35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Public Sector Geoscience and Geological Surveys
The notifications to presenting authors confirming their specific date and time of presentation will be communicated the 20 August 2016.
Second Draft Preliminary programme is being updated per theme as the SPC signs them off.
The detailed draft day by day programme for each theme is being announced as it is being collated. These are still preliminary and will be finalised by the 20 August.
As this is the Second draft, please note that where there are abstract presenters not yet registered, these have now been removed from the programme.
Once removed, you will not be included in the abstracts or the programme. If your co-author is presenting, please contact the secretariat urgently to confirm and advise so that your paper can be moved to the correct presenter. Email 35igc@allevents.co.za
if you have any queries or if you have in the interim managed to secure finances and registered.
To view the detailed programme, click here.
Theme Champions
Keynote Speakers
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Paul Macey
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Council for Geoscience, South Africa
Towards a new geodynamic model for the western Namaqua Province
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Koen Verbruggen (President - EuroGeoSurveys)
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Geological Survey of Ireland
PanAfGeo: Evolution of a milestone in European and African geological collaboration
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Marko Komac
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One Geology and IUGS
OneGeology - Access to geoscience for all
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Felix Toteu
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UNESCO Nairobi Office, Kenya
Geological mapping and capacity building in Africa
| 31ST MAY 2015 | Additional symposium proposals must now be submitted directly to the theme champions (Please be sure to include the name of the proposer, seconder and short motivation). |
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1ST JULY 2015 - 31ST JANUARY 2016 |
Call for abstracts |
| 31ST MARCH 2016 | Notifications of acceptance |
Public Sector Geoscience and Geological Surveys
'Big science', and its important societal impacts, can only be carried out through international collaboration. Symposia and papers exploring ways to develop major geoscientific initiatives, and describing the status of existing cross-border and multidisciplinary projects, are invited for this theme.
Please note that this is preliminary and final allocations in the programme will be announced in the 5th Announcement and updated on the Website in July.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PRESENTING AUTHORS (FOR ORALS) OR AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR (FOR POSTERS) MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE MEETING BY 31 MAY 2016 IN ORDER TO HAVE THE ABSTRACT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME.
The following symposium proposals have already been submitted:
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Hannu Mäkitie, Bob Thomas, Jean-Claude Guillaneau and Fredrik Karell
» Geological mapping of Africa – a key for sustainable use of earth resources -
Diganta Barman
» National Geochemical Mapping-ways and possibilities in future -
Kaiser de Souza and Aberra Mogessie
» Special Symposium: Geology and Mineral Information System (GMIS) strategy to domesticate the Africa Mining Vision at a country level -
Abraham Thomas, Paul Macey and Gerrit de Kock
» Regional Geological Mapping -
Raphael De Vicq
» Geochemistry Mapping -
Christopher Keane and Carolyn Wilson
» Global Geoscience Human Capacity Building - Trends, Challenges, and Innovative Approaches -
Brian Marker
» Geoscience for environmental management -
David Smith, Xueqiu Wang, Alecos Demetriades, Laurel Woodruff and Patrice de Caritat
» Mapping the geochemistry of the Earth’s surface at global to local scales (3rd Arthur Darnley Symposium) -
Philippe Rossi and Manuel Pubellier
» CGMW: one century of continent scale geological syntheses through international projects -
Luca Demicheli
» PanAfGeo: a major initiative to strengthen the geoscientific public sector in Africa -
Marko Komac
» OneGeology -
Open Session
For all submissions that do not fall into currently identified symposia