UCD School of Earth Sciences Seminar Series – Spring Semester 2026
2026-01-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-28 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-04 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-04 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-25 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Dublin) and 4 more dates | 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]

Galway Geological Association – Lecture
2026-01-22 19:00 | ZOOM
Lecture via Zoom Thursday 22nd January 2026 at 19:00.
To be given by Prof. Dr Bernd Zolitschka, Institute of Geography, University of Bremen. Prof. Zolitschka will be talking about “The Eifel volcanic field, Germany: type-location of “maars”, natural archives of exceptional environmental records”.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84803122481?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 848 0312 2481; Passcode: [REDACTED]
More details and information on future GGA and other events can be found on the flyer here.

GSNI Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series
2026-01-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The first webinar in the 2026 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series takes place on Thursday 29th January between 16:00 and 17:00.
Sharon Clements, Head of Geothermal Policy at the Department for the Economy NI will provide an overview of the GeoEnergy NI project, including progress to date, the findings from the shallow geothermal demonstrator at Stormont, the deep geothermal exploratory work at Greenmount and the implications of this work for future geothermal development in Northern Ireland.
Register via the Eventbrite link GeoEnergy NI: Results, Lessons Learned and What’s Next for Geothermal in NI Tickets, Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

RIA / GSI Lecture
2026-01-29 18:00 | Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2,, Dublin, D02 HH58, Ireland
Royal Irish Academy / 2026 Geological Survey Ireland Geoscience lecture on Thursday 29 January 2026 at 6.00pm at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 HH58.
The talk, entitled ‘Why does net zero need geoscience?’ will be given by Karen Hanghøj, Director of the British Geological Survey.
Book your ticket here.
Renewable energy and mobility technologies create a strong demand for certain raw materials. Potential scarcity and criticality of these materials might negatively impact the energy transition, and the downstream supply chain significantly. The sustainable use of natural resources is essential for the energy transition and for reaching Net Zero.
This presentation will focus on the importance of knowledge about minerals and metals in this context. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with Ireland-based geologists to bring an Irish perspective to the topic.
Karen Hanghøj is the Director of the British Geological Survey. She is a geologist with extensive experience in research and innovation management and the minerals and metals industry. Karen is passionate about understanding the complexity of resource management, about environmental and social sustainability, and about the role of geoscience in finding solutions to societal challenges. Karen holds a PhD in Geology from University of Copenhagen and has worked with research on geological processes in the lower crust and mantle and their associated mineral deposits, before taking senior leadership roles in research and innovation organisations. She is a member of a range of international committees and working groups.

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting
2026-02-03 17:15 | Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, and Online, Beggar’s Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04 K7X4, Ireland
The first IAH TDM of 2026 will take place on Tuesday 3rd February 2026 at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, Beggars Bush and also Online at 5:15 (tea/coffee), 5:45 (presentation).
It will be given by Alan Seltzer of UCD who will be talking about “Dissolved Gas Tracers in Groundwater – from Climate to Denitrification”.
The flyer here gives some more details about the speaker and registration links (for in-person and online attendance) as well as details of future IAH events.
The Eventbrite link to register for in-person is IAH TDM: Dissolved Gas Tracers in Groundwater – Climate to Denitrification. Tickets, Tue, 3 Feb 2026 at 17:45 | Eventbrite

Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) Lecture
2026-02-04 19:00 | Online Event
The IAEG’s first Lecture series talk of 2026 will be a PhD seminar.
The PhD seminar will be presented on the Wednesday 4th of February at 7PM online. There will be three PhD Student speakers presenting their work in 20 min talks.
Registration is open via the IAEG website here: https://lnkd.in/dBHGdT-Q. Please register in plenty of time to ensure you receive an invite in time.
Jack Beckwith (TCD) will be speaking on PGE in Carlingford. Victoria Susin (UCD/iCRAG) will be speaking on subsurface characterisation of the Stonepark and Pallas Green Zn-Pb deposits. Philippe Mongeau (Uni. of Edinburgh) will be talking on Controls on precious and critical metal enrichment in sulphide occurrences of the Caledonian-Appalachian orogeny.
For further information contact secretary@iaeg.ie for membership queries contact treasurer@iaeg.ie.

Galway Geological Association next talk - Save the Date!
2026-02-10
The next GGA talk is on 10th February when Victoria Lowe (GSI Tellus Programme) will be speaking about “Advances on geochemical data collection by the Tellus programme with particular reference to Western Ireland”.
More details and Zoom link to follow in due course.

RIA / Ulster University one-day workshop
2026-02-12 10:30 - 15:30 | Ulster University Belfast Campus, York Street, Belfast, BT15 1ED, United Kingdom
A one-day workshop, entitled “Our Aquatic Environment: Conservation and Restoration” co-organised by Ulster University, Northern Ireland Science Festival, and the Royal Irish Academy’s Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee will be held on Thursday 12th February 2026 from 10:30am to 3:30pm at the Ulster University Belfast Campus, York Street, Belfast, BT15 1ED.
Book your ticket here.
This event aims to bring together diverse expertise from across the island of Ireland to critically examine ‘our aquatic environment’ and the measures being taken to protect and restore it. The theme will be explored through a variety of lenses, including policy and governance, scientific diagnosis, social awareness, interdisciplinary approaches, and climate science. The event will be geared towards water scientists, researchers, policy makers, and environmental stakeholders.
The workshop will be structured around a keynote talk and two panel sessions, the first looking at threats to the aquatic environment and the second exploring policy and action to mitigate these threats.
The workshop will be followed by a public lecture delivered by science journalist, Olive Heffernan.
Tickets for the public lecture can be booked directly on the Northern Ireland Science Festival website.

Geotechnical Society of Ireland Seminar
2026-02-17 11:00 - 16:30 | Engineers Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland
The Geotechnical Society of Ireland will host its Spring Seminar in Engineers Ireland, Clyde Road, Dublin 4 on Tuesday 17th February from 11:00 to 16:30.
The seminar, entitled “Building Dublin’s Future from the Ground Up –Characterisation of Dublin Soils and Bedrock”, will discuss the geotechnical challenges faced in underground construction in Dublin Boulder Clay and Calp Limestone.
The seminar will be topical given the number of major underground infrastructure schemes in planning in the Dublin region.
A programme for the event is included in the flyer here.
The event will be in-person only at 22 Clyde Road. Soup, sandwiches, tea & coffee will be available for lunch. All welcome, no cost to attend, and the Geotechnical Society are thankful to our sponsors for facilitating the event.
Registration link can be found here: Building Dublin?s Future from the Ground Up ? Characterisation of Dublin Soils and Bedrock

EuroGeoSurveys webinar on QGIS
2026-02-19 01:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
EuroGeoSurveys, the representative body of 37 EU Geological Surveys, is hosting a webinar on “3D Geological Modelling in QGIS with ForGeo” on Thursday 19th February 2026 at 13:00-14:00 IST (14:00-15:00 CET).
Discover how open-source tools are advancing 3D geological modelling in the webinar organised by their Geological Mapping & Modelling Expert Group:
More information and a link to join the webinar can be found here Online Lecture: 3D Geological Modelling in QGIS with ForGEO – EuroGeoSurveys.

GSNI Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series
2026-02-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
The second webinar in the 2026 Northern Ireland Geothermal Webinar Series takes place on Thursday 19th February between 16:00 and 17:00.
Ryan Daly, Director at Ryan Renewables will talk about “Decarbonisation of Heat – Practical Commercial Examples in Ireland” and will outline the wide-ranging opportunities geothermal technology offers for Northern Ireland’s future energy mix, and share how it could become a central pillar of sustainable infrastructure across the region.
Register via the Eventbrite link Decarbonisation of Heat – Practical Commercial Examples in Ireland Tickets, Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

69th Irish Geoscience Research Meeting
2026-02-27 - 2026-03-01 | University College Cork, College Road, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland
The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork is proud to host the 69th Irish Geoscience Research Meeting in 2026.
This annual event, widely known as the IGRM, showcases the diversity of cutting-edge geoscience research that is currently breaking new ground in Ireland – and across the world. The event website is now live: IGRM 2026 – Irish Geological Research Meeting UCC Cork Ireland
The schedule of events at IGRM 2026 kicks off on Friday February 27th with an icebreaker reception in the “Domain of the Dinosaurs” exhibition in the Glucksman Gallery followed by an evening Keynote Lecture by Professor Erin Saupe, Oxford University on “Determining the Correlates of Extinction on Long Time Scales”.
Two exciting days of talks and poster exhibitions will take place over the weekend, with bountiful opportunities to meet, greet and network among the attendees.
A second Keynote Lecture on Saturday evening, February 28th, by Dr Susanne Schwenzer, Open University on “The Geology of Mars” will be followed by the IGRM 2026 conference dinner, to which all attendees are invited.
Key Dates:
Registration opens in January 2026.
Abstract Deadline: Friday 6th February
Registration Deadline: Monday 16th February
IGRM: Friday 27th February to Sunday 1st March

IAEG Online Lecture Series 2026
2026-03-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Event
The David Hall Exploration Fund Student Mapping Project Presentations will take place on Monday 2nd March at 7pm.
Theertha Rajesh and Natalie Cole, both final year Geology students in UCD, will present their mapping projects.
Theertha’s final year mapping project will focus on the Villamanin region in north western Spain, an area within the Variscan fold and thrust belt associated with the Pyrenean-Cantabrian mountains. The primary aim is to understand the timing and nature of lithological deposition, particularly in the context of facies successions that reflect environmental and depositional changes through time.
The second major focus is on structural geology. Natalie’s mapping project will also focus on the Villaminin region in north western Spain. The primary goal is to understand the geological and tectonic development of the area including changes in depositional setting and any mineralisation that may have occurred.
The study will also investigate how these rocks have been influenced by the deformation associated with tectonic events, such as folding, faulting and volcanism. This lecture is open to all. Registration is open via the IAEG website IAEG – IAEG 2026 Lecture Series – David Hall Fund Students Mapping Project Presentations. Please register in plenty of time to ensure you receive an invite.

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting
2026-03-24 17:15 | DCEE, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin and Online, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04 K7X4, Ireland
The second IAH TDM of 2026 will take place on Tuesday 24th March 2026 at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, Beggars Bush and also Online at 5:15 (tea/coffee), 5:45 (presentation).
It will be given by Alex Cabral of Trinity College Dublin who will be talking about “Groundwater and Coastal Carbon Dynamics”.
The link here Upcoming Events – International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Irish Chapter gives some more details about the speaker and a registration link (for in-person and online attendance) as well as details of future IAH events.
The Eventbrite link to register for in-person is IAH March TDM: Groundwater and coastal carbon dynamics, Alex Cabral, TCD. Tickets, Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM | Eventbrite

Irish Geoscience Network Meeting
2026-03-25 17:30 - 19:00 | 63 Merrion Square, Dublin and Online, Dublin 2, Ireland
On Wednesday 25th March 2026, as a hybrid meeting, between 17:30 and 19:00, both in-person at 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 or online.
Representatives of the IGN organisations are welcome to the meeting and the refreshments afterwards.
Please RSVP to info@igi.ie and submit your organisation’s report to IGI at the same address by 11th March.

IAH (Irish Group) Conference 2026
2026-04-14 - 2026-04-15 | Tullamore Court Hotel, Co. Offaly, O Moore Street,, Tullamore, Ireland
The Annual IAH (Irish Group) Conference – “Groundwater 2035: Building Resilience for the Next Decade” –will take place on 14th and 15th April 2026 in the Tullamore Court Hotel.
The conference will include sessions on the following topics:

Groundwater Supply Development
Climate Resilience & Extremes
Reversing Biodiversity Collapse
Contaminants and Pressures
Innovation and inspiration

More details to will follow soon, including how to register.

Irish Association for Economic Geology (IAEG) Save the Date!
2026-05-21 - 2026-05-22 | Tower Hotel Waterford, The Mall, The Viking Triangle, Waterford, X91 VXEO, Ireland
This year’s IAEG conference will be held on the 21st and 22nd of May in the Tower Hotel, Waterford.
The theme will be Precious Metals.
More information and speakers to come soon! For further information contact secretary@iaeg.ie for membership queries contact treasurer@iaeg.ie.

PERC-IGI Training event - Save the Date!
2026-06-04 | DCEE, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin and Online, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04 K7X4, Ireland
“Critical Raw Material Resource Classification and Reporting using UNFC and CRIRSCO” – PERC PERC | PAN-EUROPEAN RESERVES & RESOURCES REPORTING COMMITTEE and the IGI are pleased to announce that they are organising a one-day training event in Dublin on 4th June 2026 on the topic of “Critical Raw Material Resource Classification and Reporting using UNFC and CRIRSCO”.
This event will be held at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment’s Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04K7X4.
More information in the flyer here. Please “Save the Date” and stay tuned for more updates. Save the date: PERC-IGI training | PERC

PERC AGM
2026-06-05 | DCEE, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin and Online, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04 K7X4, Ireland
The PERC AGM will be held on Friday 5th June 2026 in Dublin with the option for remote attendance.
It will be hosted at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment’s Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin, D04K7X4 and is intended for PERC Trustees and Members as well as members of the PERC sub-committees.
Participation by external individuals or organisations is possible on request to the PERC Chairperson and Secretary.
More details on how to register (for PERC Members and invited guests only) will follow in due course.
