The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences

I am pleased to announce that the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences (IECG 2020) will be held online on 7–13 December 2020. This electronic conference offers a forum for researchers engaged in the study of any of the interdisciplinary aspects of earth and planetary sciences to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues. This online conference will allow you to participate without having to leave home, saving you time, travel, and participation expenses while, at the same time, gaining new information on the current research in geosciences.

This electronic conference concerns all subjects covered by the scope of the journal Geosciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/about). In this third edition, the following selected themes will be covered more specifically:

A. Mapping and Assessing Natural Disasters Using GIScience Technologies
B. Earth Sciences through Earth Observation
C. Geosciences Teaching and Research under Physical Distancing Conditions
D. Geoscientific Research for Natural Hazard & Risk Assessment
E. Water Resources Management under Climate Change Pressure
F. Contemporary Problems of Paleontology and Stratigraphy
G. Others
H. Poster Session

This is a virtual conference held at www.sciforum.net. The Sciforum.net platform has been developed and sponsored by MDPI for the organization of electronic conferences and to provide our community with the technical support required to host digital conferences.

Participation is free of charge for both authors and attendees. Selected papers will be published in the Special Issue “Selected Papers from the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences” in Geosciences. Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of geoscience and future earth and planetary science, published monthly online by MDPI. It is covered by numerous relevant databases, including Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus (Elsevier), GeoRef (American Geosciences Institute), AGORA (FAO), CAS—Chemical Abstracts (ACS), and DOAJ—Directory of Open Access Journals. Geosciences has a CiteScore of 2.10 in Scopus and is currently ranked Q2 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) in SCImago.

I am looking forward to participating in exciting discussions, hearing new ideas and perspectives in the field, and welcoming all participants to this online conference.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Jesus Martinez-Frias
Chair of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences
Editor-in-Chief of Geosciences

Prof. Jesús Martínez Frías

Prof. Jesús Martínez Frías, PhD (Complutense University of Madrid/1986) has conducted numerous research stays in the UK (University of Leeds), Canada (University of Toronto), Germany (University of Heidelberg), and the USA (University of California). He is currently Scientific Researcher at the Geosciences Institute, IGEO (CSIC-UCM); Honorific Professor at the Bioengeneering and Aerospace Engineering Department of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Head of the Research Group of Meteorites and Planetary Geosciences and founder; and Director of the Spanish Planetology and Astrobiology Network (REDESPA). He has participated in more than 40 projects and scientific campaigns spanning the globe (e.g., including Antarctica, Mauritania, Iceland, and Costa Rica). In 2002, he participated in the NASA mission to study the Leonid Meteor Shower. He is co-I of NASA-MSL (rover Curiosity), ESA-ExoMars, and NASA-Mars2020, and during 2016–2018, he served as instructor of ESA astronauts in the PANGAEA program (Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark). He has published nine books and more than 200 articles (including Science, Nature, and Geology). He is a former Member of the UN ECOSOC Committee on Natural Resources, Ex-Vice Chair of the UNCSTD and Ex-Chair of IUGS-COGE (Commission on Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer). He is an OC Member of the IAU Astrobiology Commission and member of the Inter-Commission C1-F2-F3-H2 WG Education and Training in Astrobiology and Co-Founder and President of the International Association for Geoethics (IAGETH). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Geosciences (MDPI) and co-editor of the Springer Book Series: Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism. He has received several awards and recognitions (i.e., NASA, ESA, GSAf (Goodwill Ambassador), ArabGU, Spanish Association of Scientists).