The EGU General Assembly 2026 will take place in Vienna from 3 to 8 May, and ECORD will be actively present throughout the week.
You will find us at the joint Scientific Drilling booth (50/51) in the exhibition area, shared with ICDP an IODP3. This will be an opportunity to engage with the scientific drilling community, learn more about ECORD activities, and discuss current and future developments in ocean drilling research.
Booth opening hours:
Monday–Thursday: 10:00–18:00
Friday: 10:00–13:00
On Monday evening, ECORD will participate in the joint ICDP–IODP³–ECORD Town Hall at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The event will provide a forum for exchange on ongoing initiatives and future perspectives in scientific drilling. Doors open at 18:30, talks begin at 19:00.
- Welcome (Bernhard Plunger, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- Austria’s participation in ICDP (Christian Köberl, University of Vienna)
- Austria’s participation in IODP and IODP3 (Michi Strasser, University of Innsbruck)
- News and Views in IODP3 (Nadine Hallmann, Director of the EMA and of the IODP3 Managing Agency)
- News and Views in ICDP (Marco Bohnhoff, Executive Director of ICDP)
Featured session:
ITS5.1/CL0.6 – Achievements and Perspectives in Scientific Ocean and Continental Drilling
https://www.egu26.eu/session/57656
ECORD will also contribute to a series of informal pop-up events at the booth:
SPARC Adventure – a conversation on the IODP3SPARCs expedition
Tuesday: 13:00
Wednesday: 17:00
Thursday: 13:00
Documentary screening: “The Story of Stress”
Tuesday: 17:30
Thursday: 17:30
