MULTI-MAREX Scientific Conference Kalamata 2026

Samstag 12.09.2026, 09:00 → 22:55 Europe/Berlin

Klaus Reicherter, Piero Bellanova

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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

 

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

 

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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

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Event Flyer

Flyer_Scientific_07.09.2026.pdf

Public Event.pdf

Scientific Program Timetable .pdf

Welcome / Registration: Registration

Welcome / Opening

Klaus Reicherter & Georgia Marava

1 Topic Block I Seismic Hazards

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

2 The 2021 Tyrnavos Earthquake Sequence reveals

Henriette Sudhaus

3 Fault-specific Time Dependent Conditional Probabilities

Ioannis Papannikolaou

4 Disaster Risk Reduction and Disability Inclusion: A Case Study of Kalamata, Greece

George Malaperdas

11:15 Coffee break + Poster Session

5 Topic Block II Volcanic Hazards

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

6 Dormant Volcanism 1: Underestimated Hazard and Risks

Joachim Ritter

7 Dormant Volcanism 2: The Seismological Experiment at Methana and Pausanias Volcanoes

Jan-Phillip Föst

8 Temporal Variations of Effusive Lava Volumes Indicate Changing Recharge Magma Compositions at Methana Volcano (Greece)

Moritz Lang

9 Listening to an Active Submarine Volcano: Insights into Hydrothermal Regime Shifts from Continuous Monitoring

Anna Katsigera

13:20 Lunch break

Break

10 Topic Block III Tsunami Hazards

Tsunami Hazard in Greece
Nikos Kalligeris

11 The tsunami hazard of the western and southern Peloponnese as recorded in coastal sedimentary archives of the Gulf of Lakonia (Greece)

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

12 Tsunami Deposits

Aliki Arianoutsou

13 Tsunami Operations

Marinos Charalampakis

15:50 Coffee break + Poster Session

14 Topic Block IV The Last Mile & Living Laboratory

Tsunami ready
Elena Daskalaki

15 Tsunami Inundation Modelling: The Last Mile in Kalamata

Maja Gieseking

16 Tsunami mitigation with a special focus on Kalamata

Holger Schüttrumpf

17:10 Coffee break

17 Visualizing Marine Geohazard Scenarios around Kalamata, Using Immersive Virtual Environments: Connecting Geoscience and Stakeholder Engagement.

Oliver Eisermann et al.

18 Formats for Information Transfer in Living Labs: Experiences and Good Practices

Felix Gross et al.

Closing remarks

Public Event – 40th Anniversary of the 1986 Kalamata Earthquake

Welcoming by Athanasios P. Vassilopoulos
Mayor of Kalamata

Location: Cultural Center

Kalamata 1986 Earthquake Invited Talk

Dimitrios Papanikolaou

Active faults of Messinia and present day deformation in SW Peloponnese

Dr Athanasios Ganas

Research Director
Institute of Geodynamics
National Observatory of Athens

Seafloor Morphology and tectonics of Messiniakos Gulf

Paraskevi Nomikou

National University of Athens

Preparedness and Response to Tsunamis

Elena Daskalaki

National Observatory of Athens

Reflections on Governance

Stavros Benos
Former Mayor of Kalamata

40 years later: Kalamata’s new challenges

Panayiota Kourakli

General Director
Municipality of Kalamata

Closing remarks