Singaraja, Thursday, 24 August 2023 at the Bale Agung Room of SUNARI HOTEL, Lovina-Bali, the 2023 National Geography Seminar (SENAGEO-3) took place with the theme “Geography of Disasters: The Impact of the Eruption of Mount Samalas in 1257” which presented the speaker Prof. Dr. Franck Lavigne (Physical Geography Expert from the University of Paris 1 Pantehon-Sorbonne, France) and Dr. Dewa Made Atmaja, M.Si (D4 Study Program in Remote Sensing Engineering Technology, FHIS, Ganesha Education University). This seminar was guided by Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus Made Astawa, M.Si as Moderator.

Offline, this seminar activity began with a foreword from the Head of the Geography Department of FHIS Undiksha (I Gede Yudi Wisnawa, S.Pd., M.Sc), attended and opened by the Dean represented by the Deputy Dean I of FHIS (Prof. Dr. Dewa Gede Sudika Mangku, S.H., L.L.M), also attended by the Deputy Dean II of FHIS (I Putu Ananda Citra, S.Pd., M.Sc.), Head of FHIS, Secretary of Geography, Geography Lab Coordinator, Study Program Coordinators in the Department Geography, Geography Department Lecturer and Staff, Geography Department Students from 3 Study Programs (Geography Education Study Program, Remote Sensing Engineering Technology Study Program, and Geography Study Program).

Online, this seminar was also attended by: Lecturers from various partner campuses, Experts Observing Volcanology and Physical Geography, Teachers from various regions in Indonesia, and Geography or Earth Sciences Students from various Universities who had the opportunity to attend.

This seminar examines the various impacts of the eruption of Mount Samalas (named based on the Sasak Chronicle), or what we now know better as Mount Rinjani with its current form in the form of Lake Segara Anak and Mount Anak Rinjani in the micro, mezzo, and macro (Global) scope. Behind a natural disaster, a volcanic eruption will always have positive and negative impacts that are received side by side by humans. In this case Geography through Disaster Geography and “Paleo Geography Disaster” seeks to find the puzzle of volcanic natural disaster events in the past through empirical research, so that it is proven that “the present is the key to the past” or in other words “The present is the key to knowing more deeply about geographic phenomena in the past”.

This activity ended with the handing over of FHIS Undiksha plaques to the guest speakers, certificates, and merchandise to the two speakers which were handed over by the Head of the Geography Department. The award certificates were handed over to the two speakers directly by the Deputy Dean II of FHIS.