ICAR 2026 - Schedule

International Conference on Aeolian Research (ICAR XII)

12 - 18 July 2026, Swakopmund, Namibia

PDF version of the schedule overview is available HERE

Sunday 12 July
Monday 13 July
Tuesday 14 July
Wednesday 15 July
Thursday 16 July
Friday 17 July
Saturday 18 July

Sunday 12 July

1400	Registration at Strand Hotel Conference Centre
	Name badge collection
	Upload oral presentations

	Posters up at Swakopmund Museum for Mon/Tues poster sessions
1700	Registration ends

Monday 13 July

0800	Posters up in Museum Registration & Coffee in Strand
0830	Introduction to ICAR 2026
0845	Session 4 Intro: David Thomas Aeolian palaeoenvironments (I)
0850	Palaeo 1: Stephen Wolfe	Near-surface paleowind directions derived from stabilized dunes along the retreating margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, northern North America
0905	Palaeo 2: Paul Hanson	Formation of Playas During the Late Pleistocene in the Central Great Plains, USA
0920	Palaeo 3: Pranciskus Brazdziunas	Reconstruction of Foredune Development Patterns Using Ground Penetrating Radar in the Curonian Spit, Baltic Sea coast
0935	Palaeo 4: Michał Łopuch	The lateglacial central European Sand Belt – more results and more questions
0950	Palaeo 5: Catherine Buckland	Nebkhas in Namibia: exploring accretion and depletion with luminescence dating
1005	Palaeo 6: Robert Sokolowski	A model of the interaction between fluvial terrace formation and the development of aeolian processes, based on the example of the Śrem Basin in central-western Poland
1020	Palaeo 7: Oscar Bruneau	Fluvio-aeolian paleogeographic evolution of the Namib Desert throughout Cenozoic climate and geodynamic changes
1035	Coffee in Strand
1100	Posters in Swakopmund Museum
	Session 1: Mechanics & processes
	Session 4: Palaeoenvironments Presenters in Attendance
	Session 5: Anthropogenic interactions
	Session 6: Planetary systems Presenters in Attendance
1230	Lunch & Early Career Event (12-1pm)
1330	Session 4 Intro: Abi Stone & Paul Hesse Aeolian palaeoenvironments (II)
1335	Palaeo 8: Gerilyn Soreghan	Recognition and Significance of Loess and Dust in Deep Time
1350	Palaeo 9: Qiang Mingrui	Aeolian deposits in the upwind areas of Chinese Loess Plateau and Late Quaternary aeolian sand and dust activity
1405	Palaeo 10: Laurie Barrier	Aeolian Sand-Routing System and Budget in the Namib Desert from Climatic to Geologic Time Scales
1420	Palaeo 11: Vittorio Colicci	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of a Neoarchean Coastal Dune Field
1435	Palaeo 12: Frank Lehmkhul	Dune dynamics in the continental interior – paleoclimatic implications from the interplay of lake level variation and wind directions in western Mongolia
1450	Palaeo 13: Nick Drake	The development and spread of the Nefud Sand Sea, Saudi Arabia
1505	Coffee in Strand
1535	In Memoriam: remembering aeolian scientists we have recently lost, a few words from Jan-Berend Stuut
1545	Session 1 Intro: Ian Walker Mechanics & processes of aeolian sediment transport
1550	Processes 1: Cheryl McKenna-Neuman	Rethinking Aeolian Transport in the Context of Microplastic Particles
1605	Processes 2: Jo Nield	Three-Dimensional Spatial and Temporal Turbulent Driven Patterns of Aeolian Sediment Transport on Sandy, Moist and Gravel Surfaces
1620	Processes 3: Li Bailiang	Variability of Impact Threshold Shear Velocity under Unstable Atmospheric Conditions
1635	Processes 4: Andreas Baas	Kinematic characteristics and morphological scaling of aeolian streamers in field conditions
1650	Processes 5: Varsha Natarajan	Quantifying Sediment Transport Variability on Barchan Dune Slopes Using Ripple Dynamics
1705	Processes 6: Joanna Rotnicka	Impact of bed slope effects on aeolian mass flux profile
1720	Processes 7: Fanrui Bu	A spatial upscaling scheme based on wind tunnel simulations to improve the estimation accuracy of near-surface aerodynamic parameters in shrublands: a case study of wind erosion in northern China
1735	Close

Tuesday 14 July

0800	Registration & Coffee in Strand
0830	Session 6 intro: Orencio Duran Vinent Planetary aeolian systems
0835	Planet 1: Hu Weiwei	Threshold Velocity of Wind-Blown Sand on Low-Pressure Martian Surface
0850	Planet 2: Zhang Yayao	CO2 sublimation lowers the threshold for dust emission on Mars
0905	Planet 3: Jordan Bretzfelder	Constraining Water Volume in the Gypsum Sands of the Martian North Polar Erg
0920	Planet 4: Lucie Delobel	Ripple patterns in the north polar region of Mars – insights into the local flow regime
0935	Planet 5: Mathieu Lapotre	Low-Pressure Wind-Tunnel Experiments Demonstrate that Large Martian Ripples are Aeolian Drag Ripples
0950	Planet 6: Jani Radebaugh	Field Trip to the Namib Sand Sea as an Analog Experience for the Dragonfly Mission Landing Site on Titan
1005	Gobabeb field day intro: Ian Livingstone
1035	Coffee in Strand
1100	Posters in Swakopmund Museum
	Session 1: Mechanics & processes Presenters in Attendance
	Session 4: Palaeoenvironments
	Session 5: Anthropogenic interactions Presenters in Attendance
	Session 6: Planetary systems
1230	Lunch
1345	Session 5 intro: Johanna von Holdt Anthropogenic interactions with aeolian systems (I)
1350	Anthro 1: Joel Sankey	Aeolian-Fluvial Interactions and Riparian Vegetation Feedbacks for Natural and Cultural Resource Management
1405	Anthro 2: Madeline Kelley	Aeolian Modeling for Management Decision Making
1420	Anthro 3: Alexandre Nicolae-Lerma	Evaluating migration hazard for recently remobilized managed coastal dunes
1435	Anthro 4: Bavisha Koovarjee	Transforming Tailings Risk Assessment into an Interactive Online Spatial Tool for Aeolian Impact Pathways
1450	Anthro 5: James King	The role of cryodesiccation in dust emissions from mining sites
1505	Coffee in Strand
1535	Session 5 intro: John Leys Anthropogenic interactions with aeolian systems (II)
1540	Anthro 6: Greg Okin	Impact of agriculture on potential dust emission in Niger: Insights from remote sensing
1555	Anthro 7: Caroline Pierre	Effect of multi-decadal land use dynamics on wind erosion in a Sahelian context
1610	Anthro 8: Junrun Li	On the decline of dust activities in East Asia in the 21st century: The relative role of China and Mongolia
1625	Anthro 9: John Leys	Trigger Points for Land Managers to Reduce Wind Erosion
1640	Break
1650	Distinguished Career Award Lecture Tom Gill (live streamed) “Playas, Dust and Dreams: A Life Aeolian”
1725	Close

Wednesday 15 July

0730	Delegates gather, Strand Hotel
0800	Buses depart Strand Hotel
1030-1100	Arrive Gobabeb
1030-1100	Arrive Gobabeb
1200-1400	Lunch
1500	Delegates gather
1515-1530	Depart Gobabeb
1515-1530	Depart Gobabeb
c. 1630	Arrive Vogelfederberg
c. 1700	Depart Vogelfederberg
c. 1900	Arrive Strand Hotel

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Thursday 16 July

0800	Posters up in Museum Registration & Coffee in Strand
0830	Session 3 intro: James King Dust emission, transport, deposition and effects (I)
0835	Dust 1: Beatrice Marticorena	Size and chemical fractionation during saltation and dust emission events
0850	Dust 2: Kerstin Schepanski	Assessing the role of desert pavements in modulating mineral dust emission fluxes
0905	Dust 3: Jean Verite	From dune dynamics to dust emissions
0920	Dust 4: Saroj Dhital	Spatial Prediction of Dust Emission using the AERO Model
0935	Dust 5: Rosie Huck	Re-evaluating Dust Emission Potential from Burned Surfaces on Vegetated Dunes in the Southwest Kalahari
0950	Dust 6: Jasem Albanai	From Locating Sources to Identifying Surfaces: Unraveling the Dynamics and Controls of Dust Emission in Lower Mesopotamia and Kuwait
1005	Dust 7: Alex Hall	Controls on High-Latitude Dust: Fluvial–Aeolian Interactions in Greenland
1020	Dust 8: Juliane Krenz	Remote sensing of vegetation decline during dust-inducing drought in South Africa
1035	Coffee in Strand
1100	Posters in Swakopmund Museum
	Session 2: Dune dynamics & processes
	Session 3: Dust emission & dynamics Presenters in Attendance
1230	Lunch
1330	Session 3 intro: Martina Klose Dust emission, transport, deposition and effects (II)
1335	Dust 9: Elena Malinovskaya	On the structures of convective removal of dust aerosol
1350	Dust 10: Otto Chkhetiani	On the Distribution of Submicron Aerosols: Field Observations and Approximations
1405	Dust 11: Jan-Berend Stuut	Monitoring present-day Saharan dust above and below the ocean surface
1420	Dust 12: Clarissa Baldo	The chemical and mineralogical composition of southern African dust aerosols
1435	Dust 13: Natasha Wallum	Field Validation of EMIT Hyperspectral Mineral Mapping at a Major Southern Hemisphere Dust Source : Evidence from the Etosha Pan, Namibia
1450	Dust 14: Emily Faber	Physical Drivers of Underestimated Dust Emissions and AOD Predictions from the Namib Desert
1505	Coffee in Strand
1535	Session 3 intro: Valentina Flores Dust emission, transport, deposition and effects (III)
1540	Dust 15: Tegan Clark	The Utility of Himawari-8 for Monitoring Australian Dust Storms
1555	Dust 16: Trish Nowak	From daily to monthly dust outlooks: early results from a lightweight CNN
1610	Dust 17: Lexin Li	Shrinking of the Aral Sea: Salt-dust emission and its health implications
1625	Dust 18: Andrew Dansie	Harmful levels of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in urban and peri-urban environments in Pacific Island countries
1640	Break
1650	Distinguished Career Award Lecture Richard Reynolds (live streamed) "From tephra to tyres with dusty decades in between"
1725	Close

Friday 17 July

0800	Registration & Coffee in Strand
0830	Session 2 Intro: Clement Narteau & Patrick Hesp Dune dynamics and processes (I)
0835	Dunes 1: Oeki Verhage	Suspended aeolian sand transport before and after foredune notch creation: first T0–T1 monitoring on Texel
0850	Dunes 2: Noam Levin	A multimodal analysis of dune stabilization on K’gari (Fraser Island)
0905	Dunes 3: Sergio Dillenburg	Aeolian phases reactivating transgressive sand sheets on a prograded coastal plain in southern Brazil
0920	Dunes 4: Bruno Castelle	Eco-morphodynamic modelling of coastal dune blowout development
0935	Dunes 5: Romy Hulskamp	Linking short-term ecomorphodynamics in incipient dunes to long-term dune growth using UAV measurements
0950	Dunes 6: Maciej Dluzewski	Conceptual models of foredune dynamics – based on short and long term ALS-UAV survey
1005	Dunes 7: Louis Gaudare	Remote sensing analysis of superimposed bedforms on the Pilat Dune (France)
1020	Dunes 8: Nicolas Robin	Early development of a restored dune system positioned in front of a dyke on a chronically eroding microtidal urban shoreline
1035	Coffee in Strand
1100	Posters in Swakopmund Museum
	Session 2: Dune dynamics & processes Presenters in Attendance
	Session 3: Dust emission & dynamics
1230	Lunch
1330	Session 2 Intro: Clement Narteau& Patrick Hesp Dune dynamics and processes (II)
1335	Dunes 9: Hezi Yizhaq	The impact of aeolian sorting on the formation of Namibian fairy circles
1350	Dunes 10: Mackenzie Day	Dune-field Recovery after Extreme Events: Death Valley after Hurricane Hilary
1405	Dunes 11: Anastasiia Kazakova	Simulated Stratigraphy of Unidirectional Aeolian Bedforms on Earth and Mars
1420	Dunes 12: Zhang Tong	Effects of Wind Speed Changes on the Migration Rates of Desert Barchan Dunes
1435	Dunes 13: Dominik Nommensen	Linear dune flank slope asymmetry
1450	Dunes 14: Rui Liu	A giant dune experiment in the Taklamakan Desert
1505	Coffee in Strand
1535	Session 2 Intro: Clement Narteau & Patrick Hesp Dune dynamics and processes (III)
1540	Dunes 15: Orencio Duran	Hydrodynamic origin of Earth aeolian ‘impact’ ripples
1555	Dunes 16: Andrew Gunn	Sensitivity of dune morphology to transport threshold
1610	Dunes 17: M Colin Marvin	Do Aeolian Dune Fields Evolve to a Near-Critical Threshold State?
1625	Dunes 18: Yuanwei Lin	Landscape evolution equations inferred from repeat topography measurements
1640	Dunes 19: Dominic Robson	Why aren’t dunes simple?
1655	Break
1705	ISAR General Assembly
1800	Close and end
Conference Dinner Strand Hotel at the Brewer and Butcher
1900	Drinks reception
1930	Conference dinner

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Saturday 18 July

Depart