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German Partners : an attractive, multifaceted country for visitors with EARTH >> Deutsches Nationalkomitee für die IUGS (DNK-IUGS) geoscientific interest and beyond. >> Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences The German >> Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) “Ruhrgebiet” with it’s Propalaeotherium >> Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine coal mines was the Messel Pit is a world heart of Germany’s famous fossil site for Research (AWI) 19th-century understanding the industrialization. living environment of >> GeoUnion with its 36 geoscientific supporting associations Today the mine the Eocene between >> Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung (DGGV) “Zollverein” has 57 and 36 million become a UNESCO years ago. >> Nationales Komitee für Geodäsie und Geophysik der Bundesrepublik World Heritage site. © Forschungsinstitut Deutschland (NKGG) © Jochen Tack / und Naturkunde- Stiftung Zollverein museum Senckenberg >> Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (MfN) >> Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN) The Elbe delta In the German Eifel is an example region, were >> GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel of the various originally described. geomorphological These water-filled processes along crater lakes offer the German shore perfect continental French Partners lines. climate archives. © natura2000- © Eifel-Touristik und >> French Geological Survey (BRGM) unterelbe.de Werbung GmbH >> French National IUGS Committee >> Société Géologique de France The famous The are a chalk >> French Academy of Sciences typical example of cliffs of Rügen, a a collisional belt UNESCO World and a mountain Heritage site, range where the represent type Polish Partners nappe theory was localities for prograding >> Polish Geological Institute conceived and glacier deformation rapidly consolidated. structures. >> Polish Academy of Sciences © MichaelUtech © RicoK69

Coordination and Contact The Continental The geothermal Deep Drilling Project research platform Helmholtz Centre Potsdam at the Geopark “Groß Schönebeck”, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Bavaria-Bohemia. NE of Berlin, represents GERMANY BIDS FOR With more than an important pilot International Office 9100 m one of the project for the 37TH INTERNATIONAL deepest drill holes in geothermal technology Christine Bismuth the world. development in . GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany © GFZ © A. Saadat, GFZ [email protected] Berlin 2024 The National Park Phone: + 49 (0)331 288 1033 “Elbe Mountains” is an erosional clastic The geological map witness of inversion of the meteorite tectonics in Central impact crater at the Europe with applied Nördlinger Ries. implications. © geopark-ries.de © subtik THE INTERNATIONAL GERMAN EXCELLENCE FRANCE & POLAND BERLIN GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS IN GEOSCIENCES OFFICIAL PARTNERS AN ATTRACTIVE VENUE

The IGC is one of the most renowned and traditional scientific France and Poland are official partner countries in the bid for the There are many good reasons to travel to Berlin. The city offers The Tsunami Early Warning conferences in the Earth sciences. Usually hosting more than 37th IGC: one of the central scientific themes will be the Variscan incomparable value for money and a choice of modern hotels. System in the Indian Ocean 6000 attendees, it is a congress of global importance. Organised which extends from Poland to the tips of France and the Berlin is famous not only for its rich cultural life but also for its developed by German research under the umbrella of the International Union of Geological United Kingdom and further to Spain. Europe as the place of origin thriving start-up scene and universitary spin-off companies. History institutions is a model and Sciences (IUGS), the main purpose of the congress is to in geosciences still has many hidden treasures which have yet comes alive in Berlin, where the old and the new blend to create “Best Practice-Example” for encourage the advancement of fundamental and applied research. to be discovered. France and Poland will contribute significantly exciting contrasts in the cityscape. In addition to the bustling city international cooperation, to the scientific program, the field excursions program and the life, there are many green oases for rest and relaxation. Berlin know-how-transfer and The scientific program revolves around issues of general organisation of summer schools. offers something to everyone – from the expected to innumerable © GFZ capacity building. importance. Geological excursions as part of the congress are an unexpected surprises. excellent opportunity to discover the hosting continent. The “Geo Visit the locations of some fundamental experiments and Expo” is the ideal platform to expose the newest geo-technologies The RV Polarstern is a research discoveries in the history of geosciences and the sites where in the applied geosciences, to develop business contacts and to icebreaker and one of few research Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and Alfred Wegener enhance the debate over the geological sciences in the public realm. vessels worldwide able to sail Arctic (1880-1930) among others developed their pioneering theories and Antarctic waters during which revolutionized our perspective on the world. After consulting the main German geoscientific stakeholders the winter months. It exemplifies German National Committee for the IUGS decided to submit a bid the common sharing of large to host the 37th IGC in 2024 in the city of Berlin. It would be the research infrastructures by German first IGC held in Germany in over 130 years. © AWI and international research partners.

Under consideration is an idea to join the traditional IGC with the To understand the dynamic processes of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) General the Earth system and their effects on Assembly. global change and the human habitat a This new format could cover the full range of geological, geophysical multidisciplinary research approach is and geodesy themes. A World Geoscience Congress in this required. The successful contributions format would present a platform for a truly interdisciplinary of the German geosciences to Earth Ploumanach Bretagne, France © BRGM Brandenburg Gate, Berlin approach to addressing large system monitoring and –modelling with challenges and complex modern satellites is only one example for geoscientific issues, as interdisciplinary collaboration along new lines. well as opening the exchange between German geosciences are committed the different to carrying out ambitious basic communities in research geared towards practical geosciences. Final applications. Research findings decisions will be flow directly into society and taken by the IUGG policymaking processes or General Assembly in are channeled into commercial The Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin at night with Brachiosaurus brancai - with 13.27 meters the world 2019 in Montréal. © GEOMAR innovations. Błędne Skały Stołowe Mountains National Park, Poland © PGS largest skeleton presented in a museum © MfN