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IAPG organizes seminars or sessions/symposia on geoethics in meetings, conferences, congresses, encouraging a wide participation of the scientific and professional community in the discussion on geoethical topics.

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- Events organized in 2024
- Events organized in 2022 and 2023

- Events organized in 2020 and 2021
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Events organized in 2017
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Session on geoethics at IAEG congress in 2014
Events organized in 2025 and 2026
2-6 February 2026
ÅŒtautahi Christchurch (Aotearoa New Zealand)

11th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology

 

Session "Geoethics and Geomorphology"

 

Conveners: Matthew Hughes (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand), Silvia Peppoloni (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy), Giuseppe Di Capua (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy).

 

Session description:

Geoethics consists of research and reflection on the values which underpin appropriate behaviours and practices, wherever human activities interact with the Earth system; geoethics also provides a framework for integrating the physical and social sciences and addressing societal issues including those with often-competing values over natural resources, development and landscapes. Geomorphologists work to address many of the environmental challenges of our time, challenges with significant societal implications, and geomorphological systems present abundant opportunities to explore convergences between pure and applied science, the practices of scientists, and how scientific understandings inform society. This session invites contributions that specifically address geoethical concepts and issues within geomorphology.

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Information about the abstract submission is available at: https://www.confer.co.nz/icg2026/call-for-abstracts/

 

The deadline for abstract submission is:  31 May 2025

 

Conference website:

https://www.confer.co.nz/icg2026/

 

This session is co-sponsored by:

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics

IUGS Commission on Geoethics

CIPSH Chair on Geoethics

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Geoethics in New Zealand

Call for Abstracts
27-29 November 2025
Kathmandu (Nepal)

The 15th Asian Regional Conference (ARC-15) of IAEG
"Geological Engineering for Societal and Sustainable Development"

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​The IAPG is an international supporting partner (https://arc15.nseg.org.np/national-supporting-partners/) of this event that is jointly organized by the IAEG Bangladesh National Group (IBNG) and Nepal Society of Engineering Geology (NSEG).

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Silvia Peppoloni and Giuseppe Di Capua are International Advisory Members of ARC-15.

 

We invite you to consider submitting an extended abstract for the following sub-theme, under the theme "Engineering Geology and Geological Engineering for sustainable development":
Sub-theme 1.3 Geoethics in Engineering Geological Investigation

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Read more about extended abstract submission:
https://arc15.nseg.org.np/abstract/

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The deadline for extended abstract submission is:  30 October 2025

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ARC-15 website: 

https://arc15.nseg.org.np/

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Geoethics in Nepal
23-26 September 2025
Cordoba (Argentina)

3rd Argentine Congress of Applied Geology to Engineering and the Environment

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The IAPG co-sponsors this event that celebrates 50 years from the foundation of the ASAGAI - Asociación Argentina de Geología Aplicada a la Ingeniería (Argentinian Association of Applied Geology to Engineering).​

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First circular: https://asagai.org.ar/tercer-congreso-argentino-de-geologia-aplicada-a-la-ingenieria-y-al-ambiente/

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Event co-sponsored by IAPG
27 April - 2 May 2025
Vienna (Austria) and online
Geoethics at the EGU 2025

The IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics, the Commission on Geoethics of the IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences and the Chair on Geoethics of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences welcome you at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025 in Vienna (Austria), that attracts thousand of geoscientists from all over the world every year. From 2013, the IAPG organizes and supports events on geoethics at the EGU General Assembly.

This year, the IAPG co-sponsors the following sessions: 

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  • EOS4.3: Geoethics and Global Anthropogenic Changes: Geoscience Informing Policy-Making and Decision-Making (Conveners: Silvia Peppoloni, Giuseppe Di Capua)

  • EOS2.3: Climate and ocean communication and education: Experience, ethics, prospects (Conveners: David Crookall, Giuseppe Di Capua, Svitlana Krakovska, Rachel Wellman, Pimnutcha Promduangsri)

  • SC1.7: Geoethical values, principles and behaviours: A participatory workshop (Conveners: David Crookall, Giuseppe Di Capua, Berill Blair, Pimnutcha Promduangsri)

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​Descriptions of the sessions and short course: 

https://www.geoethics.org/egu2025

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Financial support by EGU (Registration fee waivers for virtual participants; Roland Schlich Travel Support for on-site participants; EGU EDI Participation Support):

https://www.egu25.eu/guidelines/supports_and_waivers.html

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How to submit and abstract: 

https://www.egu25.eu/programme/how_to_submit.html

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16-18 September 2025
Timisoara (Romania)
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International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG)
Regional Conference on Geomorphology

IAPG is partner of this event.

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (new deadline: 23 February 2025)

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Session TS22. GEOETHICS IN GEOMORPHOLOGY

(jointly organized by IAPG – International Association for Promoting Geoethics and IAG - International Association of Geomorphologists)

Chairpersons: Elizabeth Rovere (DraElizabethRovere@gmail.com), Andrea Coronato (andrea.coronato@gmail.com)

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Session description:
Geomorphology, as a discipline focused on the study of landscape processes and formation, has a direct impact on both the environment and human societies, and this was not always addressed from an ethical perspective, leading to sustainability and social justice challenges. This session aims to bring together all those interested in exploring the intersection of geomorphology and geoethics, discussing how scientific and technical decisions in the study of geographic landscapes should be informed by ethical principles that consider both environmental and social impacts. Furthermore, the session seeks to raise awareness about the ethical responsibility in geomorphological research and its application in decision-making that affects ecosystems and communities.

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Download the call and additional information (pdf file)

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Further information on the session and the submission of abstracts on the Conference website: 

https://rcg2025.geomorphology.ro/programme/thematic-sessions/

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19 March-9 April 2025
Online
GSL course on geoethics

Course organized by the Geological Society on London titled: "Online Training: Exploring Geoethics: Ethics of Responsibility Towards the Earth System".

The course will be held virtually over four days, with each module lasting two hours, on 26 March, 2 April, 9 April, and 16 April 2025, starting at 16:00 GMT/BST and ending at approximately 18:00 GMT/BST.

This course aims to illustrate the theoretical foundations of geoethics, providing the categories, principles and values that underlie its conceptual framework.

The course will start discussing the definition of geoethics and after an excursus on the roots of geoethical thought and on the development of geoethics, the structure of geoethics will be described with references to environmental ethics. In particular, the fundamental and aspirational principles of geoethics, its relational domains, the reference values for each domain, its main characteristics will be discussed.

The course will then move on to address the application of geoethical thinking to important questions related to geosciences.

The course will be organised in modules.

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Website

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17-20 March 2025
Paris (France)
IUGS Commission on Geoethics and the IAPG at the 81th IUGS EC meeting

The IUGS Commission on Geoethics and the IAPG are represented by Silvia Peppoloni (Chair of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics and IAPG President) and Giuseppe Di Capua (IUGS Commission on Geoethics and IAPG Secretary General and Treasurer) at the 81th Executive Committee meeting of the IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences, hosted by the Geological Society of France. 

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10-12 March 2025
Online
IAPG supports the Oxford Geoheritage Virtual Conference

The Oxford Geoheritage Virtual Conference, sponsored by IAPG, will be hosted online. There is no charge to attend or submit an abstract at OxGVC.

This conference is open to all who are interested in geoheritage, including scientists, students, professionals, policy-makers, and managers. Organizers welcome contributions from all fields of geoheritage including geoconservation, management, classification, geodiversity, legislation, geoparks, geotourism, geoheritage and cultural heritage, and interpretation. Geoheritage is an inherently interdisciplinary field: organizers also encourage those from affiliated fields who have something to contribute to attend and submit an abstract.

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Website: https://www.oxgvc.co.uk/

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27 February 2025
Online
2nd Meeting of the IUGS-CG TG AI in Geosciences

The Task Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Geosciences of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics will hold its second online meeting.

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IUGS CG-TG on AI in Geosciences website:

https://www.geoethics.org/tg-cg-ai-geosciences

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13 February 2025
Online
Geoethics in the Apheleia 2025 Conference Series

Giuseppe Di Capua will deliver a talk titled "Geoethics and the polycrisis: Navigating humanity’s role in shaping a responsible future" in the Apheleia 2025 Conference Series.

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The project Apheleia hosts a bi-weekly series of on-line conferences open to its members and outside participants with an interest in novel approaches to landscape transformative cultural processes, from technology to symbols, arts or governance.
The project “Apheleia – Cultural Integrated Landscape Management” is based on a strategic partnership led by universities, with research centres, local authorities, enterprises and NGOs. It was endorsed by the International Council for the Philosphy and Human sciences (CIPSH) and the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU), also having established a collaboration with UNESCO’s programme MOST (Management of Social Transformations) from 2016.

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Apheleia website and Apheleia 2025 conference series program:

https://apheleiaproject.org/

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6-10 February 2025
Lima (Peru)
MinerLima in summer 2025

This is the summer edition 2025 of the International Minerals and Rocks Exhibition in Lima (Peru), organized by IAPG-Peru.

MinerLima is an event to disseminate the Peruvian mineralogical heritage, through an exhibition of minerals and rocks, and other related initiatives.

​The event will take place in Miraflores, Lima, Peru, at the headquarters of the Peruvian Geological Society (SGP).

 

Visit the Facebook page of MinerLima:

https://www.facebook.com/feriainternacionalmineraleslima/

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23 January 2025
Online
Meeting of the IUGS-CG TG AI in Geosciences

The Task Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Geosciences of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics held its first online meeting.

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IUGS CG-TG on AI in Geosciences website:

https://www.geoethics.org/tg-cg-ai-geosciences

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