From Thursday 2 October 2025, the Department of Geosciences presents a new series of seminars for the first semester of the a.y. 2025/2026.

The events, proposed by members of the Department and held by speakers from Italian and international universities and research centers will be open to anyone interested.

• Thursday 2 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Garnet: not quite as cubic as one might think  - speaker: Prof. Bernardo Cesare - Department of Geosciences - University of Padova  (click here for abstract and details)
• Thursday 9 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Asbestos and man-made vitreous fibres: regulations, methods and analytical techniques - speaker: Dr. Michele Rocchetto - White Lab Srl (click here for abstract and details) - Seminar will be held in italian language
• Thursday 16 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: From foreshock to mainshock: transient sliding velocity sets nucleation timestyle, - speaker: François Passelègue – Géoazur, CNRS, Nice (click here for abstract and details)
• Thursday 23 October, 4.30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Drilling Down the Data: A Deep Learning Dive into IODP Cores, speaker Prof. Cédric John - QMUL - United Kingdom (click here for abstract and details)
• Tuesday 28 October 2025, 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom: Cyclone-Driven Sediment Pulses and River Morphodynamic Response in Tairāwhiti, Aotearoa New Zealand, speaker: Prof. Jon Tunnicliffe - University of Auckland, New Zealand (click here for abstract and details)
• Thursday 30 October 2025, 3,30-4,30 p.m.- Arduino Classroom: Data to Diapers via Remote Arctic Expeditions, Climate Science, and Bedtime Stories, speaker: Prof.ssa Gina Moseley. Department of Geology, Universiy of Innsbruck, Osterreich (click here for abstract and details). The seminar will be followed at 4:30 p.m. by a round table discussion entitled "Challenges and barriers to diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility in field research” with the aim of initiating a departmental discussion on experiences and critical issues to be addressed in geological fieldwork.
• Thursday 6 November 2025, 4,30 p.m.- Arduino Classroom: UrbanClimate: Assessing the Impact of Traditional Buildings on UHIs in Historical Urban Centres Under Current and Future Climate Conditions, speaker: Prof. Charles Galdies - Institute of Earth System, University of Malta (click here for abstract and details)
• Thursday 13 November 2025, 4,30 p.m.- Arduino Classroom: Ground-based radar interferometry. Principles, applications and future development, speaker: Dr. Alberto Michelini - I.D.S. GeoRadar S.r.l., Pisa - Italy (click here for abstract and details). 
• Monday 17 November 2025, 4,30 p.m.- Arduino Classroom: How excavation activity is both a blessing and a curse for the paleontological heritage: the case study of the fossils from the “lastame” in the Verona province (Northern Italy), speaker: Dr. Pietro Calzoni - Department of Geosciences, University of Padova (click here for abstract and details).
• Thursday 20 November 2025, 4,30 p.m.- Arduino Classroom: Approccio progettuale alle opere di difesa da caduta massi, speaker: Dr. Geol Giorgio Giacchetti - President of Ordine dei Geologi del Veneto (click here for abstract and details) - Seminar will be held in italian language)

The calendar of further scheduled seminars will follow soon