Abstract deadline: 30 Aug 2011Registration deadline: 7 Oct 2011
The Department of Earth Sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH-Z) and the Platform Geosciences of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) cordially invite you to participate in the 9th Swiss Geoscience Meeting to be held this year in Zurich.
The SGM also provides the ideal environment to foster informal contacts and discussion between scientists, in particular during the Swiss Geoscience Party on Friday evening but also at the poster sessions on Saturday in the main hall of the venue (Focus Terra). Time is reserved for two poster sessions, at which the authors will be present for active discussion and feedback.
Several prizes will be awarded at the SGM mostly to young geoscientist. Amongst others the CHGEOL Award will go to the most relevant contribution to applied geosciences. Other awards include Swiss Commission of Palaeontology Prize Swiss Snow, Ice and Permafrost Society Prize Paul Niggli Medal, Swiss Geological Society Prize.