MULTI-MAREX Annual Meeting 2026

19.05.2026, 09:00 → 20.05.2026, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

5-1.214 - ATLANTIK / ATLANTIC - Linke Seite – Großer, unterteilbarer Konferenzraum (GEOMAR - Standort Ostufer / GEOMAR - East Shore)

Prof. Dr. Heidrun Kopp, Roberto Benavides (GEOMAR - GDY)

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MULTI-MAREX Annual Meeting 2026

19th and 20th May 2026

GEOMAR, Kiel

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Dear MULTI-MAREX partners and stakeholders!

We are pleased to announce the annual meeting of our DAM Project MULTI-MAREX. This is an important milestone in our joint MULTI-MAREX journey towards advancing the understanding of extreme marine events and natural hazards in the Central Mediterranean.

The annual meeting provides a platform to engage with the different working groups and stakeholders and to get to know their expertise. 

Our meeting aims to foster co-design, collaboration and knowledge exchange. The sessions will cover the latest project news, latest results and technological advances. We have scheduled ample breaks for networking, because as we all know, synergies are best developed over a coffee! 

Registration will open soon and we kindly ask the MULTI-MAREX partners and their groups (PhD/PostDocs/et al.) and all stakeholder participants to register via this website. Principal investigators should present their work packages and working groups. 

Agenda, topics to be discussed, and logistical details to assist with your planning will be published soon!

We look forward to welcoming you in Kiel!

With kind regards, 

MULTI-MAREX Organizing Committee

 

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How to find us:

GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3
24148 Kiel (east shore)

 

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Hotel Am Segelhafen
https://am-segelhafen-hotel.com

Am Segelhafen Hotel GmbH
Schönberger Str. 32-34
24148 Kiel

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Coordination Office MULTI-MAREX:

In case of questions or requests please contact us directly

Email: multimarex@geomar.de
Phone number: 0175 53 44 148

 

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Di., 19. Mai

Welcome / Registration

MULTI-MAREX and the 3rd DAM Mission mareXtreme

Project and Mission Roadmap, Stakeholder Presentations, Information by PTJ

1 Project and Mission Roadmap

Sprecher: MULTI-MAREX .

2 Scientific Partner presentation: “Santory: The first underwater volcanic observatory of the active Kolumbo volcano in eastern mediterranean sea”

Sprecher: Paraskevi Nomikou (University of Athens)

3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT | PROJEKTBETREUUNG UND DURCHFÜHRUNG

Kick-Off DAM mareXtreme MULTI-MAREX (03F0952A-H): 04.-05. Juni 2024

Sprecher: Susanne Fretzdorff (Projektträger Jülich)

Living Labs

4 Living Labs: What are they? How do they work?

Sprecher: Roberto Benavides (GEOMAR)

11:00 Lunch

Introduction of Partners and WP Presentations - Past Processes and Hazard Implications

(15 min each incl. discussion)
Work Packages 2.1-2.5

5 WP 2.1 A preliminary look into sediment archives on the Peloponnese

Sprecher: Piero Bellanova (RWTH)

6 WP 2.3: Landslides in the southern hellenic arc

Sprecher: Sebastian Krastell (CAU Kiel)

7 WP 2.4: Chronology of extreme marine events in the Eastern Mediterranean: Milestones and progress

Sprecher: Steven Binnie (University of Cologne)

8 WP 2.5: Preconditioning of open slope failure

9 Discussion

13:30 Coffee break and Tour of our of visualization lab ARENA2

Present Processes and Hazard Implications

Work Packages 3.1-3.5

10 WPs 3.1 and 3.3: Monitoring of submarine tectonic and volcanic geohazards offshore Santorini

Sprecher: Jens Karstens (GEOMAR)

11 WP 3.2: Remote sensing and geophysical monitoring of active magmatic systems

Sprecher: Nicole Richter (RWTH)

12 WP 3.4 Monitoring mud volcanoes south of Crete to pick up EQ precursors

Goals for Phase 1 and towards an EWS in Phase 2

Sprecher: Achim Kopf (MARUM)

13 WP 3.5: Hydrothermal alteration: A cause of future hazards at volcanoes?

Sprecher: Daniel Müller (GFZ)

15:45 Bio break

Scenarios, Mitigation and Adaptation Options

Work Packages 4.1-4.3

14 WP 4.1: Under-explored tsunami scenarios for the Central Mediterranean: Source-to-coast modeling

Sprecher: Andrey Babeyko (GFZ)

15 WP 4.2 Tsunami scenarios: propagation, inundation dynamics and evacuation planning for the last mile

Sprecher: Mario Welzel (FZK)

16 WP 4.3: Protection and adaptation measures

17:00 Short ferry crossing to west shore of Kiel Fjord

Get-together / Evening at GEOMAR’s aquarium to west shore of Kiel Fjord for an evening at GEOMAR’s aquarium – the perfect setting to network and discuss marine science!

Mi., 20. Mai

Mediterranean Coastal Hazard Living Lab and Stakeholder Integration: WP 5.1 and 5.3:

Work Packages 5.1/5.3

17 WP 5.1 Mediterranean Coastal Hazard Living Lab

Sprecher: Klaus Reicherter (RWTH)

18 WP 5.3 Recommended actions and summary for policy makers and stakeholders

Sprecher: PI 's

Visualization and Science Communication

Work Packages 5.2/5.4

19 WP5.2: Virtual and Extended Reality to foster stakeholder dialogue and exchange and 5.4: Multi-Marex Science Communication – introduction of the Media Portfolio

Sprecher: Felix Gross (CAU Kiel)

Stakeholder Integration and Identification of HotSpots

20 Stakeholder Integration

Stakeholder Integration (open discussion)

21 Identification of HotSpots

Identification of HotSpots (open discussion)

09:15 Coffee break

Espresso talks by PhD candidates to present their work

(2 min each)

Potential Spin-off projects / Coordination of field work

Closing Session and Final Discussion