The conference will be hosted by the University of Groningen, and will be held in the Academy building in the centre of the city of Groningen. Participation, coffee, tea and lunches are included in the conference fee, as well as the reception on the first day (see programme). The conference dinner on Thursday will be charged separately.

The conference consists of plenary sessions oral presentations, as well as poster sessions. Poster presenters will have the opportunity give a short (1 minute) introduction to their poster in the plenary sessions.

The conference will be accompanied by a book. Each accepted presenter (poster and paper) is invited to write a contribution. The book (working title “Transformations”) will be published open access by Sidestone press. All first authors will receive a paper copy on publication, which is planned for mid 2027. At the moment of publication, the book will be readable online on the publishers’ website. A year after publication it will be available for download as pdf.

Timeline

Scientific committee

Dr. N.Ø. (Nathalie) Brusgaard - Assistant Professor - Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University

Dr. Y. (Yannick) Devos - Research Professor in Geoarchaeology - Archaeology, Environmental changes & Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Prof. Dr. Ir. D.J. (Hans) Huisman - Professor of Geoarchaeology and Archaeometry - Groningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen

Prof. Dr. D.C.M. (Daan) Raemaekers - Professor of Archaeology of northwestern Europe - Groningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen

Dr. M. (Mans) Schepers - Assistant professor - Groningen Institute of Archaeology, University of Groningen