International Conference on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure
The 1st International Conference on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure» is organized by the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, NTUA, between 28-30 June, 2016 at Chania, Crete, Greece.
For more information, visit the conference webpage: http://iconhic2016.com.
10th Romanian Symposium of Paleontology
The 10th Romanian Symposium of Paleontology, organized by the Romanian Society of Paleontologists and the Geology Department of the Babeş-Bolyai University, will be held in Cluj-Napoca, between October 16th to 17th, 2015.
VENUE: Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of Geology, str. M. Kogălniceanu nr. 1, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Further information about The 10th Romanian Symposium of Paleontology (circulars, abstract template, registration form) will be available on the web page (http://www.geo-paleontologica.org/page14.html)
14th International Conference of the G.S.G.
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
The 14 International Conference of the Geological Society of Greece will take place on
25-27 May 2016, in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. GSG conferences are multidisciplinary
earth science events, focusing on the broader Aegean region and beyond.
You are cordially invited to participate in this conference; young researchers in particular
are strongly encouraged to submit their research results, as GSG 2016 will assist them in
various innovative ways. Further details will be rolling out throughout 2015.
Looking forward to seeing you in Thessaloniki!
The Organizing Committee
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the G.S.G.
The Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the G.S.G (Bulletin of the G.S.G, vol. XLVII) are now online.
To access the proceedings, please click here
20th Conference of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association (CBGA)
The 20th Conference of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association, which took place in Tirane, Albania, concluded with exceptional success. In the following link you can read the final report of the conference.
[CBGA 02014 conference report]
The next CBGA conference will take place in Salzburg, Austria in2018.
Annals of Geophysics: Issue dedicated to the memory of I. Fountoulis
Annals of Geophysics has publised a Special Issue (Vol. 56, No. 6, 2013) on Earthquake geology: science, society and critical facilities (edited by C. Grützner, S. Barba, I. Papanikolaou and R. Pérez-López), which is dedicated to the memory of the late Ioannis Fountoulis, who passed away last year.
Tectonophysics: special issues on Greece and the Aegean
Tectonophysics has issued two special issues on the geology of Greece and the Aegean:
Volumes 595–596, Pages 1-262 (4 June 2013)
The Agean : A natural laboratory for tectonics - Tectonometamorphics
Edited by Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Gerald Roberts and Leigh Royden
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401951/595-596
and
Volumes 597–598, Pages 1-160 (19 June 2013)
The Aegean: a natural laboratory for tectonics - Neotectonics
Edited by Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Gerald Roberts and Leigh Royden
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401951/597-598
Positions available at the National Observatory of Athens
The Institute of Astronomy, & Astrophysics, Space, Applications and Remote Sensing, of the National Observatory of Athens, is awarded the EC project
"Building Capacity for a Centre of Excellence for EO - based monitoring of Natural Disasters (BEYOND)"- Ref: 316210 - BEYOND EC project
(FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013), funded under the "SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME -Coordination and Support Actions Call". For this, we invite scientists to
submit their expressions of interest for the eight (8) positions, on outworking contract basis, as described in the attached call.
The eight positions are:
1) F - Fire disaster management specialist (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.1.F) (for further details press here.
2) Exploitation Manager (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.2.E) (for further details press here.
3) G - Geophysical/Earthquake Hazards specialist (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.3.G) (for further details press here.
4) A - Atmospheric scientist specialised in Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.4.A) (for further details press here.
5) L1 - Lidar researcher specialized in hardware installments : (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.5.L1) (for further details press here.
6) L2 - Lidar researcher specialized in algorithm development (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.6.L2) (for further details press here.
7) U - Urban Εnvironment expert (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.7.U) (for further details press here.
8) M - Meteorology Specialist (POSITION CODE: BEYOND.8.M):
Applicants are invited to submit their applications together with the supporting documents (CVs and recommendations) electronically, to the email addresses This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than July, 30th 2013. The applications should necessarily refer to POSITION CODE for which the
applicant expresses his/her interest.
For any further information or question, interested applicants may communicate via email to Dr. Charalambos Kontoes (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or on the phone number 0030210 8109113.
We much appreciate if you deliver appropriately this information note in your organisations and/or in persons that may have interest on the above call.
International Summer School: Earth heritage site assessment – Geoparks management and geotourism development
International Summer School:
Earth heritage site assessment – Geoparks management and geotourism development
25 June – 4 July 2013
Lesvos Island - Greece
Samos 2013 Summer School
26-30 August 2013, Samos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece
Registration Deadline: 8 April 2013