Annual Meetings

For over 20 years, the Pacific Northwest Section has been holding annual meetings and field trips that focus on regional geology, research done by area professionals, and teaching methods. Section meetings attract professional geologists, 2 and 4-year college faculty, and K-12 educators from across the Pacific Northwest.

Upcoming Meeting:

2025 Annual Meeting, June 26-28, University of Oregon Concordia Northeast Campus, Portland, Oregon (hosted by Mount Hood Community College, University of Oregon)

Join us in Portland Oregon to meet colleagues from around the Pacific Northwest, share teaching techniques, and explore some amazing geology!

This year we are excited to announce that our conference is being held in parallel to, and co-located with, the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (https://cascadiaquakes.org/) annual stakeholders meeting. The program of the 2024 stakeholders meeting is linked here. They have approximately 130 stakeholders coming to their meeting from a wide range of backgrounds across academia, federal, state and local governments, communities and others involved in seismic hazard safety. Part of the mandate of CRESCENT is creating links with geoscience education and we are excited about the planned interactions.

We have arranged several opportunities for interactions between the NAGT and CRESCENT conference participants, such as a joint workshop on skills development, shared field trips and a shared reception and poster session.

 

Registration and Call for Presentations and Posters information:

Register here: https://nagt.org/nagt/sections/northwest/2025_registration.html

Early Bird Registration Deadline June 12th.  Final deadline for planning trips etc: June 19th.

 

Submit your presentation and poster abstracts here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUEJWPtZgZ0BzcXQRwiiIY1OzR92n1AyWc8tKx0z0NHUlkOg/viewform

Program questions: Please contact CHuscroft@TRU.ca

 

Conference Schedule:

The local lead NAGT host, Daina Hardisty and her team have been leading field trips in the Portland area for decades and have an impressive lineup of field trips for us.

We have also worked with the CRESCENT team to plan the two meetings to be side by side to facilitate interactions between the two sets of conference participants.

Thursday, June 26:

Morning

  • NAGT only Field trip to the Columbia River Gorge
  • Trip Leader: Jacob Selander, Highline Community College.

Afternoon

  • Invited and submitted NAGT presentations
  • Invited presentation from Andrew Meigs (Oregon State University/CRESCENT) on the CRESCENT program and initiatives.

4:30 to 6:00

  • Joint reception with CRESCENT meeting participants & submitted posters

 

Friday, June 27

Morning

  • Invited and submitted NAGT presentations
  • Joint Geoscience Education Workshop with CRESCENT 

Afternoon

  • A choice of three different Natural & Urban Earthquake Hazards Field Trips in conjunction with CRESCENT.
  • Friday Trip #1: Port of Portland Marine Terminal and the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) hub. 

    This short field trip will visit locations in North Portland along the Willamette River in order to have a boots on the ground view of the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub and Port of Portland Marine Terminal to facilitate conversations around risk and resilience in the event of a M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Mega-Earthquake.
  • Friday Trip #2 Portland Airport and the levees of the urban flood water quality district. 

    This short field trip will visit locations in Northeast Portland along the Columbia River in order to have a boots on the ground view of the Levees and Port of Portland Airport to facilitate conversations around risk and resilience in the event of a M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone Mega-Earthquake.
  • Friday Trip #3: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry  

    How can you engage your community in conversations about earthquake awareness and preparedness? Learn about event models like ShakeOut with potential to reach large number of community members, explore how tools like Raspberry Shake can support education and outreach, and get hands-on with demos that foster two-way conversations with people of diverse ages and backgrounds. 

Evening

  • Join us for a tour of local craft breweries with your fellow NAGT members.

 

 

Saturday, June 28

  • All-Day Field Trip to the Oregon Coast. NAGT members and potentially some CRESCENT student participants.
  • Trip Leaders: Daina Hardisty, Mount Hood Community College; Laura Gabel, Department of Geology and Mineral Industries 

    Takeaways  
  • See landslides and seismic hazards along the Oregon Coast.
  • New information about past seismic events along the Cascade Subduction Zone
  • Resilience planning and community preparation strategies for coastal communities 

     

Lodging information:

Portland has many lodging options.

A block of rooms is available for conference attendees at the Radisson Hotel Portland Airport. CRESCENT is also partnering with the Radisson Portland Airport, and the hotel has said that they will provide a shuttle to/from the conference site.

The closest hotel to the University Oregon Concordia Northeast Campus (2811 NE Holman Street) is McMenamins Kennedy School.

 

Questions? Contact the planning team:

 

 

Past Meetings:

2024 - YAKIMA, WA, hosted by Yakima Valley College

2023 - NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, hosted by Douglas College

2022 - PENDLETON, OR, hosted by Blue Mountain Community College

2021 - VIRTUAL MEETING

2020 - NO MEETING (COVID)

2019 - PENTICTON, BC, hosted by Okanagan College

2018 - GRESHAM, OR

2017 - CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT, ID

2016 - HELLS CANYON, ID

2015 - VICTORIA, BC

2014 - WENATCHEE, WA

2013 - COOS BAY, OR

2012 - SPOKANE, WA

2011 - MALHEUR FIELD STATION, OR

2010 - TWIN FALLS, ID

2009 - VANCOUVER, BC

2008 - YAKIMA, WA

2007 - PORTLAND, OR

2006 - BELLINGHAM,WA

2005 - COOS BAY, OR

2004 - WENATCHEE, WA

2003 - JUNEAU, AK

2002 - CORVALLIS, OR

2OO1 - BELLEVUE, WA

2000 - PORTLAND, OR

1999 - SPOKANE, WA

Interested in Hosting an Annual Meeting? 

Check out the guidelines for organizing a Section Conference (Acrobat (PDF) 93kB Dec15 04)

Contact the current section President