AOGS2026

Advancing Integrated Modeling, Prediction, and Warning of Extreme Weather and Climate in a Rapidly Urbanizing World

Axford Lecture

Fei Chen

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

07 August 2026 14:30 - 16:00 FICC-Main

Special Lecture

Progress and Challenges in Hydrology

Venkataraman Lakshmi

University of Virginia

Special Lecture

Structures of Heavy Rainfall Observed from Space and Their Environments

Yukari Takayabu

Sea Level as Earth’s Integrator: Ice Sheets, Earthquakes, Ecosystems, and the Future of Coastal Risk

07 August 2026 16:15 - 17:00 FICC-Main

Axford Medal Lecture

Benjamin P. Horton

City University of Hong Kong

Atmospheric Sciences

05 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-Main

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

AS Kamide Lecture

Interdecadal Shifts in Regional Climate: Roles of Human Activities and Sea Surface Temperature Signals

Jie Jiang

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

AS Kamide Lecture

Predictability of Severe Weather Events Through All-Sky Satellite Data Assimilation

Masashi Minamide

Dark Matter and Its Role in the Climate System

AS Distinguished Lecture

Bjorn Stevens

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

Biogeosciences

06 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-204

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

BG Kamide Lecture

Temporary Carbon Dioxide Removal to Offset Short-Lived Climate Forcers

Yue He

Peking University

BG Distinguished Lecture

Biological Memory: How Vegetation Responds to Climate Change

Shuguang Liu

Hainan University

Hydrological Sciences

05 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-203

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

HS Kamide Lecture

Probabilistic Meteorological Forcings and Global Hydrologic Uncertainty

Guoqiang Tang

Wuhan University

HS Kamide Lecture

Unraveling Hydroclimatic Change and Land-Atmosphere Interactions from the Tibetan Plateau to the Globe

Jing Sun

National University of Singapore

HS Distinguished Lecture

Complexity, Connectivity, and Scale in Hydrologic Systems: Implications for Modeling and Forecasting

Bellie Sivakumar

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Interdisciplinary Geosciences

05 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-204

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

IG Kamide Lecture

Quantifying Tsunami Impacts on Critical Infrastructure: Approaches and Challenges

Constance Ting Chua

Tohoku University

IG Kamide Lecture

The Role of Fluids in Seismic Gaps and Slow Slip Events: Insights from Magnetotelluric Imaging and Monitoring

Feng Jiang

Southern University of Science and Technology

IG Distinguished Lecture

Transdisciplinarity, Transformation, and Transparency: Opportunities for Integrated Perspectives

Alan Ziegler

Kasetsart University

Ocean Sciences

04 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-204

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

OS Kamide Lecture

A Bottom-Up View of Ocean Elemental Cycles

Jianghui Du

Peking University

OS Kamide Lecture

Predicting Year-to-Year Variability of Western Boundary Current Jets and Eddies Using High-Resolution Ocean Models

Shoichiro Kido

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

OS Distinguished Lecture

Mesoscale and Submesoscale Processes: Shaping Coastal Circulation and Ecosystem Connectivity

Yusuke Uchiyama

Kobe University

Planetary Sciences

06 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-203

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

PS Kamide Lecture

Jet streams in the Giant Planets of the Solar System

Keren Duer-Milner

Leiden University | SRON

PS Kamide Lecture

Space Weathering on the Moon

Yazhou Yang

National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PS Distinguished Lecture

Measuring Space Magnetic Fields: A Key to Understanding Planets

Yuming Wang

University of Science and Technology of China

Solar & Terrestrial Sciences

04 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-202

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

ST Kamide Lecture

Drift Resonance as a Universal Acceleration Mechanism in Planetary Radiation Belts: From Earth to the Giant Planets

Yixin Hao

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

ST Kamide Lecture

Generation of Supersonic Solar Wind: The Role of Plasma Turbulence

Chen Shi

Auburn University

ST Distinguished Lecture

Effects of Solar Activities on Atmospheric Escape from Terrestrial Planets: Insights into their Habitability

Kanako Seki

Geodetic Data-Driven Modeling of Lithospheric Deformation and Seismic Hazards

Solid Earth Sciences

04 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-203

Recipient of the 2026 AOGS Kamide Lecture Award
Kamide Lectures recognise outstanding early-career researchers selected by the AOGS Sections

SE Kamide Lecture

Jeonghyeop Kim

Kangwon National University

SE Kamide Lecture

Crystal Records of Magmatic Processes Driving Volcanic Eruptions: An Integrated Thermodynamic-Kinetic Perspective

Weiran Li

The University of Hong Kong

SE Distinguished Lecture

Large-Scale Caldera Forming Eruptions in Kyushu – Tectonic and Magmatic Mechanisms

Nobuo Geshi

Kyushu University

Special Sessions

SS01: Townhall Meeting: TopoAsia International Research Initiative – Tectonic Evolution and Collaborative Research Priorities in Asia

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05 August 2026 09:15 – 10:30 FICC-202

Seismogenic Potential of the Manila Trench: Insights from Integrated Geophysical Datasets

Carla B. Dimalanta

National Institute of Geological Sciences

TopoAsia and Active Tectonic Processes in the Asian Lithosphere

Gregory A. Houseman

China University of Geosciences

Ongoing Subduction and Orogeny in Japan and Nankai Trough

Gaku Kimura

University of Tokyo

Uplift of Continental Plateaux by Eclogitization, Underplating and Crustal Melting

Hans Thybo

Zhejiang Deep-time Digital Earth International Research Center

New Insights into the Formation of the Continent along the Continental Margin as Seen from the Variations in Seismic Velocity Profiles

Sang-Mook Lee

Marine Geophysics and Geodynamics, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

Empowering TopoAsia: The IAP TimeMachine Platform as a Collaborative Infrastructure for Pan-Asian Deep-Time Research

Gareth Dyke

Chengdu University of Technology

SS12: Linear-shaped Precipitating Systems: Mechanisms and Impacts

07 August 2026 11:00 - 12:45 FICC-201

Quasi-linear Mesoscale Convective Systems and Associated Extreme Precipitation over Coastal South China

Yali Luo

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Numerical Simulation and Statistical Analysis of Senjo-Kousuitai

Junshi Ito

Tohoku University

Environmental Characteristics of Recent Quasi-Stationary Linear Precipitation Systems Over Japan

Eigo Tochimoto

Meteorological Research Institute

Probabilistic Flood Loss Risk Analysis under Climate Change Scenario

Hsin-Chi Li

National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction