Theme Groups and Themes

The National Organising Committee invites your participation in planning the Scientific Program by submitting a session proposal against any of the defined themes (see below).

Visit the Call for Sessions Portal and indicate your interest by submitting a session, workshop or short-course.
If you have any questions, please email igc2028-program@globalplanning.ca.

The closing of the sessions submission period will be in March 2027, in order for the final program structure to be ready for the Call for Abstracts, set to take place in June 2027.

Category 1 - Geoheritage, Education, Outreach, Communications, Policy, Career Development

Category 2 - Foundational Geosciences; Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Petrology, Geochemistry, Forensic, Medical, Space

Category 3 - Earth Resources: Energy, Minerals, and Reclamation

Category 4 - Climate Change, Soils, Atmosphere, Coastlines, Water

Category 5 - AI for Geosciences, Geomatics, Earth Observation, Geoengineering, Drilling Programs, Computing, Geohazards, Continents and Below

Category 6 - Regional Geoscience Symposiums

Visit the Call for Sessions Portal and indicate your interest by submitting a session, workshop or short-course.
If you have any questions, please email igc2028-program@globalplanning.ca.