Annual Meetings

For over 20 years, the Pacific Northwest Section has been holding annual meetings and field trips that focus on regional geology, research done by area professionals, and teaching methods. Section meetings attract professional geologists, 2 and 4-year college faculty, and K-12 educators from across the Pacific Northwest.

Upcoming Meeting:

2026 Annual Meeting, June 21-23, 2026, Highline College, Des Moines, Washington

Host: Jacob Selander

Join us in Des Moines, Washington to meet colleagues from around the Pacific Northwest, share teaching techniques, and explore some amazing geology!

Start thinking about field trips you would like to see along with any workshop items.

 

Past Meeting:

2025 Annual Meeting, June 26-28, University of Oregon Concordia Northeast Campus, Portland, Oregon (hosted by Mount Hood Community College, University of Oregon)

Thank you to all those members who joined us in Portland Oregon and a huge thank you to the amazing team of organizers led by Daina Hardisty from Mount Hood Community College, and out partners in the CRESCENT program.

The summer 2025 conference was held in parallel to, and co-located with, the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (https://cascadiaquakes.org/) annual stakeholders meeting. The program of the 2024 stakeholders meeting is linked here. They had approximately 130 stakeholders come to their meeting from a wide range of backgrounds across academia, federal, state and local governments, communities and others involved in seismic hazard safety. Part of the mandate of CRESCENT is creating links with geoscience education and we are excited about the future collaborations that will come out of the meeting.

Participants has multiple interactions between the NAGT and CRESCENT conference participants, including a joint workshop on skills development, shared field trips and a shared reception and poster session.

 

Past Meetings:

2025 - PORTLAND, OR, hosted by Mount Hood Community College

2024 - YAKIMA, WA, hosted by Yakima Valley College

2023 - NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, hosted by Douglas College

2022 - PENDLETON, OR, hosted by Blue Mountain Community College

2021 - VIRTUAL MEETING

2020 - NO MEETING (COVID)

2019 - PENTICTON, BC, hosted by Okanagan College

2018 - GRESHAM, OR

2017 - CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT, ID

2016 - HELLS CANYON, ID

2015 - VICTORIA, BC

2014 - WENATCHEE, WA

2013 - COOS BAY, OR

2012 - SPOKANE, WA

2011 - MALHEUR FIELD STATION, OR

2010 - TWIN FALLS, ID

2009 - VANCOUVER, BC

2008 - YAKIMA, WA

2007 - PORTLAND, OR

2006 - BELLINGHAM,WA

2005 - COOS BAY, OR

2004 - WENATCHEE, WA

2003 - JUNEAU, AK

2002 - CORVALLIS, OR

2OO1 - BELLEVUE, WA

2000 - PORTLAND, OR

1999 - SPOKANE, WA

Interested in Hosting an Annual Meeting? 

Check out the guidelines for organizing a Section Conference (Acrobat (PDF) 93kB Dec15 04)

Contact the current section President