UIS

30. International karstological school "Classical karst" - "Karst - approaches and conceptual models"
2023-06-19 - 2023-06-23 | Postojna, Slovenia
In June 2023, the Karst Research Institute will host the 30th International Karstological School, which will be dedicated to various approaches to karst research and the development of conceptual models. Early studies of karst in Europe date back to the 16th century, where researchers focused mainly on the movement of groundwater, large springs, ponors and sinking rivers, and some caves. In the 19th century, modern scientific methods began to be applied, focusing mainly on geomorphology, but soon expanding to other areas of research. Karst research is highly interdisciplinary and has made great progress in recent years. Modelling studies and conceptual models have given us a rich new understanding of karst, speleogenesis, karst aquifers, and ecosystems. As research methodology and technology have greatly improved over the past decade, the theme of the 30th anniversary of IKS is a more than justifiable choice.

BRCA: Bones in Caves: Awkward Inconvenience or Hidden Opportunity?
2023-06-12 | online
Recreational cavers are often the first people to discover and report new discoveries of archaeological importance in caves. There is, however, uncertainty about procedures for ensuring that new finds are investigated, and how appropriate conservation measures should be implemented. This seminar will outline the problems and opportunities that may arise when cavers encounter bones in caves, and will be illustrated by case studies that provide some examples of best (and not-so-best) practice.

White-nose Syndrome National Meeting
2023-06-05 - 2023-06-08 | Palm Springs, California, USA
For more information please contact christina_kocer@fws.gov or meg@delaneymeetingevent.com

Visual KARSYS: GeoModeling Course N5
2023-05-31 - 2023-06-01 | online
This workshop is dedicated to the learning of the construction of 3D geological models with the implicit approach. Participants will be briefly introduced in the theoretical aspects of 3D geomodelling and will be guided through the construction of a 3D geological model in a folded / eroded / thrusted environment by using different geological data (maps, cross-sections, drillholes, galleries, faults, etc.). The course is dedicated to geologists / hydrogeologists working in complex areas.

14th International Symposium on Pseudokarst
2023-05-22 - 2023-05-26 | Sudetes, Poland

Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association Biennial Conference
2023-05-21 - 2023-05-26 | Nelson, New Zealand
The ACKMA Conference in 2023 will be held 21-26 May 2023. The conference booking form is located at www.ackma.org/Conf2023/Takaka2023ConferenceRegistrationForm.pdf
The ACKMA Conference Accommodation options are located at ackma.org/Conf2023/ConferenceAccommodation.pdf

Clay Minerals Society Conference: Karst Trip and Session
2023-05-20 - 2023-05-25 | Austin, Texas, USA
The Clay Minerals Society is an international organization devoted to the study of clays and clay minerals. CMS hosts annual meetings bringing clay scientist across a multitude of disciplines together to exchange research findings and build a collaborative atmosphere.
The 60th Annual Meeting will take place in Austin, Texas from May 20-25, 2023. We will have over 30 sessions with four keynote/award presentations.
Short course will cover chlorite geology, geochemistry, and mineralogy. Researchers at the UT-Austin Jackson School of Geosciences and the Bureau of Economic Geology are organizing and hosting this event. Discussions will be linked to examples from the BEG Austin Core Research Center.
Field trips will focus on the clay mineralogy and geology of cave complexes in the Edwards Limestone near Austin, TX. Researchers from National Cave & Karst Research Institute and UT-Austin Jackson School of Geosciences are organizing this event.

New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference
2023-05-18 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
The 73rd annual Fall Field Conference of the New Mexico Geological Society will be held in the Carlsbad area of southeastern New Mexico, a region last visited by the Society in 2006. The 2023 conference will focus specifically on evaporite karst of the lower Pecos region, and more broadly on the geology and stratigraphy of the Delaware Basin in west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. This region is of immense economic and scientific importance due to its prolific oil and gas production and its designation by the International Union of Geological Sciences as a Global Stratotype Section for rocks of middle Permian age. Evaporite karst phenomena formed in middle and upper Permian strata occur on a variety of scales and are broadly distributed throughout the region.

15th EuroSpeleo Forum
2023-05-17 - 2023-05-21 | Breitscheid/Hessen, Germany
The organizers of the 2023 meeting of the German cavers, the German Speleological Federation as well as the FSE Bureau cordially invites you to join the 15th EuroSpeleoForum (ESF) in Breitscheid/Hessen, which will take place between 17th and 21st of May 2023. The village of Breitscheid is situated 8 km west the city of Herborn, about 70 km east of Bonn and about 80 km northwest of Frankfurt/Main.
The Breitscheid karst only measures 3 square km. However, it hosts 16 km of currently known cave passages. The largest caves known are the Herbstlabyrinth-Adventhöhle- System (over 13 km long, currently the 4th longest cave in Germany) and the Erdbachhöhlensystem (over 2 km long). The area belongs to the Geopark Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus with a lot of karst features like dolines, sinkholes, dry valleys and karst resurgences. Parts of the Herbstlabyrinth- Adventhöhle-System are accessible for tourists.
The meeting venue will be the school compound and a nearby multi-purpose communal hall in Breitscheid. There will be a campground as well as places for mobile homes. Dormitories (sleeping bag and mattress necessary) will be provided in classrooms. Hotels and B&Bs are available in the surroundings of Breitscheid.
There will be many field-trips to the local caves as well as surface excursions and presentations. Conference language will be German and English.

4th International Planetary Caves Conference
2023-05-04 - 2023-05-07 | Haria Municipality, Lanzarote, Spain
The 4th International Planetary Caves Conference plans to continue capitalizing on advances in the current state-of-the-art cave exploration and exchanging knowledge and ideas between scientists and engineers for future cave missions. Topics include:

Genesis and significance of cave-like features across the solar system planetary bodies
Mars subsurface exploration and science potential through cave entrances
Lunar subsurface exploration and science potential through cave entrances
The possibility to search for subterranean volatiles and determine subsurface habitability
Space mission concepts, remote sensing, robotic access, and exploration
The astrobiology potential of planetary subsurface environments
Technologies and architectures required for human exploration and habitation

Additionally, the conference will provide a forum to discuss ongoing mission proposals to space agencies and the longer-term objective of developing a strategy for research and robotic exploration of caves across the solar system.

10th Speleological Symposium
2023-03-27 - 2023-03-31 | Montería, Córdoba, Colombia

17th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst
2023-03-27 - 2023-03-31 | Tampa, Florida, USA
The 17th Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts on Karst, more commonly called “The Sinkhole Conference,” will be held on 27-31 March 2023 in at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, USA. This long-standing internationally acclaimed and attended meeting is multidisciplinary, with topics including geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology, land management, water supply and quality, geophysics, and many others. The conference began in Florida in 1984 and we’re happy to return it there for the best Sinkhole Conference yet!
Mark your calendar for March 2023 and look for registration and the call for abstracts to begin in early 2022.

United Nations 2023 Water Conference
2023-03-22 - 2023-03-24 | New York City, New York, USA
Water is a fundamental part of all aspects of life. Water is inextricably linked to the three pillars of sustainable development, and it integrates social, cultural, economic and political values. It is crosscutting and supports the achievement of many SDGs through close linkages with climate, energy, cities, the environment, food security, poverty, gender equality and health, amongst others. With climate change profoundly affecting our economies, societies and environment, water is indeed the biggest deal breaker to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

GeoModelling/VisualKARSYS N4 Course
2023-02-22 - 2023-02-23 | online
Visual KARSYS is a software platform dedicated to karst groundwater management.
Visual KARSYS offers a series of tools for assessing aquifer geometries and groundwater flow-systems.
Visual KARSYS is made available for scientists, engineers, managers and stakeholders facing environmental issues in karst environments: groundwater resources exploitation and protection, civil engineering projects, geothermal heat probes, Natural hazards, waste deposits, etc.

United Nations Water Summit on Groundwater, with side event on Karst Aquifers
2022-12-06 - 2022-12-08 | UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
The UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022 aims to bring attention to groundwater at the highest international level. The Summit will use the UN World Water Development Report 2022 as a baseline and the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework as a guideline to define actions towards more responsible and sustainable use and protection of this vital natural resource. The Summit will unify the statements from all major water-related events in 2022 into one comprehensive groundwater message for the UN Water Conference 2023.

20th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology
2022-11-22 - 2022-11-26 | Dak Nong Province, Vietnam
The 20th international event on the similar theme under the patronage of the UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves (CVC). But this time the event is also under the auspices of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN) and the Asia-Pacific Geoparks Network (APGN). The event consists of two-days presentations and two-days field excursions to several volcanic caves within the Daknong Unesco Global Geopark, where more than 50 volcanic caves have been identified and explored, totalling more than 10,000m in length i.e. the largest and most rigorous volcanic cave system in Southeast Asia. More interestingly there is plenty of evidence of prehistoric human settlement inside several caves – a globally exceptionally rare phenomenon.

Highlights of Geoscientific Cave Research Symposium: Austria
2022-11-11 - 2022-11-12 | Vienna, Austria
Following a successful symposium on the exploration of caves in 2021, this second twoday symposium provides an overview of the latest developments and highlights in the geoscientific study of caves and karst. International experts from various disciplines in the geosciences and related fields will give keynote lectures aimed at a broad audience. The second half day of this event will focus on an emerging research topic in cave science, the origin of hypogene caves — cavities which have developed from rising groundwater.

Importance, State of the Art, and Prospective of Utilization and Protection of Resources in Karst
2022-10-21 - 2022-10-22 | Belgrade, Serbia
The multidisciplinary conference Importance, State of the Art, and Prospective of Utilization and Protection of Resources in Karst will be held on October 21st 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The plenary lectures and oral presentations will take place at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU), Kneza Mihaila St. 35, Belgrade, Serbia. The conference will provide space for both working professionals and the academic students, to present results of their challenging work in the karst environments.
The conference will be organized by Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU), Board on Karst and Speleology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Geography, Geographical Institute „Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Centre for Karst Hydrogeology of the Faculty of Mining and Geology and Karst Commission of the Serbian Geological Society.

15th European Cave Rescue Meeting
2022-09-29 - 2022-10-02 | Rudice/Moravian Karst, Czech Republic
The 15th European Cave Rescue Meeting is going to take place in Rudice, Moravian Karst, Czech Republic from September 29th till October 2nd, 2022.
Pre-Meeting from September 27th till 29th, 2022.

International Show Caves Association and US National Caves Association Congress
2022-09-21 - 2022-10-01 | San Antonio, Texas, USA

Man and Karst Conference
2022-09-12 - 2022-09-17 | Sicily, Italy
As part of the International Year of the Caves and Karst, organized by the International Union of Speleology (UIS) to celebrate caves and karst internationally and teach the world about their importance, the International Scientific Conference “Man and Karst” is organized in Sicily from 12th to 17th September 2022. The extreme north-western sector of Sicily, where this event will be held, which geographically belongs to the Monti di Capo San Vito in the Province of Trapani, represents an outstanding example for the comprehensive understanding of karst. Here we will explore pure karst landscapes, caves and spectacular and evocative Mountains and their profound relationship with Man.
In this context, the common relationship of Mediterranean Elimi peoples with its own peculiar karst environment has been represented for centuries, in the past with a wisely and naturally sustainable use of its resources, nowadays in an increasingly conflictual way, as dramatically devastating of its precious resources, first of all the karst waters and caves threatened by heavy degradation and contamination inclusive from waste waters or microplastic, for a senseless and inconsiderate use of the territory.

27th International Cave Bear Symposium
2022-09-01 - 2022-09-04 | an der Salzach, Salzburg, Austria
The 27th International Cave Bear Symposium (ICBS 2022) will be held in Golling an der Salzach (province Salzburg, Austria). All researchers and interested colleagues are invited to take an active or passive role in the proceedings. The Symposium takes place in collaboration with the Haus der Natur Salzburg, the Regional Association for Speleology of Salzburg and the Eisriesenwelt GmbH.

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.
