Dear Friends,
Today's news and announcements from NCKRI are:
· UIS Prizes 2017 - Nominations open
· UNESCO Course: Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers
· Mammoth Cave Entrance Now Owned by SCCI
· List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings
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George
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UIS Prizes 2017 - Nominations open
Dear friends,
The 17th International Congress of Speleology (ICS) is coming and it is time to
talk about the International Union of Speleology (UIS) Prizes. As you know, the
UIS gives prizes for specific accomplishments at the ICS or during the period
since the previous congress. The UIS Prizes were introduced at the 12th ICS in
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, held in August 1997. These prizes are
non-competitive and not related to the cartographic, photographic, athletic, or
other competitions at the congresses. More than one prize may be given for a
category, but no prize is necessarily awarded.
For the UIS Prizes 2017, four categories are considered:
4.a - The most significant discovery/exploration
The UIS Bureau reserves the right to nominate additional discoveries for this
prize, which is judged by a committee of international speleologists familiar
with exploration throughout the World. If more than one discovery or
exploration is outstanding enough, Honorable Mentions can be awarded.
4.b - The most significant publication about caves or a karst-related topic
Scientific and/or technical publications will be considered for this prize.
4.c - Special Book
Prize for books that are important speleological publications.
4.d - Poster Prize
This prize is for the best poster displayed at the ICS, divided in two
categories as follow:
- Best Scientific Poster - Judged by a Scientific Committee composed
of international experts.
- Caver's Prize - The best poster in the opinion of the visitors to
the poster display.
The poster can be about any cave or related to any karst-related topic. Entries
in the cave photographic and surveying competitions are ineligible for this
prize. No poster should exceed 2 m (height) x 1 m (width).
Each poster should contain a concise title, as well as the name, institutional
affiliation and address of the author(s). It should include information about
the materials and methods used, the results obtained (even if preliminary), and
the conclusions reached. The poster may contain photos, figures, tables and
maps. Authors must be present at the congress to discuss their work with the
other participants.
France Habe Prize
This prize was introduced by the Department of Karst and Cave Protection in
2012.
It is organized annually and has its own rules, available on the UIS site:
http://uis-speleo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=383.
NOMINATIONS FOR 2017
We encourage that nominations (except Poster Prize category) be sent by May
31st, 2017.
1 - Nominations for the prize for "The most significant discovery/exploration"
(4.a) should be sent to the Chairman of the UIS Prizes Committee at the email
address uisprizes2...@uis-speleo.org<mailto:uisprizes2...@uis-speleo.org>.
Please include the information below:
Responsible for the nomination: full name and contact address.
Brief Description of the discovery/exploration:
Location:
Author(s):
Mention in publication(s):
2 - Nominations for the prizes for "The most significant publication about
caves or a karst-related topic" (4.b) and the "Special Book" (4.c) should be
sent to the Chairman of the UIS Prizes Committee and include the information
below:
Responsible for the nomination: full name and contact address
Title of the book:
Author(s) or editor:
Brief Description:
Publisher:
Date of publication:
Language (s):
Information about printing: Color, paper, size, number of pages, etc.
Site of digital version, if available:
ATTENTION: In addition to nomination via internet, we request that a copy of
the printed book be sent to the following address:
Attn
Dr Julia M. James,
41 Northwood Street, Camperdown
NSW 2050
Australia
The author(s) agree that the books received be exhibited during the 17th ICS
and after the event be sent to the UIS Library in La Chaux-des-Fonds,
Switzerland.
3 - For the "Poster Prize" (4.d) we will not have nominations but only judgment
by a Scientific Committee composed of international experts (Best Scientific
Poster) and votes by the visitors of the 17th ICS (Caver's Prize).
RECOGNITION
The main recognition that will be delivered to the winners is a certificate.
Any other different one will be decided by the UIS Prizes Committee together
the UIS Bureau (e.g. medal, plate, funds).
PRESENTATION
The presentation of the UIS Prizes 2017 will be on Saturday 29th July during
the closing banquet of the 17th ICS, in Sydney, Australia. The ceremony will be
illustrated by a presentation of slides of the winners and will be led by the
outgoing UIS President.
UIS Prizes 2017 Committee
Nivaldo Colzato (Chairman, UIS Adjunct Secretary, Brazil)
Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns (UIS Adjunct Secretary, Belgium)
José Ayrton Labegalini (UIS Past President, Brazil)
uisprizes2...@uis-speleo.org<mailto:uisprizes2...@uis-speleo.org>
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UNESCO Course: Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers
The 4th International UNESCO's sponsored course "Characterization and
Engineering of Karst Aquifers" for the year 2017 will be jointly organized by
Centre for Karst Hydrogeology (CKH) and North Arizona University. It will take
place between 1 and 8 June 2017 in Trebinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Information
on previous courses and movie from the last event along with application form,
list of participants and program for 2017 are available at web site of the CKH:
www.karst.edu.rs<http://www.karst.edu.rs>.
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Mammoth Cave Entrance Now Owned by SCCI
The Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc., has purchased the Daleo Entrance to
the Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky, USA. This is the only entrance outside of
Mammoth Cave National Park owned by a conservation organizations and includes
88 acres of protected land. For more information and to financially contribute
to support this purchase, visit
https://www.send2press.com/wire/southeastern-cave-conservancy-inc-purchases-the-daleo-entrance-to-mammoth-cave/.
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List of Upcoming Cave and Karst Meetings
1) Solution Mining Research Institute Technical Conference, 23-26
April 2017 (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA),
www.solutionmining.org<http://www.solutionmining.org>
2) US Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Meeting, 16-18 May
2017 (San Antonio, Texas, USA).
http://geologyutsa.wixsite.com/sgsutsa/karst-interest-group-workshop.
3) III International Symposium of Speleology, 29 April - 1 May
2017 (Varenna, Villa Monastero - Lake Como, Italy), http://www.iss2017.it/eng/.
4) Climate Record: The Karst Record VIII, 21-24 May 2017, (Austin,
Texas, USA), http://sites.uci.edu/kr8conference/
5) 25th International Karstological School "Classical Karst":
Milestones and challenges in Karstology, 19-23 June 2017 (Postojna, Slovenia),
http://iks.zrc-sazu.si
6) National Speleological Society Convention, 19-23 June 2017 (Rio
Rancho, New Mexico, USA), http://nss2017.caves.org/
7) National Association of Mining History Organisations Conference
2017, 23-26 June 2017 (Godstone, Surrey, UK), http://namho2017.info/
8) Man and Karst 2017 International Scientific Meeting, 26-29 June
(Zadar, Croatia), https://manandkarst2017.wixsite.com/manandkarst2017
9) 17th International Congress of Speleology, 23-30 July 2017
(Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), http://speleo2017.com/
10) International Clean-up of Gouffre Berger, 1-15 August 2017
(Vercors, France), http://cds39.fr/BFC/index.
11) Biospeleology Conference, 21-23 September 2017 (Seville, Spain),
<http://bioespeleologia.blogspot.com.es/2016/11/v-encuentro-iberico-de-biologia.html>
https://5encuentrobssevill.wixsite.com/veibs
12) 44th International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress, 25-29
September 2017 (Dubrovnik, Croatia), http://iah2017.org/
13) Geological Society of America Convention, 22-25 October
(Seattle, -Washington, USA),
http://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/gsa2017.aspx
14) National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, 16-20 October
2017 (Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA), http://nckms.org/
15) British Cave Research Association 28th Cave Science Symposium,
20-21 October 2017 (Leeds, UK), website to be announced.
16) International Conference on Geomorphology, 6-11 November 2017
(New Delhi, India), karst session, http://www.icg2017.com/session.php
17) Workshop: Grotte de Han, New Dramatic Effect of Lighting, 16-18
November 2017 (Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium),
a...@cavelighting.de<mailto:a...@cavelighting.de>.
18) The Sinkhole Conference, joint with the 3rd Appalachian Karst
Symposium, 2-6 April 2018 (Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA),
http://www.sinkholeconference.com/
19) 18th International Vulcanospeleology Symposium, 21-27 July 2018
(Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA),
http://www.vulcanospeleology.org/sym18/ISV18.html
20) EuroSpeleo Forum 2018, 23-26 August 2018 (Ebensee, Austria),
http://eurospeleo.at/expo.html.
21) 24th International Conference on Subterranean Biology, 20-24
August 2018 (University of Aveiro, Portugal), website to be announced.
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George Veni, PhD
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<mailto:gv...@nckri.org>
www.nckri.org<http://www.nckri.org>
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