2009 International Congress of Speleology

[madratdan]

The 15th International Congress of Speleology will be held in Kerrville, Texas, USA on 19-26 July 2009. Since it is never too early to begin preparing for a great event, the website for the Congress is now available with all of the latest information so you can start planning to attend. The goal of the website is to stay so up to date that if you don't find the information you need there, then it is likely that the information is not yet available (although you're always welcome to contact us and check).

The website is in English. Our summary leaflet is available as PDFs in French, German, and Spanish. The leaflet is currently being translated into Italian and will be posted as soon as it is ready. Later this summer, print-quality versions of the leaflets will be available on the web too. By the end of September, the entire website will be available in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

We encourage you to visit the website and bookmark it for future reference: www.ics2009.us

If you want to be certain you receive all updates on the Congress or are interested in helping, contact us at [e-mail]

We look forward to seeing you in Kerrville in 2009!

George Veni
Chairman, 15th International Congress of Speleology
Adjunct Secretary, International Union of Speleology

P.S.: Please feel free to distribute this information in digital and
printed media.

[Sharon Faulkner]

2009 International Congress of Speleology

It is now official that the ICS and the NSS convention will be combined in 2009. Estimated attendance is expected to be between 1500-2500 people. Anyone who wants to present a paper at the Congress must pre-register.

--George Veni

[Sharon Faulkner]

2009 International Congress update - video available

Dear Friends,

A 6-minute video about the upcoming 15th International Congress of Speleology in Kerrville, Texas (July 19-26, 2009, in conjunction with the NSS Convention), is now available on-line for viewing and downloading.

You can find it on the ICS website at www.ics2009.us/welcome.html along with the 1st ICS Circular (printed in 4 languages) and other information. You can also find the video at www.hodagvideo.com/misc.htm where it was created by Dave Socky of Hodag Video Productions.

The file is 50 Mb in size. We do not recommend viewing it with a telephone Internet connection, but downloading it onto your computer so it can play well. It can be viewed on-line with a high-speed Internet connection.

If you have any difficulty with the video or other aspect of the website, please let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible.

George Veni
Chairman, 15th International Congress of Speleology
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Responses to this message will be directed to ICS Secretary John Moses, [e-mail].

www.ics2009.us

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