New dates for the
Geoscience & Society Summit
Geoscience & Society Summit
Location and dates of the Geoscience & Society Summit changed. This event will take place in Stockholm (Sweden), from 18 to 21 March 2019.
IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics co-sponsors the Summit, that aims to create a highly interactive forum for effective cooperation between scientists and users of scientific information to tackle global and local challenges around sustainability of natural resources and systems, global health, and resilience.
Participants will represent diverse global communities and sectors, including:
IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics co-sponsors the Summit, that aims to create a highly interactive forum for effective cooperation between scientists and users of scientific information to tackle global and local challenges around sustainability of natural resources and systems, global health, and resilience.
Participants will represent diverse global communities and sectors, including:
- Research institutions
- Students, scientists, and administrators from academia
- Non-profit and philanthropic organizations
- Government agencies and policymakers
- For-profit corporations and industries
- Religious institutions and indigenous communities
- Energy and Minerals Sustainability
- Climate Change and Ocean- and Habitat-Health
- Water and Agricultural Production Sustainability
- Environmental Hazards, Human Health, and Social Justice
- Define: Assess the major societal challenges and the role geoscience can play to inform solutions
- Discuss: Facilitate a dialogue between the science and user community to advance the foundational capability to tackle societal challenges by leveraging geoscience
- Action: Develop models or processes to improve interdisciplinary engagement and science diplomacy
Information on the call for abstracts as well as submission guidelines will be provided in August 2018.
Registration will open in fall 2018.
Ten internationally recognized geoscience organizations sponsor the conference: American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Geology in the Public Interest, Department of Geology and Environmental Science at Wheaton College, American Geosciences Institute, Stockholm University - Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Geological Society of London, Geoscientists Without Borders, Geology for Global Development, International Association for Promoting Geoethics.
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