A number of professional societies and associations will integrate the their regular meetings within the 34th International Geological Congress.

Details of the organisations who have confirmed they will meet during the IGC are listed below:-

The Young Earth Scientists (YES) network is composed primarily of scientists under 35 years of age, and was formed as a direct result of the IYPE.  The Y.E.S. network, in close collaboration with IYPE Corporation, set up an international committee to organize a World Congress for Young Earth-Scientists to discuss the main topics of the IYPE: health, climate, groundwater, ocean, soils, deep Earth, megacities, hazards, resources, and life.  Young representatives from geological associations and institutions, young leaders in politics, and delegates from administrative bodies will meet at the congress to establish a worldwide network between future leaders and policy makers and future earth science advisors.