A two day conference on the Geoscience Sector will take place in November 2010.  It will provide an in-depth overview of how the sector is flourishing even in these recessionary times.  It will also undoubtedly be greatly welcomed by all those individuals and organisations that provided much important input into a process of evaluation of the sector that has been undertaken during the last two years.



DRAFT Outline Agenda

Geoscience 2010 Conference 3-4 November 2010
Dublin Castle, Ireland

Day 1: 3 November 2010
Theme: INFOMAR & Marine GeoScience

Session 1 INFOMAR update/highlights

Session 2 Marine Research Highlights

Session 3 Communicating/Visualising Science

Session 4 Marine-Geoscience-Environment

Session 5 Information Management

Sponsored Reception

Day 2: 4 November 2010
Theme: Geoscience Initiatives & the Griffiths Research Projects

Session 6 Groundwater Protection

Session 7 Basin Analysis & CCS

Session 8 Geohazards

Session 9 Infrastructure & Planning

Session 10 Future Directions




A number of keynote invited talks will be included in the final agenda.

20 minute talks or posters, are invited on all aspects of Irish marine and geoscience research considered relevant to the meeting.

Proposed topics, with names of speakers or authors and a brief (1 page) abstract should be provided by 27 August 2010

While there is no charge for attending, those interested should confirm their interest by the same date.

All correspondence to michael.o’mahony@gsi.ie


Further details will be released in due course but for now we are suggesting that you mark the dates in your diary and that you consider what papers you might like to present, if any.  We will issue directions on abstract requirements, based on the structure of the conference this February. In the meantime you might be interested in checking out the many developments that have been recently occurring in the Gescience Sector.  Please use the navigation bar on the left here to visit some of the pages that provide details.  In particular, you might be interested in the most recent development - the publication in January 2010 of a report that explores how the geoscience sector is contributing to a smarter economy.  Please click here for more details.