Swiss Society for Quaternary Research (CH-QUAT)

CH-QUAT Annual Meeting 2026

Saturday 14. March 2026

Humans in the Quaternary

This years meeting is dedicated to the theme “Humans in the Quaternary.” Humans have adapted to, influenced, and interpreted Quaternary environments across time and space.

Veranstaltungsort: Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern

Keynote speakers:

• Prof. Christian Rohr (University of Bern): The Worst Catastrophe ever: Imaginations and Explanations of the Deluge from Ancient Mesopotamia to Early Modern Science
• Caroline Heitz (University of Berne) and Kristin Ismail-Meyer (University of Basel): Years without summer, centuries of cold: Climate change resilience and vulnerabilities of Bronze Age Waterfront Communities
• Philipp Senn (NAGRA): Lange Zeiträume und Informationspflicht über Generationen: ein Werkstattbesuch bei der Nagra
• Renate Ebersbach (Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Baden-Württemberg): PalaFitFood
• Prof. Sarah Nemiah Ladd (University of Basel): Sedimentary molecular fossils record past cyanobacteria abundance in Swiss lake
• Prof. Joseph R. McConnell (Desert Research Institute, Nevada): History in ice: Estimating impacts of Roman-era industry on health

Poster session: We organize a poster session open to any topic related to Quaternary Research. Please bring your poster in the format A0 portrait. Poster award for the best poster presentation by young researchers. Please provide the title and author line with registration.

Registration: until 7.3.2026 via link below

CH-Quat Excursion 2025

September 19-20 Ticino and Northern Italy

Organisation:

• Cristiano Scapozza, SUPSI
• Sarah Kamleitner, Unil / UniZH
• Marc Lütscher, SISKA

Program:

• Friday: Mendrisio Quaternary Monte Generoso karst record
• Saturday: Ticino-Toce end moraine system: Alpe Cana (Brovello, I) Deglaciation and Lago Maggiore Maggia delta
• Sunday: Val Blenio rockfalls and more ….

Meeting point: Friday, Sep 19, 16h30 at Capolago train station