Irish Geoscience Research Meeting 2026

Date: Friday 27th February - Sunday 1st March 2026 Venue: Boole 2 Lecture Theatre, Boole Building, University College Cork (Main Campus)

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork is proud to host the 69th Irish Geoscience Research Meeting in 2026. This annual event, widely known as the IGRM, showcases the diversity of cutting edge geoscience research that is currently breaking new ground in Ireland - and across the world. The schedule of events at IGRM 2026 kicks off on Friday February 27th with an icebreaker reception in the “Domain of the Dinosaurs” exhibition in the Glucksman Gallery followed by an evening Keynote Lecture. Two exciting days of talks and poster exhibitions will take place over the weekend, with bountiful opportunities to meet, greet and network among the attendees. A second Keynote Lecture on Saturday evening, February 28th, will be followed by the IGRM 2026 conference dinner, to which all attendees are invited. With Keynote Lectures by leading, globally-recognised speakers, to research talks and posters by both established and emerging early-career postgraduates, there will be a wide variety of geoscience themes presented. Whether making first contact with a future collaborator, or bumping into a colleague from years gone by, IGRM is a key date on the Irish geoscience calendar and an unmissable geoscience research event in 2026.

Key Dates

Information for Presenters

Oral Presentation:

• Oral presentations are 12 mins (12 min talk with 2 min warning at 10 min mark)
• 3 mins for questions (presenters will not be permitted to extend their talk into this time)
• Presentations will be displayed on Windows 11 PC-based using PowerPoint.
• PowerPoint slides should use a 16:9 aspect ratio.
• PowerPoint files must be provided to the IGRM committee by file upload the day prior to their talk (there will no capacity for presenters to load talks mid-session)

In the event of a high demand for presentation slots than can be included in each session, IGRM 2026 reserve the right to select abstracts based on the research quality, relevance to the meeting and a balance across themes and/or presenter groups (with some preference given to late-stage PhD students).

Poster Presentation:

• Posters design in A0 portrait format only.
• Posters will be on display in the IGRM Hub (Main Restaurant) in the vicinity of all receptions, coffee/tea breaks and lunches.
• There will be a dedicated poster session on Sunday morning.
• Undergraduate students are invited to submit posters exhibiting field mapping or laboratory research studies.
• Preference will be given to postgraduate research posters, and IGRM 2026 cannot guarantee the inclusion of undergraduate research posters.
• In the event of a higher demand for poster space, IGRM 2026 reserve the right to select abstracts based on the research quality, relevance to the meeting and a balance across themes and/or presenter groups.