[Geoinfo] Fw: Conference summary

Carlos Benedetto carlos_benedetto en fade.org.ar
Mie Abr 9 18:23:36 ART 2014 

Aquí nuestro asociado Tim Francis nos envía un resumen de su participación en el reciente simposio de Galápagos, que parece haber sido el de mayor asistencia en la historia de estos simposios vulcanoespeleológicos.
Enotro mail Tim me dice que el simposio Nro. 17 se hará en Hawaii, y se está discutiendo sobre el simposio 2018. No está descartado que sea en Malargüe y el mismo Tim está preparando un borrador de propuesta  definitiva según lo allí conversado, para su posterior tratamiento en la comisión respectiva de la UIS


CARLOS BENEDETTO



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tim Francis 
To: Carlos Benedetto 
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 2:41 PM
Subject: Conference summary

A summary
 
The 16th Volcanospeleology Symposium of the UIS Commission on Volcanic Caves was held in The Galápagos Islands, 15th to 22nd March 2014 hosted by Dr. Theofilos Toulkeridis. This year’s conference was the most heavily attended conference in the Commissions history with around 80 delegates attending. The dramatic volcanic landscape of the islands combined with its unique fauna and flora, famously highlighted in Charles Darwin’s 1859 book “On the Origin of Speciesâ€, proved to be an irresistible draw. The Symposium, based at the Conference Centre of the Galápagos Islands National Park’s Service in Puerto Ayora, delivered a rich lecture programme and poster submissions. This formal programme was combined with field trips to a mix of above and below ground sites on Santa Cruz and Isabela Islands. This catered for the various interests of the delegates such as spelaeology, volcanology, mineralogy, entomology and palaeontology. Highlights included descending into the interior of an extinct volcano, Triple Volcáno; traversing the extensive lava fields of the Sierra Negra shield volcano; and visits to the lava tube complexes on Santa Cruz island. Post conference trips included both the touristic and the speleological, the latter being a tour of numerous limestone caves situated in the Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador.

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