Συνέδριο για τα 80 χρόνια σπηλαιολογίας στην Βουλγαρία

[Stelios Zacharias]

Μας ενημερώνει η Βουλγάρικη Ομοσπονδία:

BULGARIAN FEDERATION OF SPELEOLOGY

National Museum Earth and Man
and
National Natural History Museum



UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
STATE AGENCY FOR YOUTH AND SPORTS




International Symposium
”80 years organised caving and
speleology in Bulgaria”

Sofia

March 19 th – 20 th 2009.






First circular


Dear colleagues,

We have the pleasure to invite you to take part at the Jubilee International Symposium ”80 years organised saving and speleology in Bulgaria” which will be held from 19-20 March 2009 in Sofia as a part of the National Celebration of the 80 Years of organised speleology in Bulgaria.

1. History of Bulgarian speleology – organization, international relations, explorations expeditions etc..
2. Geological, Geomophological, Hydrogeological and other studies on Karst and caves in Bulgaria and in Balkan Penin-sula;
3. Biological studies in the Karst and Caves ;
4. Paleontological and arhaelogical studies in Karst;
5. Speleological documentation and Cave surveying.

Applications
Those who intend to take part must to send the attached application form followed by a brief summary (200 words) of each article not later than October, 30 2008.
Please note that the final full version of your reports should be presented to the organizers not later than 15 December 2008. The collection with the materials from the symposium will be published in advance and distributed to the regular full participants.

Participation Fees:
1. Full members – they could present reports and receive the printed materials from the conference – 30 Euro;
2. Young scientific workers, students and school pupils – they could present reports and receive the printed materials from the con-ference - 15 Euro.



Time and venue

The Symposium will take place in the town of Sofia , from March 19 th to 20th, 2009, in the National Museum Earth and Man - Sofia".

Preliminary programme
March 19th (Thursday)
From 11.00: registration and accommodation of the participants
14. 00 – 16. 00: Opening of the Symposium, and Introductory lectures
16.00 – 16.30: coffee break
16.30 – 19.00: second session
March 20th (Friday)
10.00 – 12.30: Morning session
15.00 – 19.00: Afternoon session

Presentation of the papers


Presentation of the papers will be either in English or in Bulgarian language.
The authors will have 15 minutes for the presentation, and 5 minutes will be for the discussion.
Power point presentations should be submitted to the organizers at the registration desk, on a CD or USB flash memory drive, in order to check the technical preparation and solving of possible problems.
The technical support provided for the presentation of papers will be: video beam, overhead projector, slide projector.
Preparation of papers
Preparation of the text is given as a appendix of the present circular :
Before the Publishing of Symposium Proceedings, the Scientific Committee will analyse the presented papers and inform the authors whether their paper will be published.
If the papers are not prepared according to the instructions, they will be published only as abstracts.