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Day 0
Sunday, 6 September 2026
| 18:30–19:30 Guided visit of the venue museum, the Ex Stabilimento Florio delle Tonnare di Favignana e Formica | ||
| 19:30–21:00 Icebreaker at the Ex Stabilimento Florio delle Tonnare di Favignana e Formica |
Day 1
Monday, 7 September 2026
| 8:40–9:00Welcome | ||
| 08:40–09:00 | Gianluca Fiandaca & Andrea ViezzoliEEM Team, Milano Univ. & EMergo | Conference opening |
| 9:00–9:40 Keynote 1 | ||
| 09:00–09:40 | Yusen Ley-CooperGA | Keep Calm and Fly: AEM’ing Australia, One Line at a Time. How a Continent Changed the Way We Do and Think About AEM |
| 9:40–10:40 Groundwater, Geological and Infrastructure applications 1 | ||
| 09:40–10:00 | Burke MinsleyUSGS | What have we done? A global AEM catalog to democratize data access and enable synthesis studies |
| 10:00–10:20 | Timothy MundayCSIRO | A multiscale approach to managing a potable water supply in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia |
| 10:20–10:40 | Michael Louis OristaglioYale Univ. | Characterizing the Columbia River Basalt Group for geologic carbon sequestration using airborne EM |
| 10:40–11:20 Coffee Break | ||
| 11:20–13:00 Induced polarization | ||
| 11:20–11:40 | Andrea ViezzoliEMergo | Further lessons learned in AIP modelling |
| 11:40–12:00 | Francesco DautiEEM Team, Milano Univ. | Airborne Induced Polarization effects in the TEMPEST fixed-wing system |
| 12:00–12:20 | Jim MacnaeCD3D & RMIT | Inductive IP time-constant to characterise AEM data |
| 12:20–12:40 | Jian ChenEEM Team, Milano Univ. | Automated Processing and Probabilistic AEM-IP Imaging of Large-Scale Airborne Electromagnetic Data Using Machine Learning |
| 12:40–13:00 | Regis NeroniNewGen Geo | Exposing a blind nickel sulphide discovery masked by induced polarisation effects in AEM data |
| 13:00–14:20 Lunch Break | ||
| 14:20–15:00 Keynote 2 | ||
| 14:20–15:00 | Changchun YinJilin Univ. | Advanced Technologies for three-dimensional Airborne EM inversions |
| 15:00–16:00 Modelling 1 | ||
| 15:00–15:20 | Eldad HaberUBC | Airborne Electromagnetic Modelling Using a Physically Informed Architecture |
| 15:20–15:40 | Weiyi ZhongJilin Univ. | Fast 3D transient electromagnetic forward modeling using compressed sensing solver |
| 15:40–16:00 | Bo ZhangJilin Univ. | New Methods for Three-Dimensional Airborne EM Inversions |
| 16:00–16:20 Break | ||
| 16:20–17:20 Data quality and processing workflows | ||
| 16:20–16:40 | Anandaroop RayGA | Noise Estimation from Repeat Flight Lines with a Non-linear Inversion Based Height Correction |
| 16:40–17:00 | Magdel CombrinckNRG | Analysis of topographic effects on AEM data |
| 17:00–17:20 | Michele CiaffarafàEMergo | From Experience to Automation: A Pragmatic Supervised CNN Approach for Airborne EM Data Processing |
| 17:20–19:00 Poster session 1 + Aperitif | ||
| 19:00–21:00 Couscous & Cannoli, Ex Stabilimento Florio delle Tonnare di Favignana e Formica | ||
Day 2
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
| 9:00–9:40 Keynote 3 | ||
| 09:00–09:40 | John DohertyWNC | Parameterizing a groundwater model using AEM data? Can the scale and physics gap be bridged? |
| 9:40–10:40 Modelling 2 | ||
| 09:40–10:00 | Lindsey HeagyUBC | 3D hybrid-parametric inversion of AEM data accelerated by tiling |
| 10:00–10:20 | Carsten SchollViridien | 2D inversion of airborne electromagnetic data with deep neural networks |
| 10:20–10:40 | Gianluca FiandacaEEM Team, Milano Univ. | Tessellated Multi Mesh-Cycle-Norm (TMMCN) 3D Inversion of AEM-IP data accelerated by 3D U-Nets deep-learning |
| 10:40–11:20 Coffee Break | ||
| 11:20–13:00 Groundwater, Geological and Infrastructure interpretation 2 | ||
| 11:20–11:40 | Frans SchaarsArtesia | Bridging the Gap: Different Pathways for Translating Airborne EM Data into Groundwater Models |
| 11:40–12:00 | Stefano GalliEEM Team Spin-Off | Borehole and geological constraints in AEM inversion: a workflow test at a Dutch coastal groundwater site |
| 12:00–12:20 | Bennet HoogenboomUSGS California WSC | Salinology: Joint Interpretation of Lithology and Salinity Using Airborne Electromagnetics and Borehole Observations |
| 12:20–12:40 | Kisa MwakanyamaleIllinois GS | Defining the Hydrogeological Framework of the Mahomet using Airborne Electromagnetics and a Novel Sediment Interpretation Method |
| 12:40–13:00 | Anastasiia MoilanenGeotechnologies | Airborne EM Imaging for Coastal Aquifer Management in Muravera, Sardinia, Italy |
| 13:00–14:00 Lunch Break | ||
| 14:00–15:00 Poster session 2 | ||
| 15:00–16:00 Mineral exploration and critical minerals 1 | ||
| 15:00–15:20 | Paul BedrosianUSGS | Airborne Electromagnetics in Support of Critical-Mineral Resource Assessment: The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative |
| 15:20–15:40 | Evgeny KarshakovGeotechnologies | AEM for hydrogenic uranium exploration – EQUATOR case study |
| 15:40–16:00 | Jean LegaultGeotech | Characterizing the geophysical response of a Carlin-style gold deposit using Helicopter NFEM-Magnetics at Hyland Project, Yukon |
| 16:00–16:20 Break | ||
| 16:20–17:00 New AEM system and survey concepts 1 | ||
| 16:20–16:40 | Aamna SiroheyExpert Geophysics | Heliborne and Drone Natural-Field Airborne EM: Differences, Advantages and Applications |
| 16:40–17:00 | Nicklas S. NyboeSkyTEM | By drone or helicopter – exceptional resolution from a compact and fully airborne TEM system |
| 18:00–22:00 Sunset Dinner, Cibo Chiacchiere e Vino | ||
Day 3
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
| 9:00–9:40 Keynote 4 | ||
| 09:00–09:40 | Richard SmithLaurentian Univ. | The story of the development of the GEOTEM and MEGATEM systems |
| 9:40–10:40 Groundwater, Geological and Infrastructure interpretation 3 | ||
| 09:40–10:00 | Daniel Juul OkholmCentral Denmark Region / Aarhus Univ. | Utilizing the SkyTEM Diamond system for point-source pollution investigations |
| 10:00–10:20 | Alexander PrikhodkoExpert Geophysics | Airborne mTEM Survey for Geotechnical Characterization Around the Kansanshi Mine, Zambia |
| 10:20–10:40 | Pablo Chang Huang AriasUBC | Airborne Electromagnetic Characterization of Shallow Permafrost in the Canadian Arctic for Infrastructure Challenges |
| 10:40–11:20 Coffee Break | ||
| 11:20–13:00 Modelling 3 | ||
| 11:20–11:40 | Thomas HansenAarhus Univ. | Fast probabilistic inversion of airborne and ground-based EM data using GPU-accelerated rejection sampling |
| 11:40–12:00 | Xiuyan RenJilin Univ. | 3D Modelling of Superparamagnetic Effect in Airborne Electromagnetics |
| 12:00–12:20 | Devin CowanUBC | A 3D finite volume approach for time-domain electromagnetic simulations with thin, highly conductive structures |
| 12:20–12:40 | Anthony ZamperoniZamperoni Geophysics | Modelling and inversion of deformable thin-sheet conductors for airborne time-domain electromagnetics |
| 12:40–13:00 | Anders V. ChristiansenAarhus Univ. | Resolution matrix based depth of investigation incorporating model constraints |
| 13:00–14:20 Lunch Break | ||
| 14:20–15:00 Industry Safety and Social License to Operate | ||
| 14:20–15:00 | Joel JensenLundin Mining | Safety and Sustainability: How to Get Sh!t Done |
| 15:00–16:00 Mineral exploration and critical minerals 2 | ||
| 15:00–15:20 | Murat SahinXcalibur | Integrated Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetic Interpretation for Target Evaluation in a Sediment-Hosted Mineral System, Oman |
| 15:20–15:40 | Stefano PanepintoEEM Team, Milano Univ. | Geological and Magnetic Constraints for Enhanced AEM-IP Inversion for Mineral Exploration |
| 15:40–16:00 | Alessandro SignoraBRGM | Investigating the former mining site of Abbaretz (France) with the new SkyTEM Diamond and tTEM systems |
| 16:00–16:20 Break | ||
| 16:20–17:20 New AEM system and survey concepts 2 | ||
| 16:20–16:40 | Xinhao ZhangJilin Univ. | A Novel Lightweight, Large Magnetic Moment UAV-Borne Transient Electromagnetic System and Its Field Tests |
| 16:40–17:00 | Ekaterina TretiakovaGeotechnologies | Nonlinear model for the self-interference compensation in AEM |
| 17:00–17:20 | Nikita ZorinHarbin Institute of Technology | Drone-borne EM mapping using VLF radio signals |
| 17:20–19:00 Poster session 3 + Aperitif | ||
| 20:30–23:30 Gala Dinner, Camparia | ||
Day 4
Thursday, 10 September 2026
| 9:00–11:40 Modelling 4 | ||
| 9:00–9:40 | Benjamin BlossYmerFlow / BlossGeo / AGF | YmerFlow: An open-source browser-based platform for AEM processing, forward modeling, and inversion |
| 9:20–9:40 | Maryam BayatLIAG | Infrastructure-aware inversion for imaging a fault zone with semi-airborne electromagnetics |
| 9:40–10:00 | Guro H. SkurdalEmerald Geomod. | Machine-learning prediction of rock quality designation from AEM and geotechnical data in a Himalayan railway tunnel |
| 10:00–10:20 | Gerhard SchöningGIA | Inverting for Features: A Hierarchical Latent Framework for Airborne Electromagnetic Inversion |
| 10:20–10:40 | Ockert TerblancheAngloGold Ashanti | 3D Total-Field Modelling and Inversion of Grounded-Wire Source TFEM Data with Induced Polarization Effects |
| 10:40–11:20 Coffee Break | ||
| 11:20–12:40 Mineral exploration and critical minerals 3 | ||
| 11:20–11:40 | Vikas Chand BaranwalNGU | Recent follow-up geophysical surveys after airborne survey for Graphite exploration in Vikeid area, North Norway |
| 11:40–12:00 | Marilena MoroniMilano Univ. | Ground IP Follow-Up Targeting for Mineral Exploration Using 3D AEM Modelling in Mountainous Terrain |
| 12:00–12:20 | Yunqi ZhuCentral South Univ. | Wide-Azimuth Semi-Airborne Electromagnetic Method Using Total Magnetic Field Intensity for 360° Detection |
| 12:20–12:40 Open data & data standards | ||
| 12:20–12:40 | Stephanie JamesUSGS | Cultivating Open Data: Updates to the Geophysical Survey (GS) Data Standard and GSPy Software Tools |
| 12:40–13:00Closing ceremony | ||
| 12:40–13:00 | Gianluca Fiandaca & Andrea ViezzoliEEM Team, Milano Univ. & EMergo | Awards and Closing ceremony |
| 13:30–14:30 Workshop participants’ lunch · Camparia | ||
| 15:00–18:00 Workshops 1 and 2 · Running in parallel | ||
Poster presentations
Extended abstracts
| Stand | Author | Affiliation | Poster title |
| 1 | Annika SteuerBGR | Driving Deep Mineral Exploration with Semi-Airborne EM Technologies: The DESMEX Project Suite |
| 2 | Markus SchifflerLeibniz IPHT | Three-dimensional inversion of QAMT airborne natural-source electromagnetic data |
| 3 | Zihan HuangJilin Univ. | A Cloud Platform for Joint Time-Frequency Electromagnetic Inversion and Multi-Method Airborne-Related EM Processing |
| 4 | Nansong Chang | CNN-GRU-Based One-Dimensional Inversion of Airborne Transient Electromagnetic Induction and Polarization Effects |
| 5 | Kseniia AntashchukGeotechnologies | FD Airborne System EM4H: A Tool for Efficient Regional-Scale Geological Mapping and Mineral Exploration |
| 6 | Dmitrii KhliustovGeotechnologies | Comparison of Extended and Unscented Kalman Filter Algorithms for Geophysical Inversion |
| 7 | Thomas Bager RasmussenI-GIS | ReDoCO2: High-resolution mapping of lowland soils using drone-based geophysics |
| 8 | Vladislav KaminskiPromiseland Exploration | Mobile MT surveys over epithermal gold deposits in central Azerbaijan |
| 9 | Vladislav KaminskiPromiseland Exploration | Using advanced hybrid type UAV for semi-airborne TDEM: examples from South Africa and Russia |
| 10 | Pierre-Alexandre ReningerBRGM | Trial-and-error approach for noise reduction in AEM data |
| 11 | Oscar Ivan Calderon HernandezPolito | Cumulative Conductance Mapping for the Direct Transformation of TDEM Data into 1D Resistivity Models |
| 12 | Kseniia AntashchukGeotechnologies | Drone-based frequency domain EM sounding system MEMI: 6 years’ experience for mineral exploration |
| 14 | Martin MichaelsenAarhus Univ. | Generating Power Line Maps from High-Resolution Aerial Imagery for Automated Detection of Galvanic Coupling in TEM Data |
| 15 | Rod PatersonIntrepid Geophysics | Adaptive AEM Inversion driven by Decay Characteristics and Improved Estimation of Background Resistivity |
| 16 | Gregory PaleologIndependent | A New UAV-Based Semi-Airborne EM System for Shallow and Deep Investigations |
| 17 | Aleksei TrusovAGP Consulting | A New Natural Field Airborne EM System: AGP-MT |
| 18 | Niels-Peter JensenI-GIS | Managing Geological Knowledge Derived from Airborne Electromagnetic Mapping: The LARCOS Framework for National 3D Geological Models |
| 19 | Matthew GriffithsAarhus Univ. | First application of the Anemone Python Package to Airborne Transient Electromagnetic Data |
| 20 | Jian ChenEEM Team, Milano Univ. | On-Time System Response Modeling in 3D AEM–IP Inversion |
| 21 | Jian ChenEEM Team, Milano Univ. | Joint inversion of inductive and galvanic data: improved resolution with 3D EM and 2D DCIP |
| 22 | Jian ChenEEM Team, Milano Univ. | Array effects in TEM: misplacement of anomaly locations in 1D inversion |
| 23 | Jian ChenEEM Team, Milano Univ. | 3D Time-lapse AEM Inversion for Monitoring Salinity Dynamics at Bookpurnong |
| 24 | Gianluca FiandacaEEM Team, Milano Univ. | Saltwater-Freshwater interface: direct inversion of Airborne EM data in terms of hydraulic parameters |
| 25 | Jean LegaultGeotech | Multi-scale imaging with complementary airborne electromagnetic methods: implications for regional groundwater studies |
Short abstracts
| Stand | Author | Affiliation | Poster title |
| 26 | Nengyi FuTulsa Univ. | Wukong Drone-Based Transient Electromagnetic System and Accelerated Inversion for Airborne Surveys |
| 27 | Yecheng LiuCentral South Univ. | Controlled-source Electromagnetic Signal Detection Using a Hybrid Deep Learning Model: Convolutional and Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks |
| 28 | Xiang WangJilin Univ. | Suppression of AEM Motion Noise Based on An Improved Dynamic Bandwidth VMD Method |
| 29 | Yu GaoJilin Univ. | 3D Joint Inversion of Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetic Data Based on Multi-scale Structural Similarity |
| 30 | Fuying YangJilin Univ. | Deep-Operator-Learning-Driven Rapid Targeting for Airborne EM Exploration |
| 31 | Siqi WangJilin Univ. | Artificial Intelligence Based Airborne Electromagnetic Flight Altitude Reconstruction Technology |
| 32 | Chengqian HuangJilin Univ. | Finite-element method Based on Unstructured Grids for 3D AEM B-field Inversions |
| 33 | Vincenzo SapiaINGV | Airborne Electromagnetic Survey for the subsurface characterization of the Einstein Telescope Italian candidate area (Sardinia, Italy): Mapping Fractured Granite and Groundwater Systems |
| 34 | Katrin SchwalenbergBGR | Airborne Electromagnetics at BGR: Present Status and Future Directions |
| 35 | Benjamin BlossYmerFlow / BlossGeo / AGF | AEM Mapping of Saline Water for Management of Water Resources |
| 36 | Naomi CrettonBRGM | Investigating the Quaternary sedimentary filling of glacial valleys using airborne electromagnetics, northern Pyrenees, France |
| 37 | Markus SchifflerLeibniz IPHT | Preliminary results of the UNDERCOVER semi-airborne EM survey at the Juomasuo deposit (Kuusamo Schist Belt, Finland) |
| 38 | Kapil KarkiMemphis Univ. | Fault Signatures in AEM Inversion: On Interpreting Structural Styles |
| 39 | Irina SavinovaGeotechnologies | The application of combined airborne electromagnetic surveys for ore targets in the Russian far east |
| 40 | Leif CoxTechnoImaging | Three-dimensional Gramian-Constrained Joint Inversion of Airborne Electromagnetic Data into Conductivity and Chargeability Models |
| 41 | Ingelise MøllerGEUS | Resistivity-lithology relationships: A tool in geological modelling based on electromagnetic data |
| 42 | Manuel GuerraXcalibur | A Preliminary Multi-Attribute HELITEM Workflow for EM Response Classification and VMS-Oriented Target Screening |
| 43 | Philipp KotowskiTU Freiberg | Development of a New UAV-Towed Three-Component Receiver System for Semi-Airborne Electromagnetics |
| 44 | Lyndsay BallUSGS | The regional occurrence of closed basin brines in North America’s Basin and Range Province: Transforming regional AEM survey results into mappable criteria for lithium assessments |
| 45 | Lyndsay BallUSGS | Guiding the effective application of AEM surveys for United States military installation resource management through the development of an AEM suitability framework |
| 46 | Arianna RapitiEMergo | Country-scale AEM survey for sustainable water management |
| 47 | Philipp KotowskiTU Freiberg | Inferring Platform Attitude from UAV Logs: Learning-Based Sensor Fusion Demonstrated on Semi-Airborne Electromagnetics |
| 48 | Henry SteinhoffTU Freiberg | Comparison of Deep Learning Architectures for Cross-Sensor Time Series Reconstruction |
| 49 | Andrew SunderlandUWA | Uncovering hidden minerals with a towed bird electromagnetic system |
| 50 | Kisa Mwakanyamale GilkieIllinois GS | The Material-Type Characterization Method: Addressing Interpretation Uncertainty in Inverted HTEM Data |
| 51 | Andrea ViezzoliEMergo | Integrating surface spectral and subsurface geophysical data for comprehensive resource characterisation of mining residues |
| 52 | Alexander PrikhodkoExpert Geophysics | Beyond Conductivity: Simultaneous Resistivity and Chargeability Recovery from Airborne Time-Domain EM Data |
| 53 | Yinfeng WangJilin Univ. | A Multiscale Finite Element Method for Accelerating 3D Airborne Electromagnetic Inversion |
Workshops
Day 4
Thursday, 10 September 2026
| 13:30–14:30 Workshop participants’ lunch · Camparia |
Workshop 1 · Building Data Trees with the Geophysical Survey (GS) Data Standard and GSPy Software
Organizers: Stephanie James, Burke Minsley and Leon Foks — U.S. Geological Survey
Overview: Hands-on introduction to the GS data standard, netCDF metadata conventions, data-tree structure, GSPy software, example datasets and Jupyter workflows.
15:00–15:40
15:40–16:20
16:20–16:40 Break
16:40–17:20
17:20–18:00
Workshop 2 · Drone AEM
Organizers: TEMcompany and The EEM Team Spin-Off company
Overview: Drone AEM systems, participant-led QA/QC, processing, inversion & interpretation.
15:00–15:40
15:40–16:20
16:20–16:40 Break
16:40–17:20
17:20–18:00
Day 5
Friday, 11 September 2026
Workshop 3 · EMFlips: a successor to EMFlow plus Local anomaly, IP and SPM fitting and correction
Organizers: James Macnae (CD3D & RMIT)
Overview: Practical EMFlips workflows for fast laptop processing, detection of excessive spatial filtering, and fitting/correction of IP, SPM and local anomalies.
10:00–10:40
10:40–11:20
11:20–11:40 Break
11:40–12:20
12:20–13:00
Workshop 4 · Hands-on processing, modelling, visualization and integration of AEM data
Organizers: Andrea Viezzoli (EMergo), James Reid (Mira Geoscience) and Gianluca Fiandaca (The EEM Team Spin-Off company)
Overview: Hands-on processing, inversion, modelling, visualization and integration of AEM data with drillholes, geological surfaces and supporting geoscientific information.
10:00–10:40
10:40–11:20
11:20–11:40 Break
11:40–12:20
12:20–13:00
| 13:30–14:30 Workshop participants’ lunch · Camparia |
Workshop 3 · Afternoon session
15:00–15:40
15:40–16:20
16:20–16:40 Break
16:40–17:20
17:20–18:00
Workshop 4 · Afternoon session
15:00–15:40
15:40–16:20
16:20–16:40 Break
16:40–17:20
17:20–18:00