Program Overview
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06 June 2026
Saturday
Short Courses — All day
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07 June 2026
Sunday
Short Courses — All day
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All day
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Social
Welcome Reception
Official Welcome Reception and soft opening of the WGC2026 exhibition.
08 June 2026
Monday
Morning
Opening Ceremony
Official Opening of the World Geothermal Congress 2026
Welcome addresses from government representatives, IGA, and Geothermal Canada marking the start of the congress.
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Keynote
Keynote Presentations
High-profile international speakers setting the global agenda for geothermal energy development and innovation.
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break
Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn hosted by Polaris
Afternoon
Technical Sessions
Oral and poster presentations across 12 scientific and industry tracks running in simultaneous streams.
Roundtable
Our Climate Future: Reliable Heat, Resilient Systems, Resourceful Communities
Panel
From Feasibility to First Power: Accelerating Geothermal Projects with Speed and Certainty
Panel
Satisfying AI and Data Center Power Demand in the Next Decade(s) — What is Geothermal's Role?
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
Panel
Regulatory Developments in Canada / Advancing Geothermal Regulatory Development in North America
Evening Event
The Women in Geothermal celebration of music and community — the social highlight of Day 1.
09 June 2026
Tuesday
Morning
Technical Sessions
Oral and poster presentations across 12 scientific and industry tracks.
Plenary
Digital Innovation and Geothermal — Success Stories and a View to the Future
Digitisation Panel, hosted by Seequent.
Ministerial
Can the Earth Power the Cloud?
The potential role of geothermal energy in supporting data center power generation and other emerging electricity demands.
Panel
Growing Market in Cold Regions: Perspectives and Case Studies
Roundtable
Unlocking Academic Publishing: Grow as an Author, Editor, or Reviewer with Elsevier
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Plenary
Energy Independence
Panel discussion, hosted by Eavor.
Panel
Delivering Firm, Clean Power: Scaling Next Generation Geothermal Systems with Certainty
Panel
From Rock to Revenue: Legal, Technical, and Financial Pathways for Superhot, EGS, and AGS
Roundtable
Geothermal Communication for Industry, Policy, Financers, Investors: The Calgary Declaration
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break
Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn — GeoCert: Help Shape the Future of Geothermal Workforce Competence Globally
Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn — SLB: De-Risking and Optimizing Geothermal Projects with AI and Digital Workflows
Afternoon
Technical Sessions
Oral and poster presentations across 12 scientific and industry tracks.
Roundtable
Global Geothermal Airports Network
Panel
Advancing Resource Assessments for Underground Thermal Energy Storage (UTES)
Special
Geothermal Youth Forum
Powered by Pathways Alliance.
Special
Invest in Geothermal
Invitation only.
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
Roundtable
Have Your Say: The IADC Geothermal Well Drilling Guideline
Panel
Geothermal for the SDGs
10 June 2026
Wednesday
Morning
Technical Sessions
Oral and poster presentations across 12 scientific and industry tracks.
Plenary
The Subsurface Solution for the Subsurface Revolution
Plenary, hosted by ORMAT.
Panel
Direct Use: Turning Geothermal Heat into Energy Security and Opportunity
Roundtable
Pitfalls for Geothermal Project Development — How to Pass the DD Threshold of Financiers
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Plenary
Subsurface Sovereignty
Panel
EGS End to End: Engineering the Subsurface, Powering the Surface — The Complete EGS Value Chain
Roundtable
Techniques and Decisions that Enabled Geothermal Project Success
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break
Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn — High Enthalpy Geothermal Researchers, hosted by Clean Air Task Force
Afternoon
Technical Sessions
Oral and poster presentations across 12 scientific and industry tracks.
Roundtable
Spring Forward: Cross-Border Lessons in Surface Thermal Feature Stewardship and Geothermal Growth
Panel
The Future of Geothermal Resource Assessment and Management
Roundtable
Geothermal Pathways from Vision to Bankability
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
Roundtable
Geothermal Representation & Value in Power Modeling
Panel
From Stress to Success: Advancing Geomechanics for Conventional and Next Generation Geothermal
11 June 2026
Thursday
Morning
Technical Sessions
Oral and poster presentations across 12 scientific and industry tracks.
Roundtable
Canadian Deep Geothermal Coalition: Roadmap Kickoff
Panel
Next Generation EGS Systems — Are Internal or External Factors Holding it Back?
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break
Panel
Indigenous Leadership in Geothermal
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break
Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn — PTRC: Opportunities and Challenges for Urban Geothermal Development
Special
Presidents Luncheon
Hosted by IGA.
Afternoon
Closing Ceremony
Official Closing of the World Geothermal Congress 2026
Evening Event
Volunteer Appreciation Party
A celebration for the student volunteers who made WGC2026 possible.
12-16 June 2026
Post Conference
Post-Conference · 12–14 June 2026
Field Trip
Guided geological and industry site visits across Alberta and beyond. Various durations available — see Field Trips page for full listings and registration.