Events diary | British Geological Survey (BGS)

Events diary

Lectures, seminars, exhibitions and workshops presented by BGS, or hosted at a BGS site.

7-9 Sep 2010

British Land Reclamation Society (BLRS) 2010 Conference | 7-9 Sept

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Restoration and recovery : Regnerating land and communities

The BLRS Conference 2010 takes place at University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, South Wales, from 7 - 9th September 2010.

Some BGS staff will be presenting at this event.

17-19 Sep 2010

ESTA Annual Course and Conference | 17-19 Sept

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To be held at Leicester University from 17-19 September 2010. BGS is sponsoring the conference will have an exhibit and will be contributing to the lecture and field trip programme.

See the ESTA website for details.

25 Sep 2010 10:00-17:00

BGS Edinburgh Open Day | 25 Sept | 10am-5pm

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Hands-on examination of fossils from the BGS collections

A free event - come along and bring the kids . Activities include plaster casting fossils, making your own earthquake, panning for 'gold' and re-enacting Cadell's famous mountain building experiment.

Saturday 25 September from 10:00am to 5:00pm at BGS Edinburgh

The BGS Open Day is held annually in September at our Edinburgh office, Murchison House. The Open Day comprises exhibitions, displays and demonstrations highlighting the varied work of the Survey. In addition, a programme of illustrated talks runs all day.

See what happened at last year's event.

26-29 Oct 2010

CCS Workshop | 26-29 October 2010 | Switzerland

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Carbon Capture and Storage: what can be learned from 35 years in radioactive waste disposal?

Organised by the ITC School (Switzerland), British Geological Survey and Amphos (Spain), the workshop programme includes:

Storage and Disposal Objectives: protection and containment aims and time-scales
Safety Assessment: what are the impacts, when do they occur and how are they regulated?
Strategy: how much material is involved, where and when is a solution really needed?
Legal and Political: international laws & conventions affecting transport, transfers & disposal/sequestration
Technical: long-term fate of materials in the deep underground environment and the role of monitoring
Societal: public and community responses to local & national schemes &mdash how are stakeholders involved?
Visit to the Grimsel underground rock laboratory

For further information visit the ITC website

31 Oct to 3 Nov 2010

2010 Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting | 31 Oct - 3 Nov

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