1st Circular
FOUNDATIONS AND DIRECTIONS:
CELEBRATING GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
Conference to be held on Mona Campus, Jamaica, 7th - 11th July, 2008
The Department of Geography & Geology invites all persons with an interest
in Caribbean geography and geology to a Regional Meeting on 'Foundations and
Directions: celebrating geography and geology at The University of the West
Indies' at the Mona Campus Kingston, Jamaica. The meeting will take place
on 7-11 July, 2008.
The conference will be an integral part of the university's 60th anniversary
celebrations, the climax of which will be a Special Convocation Week from
12-19 July, 2008. The conference will bring together past and present staff
and graduates from the Department of Geography and Geology, as well as those
who have maintained a close link with the Department, to share their views,
experiences and memories on the contribution of the Department to the
development of Caribbean geography and geology. The conference, through
invited plenary presentations and paper sessions, will explore our current
understanding of such diverse topics as plate tectonics and vulcanicity,
sedimentology and palaeontology, natural hazards and disaster management,
hazard mapping, land management and conservation, small-scale farming, urban
landscapes, tourism, and migration, all with a Caribbean theme.
The conference will focus on the following themes:
1. The contribution of The University of the West Indies to the development
of Caribbean geography and geology.
2. The contribution of the Department to applied research.
3. Current themes and future directions in geography and geology in the
region.
The three-day meeting will feature two days of selected papers, with a
mid-session field trip (urban geography or coastal vulnerability). An
optional post-conference overnight fieldtrip to Discovery Bay Marine
Laboratory, which will explore north coast tourism, and Cockpit Country
geology and karst, is also planned.
Conference Registration Fees
All costs are provisional at this stage. More detailed information will be
available from the organisers in the 2nd circular.
Professional Full Conference Package: US$120
Student Full Conference Package: US$60
The full conference package includes the registration fee for the plenary
and paper sessions, the mid-conference fieldtrip, a booklet on the history
of geography and geology at the university, invitation to a pre-conference
reception, and tea and coffee during the paper sessions.
A special daily rate (to attend the plenary and paper sessions only) is
available for local participants: J$500 per day
For further information, please contact the conference chairman, Dr David J.
Miller (email: [log in to unmask]), or Professor David Barker
(email: [log in to unmask]) at the Department of Geography and
Geology, The University of the West Indies, Mona (tel: (876) 927-2129 /
927-2728).
A 2nd Circular will be sent out in late September 2007, calling for papers
and giving further details of the costing, accommodation, and fieldtrips.
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