1986-2026: 40 years of WGMS

Venue
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 16.-19. June 2026 @ University of Zurich, Campus Irchel

Programme
Tuesday, 16.6.            from 5 pm: Icebreaker @ WGMS office

Wednesday, 17.6.
9:00 – 9:30                    welcome (Michael Zemp, Narelle van der Wel, Anil Mishra)
9:30 – 10:00                  country profiles (Samuel Nussbaumer)
10:00 – 10:30               coffee break
10:30 – 12:00               country reports AT, CH, DE, FR, IT (National Correspondents)
12:00 – 13:30               lunch break
13:30 – 15:00               country reports GL, IS, NO, PL, SE, UK (National Correspondents)
15:00 – 15:30               coffee break
15:30 – 16:30               WGMS data submission and data access (Ethan Welty)
17:00 – 18:00               open lecture for UZH pensioners – glacier monitoring in Switzerland and Sweden (Y15-G-19, in German)
18:30                              dinner at The Yard (invitation by the UZH retiree association)

Thursday, 18.6.
9:00 – 10:30                  WGMS data and information products (Michael Zemp)
10:30 – 11:00               coffee break
11:00 – 12:00               GTN-G midterm evaluation (Isabelle Gärtner-Roer)
12:00 – 13:30               lunch break
13:30 – 15:00               future glacier monitoring: from in-situ and remotely sensed observations (inputs Michael Zemp, Nina Kirchner, Matthias Huss)
15:00 – 15:30               coffee break
15:30 – 16:30               reports from Int. Organizations (Michael Zemp, Anil Mishra, Narelle van der Wel)
16:30 – 17:00               summary and next steps (Michael Zemp)
18:30                              Apéro & dinner at UniTurm

19.06.2026, 7-20:       excursion to Blatten

Thanks to all the participants for making this a success!

Visa requirements
Participants are responsible for their visa applications.

Accommodations
Travel arrangement and payment is in the responsibility of the participants.

Weather & climate conditions
local conditions

Local Organizing Committee (LOC)