11th International Workshop on Ice Caves IWIC
IWICs are a series of workshops dedicated to the study of ice caves, held biannually since 2004. The first workshop was organized in Căpuș (Romania), in 2004, and subsequent ones were held in Demanovská Dolina (Slovakia, 2006), Perm (Russia, 2008), Obertraun (Austria, 2010), Grigna-Milan (Italy, 2012), Idaho Falls (USA, 2014), Postojna (Slovenia, 2016), Picos de Europa (Spain, 2018), Liptovský Mikuláš (Slovakia, 2022) and Werfenweng (Austria, 2024).
The main aim of the workshops is to offer a venue for sharing discoveries, questions and ideas related to the past and present occurrence of (perennial) ice in caves. For the first time, in 2026 the workshop will also feature work that addresses other, lesser-studied components of the global cryosphere, under threat by climate changes: rock glaciers, ice-cored moraines, mountain permafrost and glacierets and cold-adapted biologic communities.
The 11th IWIC will be held in Ghetar hamlet, Transylvania, Romania, in the vicinity of Scarisoara Ice Cave from 8-14 February 2026.
All information at the event website: https://sites.google.com/view/iwic-xi/home