From Buiter Susanne [mailto:Susanne.Buiter@ngu.no]
Dear all,
Here follows an update on the Out of Africa conference - the greatest scientific birthday meeting of all times celebrating the birthdays of Kevin Burke (80) and Lewis Ashwal (60) in Johannesburg, 15-18 November 2009!
(1) The deadline for registration and abstract submission is 1 October 2009. If you have not registered, please do so! The abstract template and the registration form can be found online at our website www.geodynamics.no/outofafrica (they are also attached to this e-mail)
(2) We are pleased to announce our keynote speakers: Thomas Jordan (University of Southern California), Celal Sengor (Istanbul Technical University) and Maarten de Wit (University of Cape Town)
(3) It is probably a good time to start organising your travel and accommodation. To help you, we have posted a list of hotels on www.geodynamics.no/outofafrica/OutofAfricahotels.html
(4) There are still places on the 18 November excursion to the Vredefort impact crater - take the opportunity to see this while you are in Johannesburg! The costs for the day will not exceed R300. Please register on the registration form or send an e-mail to africa@ngu.no
(5) Partners are of course welcome to join the two conference dinners (R600), but please do tell us so we can reserve a place for them.
(6) We are looking for birthday greetings and nice pictures of Kevin and Lew! Please send them to africa@ngu.no
(7) We solicit contributions for a Special Publication in honour of Kevin and Lew. We are thinking of the Special Publication of the Geological Society of London series. Please find more information in the attached pdf. We hope you can contribute!
(8) Updated information is on www.geodynamics.no/outofafrica As usual, don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions.
(9) Please send this message on to anyone you think may be interested.
We look forward to seeing you in Johannesburg!
The organisers,
Trond Torsvik, Sue Webb, Susanne Buiter, Stephanie Werner and Carmen Gaina
Click on the links to download the attachments.
OutofAfrica-SpecialVolume.pdf