Meeting

CBE7 - Postponement due to Coronavirus

Dear Lovers of Chemosynthesis-Related Science,

The CBE7 Local Organizing Committee regrets to inform you that CBE7 has been postponed in light of the global Coronavirus situation. The Committee has considered the local São Paulo and Brazilian health advice, as well as the global response to the pandemic. Our team is working hard on rescheduling plans and is available to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Please see our letter below.

Let`s stay safe, healthy and virtually united in these challenging times!

International workshop DriMMLOC at Tongji University in Shanghai (China)

Dear colleagues,
this message is to inform you that given the uncertain situation in China the DriMMLOC conference initially programmed for 7-9 May 2020, at Tongji University (Shanghai) will be postponed to the next fall 2020.
We are discussing the new dates and the possible relocation of the meeting.
Further information will be sent in the next few weeks.
The organizing Committee: Alessio Sanfilippo, Henry J.B. Dick, Huaiyang Zhou, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi, Marguerite Godard, and Chuan-Zhou Liu.

7th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems

Registration for the 7th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE7) is now open. CBE is the premier meeting of researchers, specialists, explorers, managers, policy makers and students to exchange ideas and share knowledge about advances in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems. Take advantage of the best early registration rates until May 31, 2020. You can also submit your abstract(s) by April 20, 2020.

2020 Call for SCOR Working Group Proposals

The 2020 SCOR Annual Meeting will take place in Guayaquil, Ecuador on the week of the 19-23 of October 2020. Details about the meeting will be posted on the meeting website as they become available.

ECORD Summer School 2020: Downhole Logging for IODP Science

Returning to the University of Leicester for the fifth year, the ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for IODP Science focuses on downhole-logging within the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and the applications of downhole measurements in various geoscientific fields, including paleoclimatology, sedimentology, and broader geological and ecological processes.

IODP – preliminary proposal workshop

Workshop to develop an IODP preliminary proposal to investigate the early evolution of back-arc basins by drilling in the Havre Trough, 10-11 March 2020

Sessions of interest for the InterRidge community at EGU 2020

The following sessions of interest for the InterRidge community will be organized at the EGU (European Geosciences Union) 2020 General Assembly in Vienna on 3-8 May 2020. Plese submit your abstracts before the 15 January 2020 at 13:00 CET.

Session TS8.1

Oceanic and continental transform faults: towards a multi-disciplinary approach

InterRidge Theoretical Institute 2019 ‘Hydrothermalism in 4D'

InterRidge Theoretical Institute 2019 'Hydrothermalism in 4D: current challenges and emerging issues'

Dates: 18-21/11/2019 Location: Banyuls-sur-mer, France

Final version of the meeting agenda and poster abstracts.

Final report from the InterRidge Workshop on Seamounts and Islands Associated With Mid-Ocean Ridges

Final Report from the Workshop of The InterRidge Working Group on Seamounts and Islands Associated With Mid-Ocean Ridges (19-21 September 2019)

Download the full text here

Short report from the 1st workshop of the the Working Group on Seafloor Massive Sulfides Resource along MOR

From September 19th to 22nd, 2019, the 1st international workshop organized by the InterRidge Working Group on SMS resource along MOR was held at Hangzhou, China with a great success. More than 150 SMS related scientists and students from worldwide participated in this workshop and had in-depth discussion with focus on the theme of "hydrothermal ore-forming processes". During the three days, the participants exchanged ideas in various ways – primary/early career presentations, posters, plenary/break-out brainstorm and so on.

Short report from the workshop of the the Working Group on Seamounts and Islands associated with MOR

Between 19 and 21 September 2019 the Interridge Working Group on Seamounts and Islands associated with Mid-Ocean Ridges held its inaugural workshop in the Instituto Hidrográfico in Lisbon (Portugal). During the three days of the workshop the international participants discussed the main scientific and logistic challenges related to research of seamounts and islands.

International Workshop “Towards a standardised approach to Regional Environmental Management Plans in the Area”

Please find attached the official announcement and the provisional agenda for the international workshop “Towards a standardised approach to Regional Environmental Management Plans in the Area”. The workshop will be held on 11-13 November and will be hosted by Germany in cooperation with the Netherlands and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Details about the IR workshop on "Hydrothermal Ore-forming Processes" in Hangzou (China)

The 1st international workshop organized by the InterRidge Working Group on Seafloor Massive Sulfides Resource along MOR is going to be held at Braim Canal Hotel between 19 and 22 September, 2019, in Hangzhou, China. The theme is “Hydrothermal ore-forming processes and the fate of SMS deposits along slow and ultraslow spreading MOR”.

5th International Serpentine Days Workshop in Sestri Levante (Genova, Italy)

The Fifth International Serpentine Days Workshop will be held in Sestri Levante (Genova, Italy) on September 21-24 2020.

International School on Mantle Dynamics – MEREMA 2nd Edition

The National Association of Petrologists (GNP), the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (SIMP) and the European Mineralogical Union (EMU), announce:

International School on Mantle Dynamics – MEREMA 2nd Edition