Impact Workshop

- Brasov, RO, 8-12 June 2026 -

The Impact Workshop 2026 will take place in Brașov, Romania, on June 8–12, 2026, continuing the format established in previous years: small, focused meetings designed to support open exchange within the planetary impact community.

The main focus of the workshop is planetary impacts, but we will also welcome contributions from related fields, such as numerical modelling, crater geology, shock physics, meteorite studies, and spacecraft observations. Attendance will be limited to 70 participants to maintain an interactive environment.

The primary purpose of the workshop is to initiate new discussions and foster new collaborations. To support this goal, the program will allocate as much time as possible for open dialogue, extended question periods, and informal interaction.

Date, Location, and Practical Info

• 📍 Location: Hotel Kolping, Brasov, Romania

• 📅 Date: June 8-12, 2026

• 🍽️ Registration fees include: hotel, breakfast, lunch, coffee, break, fieldtrip

• 📷 Fieldtrip to the Racos volcanic complex & evening at Bran Castle

Organisers

Local Organization Committee (LOC):

• Razvan Caracas (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)) 📧 caracas@ipgp.fr

• Ana-Catalina Plesa (German Aerospace Center (DLR))  📧 ana.plesa@dlr.de 

• Sabina D. Raducan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB); Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB))  📧 sabina.raducan@vub.be

Scientific Oversight Committee (SOC):

• • Doris Breuer (German Aerospace Center (DLR)) 

  • Razvan Caracas (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)) 

  • Gregor Golabek (University of Bayreuth)

  • Simone Marchi (Southwest Research Institute)

  • Miki Nakajima (University of Rochester)

  • Ana-Catalina Plesa (German Aerospace Center (DLR))  

  • Sabina D. Raducan (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB); Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB))  

  • Kai Wünnemann (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)