The ORFEUS Annual Workshop 2026 will be organised - with support from the Geo-INQUIRE project - as an integrated component of the Peter Bormann Young Seismologist Training Course (YSTC) in Istanbul, just before the ESC General Assembly. We look forward to strong community participation, continuing into the days of the ESC General Assembly.

Date:  Thursday, 03 September 2026 from 08:30 to Friday, 04 September 17:30, (with the morning of 5 September currently being considered for a possible field trip or lab visit)

Topics: engineering seismology, near-fault observations, tsunami.

Preliminary program: https://polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/tYnLeiJtooL3p8Y

Event-type: on-site

Location: Kandilli Campus of Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Application: Registration will close on 23 June 2026, or earlier if the maximum capacity of 100 participants is reached. Recipients of travel grants will be informed by 30 June 2026 at the latest, allowing timely purchase of plane or train tickets and booking of accommodation. All participants—including organisers, speakers, trainers, and attendees—are expected to arrange their travel independently.

Apply here!

Contact: Carlo Cauzzi (carlo.cauzzised.ethz.ch) 

More information: https://forum.orfeus-eu.org/t/registration-is-open-for-the-orfeus-geo-inquire-workshop-2026/2028

All activities will take place at the Kandilli Campus of Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, just northwest of the Üsküdar neighbourhood—an area you may want to consider for accommodation. The joint event will bring together the YSTC trainees with the broader ORFEUS and Geo-INQUIRE communities. Participation in the joint workshop is limited to 100 people, based on room capacity.

We warmly thank the YSTC organisers at METU (Middle East Technical University) and KOERI (Kandilli Observatory And Earthquake Research Institute) as well as our local hosts at the Kandilli Campus of Boğaziçi University for making it possible to plan this joint event.