International Association of Geochemistry upcoming events

AGU Session H056: Critical Minerals and Materials: Breaking Down Disciplinary Barriers across Fundamental Research, Resource Recovery, and Education. (30 Jul 2026)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Abstract Deadline is August 5. This will also be the last AGU meeting in San Francisco until at least 2030!

Session description:

Critical minerals are essential to technologies ranging from renewable energy to electronics. Meeting growing demand requires progress across the full value chain, including ore-forming processes, geological exploration, environmentally responsible mining, extraction and separation, recovery from waste streams and geothermal systems, recycling, and life cycle analysis. These challenges cannot be addressed within disciplinary silos. They require integration of geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, hydrology, engineering, environmental science, and policy. Additionally, physics-based AI tools potentially offer advanced predictive capabilities to accelerate recovery and refinement. This session aims to bring together researchers working across these areas to identify knowledge gaps, connect fundamental science with use-inspired research and applications, and explore how cross-disciplinary approaches can accelerate advances in critical minerals research. We welcome contributions spanning experimental, modeling, field-based studies of critical minerals, as well as work on policy, sustainability, and education that helps train the next generation of scientists to address the critical minerals value chain.

Keynote speakers:

Athena Nghiem, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gordon Williams, Brown University

Co-conveners:

Chen Zhu, Indiana University

Avner Vengosh, Duke University

Young-Shin Jun, Washington University in St Louis

We hope you will join us and share this announcement with interested colleagues and students.

To submit your abstract: https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/prelim.cgi/Session/280905

Best regards,

Chen, Avner, and Young-Shin

13th Argentine Hydrogeology Congress Sept. 21-25, 2026 (21 Sep 2026)

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT

XIII Congreso Argentino de Hidrogeología y IX Seminario Hispano-Latinoamericano sobre Temas Actuales de la Hidrología Subterránea

The theme of the meeting will be “Groundwater: A flowing source of life that connects us”

The convention will be held September 21–25, 2026 at Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The event is aimed at professionals, researchers, educators, students, administrators, and those responsible for groundwater management.

(As translated by Google Translate)

Daniel Martinez, IAGC Kharaka Award winner in 2025, is president of the Organizing Committee for this meeting in Argentina.

https://congresohidrogeologia.mdp.edu.ar/

Geological Society of America 2026: Denver (11 Oct 2026)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT

https://connects.geosociety.org/

Water-Rock Interaction-19 /Applied Isotope Geochemistry-16 (IAGC-4) in Beijing China June 20-25 2027 (20 Jun 2027)

Sun, 20 Jun 2027 04:00:00 GMT

Water-Rock Interaction-19 /Applied Isotope Geochemistry-16 (IAGC-4) will be taking place in Beijing, China from June 20 to June 25, 2027. This conference will bring together the IAGC working groups including Water-Rock-Interaction (as WRI-19) and Applied Isotope Geochemistry (as AIG-16).

The conference website is at https://wri-19.scimeeting.cn/

The first circular for the meeting is now available and can be downloaded at: WRI-19 First Circular-Online 2026-07-13.