XIX Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks - Call for abstracts

[Giorgio Boni]

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the organising committee, I am pleased to announce that the 19th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks will take place on October 6 - October 9, 2026 at Murcia, Spain, at the University of Murcia – Campus de la Merced 

For further info please visit the conference site: https://meetings.copernicus.org/plinius19/

The objective of the 19^th edition is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussions on our current state of knowledge of Mediterranean risks in a climate change context. Different aspects related to monitoring, assessment, diagnosis, prediction, and definition of weather extremes, wildfires, hydro-geological effects, impacts on natural resources, agriculture, health and society, as well as adaptation capacity and preservation strategies for natural and cultural heritage at risk, will be addressed with a multi-sectorial approach. This will be achieved by bringing together scientific experts in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, wildfires, geomorphology, sociology, engineering, cultural heritage conservation, and governmental or private risk management actors.

On behalf of the Steering Committee and Scientific Committee, we cordially invite you to submit a short abstract for oral or poster presentation in one of the following 8 Sessions:

1. Diagnosis, trends, causalities, and predictions of extreme weather events in a climate change environment (Conveners:  Mario Marcello Miglietta, Cindy Lebeaupin Brossier, Amar Halifa Marín)
2. Earth Observation data and techniques for the definition, characterization, and monitoring of natural hazards (Conveners:  Giulia Panegrossi, Enrique Pravia-Sarabia, Yves Tramblay)
3. Hydro-geological effects of extreme events (e.g., floods, landslides, erosions, coastal dynamics, storm surges etc.) (Conveners:  Salvador Gil-Guirado, Giorgio Boni )
4. Socio-economic impacts: exposure, vulnerability, prospectives, and adaptation (Conveners: Maria-Carmen Llasat, Sonia Jerez, Olga Petrucci )
5. Safeguarding and management of cultural and natural heritage at risk from climate extreme events (Conveners:  Alessandra Bonazza, Constantinos Cartalis, Dimitrios Alexakis )
6. Impacts of climate change and extremes on ecosystems and agriculture (Conveners: Aristeidis (Aris) Koutroulis, Pedro Jimenez-Guerrero )
7. Air quality, Heat and Health in the Mediterranean (Conveners:  Francesca Costabile, Tareq Hussein, Christos Giannaros) 
8. Current and emerging challenges of wildfires (Conveners:  Theodore Giannaros, Mario Miguel Valero Pérez, Marco Turco)

Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline:
17 May 2026
Notification of Abstract acceptance:
15 June 2026
Letter of schedule (programme publication):
17 July 2026
Early registration deadline:
31 July 2026
Standard registration deadline:
2 October 2026

Abstract submission is already open!!!