Belfast Geologists Society – Family Fun Day
2023-08-26 10:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Whitepark Bay, Ballycastle, 157 Whitepark Rd, Ballintoy,, Ballycastle, BT54 6NH, United Kingdom
Belfast Geologists Society – Family Fun Day on Saturday 19th August.
Karen Parks will lead a family fun day at Whitepark Bay
to look at different rock types in the pebbles on the beach, play some rock-related games and look for fossils.
Meet at the YHA carpark at 10am.
More details available at this link Belfast Geologists Summer Programme.

EFG Panel discussion at EAGE Conference
2023-09-06 14:00 - 15:10 | Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), 150 Morrison Street, The Exchange, Scotland, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE, United Kingdom
“Building Public Trust with Near Surface Industries: A Pathway to Rebuilding the Talent Pipeline Needed for a Green Energy Transition”.
14:00 – 15:10 BST
More information on the panel discussion can be found here: EAGE NearSurface 2023 (eagensg.org) and you can register for the conference itself here: https://eagensg.org

IAEG 50th Anniversary Conference - 50 Years of Irish-type Pb-Zn deposits
2023-09-08 - 2023-09-10 | Galway Bay Hotel, The Promenade, Salthill, Galway, H91 W295, Ireland
For more details and registration please visit the IAEG website here:
IAEG – IAEG 50

Belfast Geologists - “Wonderful World of Fossils”
2023-09-17 11:00 - 16:00 | WWT Castle Espie, 78 Ballydrain Rd, Comber, Newtownards, BT23 6EA, United Kingdom
Event on Sunday 17th September 11am-4pm at WWT Castle Espie
by Mike Simms from Ulster Museum.
Standard admission charge – free for WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust members).
More information available at Show and Tell Fossils | WWT

Culture Night – DIAS Geophysics event: “Earthquakes and Other Geohazards”
2023-09-22 17:00 - 21:30 | 5 Merrion Square North, Dublin, D02 Y006, Ireland
The Geophysics Section of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is holding a talk / workshop entitled “Earthquakes and Other Geohazards”
at 5 Merrion Square North, Dublin D02 Y006.
Friday, 22nd September between 5pm and 9:30pm.
No booking is required for this event. More information on Culture Night website Earthquakes and Other Geohazards • Culture Night

Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Lecturer 2023-24 Lecture Season
2023-09-25 17:30 | University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
begins Monday 25th September at 5:30pm
“Carbon Capture and Storage and the CO2 storage resources management system (SRMS)”.
lecture by Rawdon Seager
The talk will take place in the auditorium of the Student Village in UCD, Belfield (53°18’13.1″N 6°13’06.2″W – Google Maps Google map link 53°18’13.1″N 6°13’06.2″W – Google Maps).
Further details can be obtained by emailing Jonathan Leather jonathan.leather@uogplc.com.

Belfast Geologists Society online talk: “North West Highlands UNESCO Geopark”
2023-09-26 19:30 | ZOOM
Peter Harrison will introduce the geology of the northwest highlands of Scotland and highlight the work of the North West Highlands UNESCO Geopark.
More details on how to access the Zoom meeting will be provided nearer the date. Keep an eye on the Belfast Geologists webpage for more information coming soon Belfast Geologists Winter Programme
Tuesday 26th September at 7:30pm.

IGI Contaminated Land Training Series webinar
2023-09-27 12:30 - 14:00 | ZOOM
“Introduction to Contaminated Land and the Risk Assessment Process”
by Christopher Newton and Owen Williams.
on Wednesday 27th September at 12:30pm to 2pm via Zoom.
Pre-register for this training series by emailing info@igi.ie.
More details are available on the flyer here.

Irish Geological Association (IGA) Lecture: “My Journey with Pegmatites – From India to Malawi”
2023-09-27 19:00 - 20:00 | ZOOM
given by Dr. Tuhin Chakraborty, of iCRAG and University College Cork.
Wednesday 27th September between 7pm and 8pm
Register for this talk by sending an email to IGA at info@geology.ie.
For further details please see flyer here

GSI Researchers’ Night 2023
2023-09-28 18:30 - 21:00 | Ted Nevill Laboratory, UCC, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, UCC, Cork, Ireland
Save the date for this event in UCC to mark European Researchers’ Night 2023.
Three Cork-based geoscience researchers, Dr. Jean O’Dwyer, Hannah Binner and Dr. Chris Mays, will give a short presentation about their recent work.
The event is free, but registration is required.
More details are available on Geological Survey Ireland’s website at this link: GSI Researchers’ Night 2023

GSNI interactive webinar “Geodiversity and you: How Geology made Northern Ireland”
2023-10-04 19:00 - 21:00 | ZOOM
Given by Dr. Kristin Lemon
Register for the webinar using this Zoom link Webinar Registration – Zoom

International Geodiversity Day
2023-10-06
Please see website for events Home | Geodiversity Day.

Cuilcagh Lakelands UNESCO Geopark - Dark Skies at Cavan Burren Park
2023-10-06 20:00 - 21:30
Details of this and all the events for Geodiversity day at Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark can be found at this link Events | Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark

Belfast Geologists Society: A short excursion to the geological garden at Crawfordsburn Country Park
2023-10-07 10:30 - 12:30 | Crawfordsburn Country Park, 32 Bridge Rd S, Helen's Bay, Bangor, BT19 1JT, United Kingdom
Led by: Dr. Michael Dempster
Earth Science & Heritage Officer, Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
More information can be found at the end of this link Belfast Geologists Summer Programme

GSI / Geotechnical Society of Ireland: European Ground Motion Service (EGMS) course
2023-10-10 14:00 - 17:30 | Engineers Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
Geological Survey Ireland, along with the Geotechnical Society of Ireland are co-hosting a free half-day course on the European Ground Motion Services (EGMS) on the afternoon of the Monday 10th October in Engineers Ireland, Clyde Road between 14:00 and 17:30.
EGMS is a Copernicus Service devoted to the monitoring of land deformation phenomena.
More information can be found at this link on GSI website short course on the European Ground Motion Service and here: https://www.gsi.ie/documents/CourseDescription_.pdf

National Geothermal Energy Summit 2023
2023-10-11 | TU Dublin, Grangegorman Campus, Grangegorman Lower,, Dublin, D07H6K8, Ireland
Save The Date:
Details to follow…

Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series: "Why Geothermal?"
2023-10-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
“Why Geothermal? – Analysis of community acceptance to promote energy justice and sustainable development strategies in rural Argentina”
Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series– webinar tomorrow Thursday 12th October 2023 4pm-5pm hosted by the GSNI.
Given by Jackson Marshall Grimes of Project Innerspace.
More information on the content of this webinar and a link for registration can be found at this Eventbrite link:
Why Geothermal? Analysis of Community Acceptance to Promote Energy Justice Tickets, Thu 12 Oct 2023 at 16:00 | Eventbrite

Annual IAH (Irish Group) Field trip with the central theme of “CatchmentCARE”
2023-10-14 - 2023-10-15 | Arney, Blackwater and the Finn Catchments, BT74 6HX, United Kingdom
To be held in the Border counties to learn about the work undertaken as part of the cross-border CatchmentCARE project, in the cross-border river catchments: the Arney, the Blackwater and the Finn.
14th and 15th October
Full details of the content of the fieldtrip, the itinerary, cost and how to register can be found at this link Annual IAH (Irish Group) Field Trip – International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Irish Chapter (iah-ireland.org).
Further questions or queries can be directed to the IAH Fieldtrip Secretary, Joe Greene at fieldtrip@iah-ireland.org

International Association of Geomorphologists: Webinar
2023-10-16 14:00 - 15:40 | Webinar
International Association of Geomorphologists will be holding a webinar on the 16th October between 14:00 and 15:40 IST (15:00 and 16:40 CET) featuring speakers from Poland, Italy and the U.K.
More details on the topics to be presented and how to register can be found here:
IAG Webinar for the International Geodiversity Day 2023 – IAG – International Association of Geomorphologists

Belfast Geologists Society talk
2023-10-17
The next talk of their 2023/2024 winter programme will be on Tuesday 17th October.
The talk will be given by Dr. Robert Raine of GSNI and the provisional title is “Geothermal Potential of Northern Ireland”.
More details on how to access the meeting will be provided nearer the date.
Keep an eye on the Belfast Geologists webpage for more information coming soon Belfast Geologists Winter Programme

The Hydrogeological Group of Geological Society London: Groundwater Modellers Forum
2023-10-19 | Birmingham and Online, Priory Rooms, Bull St,, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The title of the forum is: “What aren’t we modelling and does it matter?”.
It will be a hybrid event.
The Hydrogeological Group has very kindly allowed IGI members to avail of the Geol. Soc. members rate (£95 Stg for remote attendance), just put in your IGI membership number into the notes and comments section when registering.
Please see Forum Flyer for more information and note that the deadline for online attendance registration is Monday, 16th October.

Samhain agus Science Mini-Festival
2023-10-25 - 2023-11-06
Samhain agus Science Mini-Festival is an initiative of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS).
This year’s festival runs from 25th October to 6th November with a total of five events, representing all DIAS schools.
All events are in-person, with four taking place at DIAS HQ, 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 4, and the fifth taking place at Galway City Museum.
The Galway event is a walk-in workshop which doesn’t require a ticket, all of the others can be booked via their Eventbrite collection.

IGI Contaminated Land Training Series webinar
2023-10-25 12:30 - 14:00 | ZOOM
“Developing CSMs & Introduction to Risk Assessment”
by Graham Webb.
Pre-register for this training series by emailing info@igi.ie.
More details are available on the flyer here.

Geoscience 2023 - GSI Annual Conference: “Geoscience for a better future”
2023-11-07 08:30 - 19:00 | Printworks Conference Centre, Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin, Ireland
Save The Date:
Geoscience 2023, the GSI annual conference. Themed “Geoscience for a better future”
7th November 8:30am to 7:00pm in the Printworks Conference Centre, Dublin Castle.
You can now register for this free conference using this Eventbrite link:
Geoscience2023 – Geoscience for a better future Tickets, Tue 7 Nov 2023 at 08:30 | Eventbrite

Irish Mining and Quarrying Society (IMQS) Annual Black Tie Dinner Dance
2023-11-11 | Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath – and on ZOOM, Trim, Co Meath, Trim, C15 WYF4, Ireland
Saturday 11th November in Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath.
Further information on costs and a link to buy tickets can be found here:
IMQS Dinner Dance 11th Nov 2023 – IMQS

Irish Geological Association (IGA) talk: “New Ways to Hunt Down Irish Zn-Pb Mineralization”
2023-11-15 19:00 - 20:00 | ZOOM
The talk will be given by: Dr. Aileen Doran of iCRAG / UCD
Further details can be found here.
To register, please email info@geology.ie

GSNI webinar: “The Value of Geothermal for a Clean Energy Transition and Key Success factors for its deployment”.
2023-11-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) webinar on 16th November 2023 between 16:00 and 17:00, as part of the Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series.
It will be given by Jack Kiruja, Associate Programme Officer with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Registration details can be found at this Eventbrite link:
The Value of Geothermal for a Clean Energy Transition Tickets, Thu 16 Nov 2023 at 16:00 | Eventbrite

Galway Geological Association (GGA) Fieldtrip
2023-11-18 | The Burren National Park, Mullach Mór, Co Clare, Ireland
Late autumn outing to Mullach Mór, Burren National Park on Saturday 18th November 2023.
Dr. Eamon Doyle of the Burren National Park will be guiding this fieldtrip.
For further information and to register, please email: galwaygeology@gmail.com

"Ingenious Dublin” exhibition in the Little Museum of Dublin
2023-11-21 - 2023-11-28 | Little Museum of Dublin, 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland
The exhibition includes fossils on loan from the Geological Museum in Trinity College Dublin, including Ireland’s oldest fossil.
As part of the exhibition, there are a number of talks.
One of the talks on the 21st November is entitled “Geology & Photography – the work of John Joly” and will be given by Professor Patrick Wyse Jackson.
You can find the Little Museum of Dublin at 15 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 and link to more information and tickets here:
Ingenious Dublin Exhibition | The Little Museum of Dublin

IAH AGM and TDM
2023-11-21 18:00 | ZOOM
TDM at 18:00 and the AGM will take place afterwards starting at approx.19:00 hrs.
You must register in advance via this zoom link (you will then receive an email with the login details):
https://tinyurl.com/IAHTDM
At the Technical Discussion Meeting (TDM), Matteo Viganotti (AECOM) will present a talk under the following title:
“Injecting CO2 in a historical lime deposit for sequestration/remediation”.
Further details of the event (and future TDMs and events) are on the flyer which can be found at the following link:
https://www.iah-ireland.org/TDMs/IAH%20TDM%20and%20AGM%20-%2021st%20November%202023_v2.pdf
