The Local Organizing Committee and the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) are pleased to welcome you to the 1st International Monogenetic Conference (IMC) in San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) on November 4-8, 2024. The conference will include three days of scientific sessions, which will combine keynote speakers, oral presentations, and posters, and one day of an intra-meeting field trip.

The conference will cover a wide spectrum of interesting topics related to several monogenetic volcanism. These, among others, include physical volcanology, stratigraphy, field geology, geochemistry, petrology, and geophysics of small volume volcanoes, modelling of volcanic explosions, along with environmental, cultural heritage, economic and hazard aspects related to monogenetic systems and crater lakes.

The conference will be held in San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta region, Chile. This town stands out for being a tourist place of excellence in northern Chile, but it is also surrounded by monogenetic volcanoes such as Cerro Overo maar, torta domes, among other monogenetic centers (e.g., Tilocálar, Cerro Overo, Cerro Tujle, etc), active stratovolcanoes such as Lascar (most active volcano in the north of Chile) and Alitar, and potentially active such as Licancabur and Chiliques, among others.

All scientific sessions and poster presentations of the 1st IMC will be held at the Coyo-Antai Hall in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. In addition, all the intra-conference field trips will be carried out in volcanoes and volcanic areas around the city.

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chair of the conference Ph.D. Gabriel Ureta Alfaro | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile).

Members (in the alphabetical order):

Alexandra Fuentealba | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor.
Ph.D. (c) Alexander Scheinost | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Ph.D. Alfredo Esquivel | Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile) and Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Ph.D. Amiel Nieto | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Ph.D. Cristóbal González | Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile) and Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Débora Gutiérrez | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor.
Elenita Fuenzalida | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor.
Ph.D. Felipe Aguilera | Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile) and Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Ph.D. (c) Ivana Torres Ewert | University of Missouri-Kansas City (USA) – Scientific advisor.
Javiera González | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor.
Ph.D. José Pablo Sepúlveda | Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy) – Scientific advisor.
Ph.D. Luis E. Lara | Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile) and Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Marisol Cortés | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor.
Mauricio Díaz | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor. Mg. (c)
Michelle Villalta | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Ph.D. Pablo Salas | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.
Patricio Vásquez | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor.
Pilar Canales | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Logistical advisor. Ph.D.
Rodrigo González | Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile) and Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile) – Scientific advisor.

Members (in the alphabetical order):
Ph.D. Alison Graettinger | Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, USA.
Ph.D. Boris Chako Tchamabé | Associate Professor, Earth sciences Research Institute (INICIT), Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico.
Ph.D. Claus Siebe | Departamento de Vulcanología, Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, México.
Ph.D. Dmitri Rouwet | Volcanologist INGV-Bologna, Italy.
Ph.D. Edgardo Cañón-Tapia | CICESE- División de Ciencias de la Tierra, Ensenada Baja California, México.
Ph.D. Emily R. Johnson | Research Geologist, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, USA.
Ph.D. Gabor Kereszturi | Associate Professor, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Ph.D. Gabriel Ureta | Postdoctoral research, Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes, Chile.
Ph.D. Hugo Murcia | Profesor Asistente, Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia.
Ph.D. James White | Professor, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Ph.D. Javier Dóniz-Páez | GeoTurVol, Department of Geography and History, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. Canarian Volcanological Institute (Involcan), Spain.
Ph.D. Joan Martí | Dep. of Geosciences, IDAEA-CSIC, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona, Spain.
Ph.D. Karen Bemis |  Assistant Research Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA.
Ph.D. Károly Németh | Profssor, National Program of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabi.
Ph.D. Kristina Walowski | Western Washington University, Department of Geology, Bellingham, WA, USA.
Ph.D. Laura Becerril | Profesora asociada, Instituto de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad de O’Higgins, Rancagua, Chile.
Ph.D. Linus Anye Nche | Antenna for Geophysical and Volcanological Research (ARGV) Ekona, Cameroon.
Ph.D. Marie-Noëlle Guilbaud | Jefa del Departamento de Vulcanología, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico.
Ph.D. Pablo Grosse | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Fundación Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Ph.D. Pierre-Simon Ross | Professeur-chercheur, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Québec, Canada.
Ph.D. Roberto Sulpizio | IAVCEI Secretary General and Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Università di Bari, Italy.
Ph.D. Stéphanie Barde-Cabusson | Research Scientist, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Geosciences Barcelona, Applied Volcanology Team, Barcelona, Spain.
Ph.D. Xavier Bolós | Research Scientist, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Geosciences Barcelona, Applied Volcanology Team, Barcelona, Spain.

Co-Leaders
Ph.D. Emily Johnson | Cascades Volcano Observatory, USGS (USA).
Ph.D. Marie-Noelle Guilbaud | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM (México).

Secretary
Ph.D. Karen Bemis | Rutgers University (USA).

Early Career Representatives
Ph.D. (c) Nanci Reyes Guzmán | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM (México).
Ph.D. Gabriel Ureta Alfaro | Millennium Institute on Volcanic Risk Research - Ckelar Volcanoes (Chile).

Webmaster
Ph.D. Alison Graettinger | University of Missouri-Kansas City (USA).

Social Media
David Arteaga | Vulcanological Observatory of the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute - INGEMMET (Perú).

Volcanologists worldwide were shocked to learn of Jim Luhr’s sudden death at age 53 on 1 January 2007. Ph.D. James F. Luhr (1957 - 2007) made lasting impacts on volcanology and the volcano community. To honor his memory, and love of monogenetic volcanoes, this award was named in his honor. The Jim Luhr Award is a special recognition established by the IAVCEI Commission on Monogenetic Volcanism and given for lifetime achievements of a person working on understanding monogenetic volcanism.

This Award is based on Nominations and Associated Supporting Letters, which was given out for the first time during the 3th International Maar Conference in Argentina (2008), and subsequently, awarded at each of the International Maar Conferences held.

Jim Luhr’s award Winners:

3th International Maar Conference (Argentina, 2008)
- Prof. Roberto Sulpizio 

4th International Maar Conference (New Zealand, 2012)
- Prof. James D.L. White. 

5th International Maar Conference (Mexico, 2014)
- Prof. Greg A. Valentine. 

6th International Maar Conference (China, 2016)
- Ph.D. Claus Siebe.

7th International Maar Conference (Spain, 2018)
- Prof. Károly Németh and Prof. Joan Martí.

Nomination for the Jim Luhr’s Award

1) There must be one lead person who proposes a nominee.

2) The proposing person could be from the same organization/country as the nominated person, and it is not necessary for this person to be an IAVCEI member.

3) The proposing person then collects a CV with recent papers published listed by the person and drafts a paragraph on why the person should get the award.

4) The proposing person then collects at least three supporting person support letters (one letter from the nominating person/leader and at least two letters of support from other persons). This means the proposing person sends a request to people and hopes that at least three support letters will arrive. It is mandatory that the support letters must come from outside of the proposed person organization. Ideally, one person should be from the same country, one from the same continent/region, and one global expert.

5) The person proposed that the nominee should collate all the information (the three support letters, the CV of the nominee, and a cover page) and send it to the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the actual International Monogenetic Conference (IMC).

6) To elect who gets the Jim Luhr’s Award, a commission by at least three members must be made up of the Chair of the actual IMC, one Chair of the previous IMC, and one member of the Scientific Committee of the actual IMC. In addition, the leader(s) of the IAVCEI Commission on Monogenetic Volcanism will be a minister of faith just to be even more transparent. It is mandatory that a person nominated cannot be part of this commission.

7) All the nominations must be sent by email to monogeneticconference2024@ ckelar.org. The deadline for nominations is until 6th November 2024.

Some criteria to consider for the candidates:

- Person lifetime achievement.
- Relevance to monogenetic volcanism.
- The number of impactful publications.
- Inclusiveness as a community builder, educator, or figure within and outside of being an expert on monogenetic volcanism.

• The nomination result will be announced during the closing ceremony and presented by the Chair of the IMC or an appointed person. Then, the result will be forwarded to the IAVCEI President and Secretary General by the IAVEI Commission on Monogenetic Volcanism, which should be published in the IAVCEI News.