MULTI-MAREX Scientific Conference Kalamata 2026

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
Roberto Benavides
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09:00
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09:30
Welcome / Registration: Registration
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09:30
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09:45
Welcome / Opening
Klaus Reicherter & Georgia Marava
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09:45
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10:15
Topic Block I Seismic Hazards 30m
Comparison and complementarity of active fault databases-repositories for Seismic Hazard Assessment
Athanassios Ganas -
10:15
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10:35
The 2021 Tyrnavos Earthquake Sequence reveals 20m
Henriette Sudhaus
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10:35
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10:55
Fault-specific Time Dependent Conditional Probabilities 20m
Ioannis Papannikolaou
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10:55
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11:15
Disaster Risk Reduction and Disability Inclusion: A Case Study of Kalamata, Greece 20m
George Malaperdas
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11:15
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11:30
Coffee break + Poster Session 15m
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11:30
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12:00
Topic Block II Volcanic Hazards 30m
The Aegean Volcanic Arc: Past Activity, Present
Signals, Future Hazards
Paraskevi Nomikou -
12:00
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12:20
Dormant Volcanism 1: Underestimated Hazard and Risks 20m
Joachim Ritter
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12:20
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12:40
Dormant Volcanism 2: The Seismological Experiment at Methana and Pausanias Volcanoes 20m
Jan-Phillip Föst
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12:40
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13:00
Temporal Variations of Effusive Lava Volumes Indicate Changing Recharge Magma Compositions at Methana Volcano (Greece) 20m
Moritz Lang
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13:00
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13:20
Listening to an Active Submarine Volcano: Insights into Hydrothermal Regime Shifts from Continuous Monitoring 20m
Anna Katsigera
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13:20
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14:20
Lunch break 1 h
Break
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14:20
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14:50
Topic Block III Tsunami Hazards 30m
Tsunami Hazard in Greece
Nikos Kalligeris -
14:50
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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
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15:10
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15:30
Tsunami Deposits 20m
Aliki Arianoutsou
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15:30
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15:50
Tsunami Operations 20m
Marinos Charalampakis
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15:50
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16:00
Coffee break + Poster Session 10m
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16:00
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16:30
Topic Block IV The Last Mile & Living Laboratory 30m
Tsunami ready
Elena Daskalaki -
16:30
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16:50
Tsunami Inundation Modelling: The Last Mile in Kalamata 20m
Maja Gieseking
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16:50
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17:10
Tsunami mitigation with a special focus on Kalamata 20m
Holger Schüttrumpf
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17:10
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17:20
Coffee break 10m
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17:20
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17:40
Visualizing Marine Geohazard Scenarios around Kalamata, Using Immersive Virtual Environments: Connecting Geoscience and Stakeholder Engagement. 20m
Oliver Eisermann et al.
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17:40
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18:00
Formats for Information Transfer in Living Labs: Experiences and Good Practices 20m
Felix Gross et al.
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18:00
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18:15
Closing remarks
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19:45
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20:00
Public Event – 40th Anniversary of the 1986 Kalamata Earthquake
Welcoming by Athanasios P. Vassilopoulos
Mayor of KalamataLocation: Cultural Center
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20:00
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20:10
Kalamata 1986 Earthquake Invited Talk
Dimitrios Papanikolaou
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20:10
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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
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20:30
Seafloor Morphology and tectonics of Messiniakos Gulf
Paraskevi Nomikou
National University of Athens
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20:30
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20:40
Preparedness and Response to Tsunamis
Elena Daskalaki
National Observatory of Athens
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20:40
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20:50
Reflections on Governance
Stavros Benos
Former Mayor of Kalamata -
20:50
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21:00
40 years later: Kalamata’s new challenges
Panayiota Kourakli
General Director
Municipality of Kalamata -
21:00
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21:30
Closing remarks
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09:00
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09:30