AOGS2025

Program

Overview Convener’s Dinner Program Highlights Mentor-Mentee Program Best Student Poster Competition

Overview (Updated as of 18 Feb 2025) View/Download PDF

Program uses Singapore Standard Time and is 8 Hours Ahead of GMT (GMT +8)

In addition to scientific presentations and an exhibition, ancillary activities include workshops, panels, special sessions and field trips, offering a comprehensive and interesting experience. Attendees and exhibitors can also engage in "Speed Networking" to maximize participation and create relationships through targeted one-on-one meetings that extend networks.

The program is tentative and subject to change without notice and some activities may require additional fees. Detailed information about these will be provided closer to the event. We recommend checking back regularly for the latest updates.

Sunday, 27 July 2025
Volunteer Briefing
Registration & Badge Pick Up
Invite-Only Meetings

Monday, 28 July 2025
Registration & Badge Pick Up
Invite-Only Meetings
Oral Presentations
2 Section Meetings
1 Special Lecture (Plenary)
General Election Candidates Forum
Opening & Annual General Meeting
Welcome Reception/Exhibition Opens
Breaks

Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Registration & Badge Pick Up
Invite-Only Meetings
Oral & Poster Presentations
2 Section Meetings
General Election E-Voting Starts
Ancillary Activities
Exhibition & Biz Matching Day 1
Mentor-Mentee Meetings Day 1
Breaks & AOGS Beer Hour

Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Registration & Badge Pick Up
Invite-Only Meetings
2 Special Lectures (Plenary)
Oral & Poster Presentations
2 Section Meetings
Ancillary Activities
Exhibition & Biz Matching Day 2
Mentor-Mentee Meetings Day 2
Breaks & AOGS Beer Hour
Invite-Only AOGS President’s Hosted Dinner

Thursday, 31 July 2025
Registration & Badge Pick Up
Invite-Only Meetings
Oral & Poster Presentations
2 Section Meetings
Ancillary Activities
Exhibition & Biz Matching Day 3
Mentor-Mentee Meetings Day 3
Breaks & AOGS Beer Hour

Friday, 01 August 2025
Registration & Badge Pick Up
General Election E-Voting Ends & Results Are Announced
Invite-Only Meetings
Oral Presentations
Ancillary Activities
Closing Plenary
Breaks & Invite-Only Convener’s Dinner

Saturday, 02 August 2025
Invite-Only Meetings

Convener’s Dinner (Invite-Only Event) View/Download PDF

Take a river cruise along the historic Singapore river to arrive at the dinner destination. Soak in the stunning waterfront views before docking right at the restaurant, where an unforgettable dining experience awaits. Enjoy the perfect blend of relaxation, sightseeing, and gourmet cuisine.

Note:

Three (3) Chinese set-dinner options available: Non-Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free/Vegan

Information

Attendance is free for conveners and specially invited guests
A deposit of SGD100 is required to guarantee a reservation
Onsite- cash reimbursement of the paid deposit at the dinner
100% paid deposit will be forfeited for no show or booking cancellation
Refund of 100% paid fee if AOGS cancels the activity
Named invitations and registrations are non-transferable.
Participants agree to indemnify the AOGS2025 organizers and secretariat against any claims arising from injury or loss sustained during the outing.
Please know that participants are responsible for obtaining their own insurance and that this dinner outing does not include insurance.
Those who are eligible will be able to make reservation and payment on MARS

Event Details
Time stated in Singapore standard time and is 8 hours ahead of GMT (GMT+8)

Date:	Friday, 01 August 2025
Time:	6:30pm to 9pm
Venue:	Grand Shanghai Restaurant 390 Havelock Rd, Level 1 King's Centre, Singapore 169662

From 6:30pm

Gather at the Bayfront South Jetty at Marina Bay Sands
The jetty is situated at the south Promenade, near to The Shoppes (3-minute walk), Sands Expo & Convention Centre (5-minute walk), and Hotel Tower 1 (8-minute walk).
Board AOGS Chartered Ferry
The ride will take about 40 minutes. Ferry departs once full capacity is reached.
While taking in the breathtaking views of the waterfront, mentally recall the names of the bridges. There's a prize for the right answer!

From 7:30pm
Immerse in a vibrant atmosphere of fanciful soirees, live bands and authentic Shanghainese fare.

From 9pm
Buses leave Grand Shanghai restaurant to return to the Marina Bay Sands Singapore.
The ride will take approximately 20 minutes.

By taxi, the ride to Changi Airport will take roughly 20 minutes.

Program Highlights Plenary Lectures AS BG HS IG OS PS ST SE Featured Sessions

Explore this page to view the speaker line up for these key lectures and find detailed information about each talk

Axford, Special and Medal Lectures	Session	Room
Axford Lecture Evolution of Global Hydrology in the Anthropocene Taikan OKI The University of Tokyo	Mon-28 Jul PM2 5:00 to 5:45	MR1 & 2
Axford Lecture Space – The Ultimate Frontier Robert WIMMER-SCHWEINGRUBER University of Kiel	Mon-28 Jul PM2 5:45 to 6:30	MR1 & 2
Special Lecture 20 Years after the Great 2004 Tsunami Harsh K. GUPTA CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute	Mon-28 Jul PM1 2:45 to 3:30	MR27
Special Lecture Atmospheric Chemistry Research: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects Rajasekhar BALASUBARAMANIAN National University of Singapore	Wed-30 Jul AM1 8:30 to 9:15	MR1
Special Lecture Sustainable space exploration in search of habitable conditions in the solar system Athena COUSTENIS Paris Observatory	Wed-30 Jul AM1 9:15 to 10:00	MR1
Atmospheric Science
Distinguished Lecture Reconciling Conflicting Emergent Constraints of Climate Sensitivity Arising From Low Cloud Feedback Hui SU The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Thu-31 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR1
Kamide Lecture Cloud-Cloud Interactions and Their Role in the Development of Convective Cloud Systems Jingyi CHEN Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology	Thu-31 Jul AM2 10:30 to 11:00	MR1
Kamide Lecture Terrestrial carbon-climate interaction studies to support carbon neutrality Jinsoo KIM City University of Hong Kong	Thu-31 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR1
Biogeoscience
Distinguished Lecture Role of machine learning in constraining our knowledge on global SOC storage & dynamics Umakant MISHRA Sandia National Laboratories, Joint Bioenergy Institute & University of California, Santa Cruz	Wed-30 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR3
Kamide Lecture Earth System Modeling for Nature-based Climate Solutions Yanyan CHENG Centre for Climate Research Singapore	Wed-30 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR3
Hydrological Science
Distinguished Lecture Uniting Data Assimilation and Physics-Informed Machine Learning to Confront Ontological Uncertainty in Extreme Events Modeling Hamid MORADKHANI University of Alabama	Tue-29 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR1
Kamide Lecture Catalogue, Connection, and Complementarity: Are Droughts and Floods Two Sides of the Same Coin? Xiaogang HE National University of Singapore	Tue-29 Jul AM2 10:30 to 11:00	MR1
Kamide Lecture Unraveling the influence of human-induced climate change on the changes in hydroclimate extremes Qiaohong SUN Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology	Tue-29 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR1
Interdisciplinary Geosciences
Distinguished Lecture Estimating Future Impacts of Tsunami on The Northern Part of Aceh-Indonesia: A way to Increase Tsunami Risk Understanding, 20 Years After the 2004 Aceh Tsunami Syamsidik SYAMSIDIK Syiah Kuala University	Mon-28 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR28
Kamide Lecture FUNWAVE-based Mapping Applications (FUNMAP) Applied to Model Tsunami from Manila Trench to Manila Bay, Philippines Raquel P. FELIX Nanyang Technological University	Mon-28 Jul AM2 10:30 to 11:00	MR28
Kamide Lecture Characterize basin scale subsurface heterogeneity using natural stimuli Yu-Li WANG National Taiwan University	Mon-28 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR28
Ocean Science
Distinguished Lecture Roles of the Marginal Seas in the Indo-Pacific Confluence Huijie XUE Xiamen University	Wed-30 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR1
Kamide Lecture Wave Attenuation by Rhizophora Mangroves: Insights from Experimental and Numerical Investigations Yu-Lin TSAI Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University	Wed-30 Jul AM2 10:30 to 11:00	MR1
Kamide Lecture Tsunami Early Warning Using Offshore Observations Yuchen WANG Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology	Wed-30 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR1
Planetary Science
Distinguished Lecture Advances in Planetary Mapping for Lunar and Mars Landing Site Analysis Bo WU The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Mon-28 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR27
Kamide Lecture The search for habitable environments and life on Mars Jianxun SHEN Chinese Academy of Sciences	Mon-28 Jul AM2 10:30 to 11:00	MR27
Kamide Lecture The Next-Generation Laboratory Experiments on Planetary Materials Xinting YU University of Texas at San Antonio	Mon-28 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR27
Solar & Terrestrial Science
Distinguished Lecture Exploring the Geospace-Atmosphere System with LIDAR Xinzhao CHU University of Colorado Boulder	Wed-30 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR2
Kamide Lecture Intermittent structures and their effects on the solar wind turbulence Xin WANG Beihang University	Wed-30 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR2
Solid Earth Science
Distinguished Lecture Key tectonics along the plate convergence from the Ryukyus, Taiwan, to the Philippines Shu-Kun HSU National Central University	Tue-29 Jul AM2 11:30 to 12:15	MR2
Kamide Lecture Characterizing earthquakes and aseismic slip in the western margin of the Philippine Sea plate Chi-Hsien TANG Tohoku University	Tue-29 Jul AM2 11:00 to 11:30	MR2

Introducing the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society’s Mentor-Mentee Program
Free of Charge – Open to All AOGS2025 Attendees

We are excited to announce the launch of the Society’s Mentor-Mentee Program at the 2025 Annual Meeting. This initiative is open to all attendees and designed to foster meaningful connections, facilitate knowledge exchange, and support personal and professional growth within our AOGS community.

The eight sections of the society: AS, BG, HS, IG, OS, PS, ST and SE are represented by one or more designated coordinators. The Overall Coordinator is in charge of the entire program.

About the Program
The Mentor-Mentee Program pairs experienced professionals with early-career individuals or those seeking guidance in their specific areas of interest. Whether you are looking to share your expertise as a mentor or gain insights and direction as a mentee, this program provides a supportive environment for collaboration and learning within the society. Let’s grow together!

How It Works

1.1	Visit the registration portal in MARS (Attendee Options ⟶ Registration)
1.2	Once you have selected either “Mentee” or “Mentor”, you will be asked to complete a short profile form highlighting your areas of expertise, goals (for mentors), or areas of interests and aspirations (for mentees).

AI Enabled Matching
Our AI matching system analyses participant profiles to identify the most compatible mentor-mentee pairs based on areas of expertise, career goals, and shared interests.

Participation

3.1	Once matched, you can initiate meeting requests to the respective mentors/mentees that have been recommended to you through the system.
3.2	Once your meeting requests have been accepted by the mentors/mentees, attend the pre-scheduled mentorship sessions or arrange additional meetings during the conference.

Sign Up Today

Registration is open from 01 April 2025 until 27 May 2025, so don’t miss this chance to engage with the Society’s vibrant community. For questions or assistance, please contact the Mentorship Program Team

Join us in building lasting professional relationships and empowering the next generation of leaders in our field!

AOGS Mentor-Mentee Program

Overall Coordinator

Yusuke UCHIYAMA
Kobe University
uchiyama@harbor.kobe-u.ac.jp

Designated Section Coordinators

AS	Masaki SATOH The University of Tokyo satoh@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
BG	Punyasloke BHADURY Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata pbhadury@gmail.com
HS	Hamid Moradkhani University of Alabama hmoradkhani@ua.edu
IG	Anawat Suppasri Tohoku University suppasri.anawat.d5@tohoku.ac.jp Su-Chin Chang The University of Hong Kong suchin@hku.hk
OS	Linlin LI Sun Yat-sen University lilinlin3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Zhonghua YAO
The University of Hong Kong
yaozh@hku.hk

Yiran WANG
Southern University of Science and Technology
wangyr@sustech.edu.cn

Linghua WANG
Peking University
wanglhwang@pku.edu.cn

Tatsuhiro YOKOYAMA
Kyoto University
yokoyama@rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Fuqiong HUANG
Chinese Earthquake Networks Center
hfqiong@seis.ac.cn

Adam Switzer
Nanyang Technological University
aswitzer@ntu.edu.sg

Yu WANG
National Taiwan University
Wangyu79@ntu.edu.tw

Best Student Poster Competition (Last Updated: 05 Mar 2025)

Encouraging young students has always been an important mission of AOGS. The Best Student Poster Competition (BSPC) is a means for students to highlight their achievements and demonstrate their ability in scientific presentations. Award criteria are below. Please also take note of the rules and requirements to follow.

Criteria & Award

One award minimum per Section, and 1 additional award for every 20 student posters.
Only the presenting/first student author may be given the award
The presenting student author must be present throughout the Section’s Poster Presentation Session
Poster Presentations will be evaluated based on:
1. Scientific quality and novelty
2. Poster design
3. Ability of student presenter to answer questions
4. Awards will be presented at the Closing Ceremony (last day of the conference) and each winner will receive:
  - A Certificate signed by AOGS President and Section President
  - Complimentary Registration for the next AOGS Annual Meeting

Rules and Requirements

1.	Eligibility Only full-time individual students are eligible (Postdocs are not eligible).
2.	Competition Rules If an abstract is selected for an oral presentation, the author must choose between accepting the oral presentation and participating in the poster competition. Only one poster (abstract) per student can be entered into the competition. The student must be the first author of the abstract, the major contributor to the material presented, and the person presenting the poster. The majority of material should not have been previously presented in another session at the meeting. The presenting/first student author must be present throughout the allocated session. A digital poster (as in the following presenter guide) must also be submitted. Only the presenting/first student author may be given the Award
3.	Students Desiring To Join the Best Student Competition MUST Upload their e-posters in MARS before the portal closes. Judges will preview submitted posters in advance and rank them according to scientific merit and poster design. 16 June to 15 July 2025 – Contestants Upload E-Posters in MARS The cut off time is 23:59 on the deadline date (GMT+8) Steps to Follow Sign-in on MARS with your email and password Click on “Upload Presentation” on the left menu. Recommended Image Size A0 Portrait Format (1189mm Height x 841mm Width) 16 Megapixels, or 4680 x 3310 pixels at 100 dpi Be at their poster for as long as able for an uninterrupted presentation and to interact with the judges. Judging in the formal poster session round takes place during the formal poster sessions. Students with competitive posters are evaluated further on scientific significance and quality of the research effort, and also on the effectiveness of their complementary oral presentation. Failure to abide by and of the above rules constitutes automatic disqualification from the competition. See Also Presenter Guide - Poster

Name:	Mr Boon Hwang NG, Data Protection Officer/Associate (HR & Corporate Development)
Email:	dataprotection@meetmatt.net
Postal Address:	#06-23 ONE COMMONWEALTH, 1 Commonwealth Lane, Singapore 149544
Telephone Number:	+65 6472 3108

1.	Your Personal Data In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Data” refers to any data or information (true or false) about you from which you can be identified either (a) from that data; or (b) from that data and other information to which we have or are likely to have access. Examples of such Personal Data which you may provide to us include (depending on the nature of your interaction with us): Your full name, NRIC, passport or other identification number, personal mobile telephone number(s), mailing address, email address, facial image, voice, fingerprint, iris image, DNA profile, and any other information relating to you which you have provided us in any forms you may have submitted to us, or in other forms of interaction with you; Information about your use of Meet Matt’s website and services, including cookies, IP address, subscription account details and membership details, but only to the extent that Meet Matt can identify your from such information; Your employment history, education background and income levels; Your payment related information, such as your bank account or credit card information; Information about your usage of and interaction with our website and/or services including computer and connection information, device capability, bandwidth, statistics on page views, and traffic to and from our website
2.	Your Organisation Data Business contact information we collect are from Exhibition organisations and include the following: an individual’s name; position name or title; business telephone numbers/address/emails/fax; any other similar information about the individual, not provided by the individual solely for his personal purposes; Collection of Personal Data Generally Meet Matt collects your personal data in the following ways: When you submit forms relating to any of our events or services When you register for or use any of our services on websites owned or operated by us or when you register as a member of websites owned and/or operated by us, or use services on such websites; When you interact with our event services officers; When you use some of our services, e.g. our registration service When you establish any online accounts with us; When you request that we contact you; When you are contacted by, and respond to, our representatives and agents; When you respond to our request for additional Personal Data When you ask to be included in an email or other mailing list; When you respond to our promotions and other initiatives; When you submit a job or internship application When we receive references from business partners and third parties, for example, where you have been referred by them When you submit your Personal Data to us for any other reason. If you provide us with any Personal Data relating to a third party (e.g. information of spouse, children, parents, employees and/or authorised representatives), by submitting such information to us, you represent to us that you have obtained the consent of the third party to you providing us with their Personal Data for their respective purposes. You should ensure that all Personal Data submitted to us is complete, accurate, true and correct. Failure on your part to do so may result in our inability to provide you with the products and services you have requested.
3.	Purposes for the Collection, Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Data Generally, Meet Matt collects, uses and discloses your Personal Data for the following purposes Responding to your queries and requests and responding to suggestions/complaints; Managing the infrastructure and business operations of Meet Matt and complying with internal policies and procedures; Matching any Personal Data collected or held which relates to you for any of the purposes listed herein; Verifying your identity for access to our operations and infrastructure; Preventing, detecting and investigating crime, including fraud and money-laundering, and analyzing and managing other commercial risks Protecting and enforcing our contractual and legal rights and obligations; Conducting audits, reviews and analysis of our internal processes, action planning and managing commercial risks; Managing the safety and security of our premises and services (including but not limited to carrying out CCTV surveillance and conducting security clearances; managing health and public safety; Compliance with any applicable rules, laws and regulations, codes of practice or guidelines or to assist relevant authorities; and/or Any other purpose relating to any of the above. In addition, Meet Matt may collect, use and disclose your Personal Data for the following purposes, depending on the nature of our relationship with you If you have a subscription or user account with us: To maintain and protect your user account with us; To verify and process your personal particulars and payments in relation to provision of event services to you; To provide you with the goods and services which you have signed up for, including the delivery of publications and any other materials requested Communicating with you to inform you of changes and development to Meet Matt policies, terms and conditions and other administrative information, including for the purposes of servicing you in relation to products and services offered to you; Resolving complaints and handling requests and enquiries; Conducting market research for statistical, profiling and statistical analysis for the improvement of services provided to you; and The processing of your Personal Data in relation to any of the purposes stated above. If you use download or use any of our Apps: Where the App includes App Subscription Services, to process your application for these services; To maintain your account with us and to ensure access of the App is within the scope of your subscription; To verify and process your personal particulars and payments in relation to provision of goods and services connected to the App To provide you with the goods and services which you have signed up for and to push articles to you which may be relevant to you; Communicating with you to inform you of changes and development to Meet Matt policies, terms and conditions and other administrative information, including for the purposes of servicing you in relation to products and services offered to you; Resolving complaints and handling requests and enquiries; Conducting market research for statistical, profiling and statistical analysis for the improvement of services provided to you; and The processing of your Personal Data in relation to any of the purposes stated above. If you submit an application to us as a candidate for employment or an internship: Processing your application including pre-recruitment checks; Providing or obtaining employee references or other references where relevant for background screening/vetting; Collecting information about your suitability for the position applied for; Propose training and staff development programs; Monitoring and Assessing your performance; Administering benefits and payroll processing; Providing you with tools to facilitate or as required for you to do your job; Communicating with you as required by Meet Matt to comply with its policies and processes, including for business continuity purposes; and Any other purposes relating to the aforesaid.
4.	Disclosure of Personal Data Meet Matt will take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Data against unauthorised disclosure. Subject to the provisions of this Act and any applicable law, this Personal Data may be disclosed, for the purposes listed above (where applicable), to the following third parties, whether they are located overseas or in Singapore: Meet Matt service partners; Agents, contractors or third party service providers who provide operational services to Meet Matt, services such as telecommunications, technology, payment, payroll processing, training, market research, freight handling and immigration brokering services, delivery or other services to Meet Matt; Vendors or any third party business partners who offer goods and services or sponsor contests or other promotional programmes on Meet Matt’s sites, whether in conjunction with us or not; External business partners in relation to meetings, exhibition and conventions that Meet Matt manages; The Credit Bureau or in the event of default or disputes, any debt collection agencies or dispute resolution centres; Anyone to whom we transfer or may transfer our rights and duties; Banks, credit card companies and their respective service providers; Our professional advisors such as our auditors and lawyers; Relevant government regulators or authority or law enforcement agency to comply with any laws or rules and regulations imposed by any governmental authority; and Any other party to whom you authorize or disclose your personal data
5.	Third Party Sites Our website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties, such as our business partners. We are not responsible for the privacy policy practices of websites that are linked to our website. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of such third party websites. Some of these third party websites may be co-branded with our logo, even though they are not operated or maintained by us. Once you leave our website, you should check the applicable terms, conditions and policies of the third party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.
6.	Withdrawal, Access and Correction of Your Personal Data Should you wish to withdraw consent for the use of your Personal Data or request access to or make corrections to your Personal Data records, please log-in to the relevant account through which the Personal Data was provided, if any, failing which please contact the relevant Personal Data Protection Officer, contact details of which are found in the Personal Data Protection Statement or similar document elsewhere on the Meet Matt website. Please note that if your Personal Data are provided to us by a third party, you should contact such party directly to make any queries, feedback, and access and correction requests to Meet Matt on your behalf. Please note that if you withdraw your consent to any or all use of your Personal Data, depending on the nature of your request, Meet Matt may not be in a position to continue to provide its products or services to you or administer any contractual relationship in place, and this may result in the termination of any agreements with Meet Matt and your being in breach of your contractual obligations or undertakings, Meet Matt’s legal rights and remedies in such event are expressly reserved.
7.	Retention of your Personal Data Your Personal Data will not be retained when the purpose for which the personal data was collected is no longer being served by the retention of the data; The retention is no longer necessary for legal or business purposes;
8.	Transfer of your Personal Data We will not transfer your Personal Data to a country or territory outside Singapore except in accordance with the requirements prescribed under the PDPA.
9.	Governing Law This Privacy Policy shall be governed in all respects by this Act and the laws of Singapore.

Program

Overview (Updated as of 18 Feb 2025) View/Download PDF

Convener’s Dinner (Invite-Only Event) View/Download PDF

Program Highlights Plenary Lectures AS BG HS IG OS PS ST SE Featured Sessions

Axford, Special and Medal Lectures

Session

Room

Atmospheric Science

Biogeoscience

Hydrological Science

Interdisciplinary Geosciences

Ocean Science

Planetary Science

Solar & Terrestrial Science

Solid Earth Science

Introducing the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society’s Mentor-Mentee Program Free of Charge – Open to All AOGS2025 Attendees

AOGS Mentor-Mentee Program

Best Student Poster Competition (Last Updated: 05 Mar 2025)

Introducing the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society’s Mentor-Mentee Program
Free of Charge – Open to All AOGS2025 Attendees