Abstract submission open for ISC 2025

Abstract submission is open for the 22nd International Sedimentological Congress, Wellington, 25 - 30 January 2026.

The deadline for abstracts to be received is 16th May 2025.

Please CLICK HERE to view the confirmed list of sessions. For more information on the abstract submission process and to begin your submission today CLICK HERE.

Field Trips

Pre- and post-conference fieldtrips cover virtually all the aspects of sedimentology, with trips to both the north and south islands available.  The trips proposed have been selected to showcase a wide a range of sedimentary systems and process.  CLICK HERE to view the proposed trips.  There will also be mid-conference field trips on Wednesday 28 January, with details to follow soon.

Please note:
•    You will be able to initially give an expression of interest to attend a field trip during the registration process.
•    You will be contacted to confirm your booking and make payment around August/September 2025.
•    Field trips will be on a first-come, first-served basis. 
•    The organising committee reserves the right to cancel a trip at any time, offering a full refund (of the field trip fee) or offering participants the opportunity to change to another trip.

Keynotes

We have secured 4 excellent keynote speakers who will showcase their amazing research into the interactions between sedimentology and:

1. Active margin tectonics (Jamie Howarth, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand);
2. Indigenous knowledge (Daniel Hikuroa, University of Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand);
3. Paleoclimate and paleoceanography (Helen Bostock, University of Queensland, Australia) , and
4. Volcaniclastic processes (Kyoko Kataoka, Niigata University, Japan).

We will invite 4 more keynote speakers once we have confirmed the accepted abstracts.

Student travel grants

Information on travel grants for IAS student members will be provided soon - watch this space.

2-for-1 Conferences

The 11th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology is being held from 2-6th February in Christchurch, New Zealand, with a joint IAS-IAG field trip between.

For more updates visit the conference website