<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear fellow limnogeologists,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We have exciting news about <b>3<sup>rd</sup> Paleolimnology
and Limnogeology International Symposium:</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Extension of Abstract Submission Deadline</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please note that the <b>deadline for abstract submission</b>
has been extended to <b>May 30<sup>th</sup></b> and remember that IAL sponsors
the following 7 topic sessions in the symposium:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>*Hydrothermal and groundwater influences on lacustrine
sedimentation and paleoecology: A tribute to Michael Rosen</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>*Merging outcrop and sediment coring in paleolimnology
and limnogeology</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>*Tectonics, climate, ecology, and geomorphology in rift
lakes</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>*Identifying climate extremes from lake archives</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>*Sedimentology and stratigraphy in modern and ancient
lake records through Earth history</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>*Deep-time carbonate-rich lacustrine systems</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>*How can modeling approaches help us to understand past,
present and future lakes?</i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Registration is now OPEN!</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The early bird registration fees are 250 euros for the full
rate and 150 euros for the student rate, plus 50 euros if you wish to sign up
for the gala dinner. These early bird rates are available to <b>May 1st 2025</b>.
Note that final registration will close on July 23rd 2025.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Award Nominations</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please remember that the deadline for IAL<b> award
nominations</b> is 18<sup>th</sup> April 2025. There are two awards: IAL
Gierlowski-Kordesch Early Career Excellence in Limnogeology and the IAL W.H.
Bradley Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Limnogeology. Please see the IAL
website for details <a href="https://www.limnogeology.org/awards" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.limnogeology.org/awards</a>.
Nomination materials should be submitted by email to <a href="mailto:ialimnogeology@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">ialimnogeology@gmail.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>IAL-IPA Student inclusion grant</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We are happy to announce that there will be 6 grants awarded
to students presenting in person at the IAL-IPA joint meeting in France. The
grants will cover registration and accommodation (provided). Applications due
May 30<sup>th</sup>. Please see the meeting website or the IAL and IPA websites
for details and the application procedure (coming soon).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Short courses</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The conference website includes details of a number of
exciting <b>short courses. </b>These will be held<b> </b>at the University
Savoie Mont-Blanc the week before and/or after the congress, offering Early
Career Researchers an opportunity to upgrade their skills in several areas. <a href="https://ialipa-2025.sciencesconf.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://ialipa-2025.sciencesconf.org</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Next Venue</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Finally, we invite everyone to consider whether you would
like to offer to host the next meeting, planned for 2028. To suggest a location
for the next joint IAL-IPA symposium, the prospective host should prepare a
small presentation for the Business Meeting at the symposium in Aix-les-Bains
in October. A very short PowerPoint presentation (e.g., 5 minutes) may be
useful. If more than one proposal is presented, then the participants will vote
on the selection of the next symposium site. Although completely optional,
prospective hosts may also choose to discuss their proposals ahead of time with
the IPA and IAL executives. We encourage submissions from regions where
symposia have not been hosted previously. Guidelines for preparing an <b>offer
to host a symposium</b> can be found at: <a href="https://www.paleolim.org/symposiumguidelines" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.paleolim.org/symposiumguidelines</a><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We look forward to seeing many of you in Aix-les-Bains!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Warm regards,</p>
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