GESSS (GSA Earth Science Student Symposia) 

GESSS is a national program of symposia and an initiative of the Geological Society of Australia. Student conferences organised by students for students nationally. Registration is free for Students and Non Student GSA Members. For more information about GESSS contact [email protected]

Upcoming Events
23 November 2021 – GESSS SA
Details: The Geological Society of Australia Earth Sciences Student Symposium South Australia (GESSS-SA) is a conference designed to allow Honours, Masters and PhD students from three South Australian universities (The University of Adelaide, Flinders University and University of South Australia) to come together and present their Earth sciences related research to the local scientific community
Location: Sprigg Room, Mawson Building, University of Adelaide
Committee:
Alex Simpson (University of Adelaide) – Co-Chair
Darwin Subarkah (University of Adelaide) – Co-Chair
Meghan McAllister (Flinders University) – Vice Chair and Secretary
Lucy Stokes (University of Adelaide) – Treasurer
Zara Woolston 
(University of Adelaide) – Programme co-coordinator
Luke Tylkowski (University of South Australia) – Programme co-coordinator
Alex Watson (Flinders University) – Social media 
Registration: Click here
Website: Click here
Abstracts: Submit an abstract


25 November 2021 – GESSS WA
Details: Get ready for this years free, student focused, and face-to-face Earth Sciences Student Symposium! The 2021 Geological Society of Australia Earth Sciences Student Symposium of Western Australia will be held at Curtin University in November. The symposium will feature talks and posters from a wide variety of geoscience student research projects
Location: Elizabeth Jolley Lecture Theatre, Curtin University
Committee:
Raiza Quintero (Curtin University) – Chair
Morgan Cox (Curtin University) – Vice Chair
Kathy Kuper (Curtin University) – Treasurer and Sponsorship
Luke Smith (University of Western Australia) – Webmaster and Technical Officer
Isabel Zutterkirch (Curtin University) – Abstracts and Program
Matilda Boyce (University of Western Australia) – Abstracts and Program
Ken Orr (Curtin University) - Student Engagement Officer
Registration: Click here
Website: Click here
Abstracts: Submit an abstract

29-30 November 2021 - Virtual GESSS
Details: Virtual GESSS 2021 will be held online over two 2-hour sessions on the 29 and 30 November. Presentations will given by earth science students across multiple fields and will be either 10 minutes (8 minutes talk plus 2 minutes Q&A) or 3 minutes (2 minutes talk plus 1 minutes Q&A) each in duration
Time: 
1.00pm - 3.00pm AEDT (ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic)
12.30pm - 2.30pm ACDT (SA)
12.00pm - 2.00pm AEST (QLD)
11.30am - 1.30pm ACST (NT)
10.00am - 1.00pm WST (WA)
Committee:
Amber Jarrett (Northern Territory Geological Survey) – Co-Chair
Elizabeth Dowding (University of Oslo) – Lightning Talk Committee
Elisabeth Scibiorski (Monash University) – Lightning Talk Committee and Technical Committee

Kasia Sobczak (Queensland University) – Technical Committee
Tom England (Macquarie University) – Technical Committee
Sabin Zahirovic (University of Sydney) – Programme Committee 
Avish Kumar (James Cook University) – Programme Committee 

Erin Martin (Monash University) – Programme Committee and Social Media Committee
Fatemeh Amirpoorsaeed 
(Monash University) – Social Media Committee
Natalie Jenkins (University of New England) – Social Media Committee
Support: Virtual GESSS is sponsored by Geoscience Australia 
Cost: Students, GSA members and Geoscience Australia staff attend for free. All other members of the public can attend for just $10.00

Keynote Presenters: 
Morgan Cox (Curtin University)
Sarah Kachovich (ANU)

Program: Click here
Registrations: Click here


To read further details on specific GESSS events (both past and present), please click on the links below:
GESSS SA
GESSS WA
Virtual GESSS