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PANGEO AUSTRIA 2026

Preliminary conference programme

21 September 2026 - Monday
07:30–08:15  Registration
08:15–18:30  Excursions/Workshops, Teachers’ Session
16:00–19:00  Registration
19:30              Icebreaker party

22 September 2026 - Tuesday
07:30–19:00  Registration
09:00–10:30  Plenary session: Welcome and Opening, Awards, Plenary Talks
11:00–13:00  Oral Presentations
14:30–16:00  Oral Presentations
16:00–17:00  Posters; Break
17:00–18:30  Oral Presentations
19:00              Social Event (Conference Dinner)

23 September 2026 - Wednesday
08:30–10:00  Oral Presentations
10:30–12:00  Oral Presentations
12:00–14:00  Austrian Geoscience Lab Lunch
14:00–15:30  Oral Presentations
15:30–16:30  Posters; Break
16:30–18:00  Oral Presentations
19:00              Public Evening Lecture

24 September 2026 - Thursday
08:30–10:30  Oral Presentations
11:00–13:00  Oral Presentations
14:30–16:00  Posters
16:00–17:00  Prize Ceremony, Closing Event

25 September 2026 - Friday
08:15–18:30  Excursions/Workshops

Topics for 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
  14. Field and Laboratory Methods with Geodata Integration
  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