150 years jubilee meeting!

We are happy and proud to invite all to our 150 years jubilee meeting to be held in Uppsala 17-19 of August 2022, to commemorate the first 150 years of the society!

We have also decided to arrange a field trip in connection to the meeting. The destination will be Bergslagen and the date the 20th of August, further details will follow.

More information and the third circular can be found here.

Årets Geolog Åke Johansson

This year’s “Årets Geolog” is Åke Johansson, geologist at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. The prize is awarded once every year by the Geosektionen, a professional association within Naturvetarna. The prize is awarded a person who has promoted the position of geology in the society.

– I feel very happy to get an award for what I do. Now I have to digest this, says Åke.

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Award ceremony

On the 11th of November the Geological Society, in cooperation with SGU and Geosektionen will have a joint award ceremony.

The following awards will be presented: the Geological Society Nathorst Award within the areas of paleozoology, paleobothany and micropaleontology and the Geological Society Jan Bergström Young Scientist Award.

The Geologist of the Year Award is awarded for the 25th time by Geosektionen and this years reciepient is Åke Johansson from the Natural History Museum.

 

PROGRAM

Place: Axel Hambergsalen, Geocentrum Uppsala Universitet, Villavägen 16, Uppsala

Date: Thursday the 11th November, 2021

15.00–15.15     Welcoming from Geosektionen and the Geological Society

15.15–15.45     Invited speaker Jenny Andersson: ”Utan kartläggning stannar Sverige”

15.45–16.15     Coffee

16.15–16.45     The Geological Society’s Nathorst Award within the areas of paleozoology, paleobothany and micropaleontology

16.50–17.20     Prize award and talk from the Geological Society Jan Bergström Young Scientist Award recipient

17.25–18.00     The Geologist of the Year recipient talk ”Från lokal till global geologi – från skärgårdens kobbar till proterozoiska superkontinenter”

18.00–18.30     Mingling

18.30–               Dinner for preregistered

 

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