Important dates:
• Registration starts November, 2023
• Abstract submission deadline March 31, 2024 (early reduced fee) and
April 30, 2024 (late reduced fee). It is possible to register after April 30,
but abstracts will not be included in the proceedings and applications
will be taken as "on-site".
The deadline for the early reduced fee
has been extended to April 14, 2024! |
Contact:
Email volcandpark24@gmail.com
Sessions:
S1 Volcanic geoheritage from volcanic geology perspective
S2 Qualitative and quantitative methods to measure geodiversity within
volcanic regions
S3 Volcanic geoheritage and its links to cosmovision of indigenous
communities
S4 Sense of place and its influence on geocultural development in volcanic
regions
S5 Geoconservation of volcanic regions under rapid urbanization and global
change
S6 Geosystem (ecosystem) services view on volcanic geoheritage
S7 Volcanic geoparks: from local to global
S8 Geoheritage for developing resilient society against volcanic hazard
S9 Communicating volcanic geoheritage to wide public
The detailed conference program can be found here
(it can also be downloaded).
S1 Volcanic geoheritage from volcanic geology perspective
In this session, we will focus on presentation of various volcanic
areas with geoheritage potential. Emphasis should be paid on their
geology, geomorphology, geoconservation and geoeducational values. The
entire session has an ambition to show the wide variability of volcanic
geology, volcanic landscapes, landforms, and other features with
geoheritage value. Contributions describing geology and volcanic
phenomena of such areas are warmly welcome.
S2 Qualitative and quantitative methods to measure geodiversity
within volcanic regions
Quality of any geosite is besides of educational, scientific and
geoconservation values given also by its aesthetic values, as a very
subjective characteristic. On the other hand, geodiversity in volcanic
regions can be classified by qualitative and quantitative methods,
those can be presented and discussed in this session. This session
especially encourages contributors to submit their work where advanced
technologies such as remote sensing, GIS, digital terrain models,
drone-surveys and direct geological and geomorphological mappings are
blended into a method to provide geodiversity maps.
S3 Volcanic geoheritage and its links to cosmovision
of indigenous communities
We expect contributions describing importance of volcanic phenomena for
common, cultural, and spiritual life and activities of indigenous
communities in different localities worldwide. Special attention should
be paid on sites, where volcanic features directly influence the
activities of indigenous communities, including specific technologies
developed in volcanic environment. This session call for submissions
dealing with volcanic hazards dealt with indigenous communities and how
that knowledge can be blended into western science. Narrative
descriptions of common wisdoms of human societies on the values of
volcanism generated processes and landscape enriching human life are
also expected among submissions to this session.
S4 Sense of place and its influence on geocultural development
in volcanic regions
Volcanic geosites are very frequently associated with specific spirit
of the site, valuable for local communities. Sensing of such places
plays in many cases crucial role in cultural development and sensing of
the nature as a whole. Collections of legends and other oral traditions
that influence even the 21st century communities are especially welcome
to be submitted to this session.
S5 Geoconservation of volcanic regions under rapid
urbanization and global change
Rapid urbanization, constructions of infrastructure as well as climatic
change are challenging factors in preservation and conservation of
volcanic geoheritage. Problems as well as solutions experienced in
different settings are welcome to be presented in this session. This
session call contributions from records of valuable volcanic
geoheritage loss and the lost opportunity to utilize such geoheritage
for geoeducation of volcanism. This session aims to find submissions
documenting good and poor practice of natural resources of volcanic
landforms.
S6 Geosystem (ecosystem) services view on
volcanic geoheritage
Volcanoes are very attractive topic for wider public and may play the
role of nature-ambassadors in promotion and protection of larger
landscapes, where volcanic phenomena are included. Geosystem services
are a new approach to value the natural capita provision to our life.
While ecosystem services are gradually becoming a common practice to
valorise the natural resources from the living environment perspective,
while geosystem services are more focuses on the abiotic nature. So far
only a handful work has been expanding the geosystem services to
specifically to volcanic terrains. This session call contributions
exploring the potential to develop geosystem services approach to
natural resources and their interaction with human societies in
volcanic regions.
S7 Volcanic geoparks: from local to global
Volcanic geoparks are being established on various continents and at
various levels (regional, national, continental, global). Contributions
describing the development of volcanic geoparks and their networks in
different countries are welcome in this session. Differences in goals
and aims as well as experience with establishing and management of
geoparks at different levels and locations is inspirative for other
geoparks, including those planned. This session welcomes contribution
from documentation of the process to establish volcanic geoparks as
well as stories from already operating volcanic geoparks. We
particularly interested in to have contributions dealing with the
diversity of the volcanic features and the strategy how such geoparks
can be used for natural hazard resilience education.
S8 Geoheritage for developing resilient society against
volcanic hazard
Geoheritage is a discipline with a good experience in interpretation of
geological scientific outcomes to wide public. This expertise could be
transferred to hazard-education, to better communicate hazardous
phenomena to wide public with an aim to reduce misunderstanding and
overlooking of geological-hazard information (that can be poorly
understandable).
S9 Communicating volcanic geoheritage to wide public
New digital technologies provide innovative tools in in visualisation
and communication. This progress has been reflected also in
presentation of cultural heritage and geoheritage. New ways in
propagation and popularization of volcanic geoheritage will be
presented in this session including social media utilization, citizen
science, dedicated mobile application development or mapping tools are
among the expected contributions. |
