The ADLAS 2026 workshop was the sixth one in a long-standing series of international meetings held in Czechia every ten years since 1976. The workshop was convened by J. Plomerová (IG CAS, Prague), and co-convened by Claudia Piromallo and Silvia Pondrelli (INGV, Roma and Bologna, Italy), and Shun-ichiro Karato (Yale University, New Haven, USA). A total of 75 scientists registered to the workshop.
The meeting was held in chateaux Liblice (Czech Republic) on May 25–29, 2026 and hosted 50 scientists from 14 countries: Italy (8), Germany (6), UK (7), Czechia (5), USA (4), Spain (3), Australia (2), Canada (2), China (2), France (2), Hungary (2), Norway (2), Poland (2), Croatia (1). Among the participants were 20 Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from Italy, Germany, UK, Hungary, Croatia, Poland and China, who actively presented and discussed their research in the workshop. Thanks to supports from the ORFEUS Community Project Support Grant and the International Lithosphere Programme (ILP), the workshop registration fee could be reduced significantly for 13 ECR participants.
The scientific program included 31 oral presentations and 21 posters, with concentration on large-scale seismic anisotropy in the Earth crust and mantle, both in the continental and oceanic lithospheres, sub-lithospheric upper mantle, and on the Earth discontinuities. Several presentations also introduced significant methodological advances and their applications to different tectonic regions. In addition, two evening sessions were organized for sharing experience in grant writing and funding applications, and discussion the collaboration opportunities in the AtlanticArray project.
The meeting was a great success in different aspects, both scientific and social. A special post-ADLAS issue is under preparation. Financial supports from the ORFEUS Community Project Support Grant, the ILP-supported workshop, and from the Task Force 4 CoLiBrI – Continental Lithosphere Broadscale Investigation of the International Lithosphere Programme are greatly appreciated.
For more information, please see the webpage of the ADLAS 2026: