ASF Calendar

July 2010

Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2010

Place:

National Convention Centre Canberra 31 Constitution Avenue Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2601

Date:

4 - 8 July 2010

Organisations:

The Geological Society of Australia (GSA)

More information:

For queries concerning the Convention and registration, please contact the Convention Secretariat:
Telephone: + 61 2 6281 6624 Fax: + 61 2 6285 1336 Email: aesc@conlog.com.au
http://www.aesc2010.gsa.org.au/index.html

14th Australasian Bat Society Conference

Place:

Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory

Date:

12 - 14 July

Organisations:

Australasian Bat Society

More information:

Web http://conference.ausbats.org.au/

August 2010

15th International Symposium on Vulcanospelology

Place:

Undara Lava Tubes, Qld and Mt Eccles Victoria

Date:

August 2010

Organisations:

More information:

Details and application forms available on the conference website http://ackma.org/14VSC/
Contact: Greg Middleton at ozspeleo@bigpond.net.au
Pre conference excursion to the Western District Volcanic Province of Victoria 7 – 11 August 2010. Meet in Melbourne 6 August. The excursion will be a series of visits to different lava caves and volcanic features between Melbourne and the SA border. 11 August (Fri) Excursion participants fly Melbourne. Airport to fly to Cairns, overnight Cairns. A group booking is being organized for this to minimize transport problems. Non-excursionists arrive Cairns. 12 August  (Sat) Travel to Undara by bus. Symposium. Saturday 12 to Monday 16 August (5 days). Tuesday 17 August participants by bus to Cairns as early as practicable (depart 8am; 4 hour trip).
Anyone interested in volcanic caves and related features are invited to attend the symposium and pre-symposium excursion. Although Australia is not renowned for its volcanic caves or other recent volcanic features, it does possess some large areas of relatively recent lavas, especially in the McBride Volcanic Province of Far North Queensland and in the Western District Volcanic Province of Victoria.  This event will enable participants to experience these two areas and a selection of their caves and related features, as well as to make and attend presentations on other lava caves from around the world.  Papers and posters on relevant topics are invited! 
Please note the dates, and order of events, have been changed from those originally advertised.
Please book early, especially if you have special accommodation requirements.  It is likely that a limit of 60 persons will need to be imposed.
Notice will be placed on the website immediately when 50 full registrations are achieved.

October 2010

ISCA (International Show Cave Association) Congress, Slovakia.

Place:

Liptovsky´ Mikuláš, Demänovská Dolina.

Date:

20 – 24 October

Organisations:

International Show Cave Association

More information:

http://www.ssj.sk/vyskum-monitoring-dokumentacia/konferencie-aktualne/?lang=enCongress theme: “Complex approach in show caves management and protection”. A web link to information on the conference is available via www.ackma.org.au

National Groundwater Conference 2010 – the Challenge of Sustainable Management.

Place:

National Convention Centre, Canberra.

Date:

31 October - 4 November

Organisations:

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and the Geological Society of Australia (GSA)

More information:

Email: groundwater@con-sol.com
Website: www.groundwater2010.com

November 2010

International Scientific and Practical Conference Speleology and Spelestology (artificial caves)

Place:

Naberezhnye Chelny (Russia).

Date:

16 - 20 November

Organisations:

INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAFY, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY AND KARSTOLOGY
RUSSIAN SOCIETY OF SPELESTOLOGICAL RESEARCHES
NABEREZHNYE CHELNY STATE PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE

More information:

correspondence: Gunko Alexey (the executive secretary): gunko.a@mail.ru, prospeleo@mail.ru and Dolotov Yurii: dolotov@yandex.ru
Website: http://pro-speleo.ru/index/english/0-26
Two excursion days: a visit to the capital - Kazan and speleological and spelestological objects of Tatarstan: Sarmanovsky and Aktashsky copper mines (XVIII cent.); gypsum caves; Kamsko-Ustyinsky gypsum mine - one of the largest in Europe.

April 2011

28th Biennial ASF Conference

Place:

Chillagoe North Queensland

Date:

Easter April 2011

Organisations:

ASF

More information:

28th Biennial Conference organised by Chillagoe Caving Club. CCC aims to make the Conference fun and interesting with lots of caving, speleosports etc. Some speakers already organised, including a couple international/eminent ones.

May 2011

19th ACKMA conference

Place:

Ulverstone, Tasmania

Date:

8 - 13 May

Organisations:

ACKMA

More information:

http://www.ackma.org/
Planning is underway for the next ACKMA conference.
Details: contact Cathie Plowman or Rolan Eberhard. at email conservation@ackma.org

June 2011

6th International Conference: Climate Change - The Karst Record

Place:

University of Birmingham, UK.

Date:

27-30 June

Organisations:

Department of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham

More information:

The 6th International Conference, Climate Change – The Karst Record, will take place from the 27-30 June 2011 at the University of Birmingham. Three days of oral and poster presentations will be held on the University of Birmingham campus, with accommodation provided on the University Conference Park and in local hotels. Either side of the main meeting, one-day optional fieldtrips will be run to regional karst and tourist attractions. An announcement calling for poster and oral presentations will be made in late 2010, but if you are interested in attending, please keep these dates free.