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New sponsors signed up

We are pleased to announce two new Gold Sponsors, who will also be exhibiting at GPR2026.

Gold Sponsors

Radar Systems - was established in 1989 for subsurface sounding techniques, hardware and software used to solve tasks of nondestructive environmental monitoring, engineering geological surveys, thickness measurements of sea and fresh water ice, etc. These studies were crowned with development of a number of Ground Penetrating Radars (GPR or georadar) in families Zond, Python and xGPR.

SPH Engineering - Turning Advanced Technology into Unique Opportunities - We provide UAV software solutions, integration services, and custom development to advance drone applications for surveying, data collection and processing, and entertainment.

Author: Craig Warren, Posted: 08.11.2025

Call for Papers

The Call for Papers is officially open for GPR2026!

Join the global GPR community to explore the latest research and advancements in GPR technologies, applications, and processing techniques. We invite researchers, engineers, and scientists to submit their high-quality work across the conference themes.

Don't miss your chance to contribute to this prestigious conference series and celebrate 40 years of GPR excellence.

The submission deadline is January 23, 2026. Find full submission guidelines and details in the Authors section.

← Please click to download and share our Call for Papers.

Author: Craig Warren, Posted: 22.10.2025

New sponsors signed up

We are pleased to announce a number of new sponsors, who will also be exhibiting at GPR2026.

Platinum Sponsors

Subsurface Measurement Technology - the UK’s most comprehensively stocked equipment shop for all types of subsurface measurement survey.

EuroGPR - promoting the use of Ground Penetrating Radar across Europe.

Gold Sponsor

Sensors & Software - recognized worldwide as an innovative designer and manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) instrumentation and software.

Silver Sponsor

Geomatrix - a leading provider of geophysical sales and rentals.

Author: Craig Warren, Posted: 21.10.2025

GPR and IWAGPR committees merge

Following recent online discussions and an in-person meeting of previous GPR and IWAGPR Conference Chairs at IWAGPR2025, it was agreed to merge the GPR and IWAGPR committees, which consisted of previous Conference Chairs. Below is a short summary of the purpose and actions:

• GPR and IWAGPR conference committees have merged into a unified committee
• The biennial nature of both IWAGPR and GPR events will be preserved.
• The geographical rotation principles of each event remain unchanged, i.e. IWAGPR traditionally held in Europe and GPR rotating globally. Any proposal to host IWAGPR outside Europe will be reviewed by the committee on a case-by-case basis.
• It was noted that IWAGPR has grown significantly, which raises concerns about maintaining its distinct identity as a smaller, more science-focused event compared to the previously much larger GPR event series with a broader user community focus of GPR.
• The merged committee of previous Chairs will focus on continuity, advisory roles, and knowledge sharing, while maintaining flexibility for local organizing committees.
• A shared visual identity for both events will be adopted. The IWAGPR2025 and GPR2026 logos will be adapted for each event going forward (dates, location, and colors as needed).
• The idea of forming a formal GPR society/association was discussed in terms of benefits (e.g. continuity, advocacy, funding, visibility) and implications (legal, administrative, financial). This requires further discussion which will take place at GPR2026.
• A proposal was made to create a joint website (e.g. www.gpr-iwagpr.org) to host shared resources such as archives, syllabus, and general information about both conferences. Individual event websites will remain separate and handled by the local chairs, and can be linked through the main, joint site.

Author: Craig Warren, Posted: 11.08.2025

Geolitix first Platinum Sponsor

We are delighted to announce that Geolitix - Cloud-Based Platform for GPR Processing - are our first top tier platinum sponsor for GPR2026.

Author: Craig Warren, Posted: 16.06.2025

Northumbria wins bid to host GPR2026

Dr Craig Warren presents the Northumbria University bid to host GPR2026 at the 20th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR 2024) in Changchun, China. The bid was successfully selected by the committee from strong competition.

Author: Craig Warren, Posted: 24.06.2024