Free Virtual Workshop on Human-Natural Couplings of Coastal Change (IGCP 725 Geochron January V)
Christopher J. Hein
IGCP Project 725 is pleased to announce our fifth (and final) annual, free & virtual ‘Geochron January’ Workshop.
Our first four events focused on tools and techniques for dating and mining the geologic and historical records, and modeling approaches used to explore those records and forecast future change. Recordings of the publicly available talks (a subset of the full workshops) are here:
- Geochron January 2022 (Radiocarbon): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3OoQY-TM2ZJnzlG7CLIaY3EO8sYGrWUT
- Geochron January 2023 (Beyond Radiocarbon): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3OoQY-TM2ZJlwOjexEXTjOG4wNKMxyzK
- Geochron January 2024 (The Historical Coastal Record): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3OoQY-TM2ZLvWCFjWpAx3slbfR9kXlb9&si=ij9PLzkm_-Sw7aDZ
- Geochron January 2025 (Modeling Coastal Change): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3OoQY-TM2ZLf8Po3Di47xHNSk961t3im&si=L2vNz5DmTJwiRmeW
This year’s workshop, The Human-Nature Couplings of Coastal Change, will be held on Thursday, 22 January 2026. This workshop is free and will be fully virtual. Once again following the theme of IGCP 725, it will cover the basics “from cores to code”. Presentations will cover diverse topics in the past, present, and future of couplings between humans and the coastal system, from archeology to challenges posed by flooding and tsunamis, to resilience and adaptation, and finally to modeling human-coastal coupled systems.
Details and the full list of topics can be found on this poster and our IGCP website (https://www.sfu.ca/igcp-725/Resources.html).
Please register by January 15 at this link: https://tinyurl.com/IGCP-GCJ-V
Geochron January V will follow the same format as past events:
1) Advance Recorded Presentations: Eight, 15–20 minute pre-recorded presentations to be posted one week in advance of the workshop (by 12 January 2026) on the IGCP 725 YouTube site (a direct link will be emailed to all registrants following end of registration).
2) Breakout Sessions: we will hold two synchronous (live) sets of breakout sessions on 22 January. Each will include a 5-minute recap talk by each expert, followed by the opportunity for attendees to interact with topical experts and discuss their own data/project needs and questions. These will be held:
· Breakout Session #1: 00:00-01:00 GMT [UTC] on 22 January.
· Breakout Session #2: 15:00-16:00 GMT [UTC] on 22 January.
During each breakout session timeslot we will have active 1–2 concurrent zoom rooms. Each will have 1–3 experts plus a host. Although not all presenters will be present in zoom rooms at both breakout sessions, experts will be arranged to ensure diverse topical coverage at both sessions. Registrants will receive zoom information for all sessions and zoom rooms via email in advance of the workshop. Registrants will be able to move between the zoom sessions, and are welcome to attend both sets of breakout sessions. Recordings of all presentations and breakout session zoom rooms will be made available to all pre-registered attendees.
We look forward to your participation.
Sincerely,
The IGCP 725 Team
Christopher Hein, Jessica Pilarczyk, Matt Brain, Andy Green, Annie Lau, Noelynna Ramos