The Institute of Geologists of Ireland

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series – Spring Semester 2026
2026-01-21 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Dublin) | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
These will be held between 1-2 pm on Wednesdays in E0.61, O’Brien Science Centre, and also be streamed to Zoom at the recurring meeting link found below and on the flyer here.
The zoom link will remain the same every week. All are welcome.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/69834411743?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 698 3441 1743
Passcode: [REDACTED]

UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series
2025-11-26 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-08 13:00 - 14:00 and 4 more dates | University College Dublin and on Zoom, G01, School of Earth Sciences, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4, D04 V1W8, Ireland
Autumn Semester 2025 – These will all be held between 1-2 pm on Wednesdays in E0.61, O’Brien Science Centre, with the exception of the final lecture to be held in a larger space (TBC).
All talks will also be streamed to Zoom at the recurring meeting link found on the flyer here.
There are a variety of Earthly and otherworldly, applied and fundamental topics for you, including inaugural lectures from two new SES Staff and a final SES Winter Lecture on planet formation and giant impacts. All are welcome.
The zoom link is at the top of the attached flyer and will remain the same every week.
Save the flyer for future references as there will be no weekly reminders, unless there is a change to the attached schedule.

IGI Energy Geoscience - Webinar 4
2025-11-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Dr Kara English, Dr Pablo Rodriguez Salgado and Dr Gustavo Martins, University College Dublin – “GeoStorIE. Update on the assessment of Ireland’s offshore geostorage potential”
Thursday 20th November 1 – 2pm
The IGI’s online seminar series focused on the energy transition continues. This four-part 1-2pm lunchtime webinar series (organised by the Energy Geoscience Working Group of IGI) will spotlight key areas of energy geoscience, featuring expert speakers from academia, government agencies, and industry.
Attendees will gain an understanding of how geoscience supports Ireland’s energy security and sustainability, with insights into cutting-edge research and industry developments. Please see flyer here
To register your interest, please sign up using this link:
https://forms.office.com/e/cd0aWVnw9H.
Zoom link will be shared with participants in advance of the seminars.

IGI Energy Geoscience - Webinar 3
2025-11-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Keith Byrne, Aspen Energy – “Renewable Resources to Hydrogen: storage and end-use”
Wednesday 5th November 1 – 2pm
The IGI’s online seminar series focused on the energy transition continues.
This four-part 1-2pm lunchtime webinar series (organised by the Energy Geoscience Working Group of IGI) will spotlight key areas of energy geoscience, featuring expert speakers from academia, government agencies, and industry.
Attendees will gain an understanding of how geoscience supports Ireland’s energy security and sustainability, with insights into cutting-edge research and industry developments. Please see flyer here
To register your interest, please sign up using this link: https://forms.office.com/e/cd0aWVnw9H.
Zoom link will be shared with participants in advance of the seminars.

IGI Energy Geoscience - Webinar 2
2025-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Dr Sarah Blake, Geological Survey Ireland: “Geothermal energy in Ireland – recent developments and future plans”.
Wednesday 22nd October 1 – 2pm
The IGI’s online seminar series focused on the energy transition continues. This four-part 1-2pm lunchtime webinar series (organised by the Energy Geoscience Working Group of IGI) will spotlight key areas of energy geoscience, featuring expert speakers from academia, government agencies, and industry.
Attendees will gain an understanding of how geoscience supports Ireland’s energy security and sustainability, with insights into cutting-edge research and industry developments. Please see flyer here
To register your interest, please sign up using this link: https://forms.office.com/e/cd0aWVnw9H.
Zoom link will be shared with participants in advance of the seminars.

IGI Energy Geoscience - Webinar 1
2025-10-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Dr Aaron Lim, University College Cork
“Seafloor mapping in support of offshore renewable energy development”.
Wednesday 8th October 1pm- 2pm.

The IGI is pleased to announce our online seminar series focused on the energy transition. This four-part 1-2pm lunchtime webinar series (organised by the Energy Geoscience Working Group of IGI) will spotlight key areas of energy geoscience, featuring expert speakers from academia, government agencies, and industry.
Attendees will gain an understanding of how geoscience supports Ireland’s energy security and sustainability, with insights into cutting-edge research and industry developments. Please see flyer here
To register your interest, please sign up using this link: https://forms.office.com/e/cd0aWVnw9H.
Zoom link will be shared with participants in advance of the seminars.

Joint Geotechnical Society of Ireland / IGI Seminar
2025-05-13 14:00 | Engineers Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
The Geotechnical Society, co-hosting with the IGI, will hold their Spring Seminar and AGM on Tuesday 13th May which will include talks from Dr John C. Cripps, University of Sheffield and Dr Róisín Buckley, Glasgow University (see draft poster here).
Dr Cripps will give the 23rd Glossop Lecture, entitled “Mud to Rock and Back” while Dr Buckley’s lecture is entitled “Uncertainty in Site Characterisation: new strategies to mitigate risks and maximise opportunities”. The seminar will be followed by the Geotechnical Society of Ireland’s AGM.

EDI Symposium
2025-04-09 - 2025-04-11 | Online Event
EDI Symposium – Geological Society of London – Geological Curators Group (GCG) are delighted to be able to announce details for their forthcoming EDI symposium on the 9th, 10th and 11th April 2025.
All sessions will be taking place online and are free to attend.
They have put together a fascinating and very diverse set of talks. More details on the symposium and how to register are on this website: https://www.geocurator.org/events/182-edi-symposium.
The GCG have various other exciting events planned for the year as well – and details for these will be sent out as soon as possible. You can contact the committee through Cindy Howells Cindy.Howells@museumwales.ac.uk

Groundwater Flooding in Cork Seminar
2025-03-19 12:00 - 13:00 | University College Cork, College Road, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland
UCC School of Engineering are hosting a seminar on Groundwater Flooding on the Wednesday 19th of March from 12pm-1pm.
It will be held as a hybrid event. In-person attendees will be at the Sustainable Futures Lab, Iris Ashley Cummins Building, University College Cork while online attendees can join via Teams.
Mohamad Soboh, researcher at UCC, and Anthony Beese, senior consulting geologist, will discuss groundwater flood risks in the city.
The event will document the history of groundwater issues and some recent flood modelling being undertaken as part of a GSI-funded project.
If you’re interested in this free event, please register at this link: Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

GSNI Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series
2025-02-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The second webinar in the 2025 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series is taking place this Thursday, 27th February between 16:00 and 17:00.
Emma Bramham and Arka Dyuti Sarkar from the University of Leeds will be giving a talk entitled “Geothermal providing Geosolutions for the University of Leeds campus, the wider Leeds urban environment and across the wider UK”.
They will present current geothermal work by the interdisciplinary Geosolutions Leeds team, including the Geothermal Campus living lab project alongside a wider range of projects exploring potential for geothermal in our urban environments. They will also discuss how the outcomes will work collectively to help bring forward the agenda for geothermal in both Leeds and the wider UK.
Register via the Eventbrite link here Geothermal providing Geosolutions for the University of Leeds campus Tickets, Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

IGRM 2024 - the 67th Irish Geoscience Research Meeting
2024-03-01 - 2024-03-03 | University of Galway, University Road,, Galway,, H91 TK33, Ireland
IGRM 2024 – the 67th Irish Geoscience Research Meeting will be held in the Arts Millennium Building, University of Galway between the 1st and 3rd March 2024.
The event will be jointly hosted this year by the Galway Earth & Ocean Society, the Department of Geography, University of Galway and the Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Galway.
Registration is free.
Full details and a registration link can be found on GSI website here: 67th IGRM (gsi.ie) and a Google Form to register here: IGRM24 Registration (google.com).

UCD School of Earth Sciences talk: “Towards an understanding of Early Jurassic Earth system and timescale: recent results from new and legacy cores.”
2023-04-26 13:00 | ZOOM
Stephen Hesselbo – Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter
These will take place every week until Wednesday 26th April, aside from during the 2-week midterm break (15th & 22nd March).
Please see flyer here
Seminars – UCD School of Earth Sciences

Irish Quaternary Association (IQUA) Autumn Symposium 2022
2022-12-02 09:00 - 16:00 | Maynooth University, Co Kildare, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
The symposium will be held at Room 125, TSI Building North Campus, Maynooth University from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
The cost is €10 for IQUA members, €5 for IQUA Student members, €20 non-members, €10 student non-members.
The theme is “Research from the past – Impact for the future”
Keynote Speaker is Professor John Kirby from Liverpool John Moores University.
See flyer below and details of how to register here: https://forms.office.com/r/deF8tHgZ1M
Website: http://iqua.ie/category/events/
