General information
The conference "Impacts and their role in the origin and evolution of life" will take place from 1 to 4 September 2025 in the picturesque city of Nördlingen , which is situated inside the world-famous Ries crater in southern Germany. It aims to cover the role of meteorite and comets impacts in the formation of Earth, its atmosphere and the evolution of life. The course consists of lectures, pratical exercises and student-led discussions. Participants wil also have the possibility to display their own research results in one or two poster sessions. The European Astrobiology Institute and the Stockholm University Astrobiology Centre, and the University of Neu-Ulm will function as co-organisers of the conference:
- Impacts and the early history of the Solar System
- Impact structures as indicators of target properties
- Role of impacts in delivery and formation of the building blocks for life
- Impact-generated habitats for life
- Environment effects of impacts
- Impacts as threats for life and humankind
- Geoconservation, education and outreach of impacts
We also will have two one-day excursions, one around the Ries crater on 4th September and one half-day excursion on 2 September to the Steinheim crater with its famous central uplift feature.
Participants will also have the possibility to display their research results in two poster sessions.
We also will have two one-day excursions, one around the Ries crater on 4th September and one half-day excursion on 2 September to the Steinheim crater with its famous central uplift feature.
Invited speakers
The following scientists have been invited as speakers:
- Julia Brugger, Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research, Germany
- Elmar Buchner, University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm, Germany
- Heike Burkhardt, Landratsamt Donau-Ries, Germany
- Nadia Drabon, Harvard University, USA
- Pim Kaskes, Vrije Universitet Brussel, Belgium
- Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University, Australia
- Eloy Peña-Asensio, Politecnico Milano 1863, Italy
- Alexandra Pontefract,, Johns Hopkins Univrsity, USA
- Haley Sapers, York University, Canada
- Martin Schmieder, University of Applied Sciences Neu-Ulm, Germany
There is also plenty of time for contributed talks, especially by young scientists
Abstract submission
Please use the Abstract form to compose your abstract. Send the abstract to wgeppert@fysik.su.se on 1st May 2025 at the latest!
Registration
Registration will open soon. Registration deadline will be on 15th June 2025.
The Venue
Lectures and poster sessions will take place in the Klösterle Hotel in the city centre of the medieval town Nördlingen, Germany. The address is
Hotel Klösterle
Beim Klösterle 1
D-86720 Nördlingen
Germany
Phone +49 9081 87080
E-mail nhkloesterlenoerdlingen@nh-hotels.com
The venue is only a 10 min walk from the Nördlingen railway station. with good connections to the airports of Frankfurt (FRA), Stuttgart (STR) and Munich (MUC). Munich and Stuttgart are the airports with the best connections to Nördlingen. By train the ICE fast train station Donauwörth is only a 20 minute direct railway ride away. See the German railway website for connections. The lecture room is equipped with a PowerPoint projector and audio equipment. If lecturers need some other technical devices, they should contact the organisers in good time. The venue of the poster session will be announced in due course. For access by car please check the map to the ride. Parking places are available in the hotel garage (fee) or a 5 minutes walk from the hotel (free).
Nördlingen is situated on the famous "Romantic Street" from Füsssen to Würzburg. An ideal possibility to combine a holiday with the confeence.
Accommodation and meals
Participants will have the choice between accommodation in single rooms at the Hotel Klösterle (en-suite bathrooms). The rooms at Hotel Klösterle have en-suite bathrooms with WC and shower or bath tub, comfortable sitting areas and are decorated in contemporary style, using natural colors and dark wooden furniture. They are equipped with TV and Minibar. All places offer free wireless internet. Lecturers will be offered single room accommodation in Hotel Klösterle.
Breakfasts are included in the room prices at Hotel Klösterle (if you book there). Lunches and coffe breaks will be at the same place (apart from during excursions, see bekow). Thee are plenty of nice places for dinners in the Old Town close to the hotel.
Important notice: Also invited speakers ahave to register conferene packages and book accommodations. They will be reimbursed after the conference. If that is a problem for you please contact the conference organiser, Wolf Geppert , Stockholm University, Sweden (wgeppert-at-fysik.su.se, phone ++46-723601155)
Participants will have the choice between accommodation in single rooms at the Hotel Klösterle (en-suite bathrooms). The rooms at Hotel Klösterle have en-suite bathrooms with WC and shower or bath tub, comfortable sitting areas and are decorated in contemporary style, using natural colors and dark wooden furniture. They are equipped with TV and Minibar. All places offer free wireless internet. Lecturers will be offered single room accommodation in Hotel Klösterle.
Breakfasts are included in the room prices at Hotel Klösterle (if you book there). Lunches and coffe breaks will be at the same place (apart from during excursions, see bekow). Thee are plenty of nice places for dinners in the Old Town close to the hotel.
Important notice: Also invited speakers and recipients of bursaries have to register conference packages and book accommodations. They will be reimbursed after the conference. If that is a problem for you please contact the conference organiser, Wolf Geppert , Stockholm University, Sweden (wgeppert-at-fysik.su.se, phone ++46-723601155)
Contact
For all enquiries reharding the conference, please contact the organiser, Wolf Geppert , Stockholm University, Swedem (wgeppertATfysik.su.se, phone ++46-723601155). For issues with regostration and payment please contact our staff at European Science Foundation (eaiATesf.org)
Pricing
The attendees of the conference have options for accommodation, and also which excursions they wish to attend. See pricing table below for details. Please use the registation page for registration..