The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss fundamental new results on the origin and evolution of the combined Eurasian plate that plays a key role for the current plate tectonic setting worldwide. Key scientists in this field will present their latest studies during this 2-day meeting.

This training course is arranged for participants from earthquake-prone countries. Preference is given to young candidates engaged in seismology, seismic monitoring and zonation, earthquake data analysis, hazard, vulnerability and/or risk assessment.

The conference will provide an opportunity to discuss recent results from experiments at all scales and related modeling efforts concerning this years conference topic "Rock Fracturing and Fault Activation".

The 5th International YES (Young Earth Scientists ) Congress will be held in the vibrant city of Berlin under the theme "Rocking Earth's Future". It will be a special opportunity for young scientists from all over the world to share their experiences, their science and culture and to expand their skills.

This year's TERENO workshop deals with the drought year 2018.

GFZ section Hydrology hosts the final conference of the EU project ETN (European Training Networks) "System-Risk - a large-scale systems approach to flood risk assessment and management".