UIS

18th International Congress of Speleology
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-31 | Savoie Technolac, Le Bourget du Lac, Savoie, France
The UIS hosts an International Congress of Speleology every four years, which is the world’s most significant gathering of cave and karst scientists, managers, educators, and explorers. This year the congress will be expanded into the major international event that will celebrate the International Year of Caves and Karst.

25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology
2022-07-18 - 2022-07-22 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania
100 years of Biospeology at the 1st Institute of Speleology in the world
In 1920, Emil Racovitza was invited by the Transylvanian authorities to be a professor at the newly reorganized University in Cluj. He accepted with several conditions, one of which was the founding of an Institute of Speleology under his supervision in Cluj and with its own budget. The speleological enterprise started in 1920. After 100 years we are happy to invite you to Romania to show where we are, as an Institute, in 2020, although during the communist period the Institute changed its headquarter in București.
The conference has many facets, one encompasses the scientific and the historical dimensions and others are about the beauties of karst and caves in Transylvania, our traditions, food, and wines.

Karst Record IX (KR9) Conference
2022-07-17 - 2022-07-20 | Innsbruck, Austria
This conference will bring together scientists and students to share the latest progress in the rapidly developing field of cave- and karst-based (palaeo)climate research. Following the successful meetings in Bergen, Norway (1996), Krakow, Poland (2000), Montpellier, France (2003), Baile Herculane, Romania (2006), Chongqing, China (2008), Birmingham, UK (2011), Melbourne, Australia (2014), and Austin/TX, USA (2017), the Climate Change: The Karst Record IX (KR9) conference will be held from July 17th-20th, 2022 at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

EuroKarst 2022: The European Congress on Karst Hydrogeology and Carbonate Reservoirs
2022-06-22 - 2022-06-25 | Málaga, Spain
Eurokarst is the European bi-annual conference on the Hydrogeology of Karst and Carbonate Reservoirs.
Eurokarst offers a platform for professional exchange between field practitioners and academic researchers. Eurokarst is organized usually every two years by the Universities of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Besançon (France), and Malaga (Spain).

National Speleological Society Convention
2022-06-13 - 2022-06-17 | Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

29th International Karstological School “Classical Karst”: Speleology
2022-06-13 - 2022-06-17 | Postojna, Slovenia
The 29th International Karstological School will be dedicated to speleological research. Speleology is an extremely broad field that combines research on caves and in caves. Although we have already discussed various aspects of speleology in some past schools, the topic is always relevant due to the liveliness of research, many new methods and concepts. Last but not least, the celebration also honors the past International Year of Karst and Caves. Participants will discuss speleogenesis, cave sediment research, physical speleology, geological and geomorphological development, hydrological aspects of caves and cave life. Presentations of regional research, new methodological approaches and theoretical concepts in speleology are welcome.

2022 White-Nose Syndrome National Meeting
2022-06-06 - 2022-06-09 | (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

International Conference on Groundwater, Key to the Sustainable Development Goals
2022-05-18 - 2022-05-22 | Sorbonne University, Paris, France
The « Agenda 2030 », the 17 « Sustainable Development Goals » (SDGs), their 169 targets and their 240 well attended indicators, multinational and multilateral roadmaps, constitute a great message of hope for the future of human societies and terrestrial ecosystems, currently facing the impacts of global change.
Within this framework, groundwater resources (GWR) have a key role to play, directly in terms of food, hygiene and health, protection and restoration of ecosystems and biodiversity … and, indirectly, for the reduction of poverty and inequalities, contribution to education and gender equality, peace.
Main objectives

Examine the overall relationships between water-related SDG s, their stakeholders and groundwater
Share knowledge, experiences, findings and good practices on GWR in sustainable development trajectories
Elaborate recommendations to ensure the best integration of groundwater resources into the SDGs.

Astrobiology Science Conference
2022-05-15 - 2022-05-20 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AbSciCon, the conference brings the astrobiology community together every two years to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future. Join NASA and the American Geophysical Union as we facilitate a robust gathering of scientists in Atlanta and in an online capacity 15 – 20 May 2022.

9th International Workshop on Ice Caves (IWIC-IX) & the 12th Scientific Conference Research, Utilization and Protection of Caves
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-13 | Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
In 2020, the 150th anniversary of the Dobšiná Ice Cave discovery will be commemorated by organizing a joint event: The IWIC-IX and 12th scientific conference “Research, Utilization and Protection of Caves”. The Dobšiná Ice Cave is one of the most important ice caves in the world with a very rich history.
If you plan to participate in IWIC-IX (2022), please fill in the registration form, even if you have already registered for the postponed IWIC-IX (2020). Link for the registration form: https://forms.gle/HGnoDWsAPFCBP4sk6 (google account necessary). The deadline for sending the registration is February 28, 2022.

36th Brazilian Congress of Speleology
2022-04-20 - 2022-04-23 | Brasilia, Brazil
The 36th CBE will be held jointly by the Brazilian Society of Speleology – SBE and the National Cave Research and Conservation Center of the Chico Mendes Institute – ICMBio / CECAV, celebrating the technical cooperation between the two main managing institutions of the Brazilian speleological heritage, which comes bringing greater knowledge and reach to the whole society about the Brazilian speleological heritage.
