Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Saturday, 13/Sept/2025
9:00am
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6:00pm
E1: Selected outcrops of Mesozoic rocks in the NW part of the UNESCO Global Geopark Harz. Braunschweiger Land. Ostfalen
1:00pm
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5:00pm
E2: Early Career and Student Walking Field Trip in the surroundings of Göttingen
Date: Sunday, 14/Sept/2025
8:00am
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6:00pm
E4: Geomorphological evolution of the Harz Mountains: From the Pliocene to the Anthropocene
E5: UNESCO World Heritage Site Samson Mine (St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains): Landscape Change, Mining, Energy Use & Sustainability
9:30am
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7:00pm
E3: Highlights of the geology of the Western Harz Mts.
11:00am
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4:00pm
Geo-Erlebnis-Tag
Location: Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3-5
Zwischen 11:00 und 16:00 Uhr erwartet Sie ein abwechslungsreiches Programm für die ganze Familie – egal ob neugierige Kinder, interessierte Erwachsene oder echte Wissenschaftsfans!
Hier finden Sie weitere Informationen: https://www.geo4goettingen2025.de/geo-erlebnis-tag.html
5:30pm Registration
Location: Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3-5
5:30pm
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6:30pm
Pre Icebreaker > Young GEOs / ECR
Location: Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen, Raum 16-04
6:30pm
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9:00pm
Icebreaker
Location: Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3-5
Date: Monday, 15/Sept/2025
7:30am Registration
Location: ZHG - Foyer
8:00am Wardrobe
Location: ZHG 008
Childcare
Location: Oec 1.165 Nebengebäude
More Information here
Parent-Child Room
Location: MZG/Blauer Turm 3.127
More information here.
8:30am
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10:00am
06.01 Data Management, Research Data Infrastructures, AI-Applications and 3D Visualization Techniques: Meeting Today’s and Future Needs in Geosciences
Location: ZHG 001
04.03 Understanding Metal Enrichment Processes – Advances in the Genesis, Evolution, and Geodynamics of Ore Deposits
Location: ZHG 002
01.07 +01.16 Stratigraphy in Earth System Science: methods, applications and case studies
Location: ZHG 004
01.29 +03.07 Environmental Risks
Location: ZHG 005
10.01 Open Paleontology Session
Location: ZHG 006
01.06 Tectonic Systems - TSK Open Session
Location: ZHG 007
01.01 Multidisciplinary perspectives on solar system formation and evolution
Location: ZHG 104 OG
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Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
 
10:00am
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10:30am
Coffee Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
10:30am
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12:00pm
06.01-b Data Management, Research Data Infrastructures, AI-Applications and 3D Visualization Techniques: Meeting Today’s and Future Needs in Geosciences
Location: ZHG 001
04.01 +04.02 Prospection and extraction of critical and strategic raw materials in Europe + Lithium Rescources
Location: ZHG 002
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Location: ZHG 004
01.04 Latest Achievements in Scientific Ocean and Continental Drilling
Location: ZHG 005
10.01 Open Paleontology Session
Location: ZHG 006
01.06 Tectonic Systems - TSK Open Session
Location: ZHG 007
01.05 From mantle to crust: following melt and fluid evolution from source through the lithosphere
Location: ZHG 104 OG
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Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
 
12:00pm
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1:00pm
Lunch Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
Cafeterias nearby
Café Campus: Mon - Thur: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Fri: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen)
Café Central: Mon - Thur: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Fri: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)

Central canteen, central campus Only card payments are accepted in the ZHG canteen!
Mon - Thur: 11:30 am - 6:00 pm, Fri: 11:30 am - 2.30 pm, Sat: 11:45 am. - 2:30 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)
1:00pm
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1:45pm
Opening Ceremony
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
Greetings from Lord Mayor of Göttingen Petra Broistedt;

Hilmar von Eynatten with a brief overview of the Faculty and the Geoscience Center Göttingen;

Greetings from the 4 presidents of the participating societies:
Prof. Dr. Ralph Watzel (DGGV – Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft – Geologische Vereinigung);
Prof. Dr. Oliver Sass (DGGM – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geomorphologie);
Prof. Dr. Frank Schilling (DMG – Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft);
Prof. Dr. Alexander Nützel (PalGes – Paläontologischen Gesellschaft).
1:45pm
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2:30pm
Plenary Lecture: Martin Lercher "Night Science: the creative side of the scientific process"
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
2:30pm
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3:00pm
Coffee Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
3:00pm
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4:30pm
01.25 Geochemical Databases and Data Analysis Tools
Location: ZHG 001
04.01 +04.02 Prospection and extraction of critical and strategic raw materials in Europe + Lithium Rescource
Location: ZHG 002
09.02 Museen als Fenster in der Forschung
Location: ZHG 003
07.01 From paleoseismic trenches to seismic building codes and safety analyses for nuclear installations in Germany: progress in seismic hazard assessment
Location: ZHG 004
01.14 „Geomorphology and sedimentology beyond boundaries“ – towards integrating geomorphology and sedimentary system science
Location: ZHG 005
01.10 The co-evolution of the Earth and life from the early Archean until today
Location: ZHG 006
01.06 Tectonic Systems - TSK Open Session
Location: ZHG 007
01.05 From mantle to crust: following melt and fluid evolution from source through the lithosphere
Location: ZHG 104 OG
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Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
4:30pm
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5:30pm
Poster Social and Exhibition 01.01+01.04+01.05+01.06+01.07+01.08+01.10+01.14+01.17+01.21+01.26+01.28+01.29+02.01+03.02+03.05+03.07+03.08+04.02+04.03+04.05+05.04+06.01+07.01+09.02+09.03.+10.01
Location: ZHG - Foyer
5:30pm
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7:00pm
PalGes Mitgliederversammlung
Location: ZHG 004
DMG Mitgliederversammlung
Location: ZHG 105 OG
 
6:00pm
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7:00pm
IJES Editor's Meeting
Location: ZHG 005
7:00pm Theateraufführung "Anfang und Ende des Anthropozäns" (Komödie)
Location: Deutsches Theater Göttingen
Einlass: 19:00 Uhr Beginn: 19:45 Uhr zum Stück
Geoscience Pubquiz > Young GEOs / Nachwuchs ECR
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
 
Date: Tuesday, 16/Sept/2025
8:00am Registration
Location: ZHG - Foyer
Wardrobe
Location: ZHG 008
Childcare
Location: Oec 1.165 Nebengebäude
More Information here
Parent-Child Room
Location: MZG/Blauer Turm 3.127
More information here.
 
8:30am
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10:00am
01.21 Advances in Geochronology: from tradition to avant-garde
Location: ZHG 001
04.05 Applied and Technical Mineralogy: promoting sustainable solutions through deeper understanding of materials and material processing
Location: ZHG 002
03.05 +03.08 Climate
Location: ZHG 003
01.28 Geosciences for the safe disposal of radioactive waste– long-term safety, host rock characterisation and analogue studies
Location: ZHG 004
01.08 Applications and Advancements in Sedimentary Provenance Analysis
Location: ZHG 005
02.01 The Tethys Ocean – the cradle of modern tropical life
Location: ZHG 006
01.03 Chaotic rocks - characteristics, formation and geodynamic significance
Location: ZHG 007
01.17 Understanding Magmatic Systems: From Mush to Magma and Beyond
Location: ZHG 104 OG
09.03 What Do We Know About Learning and Teaching Geosciences? – Geoscience Education Research and Outreach
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
10:00am
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10:30am
Coffee Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
10:30am
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12:00pm
05.04 & 06.05 Biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, and biomineralogy
Location: ZHG 001
04.07 Mineralogy of Secondary Raw Materials
Location: ZHG 002
03.05 +03.08 Climate
Location: ZHG 003
03.02 Subsurface Storage of CO2 - Applied Geoscientific Aspects
Location: ZHG 004
01.08 Applications and Advancements in Sedimentary Provenance Analysis
Location: ZHG 005
02.01 The Tethys Ocean – the cradle of modern tropical life
Location: ZHG 006
01.26 Alpine-Zagros-Himalayan Orogenic System: Case Studies
Location: ZHG 007
01.17 Understanding Magmatic Systems: From Mush to Magma and Beyond
Location: ZHG 104 OG
09.03 What Do We Know About Learning and Teaching Geosciences? – Geoscience Education Research and Outreach
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
12:00pm
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1:00pm
Lunch Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
Cafeterias nearby
Café Campus: Mon - Thur: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Fri: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen)
Café Central: Mon - Thur: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Fri: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)

Central canteen, central campus Only card payments are accepted in the ZHG canteen!
Mon - Thur: 11:30 am - 6:00 pm, Fri: 11:30 am - 2.30 pm, Sat: 11:45 am. - 2:30 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)
1:00pm
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1:45pm
Plenary: AG Verbundprojekte des DVGeo "Zukunftsforschung in den Geowissenschaften: wie weiter? Eine interaktive Diskussion"
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
1:45pm
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2:15pm
Awards
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
Awardee PalGes: Joachim Reitner, Uni Göttingen (Ehrenmitgliedschaft);
Awardee DMG: Gerhard Franz, TU Berlin (DMG Ehrenmitgliedschaft);
Awardee DGGV: Thomas Hofmann, GeoSphere Austria (Serge-von-Bubnoff-Medaille);
Awardee DMG: Andreas Mulch, Senckenberg Frankfurt (Abraham-Gottlob-Werner-Medaille);
Awardee DGGV: Michael Weber, Uni Bonn (Eugen-Seibold-Medaille);
Awardee DMG: Daniel Goldmann, TU Clausthal (Georg-Agricola-Medaille);
Awardee DGGM: to be announced (Diss-Preis);
Awardees DFG: Katharina Seeger, Uni Köln & Taina Marcos Lima Pinho, AWI Bremerhaven (Bernd Rendel-Preise für Geowissenschaften 2025).
2:00pm
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2:30pm
Treffen des AK Schule und Hochschule der DMG
Location: ZHG 001
2:15pm
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2:45pm
Coffee Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
2:45pm
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4:15pm
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Location: ZHG 001
04.07 Mineralogy of Secondary Raw Materials
Location: ZHG 002
03.05 +03.08 Climate
Location: ZHG 003
07.02 Geothermal energy — Potential and utilisation of geothermal energy resources for the heat transition
Location: ZHG 004
01.13 Sedimentary basins as multi-proxy and multi-process recorders
Location: ZHG 005
02.01 The Tethys Ocean – the cradle of modern tropical life
Location: ZHG 006
01.18 + 01.09 + 01.24 Regional Geology...+ HEATin´EUROPE during the Carboniferous and Permian...+ Fieldwork as common playground...
Location: ZHG 007
08.02 Building Bridges – Erfahrungen aus der geowissenschaftlichen Praxis für den Karriereweg
Location: ZHG 104 OG
09.01 Workshop "Open Educational Resources (OER) in Geosciences: From Basics to Practice"
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
4:30pm
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5:30pm
DGGM Mitgliederversammlung
Location: ZHG 001
DGGV Mitgliederversammlung
Location: ZHG 105 OG
 
7:00pm Öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion "Grünes Wachstum – die Wirtschaft der Zukunft oder Illusion?"
Location: Aula der Universität am Wilhelmsplatz 1
Admission: 19 h
Start: 19:30 h
Date: Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025
8:00am Registration
Location: ZHG - Foyer
Wardrobe
Location: ZHG 008
Childcare
Location: Oec 1.165 Nebengebäude
More Information here
Parent-Child Room
Location: MZG/Blauer Turm 3.127
More information here.
 
8:30am
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10:00am
05.01 Spectroscopic methods in modern geosciences
Location: ZHG 001
06.04 Stressors in Hydrogeology: Interactions and Impacts
Location: ZHG 002
Workshop: Möglichkeiten für Verbundprojekte in Deutschland: Strategische Aufstellung, Antragstellung, Leitung
Location: ZHG 003
04.04 Hydrogen in the energy transition –white to green hydrogen and subsurface storage
Location: ZHG 004
07.03 Quantifying surface and near-surface dynamics with remote sensing and geophysics
Location: ZHG 005
01.11+06.02 Micropalaeontology and Fossil Imaging
Location: ZHG 006
01.18 +01.09 +01.24 Regional Geology...+ HEATin´EUROPE during the Carboniferous and Permian...+ Fieldwork as common playground...
Location: ZHG 007
08.01 Young Scientist Session
Location: ZHG 104 OG
Fortbildungstag für Lehrkräfte | Workshop System Erde
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
Flyer zum Download und hier geht es zur Anmeldung.
10:00am
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10:30am
Coffee Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
10:30am
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12:00pm
05.02 Understanding (geo)materials with advanced experimental and computational methods
Location: ZHG 001
03.06 Multiscale characterization of structure, flow and transport dynamics in fractured porous media and karst systems
Location: ZHG 002
Sitzung der Konferenz der Fachbereiche Geowissenschaften (KFGeo)
Location: ZHG 003
06.03 3D Geological Modelling: Methods, Applications, and Regional Insights
Location: ZHG 004
01.15+01.12 Taping records of environmental and climatic changes throughout the Quaternary + Coastal dynamics in different timescales...
Location: ZHG 005
01.27 The BROMACKER project: A novel combination of multidisciplinary research and science communication in a UNESCO Geopark
Location: ZHG 006
01.18 +01.09 +01.24 Regional Geology... + HEATin´EUROPE during the Carboniferous and Permian... + Fieldwork as common playground...
Location: ZHG 007
08.01 Young Scientist Session
Location: ZHG 104 OG
Fortbildungstag für Lehrkräfte | Workshop System Erde
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
Flyer zum Download und hier geht es zur Anmeldung.
12:00pm
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1:00pm
Lunch Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
Cafeterias nearby
Café Campus: Mon - Thur: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Fri: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen)
Café Central: Mon - Thur: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Fri: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)

Central canteen, central campus Only card payments are accepted in the ZHG canteen!
Mon - Thur: 11:30 am - 6:00 pm, Fri: 11:30 am - 2.30 pm, Sat: 11:45 am. - 2:30 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)
Fortbildungstag für Lehrkräfte | Workshop System Erde | Diskussion
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
Diskussion mit allen Interessierten der Konferenz Geowissenschaften im niedersächsischen Lehrplan, Geowissenschaftlicher Wettbewerb für Schüler/innen
 
1:00pm
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1:45pm
Plenary Lecture: Tony Reimann "Earth-Evolution at the Dry Limit – new insights from a geo-bio collaborative research project"
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
1:45pm
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2:15pm
Awards
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
Awardee DMG: Friedhelm von Blanckenburg, FU Berlin (Doris-Schachner-Medaille);
Awardee DGGV: Adrian Pfiffner, University of Bern (Leopold-von-Buch-Medaille);
Awardees DMG: Iris Arndt, Uni Frankfurt - verlsen & Patricia Marks, Uni Tübingen & Carina Hanser, JGU Mainz - verlesen (Beate-Mocek-Preis);
Awardee PalGes: Mark E. Patzowsky, Pennsylvania, USA (Corresponding Honorary Membership);
Awardee DGGV: Benjamin Busch, KIT Karlsruhe (Hermann-Credner-Preis);
Awardees DMG: Max Hellers, Uni Köln & Aleksandr Rakipov, Uni Frankfurt (Nachwuchspreis 2024).
2:15pm
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2:45pm
Coffee Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
2:45pm
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4:15pm
05.03 Archaeometry – Geosciences4Humanities
Location: ZHG 001
04.06 Coupled Fluid-Rock Deformation: Unraveling Multiscale THMC Dynamics for Fundamental Geological Processes and Societal Challenges
Location: ZHG 002
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Location: ZHG 003
06.03 3D Geological Modelling: Methods, Applications, and Regional Insights
Location: ZHG 004
01.15+01.12 Taping records of environmental and climatic changes throughout the Quaternary + Coastal dynamics in different timescales...
Location: ZHG 005
01.27 The BROMACKER project: A novel combination of multidisciplinary research and science communication in a UNESCO Geopark
Location: ZHG 006
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Location: ZHG 007
03.01 Recent Advances in the Geological Research of Marine Environments
Location: ZHG 104 OG
Fortbildungstag für Lehrkräfte | Workshop System Erde
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
Flyer zum Download und hier geht es zur Anmeldung .
4:15pm
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5:15pm
Poster Social and Exhibition 01.02+01.11+01.12+01.13+01.15+01.18+01.20+01.23+01.24+01.27+02.02+03.01+03.03+03.04+03.06+04.04+04.06+04.07+05.01+05.02+05.03+06.02+06.03+06.04+07.02+07.04+08.01+08.03+09.01
Location: ZHG - Foyer
7:00pm Conference Dinner at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
Admission: 7 pm Buffet opening: 7:30 pm | End: 1 am
Date: Thursday, 18/Sept/2025
8:00am Registration
Location: ZHG - Foyer
Childcare
Location: Oec 1.165 Nebengebäude
More Information here
Parent-Child Room
Location: MZG/Blauer Turm 3.127
More information here.
8:00am
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3:00pm
Wardrobe
Location: ZHG 008
8:30am
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10:00am
01.20 Process oriented microfabric characterisation of geomaterials
Location: ZHG 001
01.02 Anthropogenic geomorphology
Location: ZHG 004
01.27 The BROMACKER project: A novel combination of multidisciplinary research and science communication in a UNESCO Geopark
Location: ZHG 006
08.03 Tilly Edinger Symposium
Location: ZHG 007
03.04 All about carbonates
Location: ZHG 104 OG
09.04 WORKSHOP - Why not consider adding a bit of research to your teaching? ... - Part 1
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
10:00am
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10:30am
Coffee Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
10:30am
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11:15am
Plenary Lecture: Anne Jantschke "Living Minerals: How Microalgae Build Carbonates and Adapt to a Changing Environment"
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
11:15am
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11:45am
Awards
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
Awardee DGGV: Alexander (Sandy) Cruden, Australia (Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille);
Awardee PalGes: Hendrik Klein (Zittel-Medaille);
Awardees DMG: Timo Hopp, MPI Göttingen & Martin Kutzschbach, Uni Frankfurt (Goldschmidt-Preise 2024 & 2025);
Awardee DGGV: Leandra Weydt, TU Darmstadt (Hans-Cloos-Preis) - verlesen;
Awardee PalGes: Tilly Edinger Award: NN.
11:45am
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12:45pm
Lunch Break and Exhibition
Location: ZHG - Foyer
Cafeterias nearby
Café Campus: Mon - Thur: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Fri: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen)
Café Central: Mon - Thur: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Fri: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)

Central canteen, central campus Only card payments are accepted in the ZHG canteen!
Mon - Thur: 11:30 am - 6:00 pm, Fri: 11:30 am - 2.30 pm, Sat: 11:45 am. - 2:30 pm (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, 37073 Göttingen)
12:45pm
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2:15pm
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Location: ZHG 001
01.23+07.04 Fluvial anthropospheres - Challenges and legacies of Central European Floodplain Transformations
Location: ZHG 004
02.02 Trace fossils as indicators for the ecology, function, physiology and behaviour of fossil organisms and their evolution in the context of palaeoenvironmental change
Location: ZHG 006
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Location: ZHG 007
03.04 All about carbonates
Location: ZHG 104 OG
09.04 WORKSHOP - Why not consider adding a bit of research to your teaching? ... - Part 2
Location: Oec 0.169 Nebengebäude
2:15pm Closing with Poster and Young Scientist Awards
Location: ZHG 011 Plenum
4:30pm
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6:30pm
Führungen auf der Erdbebenwarte Göttingen | www.erdbebenwarte.de
Location: Wiechert’sche Erdbebenwarte Herzberger Landstraße 180/182 (zwischen Rohns und Bismarckstein) 37075 Göttingen
Historische Erdbebenwarte - 100-jährig und voll aktiv! | 16:30-18:30 Uhr Führungen | Kosten: auf Spendenbasis | Anmeldung über Ihren ConfTool-Account
Date: Friday, 19/Sept/2025
8:00am
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6:00pm
E6: Fault and nappe tectonics and related chaotic rocks in the Harz Mts.
9:00am
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4:00pm
Workshop "Mystery Fossils"
Location: Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3-5
Für alle interessierten Hobby- und Berufspaläontologen. Mehr Informationen hier auf dem Flyer.
9:00am
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5:00pm
E7: GeoPark Grenzwelten: Climatic and building stone tour in the Hanseatic Town of Korbach including a visit to the Geotope Korbach fissure