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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 2018 and 2019
- Events organized in 2017

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Events

Events organized in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
25-31 August 2024
Busan (Republic of Korea)
Geoethics at the IGC 2024

International Geological Congress 2024

Thanks to Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General and Chair of the IUGS - Commission on Geoethics) and the availability of 37th IGC organizers, geoethics is now included among the themes of the congress for the first time in the history of IGC:

Theme T39 "Geoethics and Societal Relevance of Geosciences":

http://www.igc2024korea.org/2024/english/02_program/03_program.asp

IAPG has already submitted a session in the theme T39 and is planning to organize several sessions on different topics of interest for geoethics. If you want to help in organizing a session in the theme T39, kindly contact Giuseppe Di Capua (giuseppe.dicapua@ingv.it) as soon as possible.

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26 November - 1 December 2023
Santiago (Chile)
Geoethics at the XVI CGCh

THE CALL FOR ABSTRACT IS OPEN (deadline: 31 May 2023)

 

XVI Chilean Geological Congress "New challenges for an evolving territory”

Thematic Area 6 (AT6): Geosciences and Society

Session AT6-6 Geoethics: Experiences and case studies in Chile

Conveners: Luisa Pinto Lincoñir, Hernán Bobadilla Rodríguez

Description:

The role of geoethics is to investigate and reflect upon the values ​​and principles that support appropriate human interactions with the earth system. Geoethics is multidisciplinary and its field of analysis and action is defined by the need to identify common values ​​based on geoscientific knowledge, which is essential to recognize our role in the sustainability of the human-Earth system. There are 4 domains of interaction: individual, interpersonal, social and environmental. These domains involve different degrees of responsibility and a series of values ​​for the achievement of ethical actions to achieve the ideals of justice, consciousness, and respect for the Earth (https:/ /www.geoethics.org). 

This session welcomes contributions that highlight geoethical issues in terms of values ​​and principles in: (1) Dilemmas within the individual and/or interpersonal spheres of scientific and professional work; (2) Successful or unsuccessful cases, projects, studies, and activities with social or environmental impact in Chile (e.g., education, outreach, geoheritage, and geological risk management). Contributions accepted for this session will have the possibility of being included in the edition of a book on geoethics cases in Chile. This session is sponsored by the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG).

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General and Chair of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics) and Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer and Treasurer of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics) gives plenary lectures in the theme AT6 Geosciences and Society

XVI CGCh websitehttps://congresogeologicochileno.cl/

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14-17 November 2023
Florence (Italy)
Geoethics at the 6th WLF

THE CALL FOR ABSTRACT IS OPEN (deadline: 28 February 2023)​

6th World Landslide Forum "Landslide Science for Sustainable Development"

Theme 1 - Session 1.5

Ethical, social and cultural aspects/implications in landslide risk management

Conveners: Peter T. Bobrowsky, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Giuseppe Di Capua, Claudio Margottini, Silvia Peppoloni

Session description:

The science and practice of landslide research primarily aims to better understand the nature, distribution, and behavior of all types of landslides under a broad range of conditions and across the widest spectra of environments. Landslide research further aims to use this understanding to ensure that the health and well-being of individuals, communities, societies and the related socio-cultural structure, such as critical infrastructure, is secure through disaster risk management, including education, preparedness and best practices deployed in a timely and professional manner. By definition, landslide related studies are often subject to many factors that can negatively influence the impartiality, transparency, inclusivity, and standards of conduct of individuals. Today more than ever before, landslide researchers need to critically evaluate all stages of their work from site selection, project goals, participation, output dissemination, quality control, data sharing, authorship, accountability, and other issues based on a foundation of ethical values and practice. This session provides an opportunity to present and discuss a suite of topics, case studies and strategies that are germane to ethical landslide research. We encourage practitioners to submit contributions related to landslide ethics as examples include conflicts of interest, gender/ageism biases, questionable peer reviewing, breaches of standards, work safety avoidance, developed country favoritism, information hoarding, rumor impacts, social media abuse, limiting education, and respecting privacy are but a few examples of the many ethical issues that can impede the positive growth and progress in landslide studies.

This session is sponsored by the International Association for Promoting Geoethics – IAPG.

- Abstract submission: https://wlf6.org/submission/

- Download the Abstract Guidelines (pdf file)

- WLF6 website: https://wlf6.org/forum-themes/

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24-28 October 2023
Safi (Morocco
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Geoethics in Morocco

10th International Conference of the African Association of Women in Geosciences

1st International Congress on Geodiversity, Geoheritage, Geotourism, Geoeducation, Geoparks & Sustainable Development Goals (5G & SDGs)

Title of the event “Geoheritage, a new geotouristic niche to explore for an inclusive sustainable development”

Theme 1 - Geoheritage, Geoconservation, Museology & Geoethics.

Ezzoura Errami (IAPG Continental Coordinator for Africa) is conference chair; Peter T. Bobrowsky (IAPG Vice President), Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General), Margaret Brocx (IAPG Continental Coordinator for Oceania), Ezzoura Errami (IAPG Continental Coordinator for Africa), Mamoon Allan (IAPG-Jordan Coordinator), Antoneta Seghedi (IAPG-Romania Co-coordinator), José Brilha (IAPG Task Group on Geoethics and Geoheritage) are members of the Scientific Committee of this event. 

- Download the first circular (pdf file)

- Website

16-20 October 2023
Tarija (Bolivia)
Geoethics at the XXV Bolivian Geological Congress 2023

IAPG-Bolivia (Coordinator: Wilfredo Ramos Collorana, Presidente del Colegio de Geólogos de Bolivia) organizes a meeting of the IAPG at the XXV Congreso Geológico Boliviano (Bolivian Geological Congress).

This congress is co-sponsored by the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics.

First Circular (pdf file)

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17 October 2023
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)
IAPG endorses a Pardee Keynote Symposium at GSA Connects 2023

International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) endorses a Pardee Keynote Symposium at the Connects 2023 of the Geological Society of America:

 

P3. Addressing Society’s Urgent Need for Critical Minerals; From Policy to Practice
Tue., 17 Oct., 8 a.m.–12 p.m.

Organizers: Lily Jackson; Erin Phillips; Franciszek Hasiuk; Danielle N. Woodring; and James Heller

Endorsers: GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) Center for Critical Minerals Strategy; International Association for Promoting Geoethics

Description:
This symposium will highlight the multidimensional topics facing society pertaining to critical minerals. Expert speakers will address current circumstances surrounding critical minerals and policy, geopolitics and national security, roadblocks to new mining ventures, permitting processes and NEPA, and social and environmental justice. Audience members will be engaged throughout the session via interactive polling. Following talks from invited speakers, join us for a moderated panel discussion in this interactive symposium.

Connect 2023 website

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19-21 September 2023
Potenza (Italy)
Geoethics at the SIMP, SGI, SOGEI, AIV Joint Congress

THE CALL FOR ABSTRACT OPENS ON 1 MARCH 2023

(deadline: 6 May 2023 - 19:00 CET)​

Joint congress of the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (SIMP), the Italian Geological Society (SGI), the Italian Society of Geochemistry (SOGEI) and the Italian Association of Volcanology (AIV), entitled "The Geoscience paradigm: Resources, Risks and future perspectives".

Theme: Outreach and education

Session P51 "Exploring geoscience communication"

Conveners: Ortensia Amoroso, Rosa Coluzzi, Valeria Giampaolo, Vito Imbrenda, Silvia Peppoloni

Session description:

Against a backdrop of growing geo-environmental concerns, a crucial question for geoscientists is how best to communicate these issues to the wider public and, as a result, more effectively communicate their technical expertise to non-technical audiences. Furthermore, European and national funding programs encourage scientists to engage the public ever more imaginatively in their work, address their collective concerns, and even have them participate in the scientific process themselves. Nowadays, geoscientists are expected to communicate with a variety of audiences in ways that are appropriate for each group, including science users and decision makers, the larger scientific community, public organizations, and individual people.
The main goal of this session is to involve geoscientists to present, discuss and share best practices in effective geoscience communication. Traditional (storytelling, language, and visualisation), emergent digital communication strategies (citizens science, social network, apps, etc.), and unconventional ones (poetry, music, art, etc.) will be considered for education, policy, public awareness, and engagement. Great attention will be devoted to the activities carried out by younger geoscientists. Contributions will be evaluated for a special issue of the Journal of Geoethics and Social Geosciences.

 

This session in the congress website: https://www.geoscienze.org/N163/p51-exploring-geoscience-communication.html

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3-8 September 2023
Berlin (Germany)
Geoethics at GeoBerlin 2023

THE CALL FOR ABSTRACT IS OPEN (deadline: 22 May 2023)​

Geosciences Beyond Boundaries - Research, Society, Future

150th PGLA (BGR) Anniversary and 175th DGGV Anniversary

Session 4.12) "Geoethics – fostering ethical perspectives in the Geosciences" 

Conveners: Dominic Hildebrandt, Martin Bohle, Bárbara Zambelli

Session supported by the IAPG

Keynote speaker: Dr. Angélica de Freitas, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
“Geoethics and Transgenerational Climate Crimes - holding States and corporations accountable”

 

Session description: The potential for the Geosciences to make meaningful contributions to great societal issues is immense. Yet, this also implies huge internal challenges for the Geoscience community itself. Geoethics helps to guide these efforts as a conceptual framework dealing with ethical aspects of Geoscience activities. As an expression of critical thinking and taking responsibility Geoethics is fundamental to all kinds of Geoscience subdisciplines, although it may rise different implications depending on the specific context. Often these are intimately linked to peculiarities of our discipline, e.g. its historically male-dominated character, the image of geoscientists in the public as well as a strong focus on field work. These factors may become a barrier for geoscientists' ability to answer societally relevant problems. Therefore, with this session we aim to provide a dynamic environment for discussions and works featuring a critical analysis of 1) geoscience history and its implications, 2) intra-scientific issues such as inequalities and discriminations of all kinds, 3) working methods and their implications for the environment, research objects and local communities, 4) geosciences at the interface with society, politics and other stakeholders as well as 5) geo-communication and geo-education.

This session in the GeoBerlin 2023 website:

https://geoberlin2023.de/assets/sessions_geoberlin_2023-04-18_neu.pdf

GeoBerlin 2023 website:

https://www.geoberlin2023.de/

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27-30 June 2023
Perth (Australia)
Geoethics at the AESC 2023

Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC) 2023

Session 

Geoethics to responsibly manage local and global challenges of our times

Conveners: Silvia Peppoloni, Peter T. Bobrowsky, John Ludden, Sandra Villacorta Chambi

Session co-organized by: IAPG and IUGS.

Session description: Geoscience knowledge and expertise are essential to address a wide range of the most pressing social-environmental concerns, inform decision-making, and guide education at all levels. All branches of geosciences have cultural, social and ethical implications. Hence, geoscientists face ethical issues in their professional and civic roles. Geoscientists are becoming increasingly aware of their ethical responsibilities to serve society and foster public trust in geosciences. Geoethics aims to provide a common framework to responsibly manage questions such as geo-resources, geological risks, pollution, geoheritage, as well as geoscience-society-policy interaction and relationships with Indigenous communities. This session aims to nourish the discussion on appropriate behaviours and practices, also through case-studies, wherever human activities interact with the Earth system.

This session is included in the theme: Critical role of geoscience in Australia's future.

AESC 2023 website: https://aesc2023.com.au/​

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26 May 2023
Fornazzo-Milo (Italy)
17:00-20:00 CEST
Conference on Geoethics in Sicily (Italy)

Festa delle Biodiversità dell'Etna (Etna Biodiversity Festival)

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General and Chair of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics) delivers an invited talk (in Italian) entitled "Geoethics: rewriting the relationship that binds us to the Earth" at the Conference "Geoethics: Reflections on the Etna area and the human being-environment relationship".

The conference is included in the programme of the Etna Biodiversity Festival that is held in Fornazzo, Milo, Sicily (Italy).

 

International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) is among the sponsoring organizations of the conference.

Download the programme of the conference and the festival (pdf file)

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2 May 2023
Meeting of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics

The Commission on Geoethics of the International Union of Geological Sciences takes its 1st meeting (virtual mode).

 

Website

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25-27 April 2023
Vienna (Austria) and online
Geoethics at the EGU 2023

Session EOS4.1 

Geoethics: Geoscience Implications for Professional Communities, Society, and Environment

Conveners: Silvia Peppoloni, Antti-Ilari Partanen, Louise Mimeau, Giuseppe Di Capua

Orals | Thu, 27 Apr, 08:30–12:30 (CEST), 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room 0.14

Posters on site | Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X2

Posters virtual | Attendance Thu, 27 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) vHall EOS

Session co-organized by BG8/CL3/ERE1/GM13/NH9/OS5 and co-sponsored by IAPG

Programme EOS4.1
 

Session EOS2.3: Climate and ocean education: Geoethics, emergency, fossil fuels, war and more

Conveners: David Crookall, Giuseppe Di Capua, Svitlana Krakovska, Bärbel Winkler, Dean Page

Orals | Wed, 26 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST) Room 0.15

Posters on site | Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X2

Posters virtual | Attendance Wed, 26 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) vHall EOS

Session co-organized by CL3/OS5 and co-sponsored by IAPG and Future Earth

Programme EOS2.3

Town Hall Meeting TM14: Climate change communication: What policy, education, research, geoethics and action are realistic?

Conveners: David Crookall and Bärbel Winkler

Tue, 25 Apr, 19:00–20:00 (CEST) Room 1.14

Session co-organized by CL3/OS5 and co-sponsored by IAPG and Future Earth

Programme TM14

Details about these sessions and town hall meeting: 

https://www.geoethics.org/egu2023

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19 April 2023
Online, 11:30 am (WEST)
Talk on Geoethics in Portugal

Giuseppe Di Capua (Treasurer of the IAPG and Commission on Geoethics of the IUGS) takes a seminar entitled "The need of geoethics for society" at the event "Café com Ciência" (Coffee with Science, Seminar Series). This seminar is organized by the Centro de Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) of the Universidade do Porto (UP) in collaboration with the Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental (CMIA) of Matosinhos and CMIA of Vila do Conde

 

Website

Link to Zoom (free access)

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12 April 2023
Online, 9:00 pm (GMT-5)
MinerLima 2023
First Coordination Meeting

First coordination meeting for MinerLima 2023. This is the 9th edition of the International Minerals and Rocks Exhibition in Lima (Peru), organized by IAPG-Peru.

For information: iapg.minerlima@gmail.com

Website of MinerLima: https://minerlima.wixsite.com/minerlima

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11-15 April 2023
Ankara (Turkey)
Geoethics at the 75th GCT

THE CALL FOR ABSTRACT IS OPEN (deadline: 31 January 2023)​

Session “Sustainable use of georesources (including mines, water and energy resources) and geoethics” at the 75th Geological Congress of Turkey, organized by the Union of Chambers of Turkish Architects and Engineers Chamber of Geological Engineers (TMMOB-JMO).

Conveners: Yüksel Örgün Tutay (IAPG-Turkey Co-coordinator), Dündar Çağlan (IAPG-Turkey Co-coordinator), M.Cemal Göncüoğlu. 

Session description (pdf file):

https://www.jmo.org.tr/resimler/ekler/da6dc071ad64a76_ek.pdf

Congress website: 

http://tjk.jmo.org.tr/index.php?kod=150&lg=en

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31 March-1 April 2023
Ottawa (Canada)
IAPG at the
CFES Annual General Meeting
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IAPG is represented by Paul Hubley (IAPG-Canada Coordinator) at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES).

The IAPG is an Observer Organization of the CFES from 2018. IAPG-Canada represents IAPG in the CFES Council Meetings.

23 March 2023
Pisa (Italy), 14:00-16:00 CET
Seminar on geoethics in Italy

Silvia Peppoloni (Researcher at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy; IAPG Secretary General; Chair of the IUGS Commission on Geoethics) gives a seminar (in Italian), entitled "Geoethics and Anthropogenic Global Impacts: Resources, Riskes, and Responsibility", in the seminar cycle "Sustainability, climate change and water resources" organized by the Department of Earth Sciences - University of Pisa, the Master's Degree Course in Environmental Sciences and the Interdepartmental Research Center for the Study of the Effects of Climate Change (CIRSEC), with the patronage of the Italian Association of Environmental Sciences and the Order of Geologists of Tuscany.

Website

Link Teams

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8 March 2023
Online
3rd Conference of Peruvian Women in Geosciences

IAPG-Peru organizes the 3rd Conference of Peruvian Women in Geosciences to celebrate the International Women's Day 2023.

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General and Chair of the IUGS - Commission on Geoethics) gives an invited introductive talk (see the video: https://youtu.be/Udjn7eJy7kI).

Download the poster (pdf file)

Video recording of the event (in Spanish)

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14-15 February 2023
Belfast (UK)
IAPG at the 78th IUGS EC meeting

IAPG is represented by Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) and Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer) at the 78th Executive Committee meeting of the IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences.

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10 February 2023
Turin (Italy), 10:00 CET
International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (Aula Vallauri)

Invited talk (in Italian) by Silvia Peppoloni (INGV, Italy and IAPG Secretary General), entitled "Consapevolezza, emancipazione e responsabilità delle scienziate della Terra" (Awareness, empowerment and responsibility of women scientists in Earth Sciences) at the event "The Space of Science: paths and gender roles in research" organized at the University of Turin, Department of Earth Sciences, to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

This event is supported by the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics and can be also attended online (download the leaflet to get the link).

- Download the leaflet (pdf file)

- Webex link:

https://unito.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/unito/meeting/download/93cb66bbe7c9417886a87cb428b02a2a?siteurl=unito&MTID=m2a853f7da0e9c23ea8aacbabc408b12f

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19 January 2023
IAPG-Peru General Assembly

Online event

 

IAPG-Peru organizes its first general assembly to discuss the plan of activity 2023, to inform about activities of task groups and the students group and to report about MinerLima 2022.

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17 January 2023
Meeting IAPG-CIPSH

Online event

 

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) and Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer) have a meeting with Luiz Oosterbeek (President of the CIPSH - International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences) to discuss about future joint initiatives for developing and promoting geoethics.

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16 December 2022
19:00 (GMT-5)
Women in Geosciences in Peru

Online event

 

IAPG-Peru co-organizes the 3rd Meeting of Peruvian Women in Geosciences (in Spanish: "3er Conversatorio de Mujeres Peruanas en Geociencias"). In this meeting IAPG-Peru discusses about details of the event to be organized in 2023.

 

Zoom link

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1 December 2022
13:30 (GMT+4:30)
Webinar co-organized by IAPG-Afghanistan

Online event

 

IAPG-Afghanistan co-organizes the Webinar “Making Groundwater Visible in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions” to celebrate the Groundwater Summit 2022 with the Afghanistan Groundwater Group (AGG), the Portuguese Chapter of the IAH (AIH-GP).

Mohammad Salem Hussaini and Asadullah Farahmand (IAPG-Afghanistan Co-coordinators) are among the moderators of the event. Manuel Abrunhosa (IAPG Board of Experts) is one of the speaker.

For attending this webinar, please register before the end of November by using the following link: http://bit.ly/3USHABv
 

- Poster (pdf file)

- Announcement with details (pdf file)

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23-27 November 2023
Lima (Peru)
MinerLima 2022

This is the 8th edition 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, short courses, conferences and workshops (for children and the general public), geological excursions and even more. The most important goal of this event is to educate the Peruvian citizens on geoscience as well as to create links between the geoscience community and society.
MinerLima is organized by IAPG-Peru at the Parque Alfredo Salazar, Miraflores, Lima. Everybody is invited to be part of this event. The entrance is free.
After the official inauguration of MinerLima 2022 on 10 June 2022, conferences on geoethics, deontology in geosciences, geology, crystallography, petrology, litho-geochemistry, paleontology have been held by experts, among them the event "The new Socio-environmental Challenges in Las Bambas Mining" ("Los nuevos Retos Socio-ambientales en la Minera Las Bambas", in Spanish) held on 30 September 2022 at Museo de Minerales Andrés del Castillo in Lima. 
In addition, with the support of the IAPG-Peru student chapters, workshops and competitions for school children on the Universe, volcanoes, earthquakes, mass movements, minerals and the identification of rocks have been organized. The have already been studied, soon the theme will include. Students were also involved in choosing the mascot of MinerLima 2022 through a public contest.
Among the other activities planned there is a field trip that will be announced on the official Facebook page of the “Feria Internacional de Minerales de Lima”: https://www.facebook.com/feriainternacionalmineraleslima.

Details about the program are available on the MinerLima website:

https://minerlima.wixsite.com/minerlima

MinerLima 2022 and IAPG-Peru wait you in Lima!

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9 November 2022
10:00-17:30 (CET)
IAPG at the DDE Open Science Forum

Paris (France)

 

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) represents the IAPG at the Deep-Time Digital Earth (DDE) Open Science Forum, that is held in Paris (France) at the UNESCO Headquarters.

Silvia is panelist of the Technical Session 4 "Geo-literacy: raising public awareness and societal relevance of geosciences".   

- Download the agenda (pdf file)

- DDE website

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8 November 2022
20:00 (EET)
Event organized by IAPG-Greece

IAPG-Greece and SafeGreece organize an online event on the topic "Public communication of seismic hazard issues and geoethical dilemmas”.

Gerasimos A. Papadopoulos, scientific associate of UNESCO, President of SafeGreece and IAPG-Greece Co-coordinator delivers a keynote speech. The President of the Hellenic Geological Society, Dr. Athanasios Ganas, Director of Research at the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, and the President of the Anti-Seismic Planning and Protection Organization, Dr. Efthymis Lekkas, Professor of the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, NKUA, give a foreword. The event is coordinated by Maria Triantaphyllou, Professor of the Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, NKUA, and IAPG-Greece Co-coordinator. During this event a short video on "Geoethics and geological risks" (by Silvia Peppoloni, IAPG Secretary General) is projected.

Download the leaflet, in Greek (pdf file)

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13-14 October 2022
Celebration in India of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Online workshop entitled "Nurturing Geodiversity: A Road to Sustainable Development", organized by the Geological Survey of India to celebrate the 1st International Day of Geodiversity and the 6th International Geoethics Day. This is a run up event to the yearlong celebration (up to August 2023) of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav commemorating 75 years of Indian Independence. 

Venue: Conference Hall, Geological Survey of India, CHQ, 15 Kyd Street, Kol-16/ online.

- Programme (pdf file)

- Webex link Day 2 (14 October, 10:30-18:00 IST)

Final Report by Geological Survey of India (pdf file)

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13 October 2022
Geoethics at an IUGS Earth Sciences Festival event

Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer) gives a talk at the event "Geoscience Solutions for Net Zero", organized by the IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences for its Earth Sciences Festival. Giuseppe's talk is entitled "Geoethics of advocacy in addressing society’s greatest challenges".

From 12:00 to 2:20 PM (BST): 11 x short talks by leading science, policy and energy experts.

From 2:20 PM to 3:20 PM (BST): panel discussions closed and open.

Programme and registration:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/geoscience-solutions-and-advocacy-for-net-zero-tickets-424109361517?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&keep_tld=1

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13 October 2022
International Geoethics Day 2022

6th edition of this event that is celebrated worldwide, during the Earth Science Week and the month of the Global Ethics Day.

Theme of the event: promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Hashtag: #geoethicsday2022

 

Read more about the International Geoethics Day

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13 October 2022
Celebration in Italy of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Webinar entitled "Geoethics without borders: Transdisciplinary visions for sustainability", organized by the Department of Earth Sciences at the Turin University and IAPG-Italy/Section of Geoethics and Geological Culture of the Italian Geological Society.

16:00-19:00 CEST

- Programme (pdf file)

- Webex link

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13 October 2022
Celebration in Peru of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Webinar in Peru to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2022, organized by IAPG-Peru. 3 speakers give talks about geoethics to axchieve the sustainable development goals, the importance to have geologists working in each municipality, and geoethics and social management with reference to native communities. This event is in Spanish.

16:00-19:00 (PET)

- Zoom link

- Poster (pdf file)

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13 October 2022
Celebration in Morocco of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Event onsite organized at the Polydisciplinary Faculty, Cadi Ayyad University, Safi, Morocco to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2022.

Poster in Arabic (pdf file)

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13 October 2022
Celebration in India of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Webinar entitled "Advocating Geoethics for SFDRR, SDGs, and CCA", organized by the National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, in collaboration with the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics and Adamas University (West Bengal, India), to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2022. 

Hour: 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm (IST); 08:30 am - 10:30 am (GMT) 

- Free registration

- Poster (pdf file)

- YouTube public link

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13 October 2022
Celebration in Bangladesh of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Onsite event organized by IAPG-Bangladesh to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2022.

Discussion Theme: promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Venue: Shaheed Mokleshur Rahman Auditorium, Geological Survey of Bangladesh.

Hour: 14:00 (BST)

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13 October 2022
Celebration in New Zealand of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Webinar entitled "International Geoethics Day Seminar", organized by the Geoscience Society of New Zealand. This event explores topics relating to ethics in the geosciences in honour of International Geoethics Day on October 13th. In a panel of three speakers each gives a short 20 min talk, followed by time for questions and discussion.

Free registration

 

Programme

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10-11 October 2022
Celebration in India of the International Geoethics Day 2022

Special Twin Event to celebrate the 1st International Geodiversity Day and the 6th International Geoethics Day, entitled "Geoheritage Conservation and Geoethics", at the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India.

- Day 1 (10 Oct.): 9:15 am IST | 8 hours 45 minutes

- Day 2 (11 Oct.): 10:30 am to 1:40 pm IST

- Programme (pdf file)

- YouTube public link Day 1

- YouTube public link Day 2

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21 September 2022
10:00-12:00 (GMT-4)
Geoethics seminar in Chile

IAPG-Chile/Geoethics Group of SGCh organizes the fourth seminar of the series "Towards the construction of Chilean Geoethics Code".

This event is in Spanish and is held online by using the software Zoom.

This seminar is entitled "From the contribution to the training of new generations of scientists and professionals in geosciences".

Speakers (among brackets, the titles of talks):

- Sandra Villacorta (The importance of geoethics in the geological engineering career)

- Reynaldo Charrier (Ethics and deontology in the training of geoscientists)

- Download the poster (pdf file, text in Spanish)

- Registration

- Zoom link

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13 September 2022
3:45-5:00 pm CEST
Geoethics at the GeoMinKöln 2022

Cologne (Germany)

Session 10.2 "Geoethics – fostering ethical perspectives in Geosciences"

Conveners: Dominic Hildebrandt (IAPG-Germany co-coordinator), Simon Schneider (IAPG-Germany co-coordinator), Martin Bohle (IAPG Board of Experts)

Session description: Geoethics is a dynamically evolving concept framing various kinds of ethical aspects of Geoscience activities. As an expression of critical thinking and taking responsibility, Geoethics is fundamental to all kinds of Geoscience subdisciplines, however raising different types of questions and problems depending on the specific context. Many of these are intimately linked to specialties of our discipline, e.g. its historically male-dominated character as well as a strong focus on field work. With this session we aim to provide a platform for current works featuring critical analysis of 1) geoscience history and its implications, 2) intra-scientific issues such as gender inequalities or racism, 3) working methods and their implications for the environment, research objects and local communities, 4) geoscientists' work at the interface to society, politics and other stakeholders including geocommunication and geoeducation. We encourage you to submit your work to our session even if your specific topic is not covered above, but has a geoethical dimension.

 

Programme (4 presentations)

Website

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31 August - 2 September 2022
Course on Geoethics in Peru

IAPG-Peru organizes an online course on geoethics for MinerLima 2022. The course is entitled "The exercise of geoethics and deontology in geosciences".

This event is in Spanish and is supported by CERSEU FIGMMG UNMSM - Student Chapter IAPG UNMSM - GEIPEE UNMSM.

 

Download the programme (pdf file, text in Spanish)

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24 August 2022
10:00-12:00 (GMT-4)
Geoethics seminar in Chile

IAPG-Chile/Geoethics Group of SGCh organizes the third seminar of the series "Towards the construction of Chilean Geoethics Code".

This event is in Spanish and is held online by using the software Zoom.

This seminar is entitled "The relationship of geosciences with society".

Speakers (among brackets, the titles of talks):

- Felipe Orellana (Geology and Transdisciplinarity: Governance Strategies at the community level in the Anthropocene Epoch)

- Vladimir Vicencio (The case of the Municipality of Petorca and the Office of Water Affairs)

- Paula Ramos (Geology, the Science that Studies the Patta'hoiri - Mother Earth)

- Download the poster (pdf file, text in Spanish)

- Registration

- Zoom link

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15 August 2022
14:00-15:30 GMT-4
Geoethics at the AGU Chapman Conference

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Headquarter

Washington D.C., USA

Room 325 (inperson event)

Title: Geoethics and Diversity Reading Seminar

Chair: Rachel E. Bernard

Description: In this reading session, participants will be discussing a review article on the field of geoethics: “The intersection of geoethics and diversity in the geosciences,” by Mogk, in Geoethics: Status and Future Perspectives (eds. Di Capua et al.), The Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 2020. Participants will be expected to have read (some or all of) this article prior to the conference, so that they may engage fully in the discussion.

Website

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28 July 2022
10:00-12:00 (GMT-4)
Geoethics seminar in Chile

IAPG-Chile/Geoethics Group of SGCh organizes the second seminar of the series "Towards the construction of Chilean Geoethics Code".

This event is in Spanish and is held online by using the software Zoom.

This seminar is entitled "On geoscience and its relationship with nature and culture".

Speakers (among brackets, the titles of talks):

- Sebastián Ureta (Worlds of gray and green: Rethinking mineral extraction as an ecological practice)

- Verónica Oliveros (Community-scale geology)

- Download the poster (pdf file, text in Spanish)

- Registration

- Zoom link

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15 July 2022
Invited speech on geoethics

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) delivers an online invited speech, entitled "Geoethics and Oceans: Challenges and Opportunities" at the 6th International Summer University (Webinar) on "Oceans, People and Cooperation for Sustainable Development" of the UNESCO Chair on Geoparks, Sustainable Developments and Healthy Lifestyles at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal.
 

Program

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30 June 2022
General Assembly of the IAPG-Peru

This event is held online and chaired by Pedro Isique (IAPG-Peru Coordinator).

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20 June 2022
Keynote speech on geoethics at the CGEO 2022 in Portugal

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) delivers an online keynote speech, entitled "Geosciences to achieve UN SDGs: The need for geoethics" at the CGEO 2022 Conference.
This event is organized by the Centro de Geociências of the Coimbra University (Portugal) at the Centro Cultural “Elvino Pereira”, Mação (20 June 2022).

 

- Website

- Video recording

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10 June 2022
6:30 pm GMT-5
Launch of MinerLima 2022 by IAPG-Peru