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The IAVCEI EC, in agreement with New Zealand LOC, announces that the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, Rotorua, New Zealand, originally scheduled for 2021, has been postponed to 20-24 January, 2022. 
The impact of COVID-19 and the associated uncertainty of international travel restrictions to New Zealand in the near future has made it impractical and unfeasible to plan for and hold the assembly on the original dates. The local organising committee regret having to reschedule
the assembly, but are delighted to welcome the international volcanological community to New Zealand in early 2022. We will build upon the progress we
had already made on the scientific and general programme and anticipate that this assembly may be unique in being the first, hopefully, in a post-COVID world.

Adrian Pittari and Graham Leonard (LOC Coordinators)
Patrick Allard (IAVCEI President)
Roberto Sulpizio (IAVCEI SG)

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Dear participants to the COV11, dear colleagues,

We hope that you and your beloved ones are safe and well in these especially hard times. We are facing an unprecedented international crisis that has been raising great uncertainties in project our immediate future.

In previous communications we promised you a periodic and timely information about our actions for the organization of the postponed COV11. We are daily watching the evolving situation of the epidemics in Greece, whole Europe and worldwide, and regularly update our plans 
in order to guarantee both a safe and well attended COV11 in Crete.
At present, we still keep on with holding the meeting in the period of September 25-30, 2020. We work on options for a re-opening of the procedure for registration to the meeting, the workshops and the field trips at a reasonable deadline that we'll communicate you in due time. 

Obviously, we all are strongly dependent on the evolution of the crisis, and we'll take actions accordingly.

Best regards

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Dear registrants of COV11, dear colleagues,

We acknowledge that unprecedented and challenging times are facing the global community, we hope you and your family are safe.

IAVCEI and the Local Organizing Committee, taking into consideration the advice of the Cities and Volcanoes Commission, are officially announcing the postponement of the 11th Cities On Volcanoes (COV11) Conference to September 25-30, 2020 in Heraklion, Crete (Greece).

This decision has unfortunately been imposed on us by the current Covid-19 pandemic and its widespread impacts. International travel to Europe is now essentially prohibited, and international flights will probably be deemed unsafe by governments and world health authorities for several months.

The new date was selected due to contractual constraints associated with the venue and conference organizer. However, we stress that COV11 can only be held when global health authorities and most governments and their agencies again permit international travel.

Of course, we will carefully survey the ongoing crisis in order to adapt our plans and actions if needed. We will provide you all with timely information regarding the new program, field trips and the COV organization as information becomes available. Timely updates will be dispatched on the COV website and disseminated through the IAVCEI mailing list.

We sincerely hope to see you all in Heraklion in September!

Stay safe, stay tuned.

 

Paraskevi Nomikou - COV11 President

Patrick Allard - IAVCEI President

Roberto Sulpizio - IAVCEI General Secretary

 

 

 

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On the occasion of the tragic events that happened at Whakaari / White Island volcano on the 9th of December 2019, IAVCEI, the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, wishes to express its deep condolences to the families of the victims, as well as its professional support to New Zealand colleagues.

The IAVCEI Executive Committee