Reports by IAG Grant Holders – IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology (Cappadocia, Türkiye, 12-14 September 2023)

The IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology was held in Cappadocia (Türkiye), on 12-14 September 2023. The IAG was happy to offer travel grants, helping 10 Young Geomorphologists to attend this event. Congratulations to them!

Overall, they all enjoyed participating in the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology 2023 “Geoheritage and Geodiversity”, as well as in the subsequent Intensive Course “High Resolution Mapping and Cosmogenic Dating of Fluvial Landforms”. Their reports particularly highlight the quality of the talks, whether during the scientific sessions or the Intensive Course. They also describe the associated field trip as an unforgettable experience.

Find the list of all Grant Holders with their full reports here:

IAG RCG2023: deadline extended to 21st May for abstract submission and registration

The IAG announces that the organisation committee of the Regional Conference on Geomorphology (RCG) 2023 extended the deadline for abstract submission to 21st May. Find details on the RCG2023 here. Register and submit your abstract on the website of the conference here.

The IAG offers several grants to help Young Geomorphologists to attend the conference – details here.

CALL for GRANTS for the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology 2023 in Cappadocia, Türkiye (12-14 September 2023)

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offers a number of grants to support the participation of Young Geomorphologists* worldwide (except those based in Türkiye) who are willing to take part in the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology in Cappadocia, Türkiye (12–14 September 2023) and related Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists. Priority will be given to applicants who intend to participate in the Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists organized just after the conference.

The Regional Conference on Geomorphology will be hosted by the Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi located in the heart of Cappadocia, Türkiye. It is organized by the IAG and the Turkish Society for Geomorphology. It is open to all scientists and practitioners. It will include scientific sessions, keynote lectures as well as an Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists “High Resolution Mapping and Cosmogenic Dating of Fluvial Landforms”. Field trips will be arranged in various parts of Türkiye before, during and after the Conference.

For further information on the meeting, please visit: https://rcg2023.info/.

The IAG is willing to help Young Geomorphologists to attend the Conference by providing a financial support. The amount of the grants will depend on the applicant’s place of residence and estimated financial need. Most grants are offered to Young Geomorphologists from less-favoured countries worldwide**.

Applicants should have a special interest and research experience in the themes of the Conference, to be proved by their CV.

Applications from candidates who already achieved one or more IAG grants totalling 500 euros or more in the past 3 years will not be eligible.

Candidates for the IAG GRANTS are requested to submit the following files up to Monday 22 May 2023:

  • Application form (pdf/doc);
  • Short CV (maximum 2 pages long), including no more than 10 papers;
  • Certificate of the highest degree achieved (with the date of achievement);
  • Abstract submitted to the event.

Files should be submitted to:
Anita Bernatek-Jakiel and Efthimios Karymbalis, IAG Training Officers
e-mail: iaggrants@gmail.com (e-mail subject: “RCG Turkiye 2023”)

The selection of candidates will be carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee.

Prof. Efthimios Karymbalis                                                                    Dr. Anita Bernatek-Jakiel
IAG Training Officer                                                                                   IAG Training Officer
karymba@hua.gr                                                                                          anita.bernatek@uj.edu.pl

*Undergraduate or postgraduate – Masters/PhD students or scientists who have received their highest degree, i.e. BSc, MSc, or PhD, within the past seven years. Provided parental leave fell into that period, up to one year of parental leave time may be added per child, where appropriate.

** Less-favoured countries are those with a Purchasing Power Parity below 22,000 international dollars, according to the World Development Indicators database, World Bank, referring to 2019). For details see http://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/GNIPC.pdf. For countries with unavailable PPP in international dollars for 2019, please refer either to the US dollars column or to tables released in previous years by the World Bank.

IAG Regional Conference in Cappadocia, Türkiye (12-14 September 2023) – Registration open

The IAG is pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission are open for its Regional Conference, held in Cappadocia (Türkiye) in 12-14 September 2023! Organised by the Turkish Society for Geomorphology, the Conference will take place at the Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University in Cappadocia. A pre-conference field trip and four post-conference field trips will also be held in various places around Türkiye!

Find more information, register and submit your abstract before 30th April on the website of the conference here.

IAG Regional Webinars for International Geomorphology Week

1-7 March 2021 is International Geomorphology Week and to celebrate the IAG has scheduled regional webinars all over the world with series of short talks from talented early (and a few less-early) career researchers on topics spanning the whole field of geomorphology! Anyone from any country can register for free for any webinar – details on the speakers and schedules can be at this page! Feel free to dip in and out or join for the whole duration of a webinar, its up to you!

(times in CET unless noted)

1st March 07:30 – 11:30 (13:00 – 17:00 IST) South & West Asia
1st March 12:00 – 16:30 Iberia
1st March 15:00 – 17:00 Central & Western Europe
2nd March 09:00 – 13:00 Africa
2nd March 14:00 – 16:00 & 16:30 – 18:30 UK, Ireland, France, Italy
3rd March 13:00 – 17:00 Northern Europe
4th March 03:00-06:00 (10:00-12:00 UTC+8, 15:00-18:00 UTC+13) Australia and New Zealand
4th March 13:00-16:30 & 18:00-21:00 (9:00-12:30 14:00 – 17:00 UTC-3) South & Central America
4th March 14:00-18:35 CET Central-Eastern Europe
4th March 18:00 – 21:30 CET (09:00 – 12:30 PST / 12:00 – 15:30 ET) North America and Costa Rica
6th March 6:00-9:00 UTC (15:00-18:00 JST / 14:00-17:00 SST) East and South East Asia

Register for free at our eventbrite page here.

We hope to “see you” all at one or more of the webinars!

Registration is open for the IAG regional webinars 1-7th March 2021!

Please join us for one or more of the IAG’s regional webinars being held as half-day events in the week of 1-7th March, register now at our eventbrite page here to receive the webinar details by email (places are limited)! Regions indicate the National Scientific Members to which the speakers belong and the timezone, but anyone from any country is welcome to attend any webinar! In consultation with our National Scientific Members speakers have been invited who have diverse geomorphological backgrounds with the aim to highlight new talents and emerging themes across the geomorphological community.

The webinars are part of International Geomorphology Week (#IntGeomorphWeek2021) whose aim is to promote geomorphology in all its forms!

For a full listing of events and detailed programmes as they become available check out our dedicated page: http://www.geomorph.org/international-geomorphology-week-2021/

New dates for IAG conferences and Executive Committee term

The Council of the International Association of Geomorphologists, comprised of its National Scientific Members convened virtually on 19 January 2021. 48 people were in attendance with 35 NSM who cast votes (>70% of the membership). Three important decisions were taken which will shape the actions of the IAG until 2022:

1. The Regional Conference on Geomorphology in Mashhad, Iran will be rescheduled to Spring 2022

2. The International Conference on Geomorphology in Coimbra will now be held 12-16 September 2022

3. The Executive Committee’s term will be extended to allow elections to be held in person at the ICG in September 2022.

As a consequence the IAG’s working group terms will be extended to the ICG in September 2022. After this date the four-year cycle will be re-established with the next ICG being held in 2026.

We would like to thank the national delegates for their participation in this meeting and all the National Scientific Members for their ongoing support.

In order to compensate for the lack of in-person IAG meetings, we are proud to present the inaugural IAG Regional Webinars which will be held during International Geomorphology Week 1-7 March 2021 and we encourage you all to attend! Details as they become available will be posted here.

Update on IAG Conferences, Working Groups & Executive Committee Status

After careful deliberation of the IAG Executive Committee, we will be calling an extraordinary (online) meeting of the IAG Council (comprising the National Scientific Members) on the 19th of January 2021 in order to propose and discuss:
 
  • Postponement of the Regional Conference on Geomorphology (RCG) in Mashad, Iran to Spring 2022 following the recommendations of the local organisers;
  • Postponement of the International Conference on Geomorphology (ICG) in Coimbra, Portugal to September 2022 following the recommendations of the local organisers; and
  • Extension of the current IAG Executive Committee’s term up to and including the postponed International Conference on Geomorphology so elections can be held in person.

In addition, if the postponement of the ICG is approved we will ask for the Council’s approval for extension of the term of the ongoing Working Groups. We will also recommend that the next committee’s term comprises 4 years terminating in an ICG to be held in 2026.

These proposals and recommendations take into account the huge level of uncertainty involved in the organization of large events, including the well-being of conference attendees, the fact that field visits are integral to the success of our geomorphology conferences, the economic situation of participants and hosts, the provision of adequate recompense (intellectual, strategic and financial) for the local organizers putting in the hard work to host the conference, plus the longer term success of the IAG as an organisation and these arguments will be detailed during the Council Meeting.
 
Each NSM has been invited to send a delegate to the Council Meeting, if you think you should have been invited but have not received an email, please get in touch!
An announcement of the decisions at this meeting will be circulated shortly afterwards on the website and via geomorph-list.

Postponed: IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology, Mashad Iran

The IAG Executive Committee has been following the ongoing pandemic situation closely and together with the local organising committee has made the difficult decision to postpone the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology, which was planned to be held in Mashhad, Iran, in October 2020. Hoping for an improvement in the situation towards the beginning of next year, and in consensus with the local organizers, who are carefully evaluating all the logistic and scientific requirements of a successful meeting, we have decided to postpone RCG Mashhad to the spring of 2021. We will closely monitor the evolution of the pandemic, and, according to the official health recommendations and future scenarios, we will decide upon the most suitable period, which will be communicated to you during summer 2020.

We hope that this message finds you and all your loved ones safe and well during these tense and challenging times. As all international scientific communities, we are currently facing a lot of uncertainties induced by the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic.

First Circular for the Regional Conference on Geomophology, Mashhad, Iran 26-28 Oct 2020

We’re pleased to announce the first circular for the Regional Conference on Geomophology, which will be held in Mashhad, Iran on 26-28 October 2020. The circular, here, contains preliminary information on the programme, fieldtrips and sessions. Important dates:

Call for abstracts & opening of registration: 10 December 2019
Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2020

Grants awarded to Young Geomorphologists for RCG2019 Athens Sept 2019

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) has awarded 8 grants to Young Geomorphologists to take part in the Regional Conference on Geomorphology to be held in Athens 19-21 September 2019. All of them will take part in the IAG-EGU Intensive Course (22nd – 27th Sept 2019).

The selection for Grants was made by the international committee appointed by the IAG. Grants have been awarded to the following Young Geomorphologists selected among 42 eligible applicants based in 17 different countries:

Pedro FONSECA DE ALMEIDA E VAL Brazil
Bachtiar MUTAQIN Indonesia
Vipin Joseph MARKOSE India
Shreya BANDYOPADHYAY India
Sujay BANDYOPADHYAY India
Kapil GHOSH India
Sayantan DAS India
Jonas PRACA DE SOUZA Brazil

Second Circular for the IAG Regional Conference in Athens 19-21 Sept 2019

We are pleased to announce that the second circular for the IAG’s regional conference in Athens is now available here.

Please visit the dedicated website for more information: https://rcg2019.com/

Key points

Abstract Submission
The deadline for submitting abstracts is May 15th, 2019 – please follow the guidelines here. Abstract Submission Fee (Non Refundable) of 10€ is compulsory for each
abstract submission.

Conference timeline
September 15th – 18th, 2019, Pre-Conference Field Trip, Mykonos & Delos Islands
September 15th – 18th, 2019, Pre-Conference Field Trip, Santorini Island
September 19th – 21st, 2019, IAG’s Regional Conference, Athens
September 19th, 2019, IAG Council Meeting (for delegates of NSM’s)
September 20th, 2019, Social Dinner of the Conference
September 22nd -25th, 2019, Post-Conference Field Trip, Rhodes Island, in the memory of Paolo Pirazzoli
September 22nd -27th, 2019, 2nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course: Field Training School

Conference Fees (with/without NSM’s discount)
Early Registration: 250€/300€
Regular Registration: 300€/350€
Late Registration (16th August 2019 onwards): 350€/400€
Students, Honorary Fellows, Retired, National delegates: 180€
Accompanied Person: 100€
Social Dinner: 55€
Field Training School (2nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course): 300€

Grants:

See this page.

First Circular for the IAG Regional Conference in Athens 19-21 Sept 2019

We are pleased to announce that the first circular for the IAG’s regional conference in Athens is now available here. Please visit the dedicated website for more information: https://rcg2019.com/

Important dates to note:

31/10/2018: Call for abstracts opens
30/04/2019: Abstract Submission will be closed
15/05/2019: Early Bird Registration will be closed
31/07/2019: Regular Registration will be closed on

15-18/09/2019: Pre-Conference Field Trip, Mykonos & Delos Islands
15-18/09/2019: Pre-Conference Field Trip, Santorini Island
19-21/09/2019: IAG’s Regional Conference, Athens
22-25/09/2019: Post-Conference Field Trip, Rhodes Island, in the memory of Paolo Pirazzoli
22-27/09/2019: 2nd IAG-EGU Intensive Course: Field Training School

IAG Regional Conference – Barnaul, Russia, July 2-4, 2015 – CONFERENCE MATERIAL TO DOWNLOAD!

The IAG Regional Conference 2015 on Gradualism vs catastrophism in landscape evolution will be held in Barnaul, Russia, July 2-4, 2015. The Conference is organized by IAG jointly with the Russian Association of Geomorphologists (RuAG) and will be hosted by the Altai State University.

Intensive course for young geomorphologists (ICYD) will be integrated into the post-conference fieldtrip in the form of discussions and seminars on the issues presented during the fieldtrip. ICYD teachers: Pavel BORODAVKO (Tomsk State University, Russia), Paul CARLING (Southampton University, Great Britain), Juergen HERGET, (Bonn University, Germany). IAG grants will be offered to Young Geomorphologists from less favoured countries of Asia and Europe who will take part in the Conference + Post-conference field trip (including Intensive Course). Call for Grants is expected in January 2015.

For more information visit the Conference website

1st Circular | 2nd Circular

link to the Extended Abstracts:

https://yadi.sk/i/Uj246vwoi7kZ6

 

link to the Field-trip Guide:

https://yadi.sk/d/LlFP-39Ai7kAq

 

link to the Russian Altai Selected Papers:

https://yadi.sk/i/fcFfc9i_i7kZn

 

link to the Conference and Field-trip photos (courtesy of Katya Matlakhova):

https://yadi.sk/d/V5iE_TYemLzmo

 

Addis Ababa 2011

The IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology for Human Adaptation to Changing Tropical Environments held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-22 February 2011. The Conference promoted exchange of studies and methods for the investigation of tropical geomorphology in connection with different effects of global environmental changes.

International Cooperation – Talk 1 | International Cooperation – Talk 2 | Field Guide for MER | Field Guide for NEH | Field Guide for AFAR | Final Report on the IAG RCG-2011 | Conference program | Abstract Volume of the IAG RCG-2011 | Report on the IAG Intensive Course

Recommendation: please remember to mention the source when you utilize the material contained in the Guidebooks.

Brasov 2008

IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology Landslides, Floods and Global Environmental Change in Mountain Regions was held in Brasov, Romania, 15-25 September 2008 . The Conference promoted exchange of studies and methods for the investigation of landslides, floods and associated geomorphic processes in connection with different effects of global environmental changes. Over 150 people from 30 countries attended and Professor Dan Balteanu and his Romanian colleagues are to be congratulated on providing a very full and successful programme of lectures, workshops, field trips and social activities.

The IAG offered 3 grants for YOUNG GEOMORPHOLOGISTS world-wide (except Romania). The IAG Selection Committee have been awarded to the following:

 

  • Rou-Fei CHEN – Taiwan
  • Marko KHOV – Estonia
  • Tri VAN – Vietnam/UK

 

 

Longyearbyen 2007

IAG Regional Conference on Geodiversity of polar landforms was held in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway, August 1-5, 2007

International Polar Year 2007/08 is a good reason to get interested in the polar regions of the Earth, to undertake research in glacial, periglacial and paraglacial areas important from a scientific, a methodological and a utilitarian point of view.

The IAG offered 2 grants for YOUNG GEOMORPHOLOGISTS for non-EU East Euorpean countries. The IAG Selection Committee have been awarded to the following:

  1. Veronika KAPRALOVA – Russia
  2. Nina LONCAR – Croatia

Conference Publication – Landform Analysis

 

Kota Kinabalu 2007

IAG Regional Conference on Environmental Change in the Tropics was held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, June 25-29, 2007

Tropical Asia Pacific is of critical importance to global environmental change. The region is undergoing rapid development, land cover transformation and urbanisation. Against this backdrop of rapid transformation, geomorphology can make contributions in many different ways.

 

Gioiania 2006

IAG Regional Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Geomorphology: processes, methods and techniques was held in Goiania, Brazil, September 6-10, 2006.

Main objective of the conference is the discussion on geomorphological studies and techniques related to humid and wet-dry tropical and subtropical environments.

Mexico City 2003

The IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphic hazards: towards the prevention of disasters was held in Mexico City from October 27th to November 2nd, 2003.

The Conference was aimed to geomorphologists and professionals in related disciplines interested in geomorphic hazards, and environmental topics related to disasters, to exchange techniques, experience, knowledge, and ideas in geomorphic hazards and related issues in an effective and friendly atmosphere.

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