35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS

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


Resourcing Future Generations

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.

View all Themes

Resourcing Future Generations

Theme Champions


Neil Williams
Neil Williams
Wollongong University
E-mail Neil
Brian Skinner
Brian Skinner
Yale University
E-mail Brian
Pat Leahy
Pat Leahy
American Geosciences Institute
E-mail Pat
Edmund Nickless
Edmund Nickless
Geological Society of London
E-mail Edmund
The appointment of theme champions may not be complete and names will continue to be added as invitees are confirmed.


Keynote Speakers

  1. Markus Reuter  - Helmholtz Institute

    Process Metallurgy: A key enabler of a circular economy

  2. Patrice Christmann  -

    Toward a More Equitable Use of Resources

 

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).
1ST JULY 2015 -
31ST JANUARY 2016 		Call for abstracts
31ST MARCH 2016 Notifications of acceptance

Resourcing Future Generations

The interrelationships between societal development and the utilization of materials has been critical throughout history. Expanding global population and increasingly sophisticated technologies place unprecedented strain on the Earth's natural resources and our ability to sustain growth. This theme is designed to coincide with the launch of a major new IUGS initiative.

For a list of the Abstracts that have been ACCEPTED UNDER THIS THEME CLICK HERE ➤

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:
  1. Vitor Correia
    » Developing Europe's International Observatory for Raw Materials
  2. Sylvia Peppoloni, Nic Bilham, Vitor Correia and Luca Demicheli
    » Geoethical perspectives on meeting the resource needs of future generations
  3. Willem Van Der Schyff and Henk Lingenfelder
    » Protect Mineral Assets to benefit Future Generations
  4. Edmund Nickless, Pat Leahy, Brian Skinner and Neil Williams
    » Resourcing Future Generations: Securing the future supply of raw materials for the planet: a multifaceted approach
  5. Henk Lingenfelder
    » Mineral Asset Benefits in Conflict with Modern Society? Sponsored by Exxaro
  6. Open Session
    For all submissions that do not fall into currently identified symposia
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