Plenary lectures

Sessione S1. Holes in the Bottom of the Sea: discoveries and challenges in marine geology

Convenors: Camerlenghi A. (*), Ligi M. (**) & Raffi I. (***)

Sessione S2. Geological timescales

Convenors: Balini M. (*), Sprovieri M. (**) & Villa I. (***)

Sessione S3. Geological causes and consequences of Life evolution on Earth: the paleontological record of igneous/tectonic events

Convenors: Angiolini L. (*) & Cirilli S. (**)

Sessione S4. Geoscience frontiers: the role of Polar Regions in Global change

Convenors: Villa G. (*), Frezzotti M. (**), Rebesco M. (***) & Talarico F. (°)

Sessione S5. Climate change and the Earth System: understanding the past, analyzing the present and predicting future scenarios

Convenors: Galeotti S., Provenzale A. & Smiraglia C.

Sessione S6. Understanding carbonate sedimentary systems and diagenesis: new concepts and innovative approaches

Convenors: Jadoul F. (*), Borromeo O. (**) & Parente M. (***)

Sessione S7. Evaporite basins: facies, diagenesis and sequences

Convenors: Caruso A. (*) & Di Stefano A. (**)

Sessione S8. Stratigraphic architecture and sedimentary basin evolution: controlling factors and implications for geo-resources exploration and exploitation

Convenors: Davoli G. (*), Di Giulio A. (**) & Tropeano M. (***)

Sessione S9. Coastal environments: stratigraphy, resources and human impact

Convenors: Amorosi A. (*), Andreucci S. (**) & Pagliarulo R. (***)

Sessione S10. Geomaterials and their likes: from Nature to technology and manufacturing

Convenors: Cruciani G. (*), Gaggero L. (**) & Cappelletti P. (***)

Sessione S11. Archaeometry and Cultural Heritage: the contribution of Geosciences

Convenors: Barone G. (*), Benvenuti M. (**) & Maritan L. (***)

Sessione S12. Looking inside the planet Earth: Experimental and Computational Methods in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Convenors: Belmonte D. (*), Nestola F. (**) & Prencipe M. (***)

Sessione S13. New Minerals: The role played by the Italian Community - A tribute to Carlo Maria Gramaccioli

Convenors: Ciriotti M.E. (*), Demartin F. (**) & Pasero M. (***)

Sessione S14. Human activities and natural environment: News from Environmental Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Convenors: Costagliola P. (*) & Frau F. (**)

Sessione S15. Gemstones: from Nature to marketing

Convenors: Scandale E. (*) & Prosperi L. (**)

Sessione S16. Rock-forming minerals and their bearing to petrogenetic processes

Convenors: Andreozzi G. (*), Fumagalli P. (**) & Scordari F. (***)

Sessione S17. The oceanic lithosphere: formation, evolution and fate

Convenors: Chiari M. (*), Marroni M. (**) & Tribuzio R. (***)

Sessione S18. The geological cycle of C and Earth degassing: what do we (really) know?

Convenors: Dallai L. (*), Frondini F. (**) & Tumiati S. (***)

Sessione S19. Fluids in the Earth's crust and Mantle

Convenors: Bartoli O. (*) & Malaspina N. (**)

Sessione S20. Magmatism and Geodynamics of the Mediterranean area

Convenors: Lustrino M. (*) & Rossetti F. (**)

Sessione S21. The role of metamorphic petrology in understanding Earth evolution, mass transfer and orogenic processes. A tribute to Bruno Lombardo

Convenors: Scambelluri M. (*), Groppo C. (**) & Ortolano G. (***)

Sessione S22. Volcano laboratories: where geology, geophysics and geochemistry gather together

Convenors: De Natale G. (*) & Viccaro M. (**)

Sessione S23. Tracing isotopes for tracking processes: advances in radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry

Convenors: Tonarini S. (*) & Avanzinelli R. (**)

Sessione S24. Geological risks and geomorphic processes in the Mediterranean area

Convenors: Martelli L. (*), Sandri L. (**) & Selva J. (**)

Sessione S25. Characterization, modeling and remediation of groundwater resources and contaminated sites

Convenors: De Franco R. (*), Frattini P. (**), Gargini A. (***), Petitta M. (°) & Tallini M. (°°)

Sessione S26. Energy and earth resources: geology between renewable, sustainable and conventional energy sources

Convenors: Zaccone A. (*), Chiesa S. (**), Quattrocchi F. (***) & Galgaro A. (°)

Sessione S27. Microstructures: characterization, interpretation and modeling as a key to deformation and reaction mechanisms, and technological processes

Convenors: Mancini L. (*), Spiess R. (**), Viti C. (***) & Zucali M. (°)

Sessione S28. Active tectonics and seismic potential of the Mediterranean region

Convenors: Monaco C. (*), Michetti A.M. (**) & Sabadini R. (***)

Sessione S29. Fault Zones: geometry, architecture, composition, fluid-rock interactions, and their seismic vs. aseismic behavior

Convenors: Bistacchi A. (*) & Collettini C. (**)

Sessione S30. Field mapping, remote sensing and geomatics: modern tools for the construction and quantitative analysis of geological model in Italy and the Mediterranean region

Convenors: Catalano S. (*), D'Ambrogi C. (**), Zanchetta S. (***), Wasowski J. (°), Tamburini A. (°°) & Corsini A. (°°°)

Sessione S31. Geodynamics of the Alpine orogenic systems: from surface processes to deep dynamics

Convenors: Capponi G. (*), Malusà M. (**) & Prosser G. (***)

Sessione S32. Geodynamic modeling at different structural levels: comparison between natural data and model predictions

Convenors: Corti G. (*), Marotta A.M. (**) & Storti F. (***)

Sessione S33. Planetary Geology: frontiers of geological exploration, modeling and understanding

Convenors: Massironi M. (*), Fioretti A.M. (**), Prondelli M. (***) & De Blasio F. (°)

Sessione S34. Structural geology studies in extensional and compressional plate tectonic settings: petroleum geology implications

Convenors: Barchi M.R. (*), Corrado S. (**) & Magistroni C. (***)

Sessione S35. Poster - Open Session

Convenors: Cesare B. (*) & Erba E. (**)

Sessione S36. Poster - Geoscience outreach: a challenge to be faced

Convenors: Musacchio G. (*) & Piangiamore G.L. (*)

Sessione S37. Poster - Le geoscienze a scuola

Convenors: Occhipinti S. (*), Pagani F. (*), Paris E. (**) & Pelfini M. (***)

Addendum

Garde A.A. (1) & Boriani A. (2)