Name: EIT RawMaterials at the 5th Slovenian Geological Congress
Start: 2018-10-03T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2018-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Hotel Paka

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EIT RawMaterials at the 5th Slovenian Geological Congress

3 October 2018 - 5 October 2018

Organised by the Geological Survey of Slovenia (GeoZS) and the Slovenian Geological Society (SGD) with partners: Velenje Coal Mine (PV), Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering (FGG), Slovenian Mining Association of Engineers and Technicians (SRDIT), International Association of Hydrogeologists – Slovene Committee (SKIAH), and Municipality of Velenje (MOV).

The 5th Slovenian Geological Congress will, apart from exchanging new research results, also focus on the importance of geoscience for the wider society and its development. It will foster dialogue between scientists and professional geologists on the one hand, and end users of results on the other hand. In our opinion, this dialogue is essential for both fields to develop and is the foundation of an informed, knowledge-based society, Society 5.0.

Another goal of the Congress is to increase the visibility of geology as a basic natural science, and the cornerstone of all activities related to the management, supervision and planning of sustainable development or the transition to a circular economy, some of those being:

planning the sustainable use of mineral resources, groundwater and energy resources;
careful planning of infrastructure facilities, such as roads, pipelines, power lines, landfills, including hazardous and radioactive waste repositories;
assessing the environmental impacts of a wide range of spatial interventions;
estimating geologic hazards;
assessing the geothermal potential for planning the use of geothermal energy.

The Congress is an opportunity to make policymakers aware of the problematic current (unregulated) legal status of geological expert work. With a wide range of side-programme activities, we will present the mining industry and geology to the inhabitants of Velenje and its surroundings, highlighting their importance and bringing this issue closer to the general public.

In order to achieve these goals, researchers, professionals from all fields of geosciences as well as geotechnologists, users (primarily representatives of competent ministries, directorates and agencies of energy, infrastructure, mineral resources, mining, water affairs, etc.), and students from Slovenia and abroad are invited to take part in the Congress. The general public is welcome to attend the side programme, which will take place in Velenje alongside the Congress.