Conferences
2 pm to 5 pm: Poster session and snacks at GI/IARC
followed with dinner, bowling, socializing at Wood Center
Students are invited to present a poster, and free poster printing (4 ft wide x 3 ft tall)
will be offered with early registration. If you already have a printed poster that
you would like to present, we will accommodate any poster size. The event is free
and open to any UAF student (undergraduate or graduate) who has done research pertaining to the broad field of Earth System Science, including marine sciences,
fisheries, space physics, sustainability, ecosystems, hydrology, atmospheric and climate
sciences, cryosphere, solid earth geophysics, geoscience, geospatial science, and
more.
Please fill out this registration form. Register by February 20th for free poster printing and guaranteed feedback! Registration
closes February 25th.
Check out our website for more information on the symposium and to see 2025 presentations and pictures!
The ESS Symposium is sponsored by the Geophysical Institute and the Geophysical Detection of Nuclear
Proliferation University Affiliated Research Center.
Welcome
Join us in Fairbanks, Alaska for our 2026 AGS Technical Conference. Whether you're
a seasoned professional seeking to expand your network or a student eager to explore
the vast possibilities within geosciences, this conference is the perfect platform
to connect, learn and grow. The conference is in partnership with UAF and the Pacific
Section of AAPG.
We are soliciting abstracts for oral and poster presentations.
Schedule
- March 9- Details and Registration
- March 21 - Abstracts Due
- April 4 - End of Early Registration
- April 17 - Field Trip, Permafrost Tunnel
- April 18 - Conference
- April 18 - Museum of the North Tour
- April 18 - Happy Hour UAF Pub
Registration Fee + AGS Membership
Registration included for each option. Conveniently add 1 year AGS membership or discounted lifetime membership when you package it with registration.
- Current Member = $30 registration
- Non-member or expiring = $50 (join/renew for $25 + $25 registration)
- Add lifetime membership (for anyone) = $275 ($250 lifetime + $25 registration)
- Student - $0
- Student and 1 year membership = $5 ($0 registration + $5 membership)
Keynote Speaker
SPEAKER: Pat Druckenmiller, Curator University of Alaska Museum of the North, Professor, Department
of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
TALK TITLE: "Cretaceous Dinosaurs in Alaska: Major Questions, Recent Advances, and Future Directions"
Field Trips
Pre-Conference Field Trip
Permafrost Tunnel - CRREL - Army Corps of Engineers
Friday, April 17, 2026, 4 pm
Come tour the Permafrost Tunnel - view permafrost - ice wedges - ice lenses - other
permafrost features - bones from the Pleistocene Epoch: bison, mammoth, horses.
14 spaces available.
Note to Foreign Nationals: Foreign nationals need to submit additional forms which could take 30 days. We urge
foreign nationals to register for the conference quickly and sign up for the field
trip quickly if they would like to attend.
Once you have registered, a link to the field trip forms will be emailed to you.
Post-Conference Field Trip
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 5 pm
"Behind the Scenes at the Museum of the North"
Once you have registered, a link to the field trip forms will be emailed to you.
Submit Abstracts
We welcome abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the conference. Awards
will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place posters. Student awards will also be given
out for oral presentations. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be made by
March 21, 2026.
Oral presentations should be around 20 minutes in length with an anticipated 5 minutes
for Q&A.
Abstract will be collected during registration OR after registration through agstechconference@gmail.com . No guaranteed presentation spot without registration.
Submit Abstract: Click on the black Registration and Abstract Submittal Forms button below to submit abstract OR submit to agstechconference@gmail.com after registration.
Poster Sessions
Presenters will bring their posters to UAF on April 18th but are also required to
email their posters by April 16, 2026.
Submit Poster: Posters may be emailed to agstechconference@gmail.com.
Location / Venue
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Reichardt Building, Room 201
1930 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, Alaska
For More Information Contact:
Jochen Mezger (UAF)
jemezger@alaska.edu
Nina T. Harun (DNR)
nina.harun@alaska.gov
agstechconference@gmail.com
Please consider being a sponsor. Email treas@alaskageology.org