Welcome to the Geoscience Society of New Zealand annual conference to be held in Palmerston North from 28th November to 2 December 2022. Following the highly successful face-to-face 2020 conference in Christchurch, we are committed to making every effort to run the conference as normally as possible within any COVID restrictions. The conference will be held on Massey University’s Turitea Campus and will include oral and poster sessions, an evening public lecture, pre-conference workshops and several post-conference field trips.  

Online presentations will be possible for presenters overseas unable to attend in person, and in case of heightened COVID restrictions at the time of the conference we will have the capability to switch to a fully virtual format.

The annual conference is the ideal opportunity to meet with people, network, and interact face to face with fellow researchers. This year, the conference commences on the Monday evening with an Icebreaker function and will include an informal barbeque and formal conference dinner on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. The large seating capacity of the conference dinner venue guarantees room for everyone and we sincerely hope that as many students as possible will attend that function. There will also be numerous lunchtime breakout sessions, meetings, and workshops.  

We look forward to welcoming you to Palmerston North in November for what we hope will be another very successful annual conference.  

Anke Zernack and Julie Palmer, Conference Co-Convenors
James Scott, President, Geoscience Society of New Zealand