Dear Friends, I you are considering going to the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the International Union of Speleology in Postojna, Slovenia, which will be held in conjunction with this year's Classical Karst School, the schedule for the celebration day is below. For more information, visit http://iks.zrc-sazu.si/en/index.html.
Feel free to share this message, George -------------------------- Dear cavers, with 15 May we shut down the registration for 23rd International Karstological School "Classic karst" - theme is the exploration of caves; registered is 200 participants from all over the world. Until 1. June 2015 is still possible the registration for so-called UIS day; http://iks.zrc-sazu.si/si/prijava_udelezenca.html on the web page of the School. On the website you can also find more information about the school and before 1 June there will also be complete program of the School lectures. All events in the cave Postojnska jama will be available only by badge provided by Organizers of the School! Sincerely, Nadja Zupan Hajna FRIDAY, 19. 6. 2015 7.30-9.00 Registration of participants/ Cultural center of Postojna 8.15-11.00 Excursion 4: Postojnska jama (tourist visit with visit of new exhibition EXPO; start at the entrance to the cave; tickets you will get from the School organizers; train starts at 8.30h). or 9.00-12.00 Workshop on Dinaric Karst & UNESCO leaded by Paul Williams 13.00-17.00 Registration of participants/ Cultural center of Postojna SESSION 5: INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SPELEOLOGY 13.00-13.15 UIS President Kyung Sik Woo Welcome Speech 13.15-14.00 Johannes Mattes: Giving meaning to darkness. Approaches to a Cultural and Social History of Caves and Speleology 14.00-14.40 Arrigo Cigna: 50th year of the Union Internationale de Spéléologie: foundation, life and effects 14.40-15.00 J. Ayrton Labegallini: UIS book 15.00-15.30 Coffee break & book signature 15.30-16.10 Trevor Shaw: History of cave science 16.10-16.30 George Veni: The Future of Cave Exploration and its Contributions to Cave Science 16.30-16.50 Paul Williams: Looking to the future: cave and karst conservation strategies 16.50-17.05 Bogdan Onac: 50 years of communicating karst science: past, present, and future of IJS 17.05-17.20 Lecture 17.20-17.35 Lecture 19.00-19.25 Registration of participants/ at the cave Postojnska jama 19.30-21.00 50th UIS Anniversary: celebration in the cave Postojnska jama 21.30- 1.00 UIS Banquet in front of the cave Postojnska jama ******************** George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org www.nckri.org
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