35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
35TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
27 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 2016 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Geoheritage and Conservation
The notifications to presenting authors confirming their specific date and time of presentation will be communicated the 20 August 2016.
Second Draft Preliminary programme is being updated per theme as the SPC signs them off.
The detailed draft day by day programme for each theme is being announced as it is being collated. These are still preliminary and will be finalised by the 20 August.
As this is the Second draft, please note that where there are abstract presenters not yet registered, these have now been removed from the programme.
Once removed, you will not be included in the abstracts or the programme. If your co-author is presenting, please contact the secretariat urgently to confirm and advise so that your paper can be moved to the correct presenter. Email 35igc@allevents.co.za
if you have any queries or if you have in the interim managed to secure finances and registered.
To view the detailed programme, click here.
Theme Champions
Keynote Speakers
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Murray Gray
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Queen Mary, University of London
Geodiversity, Geoheritage and Geoconservation for Society
| 31ST MAY 2015 | Additional symposium proposals must now be submitted directly to the theme champions (Please be sure to include the name of the proposer, seconder and short motivation). |
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1ST JULY 2015 - 31ST JANUARY 2016 |
Call for abstracts |
| 31ST MARCH 2016 | Notifications of acceptance |
Geoheritage and Conservation
The preservation of natural wonders is increasingly difficult because of the burgeoning global population. Yet, all over the world, earth scientists are committing to a growing movement to protect the geoheritage of the planet for future generations. Presentations to illustrate this welcome trend are invited for this theme.
Please note that this is preliminary and final allocations in the programme will be announced in the 5th Announcement and updated on the Website in July.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PRESENTING AUTHORS (FOR ORALS) OR AT LEAST ONE AUTHOR (FOR POSTERS) MUST BE REGISTERED FOR THE MEETING BY 31 MAY 2016 IN ORDER TO HAVE THE ABSTRACT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME.
The following symposium proposals have already been submitted:
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Peter Bobrowsky, Patrick de Wever and Wolfgang Eder
» GeoHeritage: global case studies and success stories -
Jose Brilha, Lars Erikstad and Enrique Diaz Martinez
» Heritage, conservation and management -
John Anderson, Maarten de Wit, Peter Nielssen, Tracey Phillips and Colin Garland
» Africa Alive Corridors -
Yuanyuan Zheng and Jianping Zhang
» Geoheritage and Geoparks -
Vic Semeniuk and Margaret Brocx
» Geodiversity underpins biodiversity -
Open Session
For all submissions that do not fall into currently identified symposia