackling the Climate Crisis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Change Education and Communication
  19. Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
  20. Geodesy
  21. Living well in mountains: Interdisciplinary contributions from the geosciences and beyond
  22. Human Geographies: critical perspectives from the margins
  23. Human Geographies: Housing in and beyond Switzerland
  24. Human Geographies: Inequalities, social justice in/through education

 

Place:     Basel

  • Friday 8th November (plenary session & GeoParty): Biozentrum, Spitalstrasse 41, Basel
  • Saturday 9th November (Scientific sessions), Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, Basel

Datum:  8 & 9 November 2024
More information: Website
Registration: will open beginning of September

The SGM 2024 Organizing Committee is looking forward to seeing you in Basel!

Twitter: @GeosciencesCH #SGM2024Basel

Aperçu de l’agenda