ICYG 2019

XX International Conference of Young Geologists

Conference Venue: Herľany (Slovakia);

Education Training Facility of the Technical University of Košice

Conference Date: April 3 – 5, 2019

Although next in order of the conference rotation was the vicinity of Bratislava, we repeated the venue and the 20th anniversary of the conference was celebrated at the place where it all started in 2000.

Scientific Board: doc. Mgr. Julián Kodela, PhD (FBERG TUKE, Košice, Slovakia)

dr. hab. inż. Maciej Manecki, prof. AGH (AGH UST, Kraków, Poland)
doc. Mgr. Marianna Kováčová, PhD. (PRIF UK, Bratislava, Slovakia)

Organizers: Tomáš Bakalár, Jakub Bazarnik, Igor Ďuriška, Margaréta Gregáňová, Iwona Klonowska, Jarosław Majka, Ľubomír Štrba, Leonard Zahradník, Barbara Zahradníková

85 participants from 8 countries (Slovakia, Poland, Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, Norway, Sweden, and Ecuador) attended the conference.

Of 49 papers presented during the two lecture days, 39 were student lectures.

Rudolf Mock Award Evaluation Committee:

doc. RNDr. Marianna Kováčová, PhD. (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia)
dr hab. inż. Maciej Manecki, prof. AGH (AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland)
doc. Ing. Ladislav Vizi, PhD. (State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Košice, Slovakia)

Rudolf Mock Award Winner:
Peter Kiss (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia)
with a contribution

"Evidence of Allopatric Speciation Among Planktic Foraminifera from Miocene Sediments of the Central Paratethys."

The third day was traditionally dedicated to a field trip which was focused mainly on localities of the Slovak Karst.

Guides: Prof. RNDr. Dušan Plašienka, DrSc.

RNDr. Ľudovít Gaál, PhD.

Localities: Zádiel Gorge, Meliata, Domica Cave, and wine tasting in the pleasant surroundings of the nearby Granarium (Jablonov nad Turňou).

The conference was organized by the Geological Club (Bratislava, Slovakia) in cooperation with PGI-NRI (Kraków, Poland), SNM (Bratislava, Slovakia), Uppsala University (Sweden), under the scientific guarantee of FBERG TUKE (Košice, Slovakia), AGH UST (Kraków, Poland) and PRIF UK (Bratislava, Slovakia).

The conference was organized under the auspices and with the financial support of the Slovak Commission for UNESCO and was also financially supported by the Slovak Geological Society and the Slovak Caves Administration.

Abstract book in PDF for download.