36th International Geological Congress Cancelled

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The 36th International Geological Congress (36IGC) planned for New Delhi that was postponed twice due to COVID-19 travel restrictions has now been cancelled.

The rights for the Indian Organising Committee to host the IGC withdrawn by the IUGS.

The 36 IGC organisers have not refunded registration, workshop or field trip fees to the majority of those who requested a refund. The IUGS Executive has had significant challenges getting the 36 IGC organisers to respond to enquiries.

To assist efforts to obtain refunds, the National Committee of the Earth Sciences (within the Australian Academy of Sciences and the body through which the Australian Geoscience Council has representation at the IUGS) is putting together a list of those with outstanding requests.

If you planned and paid for congress, workshop or field trip registrations and are seeking a refund, please provide your contact details with a copy of your congress registration information to Lynn Vigar, AIG’s Executive Officer (exec@aig.org.au).  AIG will collate member refund requests on behalf of the Australian Geoscience Council.  Proof of congress registration must accompany your refund request.

Non-AIG members should provide this information to the AGC member society of which they are a member.

Requests should be received by 31st January 2021 please.