ICMG28 – The 17th International Conference on Military Geosciences, Rome, Italy.
Conference theme:
Geoscientific Approaches to Boundaries and Lines of Defences
Scientific coordination
Prof. Maria Petriccione and Prof. Aldino Bondesan,
University of Padua – DiSSGeA
Dates
TBC but provisionally June 2028.
Week 1, conference; Week 2, field excursion.
Why Rome?
- Exceptional cultural heritage. The world’s densest concentration of monuments, museums and archaeological sites.
- Layered military history. Two and a half millennia of conflict legible on the same terrain, from the Roman limes to the world wars.
- Central location. Within the Italian peninsula, at the heart of the Mediterranean theatre.
- Fiumicino airport. Direct intercontinental flights and high-speed rail to every major Italian city.
- Solid institutional framework. Academia and Italian defence institutions in partnership.
- Opportunities for companions. Among the broadest cultural offerings in the world.
- …. and outstanding food!
Two conference excursions
- Tuesday PM – Military Rome & Anzio. Armed power in the city, from antiquity to Italian unification (1861).
- Thursday PM – Air Power. From the 1908 seaplane base to Cold War jets.
- Additionally, multiple evening outings to be managed independently in Rome’s main locations.
Field Excursion
Theme: The Italian Campaign from Salerno to Rome.
A geomorphological and military-historical reading of a stratified front, September 1943 – April 1945
Five days, two millennia of history: from ancient Rome to Operation Avalanche & Operation Shingle – the same terrain, read across two millennia of conflict.
- Fri – Rome → Salerno – transfer and welcome
- Sat – Salerno landings – Operation Avalanche
- Sun – Pompeii & Caserta – heritage at war, Allied HQ
- Mon – Cassino & Gaeta – Gustav Line, Italian unification
- Tue – Piana delle Orme & Anzio – Operation Shingle
- Wed – Ostia and return to Fiumicino – departure