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Program Overview

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Wednesday – 2 Sept 2026

Thursday – 3 Sept 2026

Friday – 4 Sept 2026

Morning (CEST)

            9:00–12:00 (CEST)                       

                           9:00–12:00 (CEST)  

                   9:00–11:00 (CEST)             

Session 1. AI and Big Data in Earth Science

Session 2. Coastal & Ocean Systems: Ecology, Resources & Conservation

Session 7. Air Quality and Climate Pollutants

Session 8. Geothermal & Geo-resources for the Energy Transition

 

Flash Poster Session

 

BREAK

 

Wednesday – 2 Sept 2026

Thursday – 3 Sept 2026

Friday – 4 Sept 2026

Afternoon (CEST)

                  14:00–17:00 (CEST)                  

                           14:00–16:00 (CEST)  

                    15:00–17:00 (CEST)             

Session 5. Natural Hazards and Risk

Session 6. Landscapes, Geoheritage & Human Interactions


 

Session 4. Water in a Changing World: Hydrology, Hydro-AI & Resources


 

14:00–17:00 (CEST) 

Parallel: Session 3. Climate Dynamics, Variability and Change

 

IOCEA 2026 Program (DAY 1)
Session 1. AI and Big Data in Earth Science (Morning Session)

Date: 2 September 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 09:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
09:00–09:10

Prof. Dr. Charles Jones
Prof. Dr. Hossein Bonakdari
Prof. Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri
Conference Chairs

 Welcome from the Conference Chairs
09:10–09:15 Prof. Dr. Eliseo Clementini 
Session Chair		 Welcome from the Session Chair
9:15–9:45 Dr. Yan Zhang
Keynote Speaker		 Geospatial Representation Learning and Human Mobility Modeling Research
 9:45–10:00 Batuhan Kiliç
Selected Speaker		 Data-Driven Earth Observation: Evaluating Ensemble Machine Learning and Spatial Interpolation for GPS Velocity Estimation in a Novel Geodetic Network
10:00–10:15 A. Hadi Syafrudin
Selected speaker		 Improving ANFIS Classification of Rice Growth Stages Using Airborne Remote Sensing: A Fuzzy C-Means Clustering Approach
10:15–10:30 Moritz Hütten
Selected speaker		 Knowledge extraction from open-access maritime positioning data
10:30–10:45 Alexey Penenko
Selected speaker		 Refining advection–diffusion–reaction models based on data assimilation with sensitivity operators and machine learning methods
10:45–11:00 Raghavendra Sara
Selected speaker		 A Scalable Slope-Dependent Vertical Bias Correction for Global Digital Elevation Models Using ICESat-2
 11:00–11:15 Badreddine Alaoui
Selected speaker		 Automated Nowcasting of High-Impact Convection over Morocco: Comparing Classical Computer Vision and Deep Learning Pipelines in Satellite Remote Sensing
11:15–11:30 Daniel Keim Almeida 
Selected speaker		 Large Language Models as Tools for Biodiversity Traceability and Genetic Resource Monitoring in Brazil
11:30–11:45 Robin Bilodeau
Selected speaker		 A Data-Driven Assessment of Machine Learning Models for Climate-Sensitive Wildfire Susceptibility in Alberta


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Session 5. Natural Hazards and Risk (Afternoon Session)

Date: 2 September 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
14:00–14:10 Dr. Katsuichiro Goda
Prof. Dr. Rajib Shaw
Session Chairs
 Welcome from the Session Chairs
14:10–14:40 Dr. Anawat Suppasri
Keynote speaker		 Current Progress On Tsunami Hazard And Risk Assessment: Cascading Impacts And Mitigation Measures
14:40–15:10 Prof. Dr. Han-Ping Hong
Keynote speaker		 Seismic Hazard Mapping and Building Loss Assessment
15:10–15:25

Victoria Rosado 
Selected speaker

Integrated volcanic risk assessment using the ADVISE model in the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador)
15:25–15:40 Tommaso Caloiero
Selected speaker		 Meteorological drought characterization in Poland by means of the ERA5-Land dataset
15:40–15:55 Navid Sirous
Selected speaker		 Ground Motion Simulation and Seismic Loss Estimation Using the Stochastic Finite-Fault Method in the Western Quebec Seismic Zone, Canada
15:55–16:10 Velnia Chacca Luna
Selected speaker		 Geophysical Characterization of Moraine Deposits at Uspaccocha Glacial Lake (Apurímac, Peru): Implications for Moraine-Dam Stability Assessment
16:10–16:25 Rita Tufano
Selected speaker		 A novel prototype Landslide Early Warning System accounting for variable antecedent soil hydrological status
16:25–16:40 Tran Cong Dung
Selected speaker		 Asymmetric economic impacts of drought and flood shocks: Evidence from coffee farming households in Vietnam’s Central Highlands

 
Session 3. Climate Dynamics, Variability and Change (Afternoon Parallel Session)

Date: 2 September 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
14:00-14:10

Prof. Dr. Paul E. Roundy
Session Chair

Welcome from the Session Chair
El Niño 2026: Chronicling the Extreme Event
14:10-14:25 Chahid Sadiki 
Selected speaker		 Spatio-temporal variation and trends in temperature and rainfall in Casablanca-Settat region, Morocco
14:25-14:40 Francesca Martinelli 
Selected speaker		 Assessing intra-urban thermo-hygrometric variability and thermal comfort through an observational network in a Mediterranean city
 14:40-14:55 Suhail A. Lone  
Selected speaker		 Climate change impacts on glacier hydrology and meltwater dynamics in the Upper Indus Basin, Western Himalaya
14:55-15:10 Maria Lívia Lins Mattos Gava
Selected speaker		 Assessing the Impact of Spectral Surface Emissivity on Surface-Transmitted Irradiance Over the Sahara Desert
15:10-15:25 Xuan Zhou
Selected speaker		 Models’ ability to reproduce the Arctic summer intraseasonal mode and its associated sea ice responses
15:25-15:40 Peaceibisia Jack 
Selected speaker		 Antecedent Rainfall as a Predictor of Biomass Accumulation and Lagged Fire Activity Across Botswana’s Savanna Gradient
15:40-15:55 Ayodeji O Olatunde 
Selected speaker		 Simulation of Mesoscale Convective Systems and Extreme Rainfall Events over West Africa Using MPAS-A
15:55-16:05 Zahra Moradi 
Selected speaker		 Increasing Wheat Plants' Resilience to Climate Variability: The Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi In Plant Adaptation to Drought Stress

 

IOCEA 2026 Program (DAY 2)
Session 2. Coastal & Ocean Systems: Ecology, Resources & Conservation
Session 8. Geothermal & Geo-resources for the Energy Transition 
(Morning Session)

Date: 3 September 2026 (Thursday)
Time: 09:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
S2. Coastal & Ocean Systems: Ecology, Resources & Conservation
9:00–9:10 Dr. David Kevin Woolf
Session Chair 		 Welcome from the Session Chair
9:10–9:25 Stanton Belford
Selected speaker		 Zoantharian abundance and species identification of host and symbionts on rocky benthic habitat in the southernmost part of the Caribbean
9:25–9:40 Nuha Hamed Al Subhi
Selected speaker		 Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) for Harmonising Ecological Conservation and Resource Use in Coastal Systems: A Stakeholder Perspective from the Sultanate of Oman
9:40–9:55 Efstathios Loupas 
Selected speaker		 Coastal Protection and Sustainable Management in Kapsali Bay, Kythera Island: Insights from a Multidisciplinary Summer School Project
9:55–10:10 Oluwatoba Oyedotun Oyerinade
Selected speaker		 Evaluating Local Community Participation in Marine Spatial Planning: A Case Study of Lesvos Island, Greece
10:10–10:25 Rou Xu
Selected speaker		 Carbon Sink Capacity and Its Value Evaluation of Mariculture in Fujian Province, China
S8. Geothermal & Geo-resources for the Energy Transition
10:25–10:30 Session Chair

Welcome from the Session Chair
10:30–10:50 Dr. Eun Young Lee 
Invited Speaker		 Petrophysical Insights into Volcanic Sequences for Geological Storage Potential (IODP Site U1513)
10:50–11:05 Mario Alberto Hernandez Hernandez
Selected Speaker		 Integrating isotopic tracers and field protocols for the conceptual characterization of geothermal exploration and production areas
11:05–11:20 Muhammad Fahad Aslam 
Selected speaker		 A Scalable Geo-Spatial Data Pipeline for Mining Ecosystems
11:20–11:35 David Egya 
Selected speaker		 Assessing the Potential of Hydrogen Production from Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
11:35–11:50 Oclides Carmenate Hechavarría 
Selected speaker		 Grain-size fractionation and Rare Earth Element distribution in a lateritic-saprolitic nickel profile, Camarioca Este deposit, Eastern Cuba 
 

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Session 6. Landscapes, Geoheritage & Human Interactions (Afternoon Session)

Date: 3 September 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
14:00–14:10

Prof. Dr. Karoly Nemeth
Prof. Dr. Ignacio J. Diaz-Maroto 
Session Chairs

 Welcome from the Session Chairs
14:10–14:30 Prof. Dr. Ignacio J. Diaz-Maroto
Invited speaker		 Landscapes of stone and water in the Terras do Miño Biosphere Reserve, Lugo, Spain
14:30–14:50 Dr. Marie-Noelle Guilbaud
Invited speaker		 Building Sense On Geoheritage: The Significance Of Interdisciplinary Projects
 14:50–15:05 Kevin Musungu
Selected speaker		 Urban Expansion Monitoring in the Philippi Horticultural Area Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning
15:05–15:20 Veronica A. Capin
Selected speaker		 Assessing Land Suitability for Sanitary Landfill Siting Using GIS–MCDA in Zamboanga City, Philippines
15:20–15:35 Néstor Marrero-Rodríguez 
Selected speaker		 Inventory of Sites of Geotouristic Interests on Boa Vista Island (Cape Verde)
15:35–15:50 John Vincent Abenoja Nate
Selected speaker		 An R-Based GIS Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework with Monte Carlo Stability: Biorefinery Site Selection for Peat-Alternative Growing Media in Ireland
15:50–16:05 Marina Chatzina
Selected speaker		 Spatial Variability of Roman Mortar Properties: Physicochemical Characterization and GIS Analysis in the Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis
16:05–16:20 Imane Kechacha
Selected speaker		 Geoheritage Landscapes and Human Bonds: The Coastal–Mountain System of Jijel Province, Algeria



IOCEA 2026 Program (DAY 3)
Session 7: Air Quality and Climate Pollutants
Flash Poster Session
(Morning Session)

Date: 4 September 2026 (Friday)
Time: 09:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST, Beijing)

Session 7: Air Quality and Climate Pollutants
9:00–9:10 Prof. Dr. Alexander A. Baklanov
Session Chair		 Welcome from the Session Chair
9:10–9:30 Prof. Dr. Sergei P. Smyshlyaev 
Invited speaker		 An analysis of air quality changes in Northern Russia and the Arctic using the WRF-Chem model for different climatic conditions based on input data from the global ARTS-ESM model
9:30–9:45 Alexander Kurganskiy
Selected speaker		 Aerosol Feedbacks in High-Latitude Weather: Insights from Regional Modelling
9:45–10:00 Ana Rosa Gamarra 
Selected speaker		 Assessment of key pollutant emissions under future scenarios of residential biomass combustion in Spain and Portugal
10:00–10:15 Bence Hernádi
Selected speaker		 Investigation of Nuisance and Allergenic Environmental Odour Sources in Budapest
10:15–10:30 Duha Hammad
Selected speaker		 Leaf Morphology Controls Particulate Matter Deposition on Urban Roadside Trees: Evidence from Size-Fractionated Gravimetric Analysis
10:30–10:45 Georgii Nerobelov 
Selected speaker		 Modelling the influence of urban processes in St Petersburg on the near-surface atmospheric layer
10:45–11:00 Zoya Sharma
Selected speaker		 Effect of Sustainable Aviation Fuels on Contrail Formation Across Flight Routes: A Thermodynamic Analysis
Flash Poster Session
11:00–11:05 Session Chair Session Introduction
11:05–11:10 Bárbara A. Macías-Hernández
Poster Presenter		 Mining Air Pollution Patterns in Monterrey: A Comparative Apriori and FP-Growth Approach
11:10–11:15 Jihong Sun
Poster Presenter		 Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Liaohe Delta Over the Past 30 Years (1987–2017) Based on an Integrated Classification and Preferred Features Approach
11:15–11:20 Ceyda Hizal 
Poster Presenter		 Automatic Classification of Seagrass using Deep Learning Methods from Underwater Images
11:20–11:25 Aliki Maditinoy
Poster Presenter		 Environmental and Climate-Responsive Redesign of Public Outdoor Spaces within Historic Mediterranean Urban Fabrics
11:25–11:30 David Corell 
Poster Presenter		 Shortening of the thermal winter in Spain (1953-2022): changes in onset, end, and duration
11:30–11:35 Gopeshwar Sahu
Poster Presenter		 Towards Reliable Prediction of Streamflow in Semi-Arid Watersheds using a Mass-Conserving LSTM
11:35–11:40 Valentina Botto 
Poster Presenter		 Climate Assessment and the Development of a Blended Drought Index for Water Crisis Management in Northwestern Italy
11:40–11:45 Domenico Doronzo 
Poster Presenter		 Toward an Integrated Definition of “Volcanic Wine”
11:45–11:50 Nana Meparishvili
Poster Presenter		 Transboundary Air Pollution and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Morbidity in Rustavi, Georgia: A Time-Series Analysis
11:50–11:55 Moumita Saha 
Poster Presenter		 Estimating Ground-Level PM2.5 from Open Satellite and Meteorological Data Using Explainable Machine Learning
 11:55–12:00 Omer Farooq 
Poster Presenter		 Evaluating Pre- and Post-Damages of Hydro-Hazard Dynamics in Talidas Valley under Climate Change due to Glacier Lake Outburst Flood

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Session 4: Water in a Changing World: Hydrology, Hydro-AI & Resources (Afternoon Session)

Date: 4 September 2026 (Friday)
Time: 15:00 (CEST, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time in CEST Speaker Title
15:00–15:10 Dr. Lampros Vasiliades
Dr. Yiannis Panagopoulos
Session Chairs		 Welcome from the Session Chairs
15:10–15:40 Prof. Dr. Steven R. Fassnacht
Keynote Speaker		 Scales of Snowpack Variability
15:40–15:55 Faisal Mahmood 
Selected Speaker
 Integrating Physically Based and Data-Driven Models to Enhance Flood Prediction: A Hybrid SWAT+ and ML Framework
15:55–16:10 Stamatela Troumpoutza
Selected speaker		 A Data-Driven Framework for Estimating Extreme Rainfall in the Thessaly River Basin, Greece
16:10–16:25 Guiselle Valderrama Vizcarra 
Selected speaker		 Geostatistical Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Risk in Urban Coastal Virginia: A Case Study from Virginia Beach
16:25–16:40 Murad Ellafi
Selected speaker		 Drainage Water Reuse Potential in Arid Irrigation Projects Using DRAINMOD Simulations
16:40–16:55 Kamelia Radeva
Selected speaker		 Application of Innovative Approaches in the Acquisition, Assessment and Interpretation of Water Body Data via Remote Sensing Within the Context of Environmental Protection: A Case Study for Bulgaria
16:55–17:00 Conference Chairs

 Closing Remarks



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