IASPEI Dinner 2019

The traditional IASPEI Dinner organized at each Scientific or General Assembly will be held this year in Montréal at the Vieux Port Steakhouse at 19:00 on Monday, 15 July 2019. The restaurant is in the old center of Montréal (39, rue Saint-Paul Est), in walking distance from the conference venue.

The dinner will be a three-dish menu. As appetizer you can choose between Soup of the day and Baby greens mesclun salad, Dijon and honey vinaigrette. The main dish will be a choice between Strip loin steak New York cut, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, peppercorn sauce or Grilled salmon filet wild rice and sautéed spinach; pasta primavera will be offered as vegetarian alternative. The dessert will be Layered dark and white chocolate mousse cake with coffee or tea. The price per ticket will be CAD 80 (~ USD 60) and includes two beverages (soft drinks, wine or beer).

The number of participants is limited, so, please book your seat as soon as you are coming to the Assembly. If you want to make an early reservation, please send an email to . Please inform also if you prefer the vegetarian choice.

The tickets including the coupons for the drinks will be sold by the Secretary General in the IASPEI office.

Festa Cryospherica, the IACS dinner ($40 including tax and service charges)

We welcome you to attend to the IACS dinner 'Festa Cryospherica', to be held on Friday 12th July, starting at 20.15.  The event will be held at Pub St Paul in Old Montreal on the waterfront (124 St Paul St E,Montreal).

The price, which is subsidised by IACS, will include a welcome drink and 3-course meal (vegetarian option is available).  This event has been scheduled to immediately follow the IACS Plenary Administrative Session,  and a group of us will walk to the pub following the Plenary Meeting (to be held in MCC - Floor 5, Room 516C from 18.00-20.00).

All are welcome but we only have 80 places - Please buy your ticket fast!

Click here to purchase ticket.

IASPEI Opening Ceremony

Friday July 12, 08:30-10:00 in Room 517

All interested participants are invited to attend a presentation given by John Adams from 09:30-10:00 on July 12.

Speaker: John Adams, Canadian Hazards Information Service, Natural Resources Canada

Title: Montreal Shakes – Local earthquakes in their Canadian context

Abstract: Montreal benefits from past earthquakes and may suffer from future earthquakes. The establishment of Montreal at the junction of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers arose from events 560 Ma ago with the rifting and later collision of continents. Montreal passed over a hotspot 110 Ma ago and left the roots of ancient volcanoes as pimples on today’s landscape  – Mont Royal and others. The river system echoes the crustal weaknesses left by past events and the earthquakes that accompanied them, and hence the founding of Montreal by those using the rivers for exploration and commerce. Those same ancient faults are the source of today’s earthquakes. Descriptions of some larger historic earthquakes and their effects will set the scene for a talk about today’s earthquakes, the seismic hazard they represent for 2020, and the consequences should a rare large earthquake occur near Montreal.

IAGA Dinner

Sunday July 14

I am pleased to invite you on behalf of the IAGA Executive Committee to a IAGA Dinner, which will take place in Briskets Montreal Restaurant,

1199 Rue de Bleury, few minutes walk from the convention center) on Sunday, 14 July 2019, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.The event is with ticket only, price is 50 CAD (reduced 40 CAD applies to students and Young Scientists under 35 years of age). Limited number of places is available, thus do not hesitate to book in advance by e-mail to and cc to . Tickets will be sold during the Assembly. Those without previous booking, please, do not hesitate to contact any of the IAGA EC members during the Assembly for tickets.

Best regards and looking forward to meeting you soon.

Eduard Petrovsky

IAGA Award

IAGA Awards Ceremony on Monday July 15 at 10:30 a.m., in room 517,  is open to all the participants.

IAG Dinner

Sunday, July 14, 2019, 20:00

The traditional IAG Dinner, held at all the IUGG General and IAG Scientific Assemblies since decades, will take place on July 14, 20:00 in L’Auberge Saint-Gabriel, 426 Rue Saint-Gabriel, Montréal, Québec.

There will be a menu including entrée, plat principal with 3 options, dessert and a drink. The price per person is 80 CAD and will be collected in advance in the Palais des Congrès.

Please direct your reservation until Tuesday, July 9, to the IAG Secretary General, Hermann Drewes ().