Upcoming Conferences of particular interest to the LIPs community
A more complete listing of conferences related to volcanism in general can be found at http://www.iavcei.org/
If you are organising a meeting which includes a session on LIPs or any aspect of large volume magmatism, please contact Matthew Minifie at minifiemj@gmail.com or Richard Ernst at Richard.Ernst@ErnstGeosciences.com) and we'll advertise it on the LIPs website.
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2026
Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group (VMSG) Annual Meeting
Date: Monday, January 5, 2026 — Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Web: https://noc-events.co.uk/VMSG-volcanic-and-magmatic-studies-group
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly
Date: Sunday, May 3, 2026 — Friday, May 8, 2026
Includes the following sessions:
GMPV7.1 Deep roots, global reach: origin, anatomy and impact of Large Igneous Provinces from mantle to surface
Convenors: Sara Callegaro (s.callegaro@unibo.it), Isabel Fendley (ifendley@psu.edu), Sverre Planke (sverre.planke@geo.uio.no), Kim Senger (kim.senger@unis.no)
Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) represent outstanding expressions of voluminous melt production in the mantle and subsequent rapid lithospheric magma transport and crustal emplacement. Their build-up requires a wealth of interrelated mantle and crustal processes within the lithosphere, including continental extension and breakup, lower and upper crustal assimilation and differentiation of the magma, and the origin of new continental and oceanic crust by emplacement of either intrusive or extrusive complexes. The formation of LIPs is increasingly recognised as playing a pivotal role on crust–mantle mass transfer, the localisation of critical mineral deposits, and massive volatile release and associated global climate change. The development of these provinces is, however, not well constrained, including the tempo and magnitude of melt generation, magma transport and emplacement mechanisms, magma-lithosphere interaction processes at different depths, and the physical volcanology including volatile transfer pathways and fluxes. This session seeks contributions that dissect the physical and chemical processes governing the generation, emplacement, and evolution of LIPs, including volcanic rifted margins, across scales from mantle melting dynamics to surface expressions, from magma chamber processes to the emplacement styles of lava piles and seaward dipping reflectors. We particularly encourage studies combining high-resolution geochronology, petrology, isotopic and trace-element geochemistry, geophysical imaging, numerical/analogue modelling, and environmental proxy records.
GMPV7.2 Fluctuations of magmatic activity in hotspots and large igneous provinces, origins, temporality, and consequences on biogeography
Convenors: Vincent Famin (vfamin@univ-reunion.fr), Maelis Arnould (maelis.arnould@univ-lyon1.fr)
Hotspots and large igneous provinces (LIPs) display marked fluctuations in magma supply, composition, and eruptive temporality—from million-year pulsing to the timescale of eruptions—yet the origins of this variability remain debated and their consequences are poorly studied. This session explores how mantle dynamics (e.g., plume pulsations, plume–ridge interaction, lithospheric architecture) and crustal processes (storage, recharge, assimilation) generate temporal patterns in magmatism, and how these patterns propagate to Earth’s surface systems and biota. We welcome contributions that integrate numerical modeling (from the scale of mantle processes that can affect the source location and the timing of magmas, to those of melt transport), as well as case studies on specific hotspots tracks, continental and oceanic LIPS, and rifted margins including new geochronology, stratigraphy, petrological, geochemical, and isotopic constraints. We also welcome contributions linking magmatic pulsations to environmental and biogeographic change—e.g., climatic perturbations, nutrient fluxes, habitat creation and fragmentation, island and seamount corridor dynamics, and macroevolutionary turnovers. The goal of this session is to build a mechanistic framework for the temporality of hotspot/LIP magmatism and to quantify its cascading effects on plate tectonics, ecosystems, and biogeographic patterns through Earth history.
Institute on Lake Superior Geology (ILSG) Annual Meeting
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026 — Friday, May 22, 2026
Web: https://www.lakesuperiorgeology.org/ThunderBay2026/index.html
Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada (GAC-MAC) Joint Annual Meeting
Date: Monday, May 25, 2026 — Thursday, May 28, 2026
Web: https://event.fourwaves.com/stjohns2026/pages
Includes the following special sessions:
SS21 Large Igneous Provinces: the bigger picture
Convenors: Steven Denyszyn (steven.denyszyn@uwa.edu.au), Gregory Shellnutt (jgshelln@ntnu.edu.tw)
Large igneous provinces (LIPs) represent large volumes of mantle-derived magmatism and its geochemical derivatives. They are commonly hosts of magmatic mineral deposits, and are excellent recorders of geochronological, geochemical, and geophysical (including paleomagnetic) information. In this session, we present new contributions to the field of LIP research, including broader-scale geological processes that accompany LIP magmatism (pre-, syn-, and post-emplacement). These include, but are not limited to, exploration of plumbing systems in the lower crust, timing and rates of magmatism, interaction with host rocks, environmental effects, mantle melting processes, metallogeny, and geodynamics (including paleocontinental reconstruction).
SS22 Exploring the magmatic framework of continental large igneous provinces and their Ni-Cu-PGE prospectivity: a special session honoring the contributions of W R A Baragar
Convenors: Marie-Claude Williamson (marie-claude.williamson@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca), Brian O’Driscoll (brian.odriscoll@uOttawa.ca), Simon Jowitt (sjowitt@unr.edu)
Continental Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) are high volume, intraplate magmatic events that consist of flood basalts, gabbro sills and dykes, ± layered intrusions. Most LIPs are emplaced over a time span of ~50 My or less, and there is strong evidence that the flood basalt volcanism occurs over even shorter time intervals (<1-2 My). LIPs are economic targets because magmatic sulphides may be trapped in feeder dykes and sills associated with the overlying flood basalts. Each LIP is unique but a detailed knowledge and comparison of each element of the magmatic architecture informs exploration strategies for Ni-Cu-PGEs. This session honors the pioneering work of Bob Baragar, whose groundbreaking research in volcanology and igneous petrology has deepened our understanding of Proterozoic and Phanerozoic LIPs. Through decades of meticulous mapping, coupled with petrological and geochemical insights, Bob has profoundly influenced how we reconstruct the architecture of large-scale mafic-ultramafic systems—from layered intrusions to flood basalts and the associated dykes and sills. We invite contributions across a wide range of disciplines including but not limited to: geochronology, volcanology, igneous petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, economic geology and remote sensing, with a special emphasis on the Mackenzie Large Igneous Province in Nunavut.
Goldschmidt
Date: Sunday, July 12, 2026 — Friday, July 17, 2026
Web: https://conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2026/goldschmidt/2026/meetingapp.cgi/Home/0
Includes the following sessions:
04a – Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and their impact through Earth history
Convenors: Hafida El Bilali (hafidaelbilali@cunet.carleton.ca), Richard Ernst (richard.ernst@ernstgeosciences.com)
The record of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) is continually expanding back in time and now includes events back to 3.8 Ga. Associated with this expanding LIP record, there is now an increased understanding of LIP plumbing systems and origin (typically associated with mantle plumes). LIPs are now recognized to have played a key role in major geodynamic processes, including formation and evolution of the lithosphere, and supercontinent breakup. These important phenomena also frequently coincide with complex environmental changes, including mass extinctions, oceanic anoxic events, hyperthermal events, global glaciations, regional topographic changes, ore deposit formation, and significant silicic magmatism (SLIPs), carbonatites and kimberlites. We welcome contributions from a diverse range of disciplines to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas and a multi-faceted discussion of LIP systems, including igneous and sedimentary geochemistry, experimental petrology, geochronology, and studies utilizing chemical and biological proxies in the stratigraphic record. Novel and provocative contributions are particularly encouraged, as well as those from groups underrepresented in the geoscience community.
04b – Deep melts and intraplate magmatism: linking mantle reservoirs, lithospheric processes, and surface expressions
Convenors: Sarah Lambert (sarah.lambart@utah.edu), Isra Ezad (isra.ezad@uwa.edu.au), Sebastien Pilet (Sebastien.Pilet@unil.ch)
Intraplate volcanism provides a unique window into the structure, composition, and dynamics of Earth’s mantle. While mantle plumes have long been invoked to explain such volcanism, accumulating geochemical, geophysical, and experimental evidence highlights the critical role of the mantle lithosphere in controlling melting processes, magma compositions, and eruption dynamics. This session aims to bring together researchers investigating the generation, transport, and evolution of mantle melts, with a focus on their role as both chemical agents and dynamic components of Earth’s interior, and the balance between lithospheric and asthenospheric contributions to oceanic and continental intraplate volcanism.
Large Igneous Province — International Dyke Conference
Date: Monday, August 3, 2026 — Friday, August 7, 2026
Web: https://lipidc9.sciencesconf.org/
Contact: lipidc9@sciencesconf.org
Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2026 — Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Web: https://connects.geosociety.org/
Includes the following sessions:
Using mafic and ultramafic deposits to decipher volcanic and magmatic processes
Convenors: Alison Graettinger (graettingera@umkc.edu), Ingrid Ukstins (ingrid-peate@uiowa.edu), Alan Whittington (Alan.Whittington@utsa.edu)
This session invites contributions on the petrogenesis, eruption and emplacement mechanisms of mafic to ultramafic magmatic systems. We welcome insights from field and experimental volcanology, petrology, geochemistry, and economic geology, ranging from landform to nanoscale.
Volcano-climate interactions
Convenors: Tamara Carley (carleyt@lafayette.edu), Tenley Banik (tjbanik_at_ilstu.edu), Meredith Townsend (met423@lehigh.edu), Benjamin Edwards (edwardsb@dickinson.edu)
Magmatic degassing and volcanic emissions can have short and long term climate impacts. Climate changes may also impact volcanic eruptions. This session offers a multidisciplinary discussion of past, present, and future volcano-climate interactions on Earth.
Mass extinctions and the current biodiversity crisis: lessons from the past to inform the future
Convenors: David Bottjer (dbottjer@usc.edu), Priyanki Soni (sonip@usc.edu), Austin Hendy (ahendy@nhm.org)
Presentations will emphasize evidence from the fossil and stratigraphic record that can be used in managing the current extinction, actively linking this knowledge to modern-day biodiversity and climate research agendas.
International Conference on Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems
Date: Monday, November 2, 2026 — Thursday, November 5, 2026
Web: https://vipscommission.org/vips-conference-2026/
Contact: info@vipscommission.org
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting
Date: Monday, December 7, 2026 — Friday, December 11, 2026
Web: https://www.agu.org/annual-meeting
Includes the following sessions:
V34A – Economic geology across scales: from solid earth processes to critical mineral resources
Convenors: Andrea Giuliani (agiuliani@carnegiescience.edu), Erin Benson (erin.benson@wsu.edu), Adam Simon (simonac@umich.edu)
Energy diversification and vehicle electrification requires increased access to metallic and non-metallic resources, both traditional (e.g., Cu-Ni-Fe-Pt) and not (e.g., REE-graphite-Co-Li). Utilizing a mineral systems framework for successful exploration entails a better scientific understanding of the physio-chemical processes controlling the origin and distribution of mineral resources across all scales. This session aims to create a dynamic forum at AGU where Earth scientists within and peripheral to economic geology can share their most recent findings with implications for the genesis and evolution of mineral deposits. We welcome contributions that use mineral deposits and their geochemical footprint to inform broader geological processes, such as tectonic evolution, mantle and crustal melting, volatile cycling, metal solubility in melts and fluids, fluid–rock interaction, and surface weathering. Ultimately, this session seeks to bridge disciplinary boundaries and highlight the fundamental links between Earth processes and the formation of mineral resources needed for sustainable global development.
D141A – Earth’s heterogeneous mantle: multidisciplinary perspectives on deep Earth dynamics and planetary evolution
Convenors: Tolulope Olugboji (tolulope.olugboji@rochester.edu), Poulami Roy (poulami.roy@durham.ac.uk), Yihang Peng (yhpeng@princeton.edu), Matthew Jackson (jackson@geol.ucsb.edu)
Earth's mantle is far from a uniform reservoir; it is a complex archive of our planet's formation, differentiation, and long-term evolution. From the lithosphere down to the core-mantle boundary, mantle structures across scales provide critical clues to mantle convection, plume generation, slab recycling, volatile transport, and Earth's thermochemical evolution. This session highlights new insights into the origins of enigmatic discontinuities and multi-scale anomalies, focusing on studies that extend the current experimental and observational constraints in geophysics and geochemistry. We invite contributions that utilize innovative approaches in seismology, geodynamics, mineral physics, geochemistry, and planetary sciences to test competing hypotheses for the origin of these structures: Are they signatures of subducted crust, volatile-induced melting, or primordial reservoirs? We particularly welcome multi-disciplinary studies combining observations, experiments, numerical modeling, and new imaging and analytical approaches that distinguish between thermal and compositional origins. Contributions exploring links between Earth and other rocky planets are also encouraged.
D133A – Mantle convection on Earth and other rocky planets
Convenors: Diogo Jose Louro Lourenco (diogo.lourolourenco@eaps.ethz.ch), Shi Sim (jssim@eas.gatech.edu), Paul Tackley (paul.tackley@eaps.ethz.ch), Francesca Miozzi (fmiozzi@carnegiescience.edu)
Mantle convection plays a central role in shaping the Earth and other rocky planets throughout their history. Following the magma ocean stage, long-term solid-state mantle convection initiates and is coupled to the dynamics of the mantle-lithosphere system, compositional differentiation or mixing, possible core-mantle reactions, melting and crustal production, surface tectonics, etc. All these processes are interconnected and can be studied through observations of the rock record, geochemistry, seismology, gravity, magnetism and planetary remote sensing, all linked through geodynamical modelling constrained by physical properties of relevant materials. This session aims at understanding mantle convection and how it relates to the dynamics, tectonics, structure, composition and evolution of Earth and other rocky planetary bodies on temporal scales ranging from the present day to billions of years, and on spatial scales ranging from microscopic to global, by bringing together constraints from geodynamics, seismology, mineral physics, geochemistry, petrology, volcanology, planetary science and astronomy.
PP52A – Ocean oxygen in the past and present
Convenors: Elizabeth Griffith (griffith.906@osu.edu), Yi Wang (ywang145@tulane.edu), Catherine Davis (cdavis24@ncsu.edu)
The amount and distribution of oxygen in our oceans drives critical nutrient cycles, constrains biogeography, and influences human uses from fisheries to tourism. Our understanding of oxygen variability in the ocean is informed by studying both the present conditions and past time periods, which allows us to contextualize anthropogenic and natural forcings, and create meaningful projections into the future. This session aims to bring together research constraining the influence of climate, productivity, and circulation on ocean oxygen and related nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, phosphate, iron) across spatial and temporal scales. We welcome contributions that integrate datasets from present and paleoceanography, geochemistry, sedimentology, and modeling to look at drivers of change in ocean oxygen and impacts on marine life, geochemical cycles, and the blue economy.