Keynote Speakers

Andrea Festa

A renowned expert in spatial and temporal relationships between tectonics and sedimentation, the processes of mélange formation at convergent margins, and the reconstruction of intra-oceanic tectonostratigraphic settings of exhumed ophiolitic belts.

Hans-Jürgen Gawlick

Department of Applied Geosciences and Geophysics

Montanuniversität Leoben 

Respected geologist with emphasis on sedimentology. His areas of interest are Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Palaeogeography and mélanges of the Western Tethys realm and Basin Evolution with a lot of experience from studying Alps, Dinarides and Carpathian mountain range.

Dušan Plašienka

Department of Geology and Paleontology

Comenius University Bratislava

Pioneer of Slovak geology dealing with paleotectonic evolution, crustal structure and geodynamics,  regional geology, tectonics of the Western Carpathians and adjacent areas. Recently, he has been focusing mainly on Pieniny Klippen Belt and Meliata Unit areas.