Latin American Colloquium + 3rd status report

Date: 
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 17:00 to Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 20:00
Location: 
University of Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Germany

Collaborative research in the Geosciences between German and Latin-American scientists has a long tradition in Germany. Based on this tradition and efforts to disseminate research results and to foster collaboration, the Latin-American Colloquium (LAC) was established in 1972. Over the years, the LAC has advanced as an important international venue to showcase projects supported by the German Science Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, and other funding bodies.

Many of the featured collaborative projects are highly interdisciplinary and span from marine geology and geophysics, structural geology, paleontology, mineralogy, sedimentology to paleoclimate studies, geomorphology and the impact of humankind on erosion and climate change. Given the challenges that geoscientists are confronted with today, this Earth System Science format of the conference is timely and helps foment interdisciplinary thinking and the establishment of new alliances. As such the LAC follows the Earth System Science approach of Alexander von Humboldt and his efforts to communicate scientific results to the public.

More info and program on the official website (link)

 

For our 3rd status report seminar the "StRATEGy" team came together to present updates within the four program work packages and informed about the progress of their individual projects by giving 12+3 minute talks. This workshop will be designed as a rehearsal of conference talks as they will be given at the General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union 2020, where "StRATEGy" will organize its own research session.