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PANGEO AUSTRIA 2026

CONFERENECE PROGRAMME (Link)

Monday, September 21st 2026
07:30-18:30  Field Trips 1-2-3
08:30-09:00  Teachers’ Registration & Come2gether SR 44.21 
09:00-12:00  Session 15_Teachers' Sessions_Keynote Presentations – SR 44.21
12:00-13:00  „eat2gether“ – Teachers' Sessions (Location2be announced)
13:00-16:40  Session 15_Teachers' Sessions_Keynote Presentations – SR 44.21
17:30 – O.E.  Earth Sciences Exhibition Galleries at the Universalmuseum Joanneum - Guided tour: Bernd Moser
18:30-22:30  Ice Breaker / Registration – Meerscheinschlössl

Tuesday, September 22nd 2026
07:30-17:00  Registration - ZMB Lounge
08:30-09:00  Opening Ceremony – HS 44.11 
09:00-10:15  Session 10_Engineering Geology and Natural Hazards – HS 44.11
                       Session 11_Quantifying geological information for engineering practice -
                       HS 44.11
                       Session 12_Model-Based Engineering Geology and Geohazards – HS 44.11
                       Break Out Meeting (TBD) – SR 44.22
10:15-10:45  Coffee Break – Meerscheinschlössl
10:45-12:30  Session 01_Regional geology of Austria and Geology of the Eastern Alps – insights, perspectives and trends – HS 44.11
                        Break Out Meeting (TBD) – SR 44.22
12:30-14:00  Lunch Break
14:00-15:45  Session 01_Regional geology of Austria and Geology of the Eastern Alps – insights, perspectives and trends – HS 44.11
                       Break Out Meeting (TBD) – SR 44.22
15:45-16:15  Coffee Break – Meerscheinschlössl
16:15-17:30  Poster Session – Meerscheinschlössl
18:30 – O.E.  Conference Dinner - ROOFTOP Mensa 

Wednesday, September 23rd 2026
08:00-17:00  Registration - ZMB Lounge
08:30-10:15  Session 06_Dynamik von Erdoberflächen-Prozessen und Quartärgeologie – HS 44.11
                      Session 04_Dynamics of Earth’s Spheres (Petrology, Geochronology, Tectonic, Analytical Techniques, …) – SR 44.21
10:15-10:45  Coffee Break – Meerscheinschlössl
10:45-12:30  Session 07_Applied Geosciences and Mineral Raw Materials – HS 44.11
                        Break Out Meeting (TBD) – SR 44.22
12:30-14:00  Lunch Break
12:30-14:00  Lab Lunch – SR 44.21
14:00-15:45  Session 07_Applied Geosciences and Mineral Raw Materials – HS 44.11
                       Break Out Meeting (TBD) – SR 44.22
15:45-16:15  Coffee Break – Meerscheinschlössl
16:15-17:45  Award Ceremony – HS 44.11
18:00-19:00  Plenary Talk – HS 44.11

Thursday, September 24th 2026
08:00-17:00  Registration - ZMB Lounge
08:30-10:15  Session 08_Water as a resource and a risk: Geoscientific, geotechnical, and practical perspectives – HS 44.11
                      Session 09_Hydrogeochemistry and water quality: Natural processes, anthropogenic influences, and practical solutions – HS 44.11
                     Session 02_Stratigraphy and lithodemy in Austria – SR 44.21
10:15-10:45  Coffee Break – Meerscheinschlössl
10:45-12:30  Session 05_Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology – HS 44.11
                      Session 03_The Role of Paleontology in Earth System Research – Methods, Innovations, and Integrated Research Approaches – SR 44.21
12:30-14:00  Lunch Break
14:00-15:45  Poster Session – Meerscheinschlössl
15:45-16:15  Coffee Break – Meerscheinschlössl
16:15-17:00  Closing Ceremony – HS 44.11

Friday, September 25th 2026
07:30-18:30  Field Trips

Academic Sessions
  1. Regional geology of Austria and Geology of the Eastern Alps – insights, perspectives and trends
  2. Stratigraphy and lithodemy in Austria
  3. The Role of Paleontology in Earth System Research – Methods, Innovations, and Integrated Research Approaches
  4. Dynamics of Earth’s Spheres (Petrology, Geochronology, Tectonic, Analytical Techniques, …)
  5. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
  6. Earth Surface Dynamics and Quaternary Geology
  7. Applied Geosciences and Mineral Raw Materials
  8. Water as a resource and a risk: Geoscientific, geotechnical, and practical perspectives
  9. Hydrogeochemistry and water quality: Natural processes, anthropogenic influences, and practical solutions
  10. Engineering Geology and Natural Hazards
  11. Quantifying geological information for engineering practice
  12. Model-Based Engineering Geology and Geohazards
  13. (Monitoring and Remote Sensing in Applied Geology - will not take place)
  14. (Field and Laboratory Methods with Geodata Integration - will not take place)
  15. Teacher training seminar “Geology4School”
  16. Austrian geoscience lab lunch: Presenting geoscience research infrastructure in Austria

A description of the sessions can be found in the circular (German, English).

Excursions

Excursion 1: Geological Evolution of the Seckauer Tauern (Kevin Karner-Rühl, Walter Kurz)
Monday, 21 September 2026, 12-16 participants

Excursion 2: Surface uplift of the Eastern Alps: Neotectonic Evidence in the Grazer Bergland (Kurt Stüwe)
Monday, 21 September 2026, 12-16 participants

Excursion 3: The Neogene of the Styrian Basin: Insights into its sedimentary evolution, stratigraphy and resource utilization (Gerald Auer, Martin Gross, Nikolaus Petschacher, Arthur Borzi, Gerfried Winkler, Werner Piller)
Monday, 21 September 2026, 12-16 participants

Excursion 4: The Graz Palaeozoic: A New Interpretation of a Nappe Complex (Kurt Krenn, Harald Fritz, Bernhard Hubmann)
Friday, 25 September 2026, 12-16 participants