MULTI-MAREX Scientific Conference Kalamata 2026

Europe/Berlin
Cultural Center Kalamata Aristomenous 33, Kalamata 241 00, Greece 24Q6+RM Kalamata, Greece
Klaus Reicherter, Piero Bellanova
Beschreibung

Scientific Conference Kalamata
on the
40th Anniversary of the 1986 Kalamata Earthquake


The scientific conference is organized around four thematic sessions:

 

Seismic Hazards

→ Earthquake processes, seismic risk, and lessons from past events.

Volcanic Hazards

→ Volcanic processes, monitoring, and geohazard assessment.

Tsunami Hazards

→ Tsunami risk, coastal impact, and preparedness.

Landscape Changes & the Last Mile

→ Landscape evolution, risk communication, Living Labs, and links between science, stakeholders, and local communities.

 

Best regards, 

Aachen Organising Committee

 


 

Please find the detailed agenda and registration below  ↓ "Apply for Participation" 

 


How to find us:

The venue is the Cultural Center Kalamata

Adress: Aristomenous 33, Kalamata 
241 00, Greece

24Q6+RM Kalamata, Greece

Map URL https://maps.app.goo.gl/2PCrSCSWjGQxuMbn7


Event Flyer

Organisiert durch

Roberto Benavides

    • 09:00 09:30
      Welcome / Registration: Registration
    • 09:30 09:45
      Welcome / Opening

      Klaus Reicherter & Georgia Marava

    • 09:45 10:15
      Topic Block I Seismic Hazards 30m

      Comparison and complementarity of active fault databases-repositories for Seismic Hazard Assessment
      Athanassios Ganas

    • 10:15 10:35
      The 2021 Tyrnavos Earthquake Sequence reveals 20m

      Henriette Sudhaus

    • 10:35 10:55
      Fault-specific Time Dependent Conditional Probabilities 20m

      Ioannis Papannikolaou

    • 10:55 11:15
      Disaster Risk Reduction and Disability Inclusion: A Case Study of Kalamata, Greece 20m

      George Malaperdas

    • 11:15 11:30
      Coffee break + Poster Session 15m
    • 11:30 12:00
      Topic Block II Volcanic Hazards 30m

      The Aegean Volcanic Arc: Past Activity, Present
      Signals, Future Hazards

      Paraskevi Nomikou

    • 12:00 12:20
      Dormant Volcanism 1: Underestimated Hazard and Risks 20m

      Joachim Ritter

    • 12:20 12:40
      Dormant Volcanism 2: The Seismological Experiment at Methana and Pausanias Volcanoes 20m

      Jan-Phillip Föst

    • 12:40 13:00
      Temporal Variations of Effusive Lava Volumes Indicate Changing Recharge Magma Compositions at Methana Volcano (Greece) 20m

      Moritz Lang

    • 13:00 13:20
      Listening to an Active Submarine Volcano: Insights into Hydrothermal Regime Shifts from Continuous Monitoring 20m

      Anna Katsigera

    • 13:20 14:20
      Lunch break 1 h

      Break

    • 14:20 14:50
      Topic Block III Tsunami Hazards 30m

      Tsunami Hazard in Greece
      Nikos Kalligeris

    • 14:50 15:10
      The tsunami hazard of the western and southern Peloponnese as recorded in coastal sedimentary archives of the Gulf of Lakonia (Greece) 20m

      Tina Georg, Björn R. Röbke, Peter Fischer, Lina Sturm, Ioannis Papanikolaou, Piero Bellanova, Klaus Reicherter, Andreas Vött

    • 15:10 15:30
      Tsunami Deposits 20m

      Aliki Arianoutsou

    • 15:30 15:50
      Tsunami Operations 20m

      Marinos Charalampakis

    • 15:50 16:00
      Coffee break + Poster Session 10m
    • 16:00 16:30
      Topic Block IV The Last Mile & Living Laboratory 30m

      Tsunami ready
      Elena Daskalaki

    • 16:30 16:50
      Tsunami Inundation Modelling: The Last Mile in Kalamata 20m

      Maja Gieseking

    • 16:50 17:10
      Tsunami mitigation with a special focus on Kalamata 20m

      Holger Schüttrumpf

    • 17:10 17:20
      Coffee break 10m
    • 17:20 17:40
      Visualizing Marine Geohazard Scenarios around Kalamata, Using Immersive Virtual Environments: Connecting Geoscience and Stakeholder Engagement. 20m

      Oliver Eisermann et al.

    • 17:40 18:00
      Formats for Information Transfer in Living Labs: Experiences and Good Practices 20m

      Felix Gross et al.

    • 18:00 18:15
      Closing remarks
    • 19:45 20:00
      Public Event – 40th Anniversary of the 1986 Kalamata Earthquake

      Welcoming by Athanasios P. Vassilopoulos
      Mayor of Kalamata

      Location: Cultural Center

    • 20:00 20:10
      Kalamata 1986 Earthquake Invited Talk

      Dimitrios Papanikolaou

    • 20:10 20:20
      Active faults of Messinia and present day deformation in SW Peloponnese

      Dr Athanasios Ganas

      Research Director
      Institute of Geodynamics
      National Observatory of Athens

    • 20:20 20:30
      Seafloor Morphology and tectonics of Messiniakos Gulf

      Paraskevi Nomikou

      National University of Athens

    • 20:30 20:40
      Preparedness and Response to Tsunamis

      Elena Daskalaki

      National Observatory of Athens

    • 20:40 20:50
      Reflections on Governance

      Stavros Benos
      Former Mayor of Kalamata

    • 20:50 21:00
      40 years later: Kalamata’s new challenges

      Panayiota Kourakli

      General Director
      Municipality of Kalamata

    • 21:00 21:30
      Closing remarks