Activities

Working Group Activities

2018

• Planetary Geomorphology at EGU, 8–13 April 2018. Susan Conway, Matt Balme,  Davide Baioni, Tjalling de Haas, Nikolaus Kuhn.
• Session 15 The furthest frontier: Planetary Permafrost, 22 June – 1 July 2018, 5th European Conference on Permafrost, Chamonix, France, Conveners:  A. Séjourné, S. Conway, E. Hauber.
• Geological Association of Canada – Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, 13–15 May 2019. Special Session: “Terrestrial Analogues for Comparative Planetary Geology and Astrobiology”.

2017

• Planetary Geomorphology at EGU, 23–28 April 2017. Susan Conway, Matt Balme, Andreas Johnsson, Davide Baioni, Tjalling de Haas, Nikolaus Kuhn.
• Planetary Geomorphology at ICG India, New Delhi 6-11th November 2016. Susan Conway, Vic Baker, Nikolaus Kuhn.

2016

• The Fifth International Paleoflood Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota, September 12-15, 2016, will include the following theme: “Evidence of megafloods on earth and on other planetary bodies”. Potential field trip to be focused on the Pleistocene Megaflooding of the northwestern U.S. Vic Baker.
• 6th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Iceland. 5-9 September. Isaac Smith (fieldwork coordinator Susan Conway)
• Planetary Permafrost and Earth Analogues at XI International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) 20-24 June 2016, Potsdam, Germany. Antoine Séjourné, Andreas Johnsson.
• 2nd International Workshop on Martian Gullies at The Geological Society, London. 20-21 June. Susan Conway.
• A session on “Canadian contributions to the planetary sciences: Missions, materials, and analogues” Margins Through Time – GAC-MAC, June 1-3, Yukon. Gordon Osinski.
• Special Session “Extreme Events and Sedimentation” at the International Association of Sedimentologists meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, 23-25 May. Goro Komatsu.
• The Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Meeting in Moscow, Idaho, May 18-19, two sessions: “Megafloods and Paleohydrology on Earth and Beyond: A Session In Recognition of the Scientific Contributions of Victor R. Baker” and “Planetary Science: Insights from Remote Sensing, Field, and the Laboratory”. Fieldtrip: ​Pleistocene Megaflooding Landscapes of the Channeled Scabland. Vic Baker.
• Planetary Geomorphology at EGU, 17 – 22 April 2016.Susan Conway, Matt Balme, Andreas Johnsson, Davide Baioni.
• Co-organization of the ROBEX Sensor Workshop. April  7th – 8th, Bremen, Germany. Daniela Tirsch.
• Session PS-5 “The solar system bodies including planetary system” at the National Space Science Symposium of the Indian Space Research Organization 9-12 February. Senthil Kumar.

2015

• Mars geomorphology in the late Amazonian epoch at European Planetary Science Congress 27 September – 02 October 2015 La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France. Susan Conway, Andreas Johnsson.
• Joint ICA Symposium  “Cartography Beyond the Ordinary World”. Niteroi (Brazil)  21-22 August. Henrik Hargitai.
• Special Session: “Recent developments at Sudbury and other Canadian impact structures”AGU-GAC-MAC-CGU Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada, 3–7 May. Gordon Osinski.
• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2015 , Susan Conway, Matt Balme, Andreas Johnsson, Colman Gallagher.
• Chair of session “Mars Science and Exploration: A session in honour of Professors Gerhard Neukum and Colin Pillinger” 12-17 April at EGU 2015. Daniela Tirsch.
• “Dust Devils on Earth and Mars” ISSI, Bern, Switzerland 16-20 February. Matt Balme.
• Cryosphere workshop, Nantes, February. Marion Massé, Antoine Séjourné.

2014

• Planetary Session at the 8th International Congress on Aeolian Research (ICAR 8), China, Mary Bourke (more to come)
• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2014 , Susan Conway, Matt Balme, Andreas Johnsson, Colman Gallagher

• DIGGER – Digital Geoscience (geology, geomorphology, geography) in Education & Research. Science teacher workshops, Australia. 3. EO-GIS Toolbox for Teacher Scientists: Planet Earth and Beyond. Mark Bishop.

2013

• Special Session on Planetary Geomorphology at the 8th International Conference on Geomorphology , Paris, August 2013, Mary Bourke, Nicholas Mangold
• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2013 , Susan Conway, Matt Balme, Andreas Johnsson, Colman Gallagher

• DIGGER – Digital Geoscience (geology, geomorphology, geography) in Education & Research. Science teacher workshops, Australia. 1. Outback and Beyond: Craters, Space Rocks and Life. Mark Bishop.

• DIGGER – Digital Geoscience (geology, geomorphology, geography) in Education & Research. Science teacher workshops, Australia. 2. Dust, Dirt, Sand and Salt: Deserts, Records of Climate Change. Mark Bishop.

2012

• 3rd Conference on Terrestrial Mars Analogues , Marrakech, Morocco. Gordon Ozinski and others
• Planetary Dune workshop, Flagstaff, Arizona, June 2012 , Mary Bourke and others

• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2012 , Susan Conway, Matt Balme, Colman Gallagher

 2011

• Special Session on Planetary Geomorphology at the IAG/AIG Regional Conference on Geomorphology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 18 -22, 2011

• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2011 , Susan Conway, Matt Balme, Colman Gallagher

• PERC Planetary Geology Field Symposium in Kitakyushu, Japan , Goro Komatsu

 2010

• Planetary Dune workshop, Alamosa, Colorado, May 2010 , Mary Bourke and others

• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2010 , Matt Balme, Colman Gallagher

2009

• Special Session on Planetary Geomorphology at the 7th International Conference on Geomorphology , Mary Bourke, Vic Baker

• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2009 , Matt Balme, Colman Gallagher
• Polar processes on Earth and Mars: Comparative Studies. A special session at the Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Geological Association of Canada , Mineralogical Association of Canada, Toronto, Canada

2008

• Planetary Dune workshop , (April 28th-May 2nd 2008). Mary Bourke and others

• A special session on Planetary Permafrost at The Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Nicolas Mangold.
• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2008 , Matt Balme, Colman Gallagher

• Comparative planetology: Exploring other world’s by exploring Earth. Geological Association of Canada, Gordon Osinski and others.
• Comparative Planetology: Exploring other worlds by exploring our own. A special session at the Geological Association of Canada – Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.

2007

• Comparative planetary geology: Terrestrial analogues to Mars and the Moon in the Arctic , Geological Association of Canada. Gordon Osinski.
• Planetary Geomorphology EGU, April 2007 , Matt Balme.

• 2nd International Workshop, Exploring Mars and its Earth Analogues , Goro Komatsu.