BCRA Cave Science Symposium - THIRD CIRCULAR

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BCRA Cave Science Symposium - THIRD CIRCULAR

Post by Gina » Wed 04 Oct 2017 11:02

The British Cave Research Association, Yorkshire Geological Society, and Leeds Geological Association are pleased to announce the final details of the 28th Annual Cave Science Symposium to be held Saturday 21st October, 2017, in Leeds, UK. Whether you are an academic, an amateur scientist, or a caver wanting to find out more about the karst environment, you should find something of interest at the Symposium.

Registration
Registration will take place on the day between 8.30 and 9.15am in the foyer of the School of Earth and Environment building.
The admission charge, to include morning and afternoon refreshments, will be £5, with free entry to speakers, students and BCRA, YGS and LGA members. Please have your membership number with you. Donations to help finance the meeting will also be accepted.
To register your attendance at the meeting, please visit the doodle poll (http://doodle.com/poll/r2s9cbfe8rzsye7a). This is not binding, it is just to help us prepare for the number of participants.

Programme
The timetable and abstracts were distributed in mid-September. In case you missed these, please see the separate thread on this forum (http://british-caving.org.uk/phpBB3/vie ... =29&t=1420).

Venue & Transport
The address for the venue is School of Earth and Environment, Maths/Earth and Environment Building,
The University of Leeds, Leeds. LS2 9JT, United Kingdom. Further details on ‘where to find us’ are located here: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/contact/find-us/

Lunch
A variety of lunch purchasing options are available on Woodhouse Lane outside the University main entrance or seating is available adjacent to the meeting rooms for anyone who brings their own.

Accommodation
Places to stay can be found on the Visit Leeds website (https://www.visitleeds.co.uk/) or Booking.com (https://www.booking.com)

Symposium Organisers
Please contact Gina Moseley (gina.moseley[-at-]uibk.ac.at) for details of the programme and for enquiries concerning oral or poster presentations, contact Dr. Phillip Murphy (P.J.Murphy[-at-]leeds.ac.uk]) for details of the venue, local facilities in Leeds and details of the field trip to Appletreewick and Greenhow, and Trevor Faulkner (t.faulkner[-at-]bcra.org.uk) for details of the field trip to Giggleswick Scar.