2nd-General programme

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Vieste

The National Park of Gargano »

Matera

The "Sassi di Matera" »

Salento

The western coastland of Salento peninsula »

Aliano

The Badlands Valley of Aliano »

Gravina di Puglia

Pulicchio di Gravina »

Spinazzola

Murge hills »

Altamura

Pulo di Altamura »

Polignano a Mare

Grotta Sella »

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GENERAL PROGRAMME

The Symposium program includes plenary lectures, scientific sessions highlighted by invited keynote lectures and selected oral presentations. All participants are encouraged to contribute with posters. Subscribers are invited to the welcome concert and to the symposium dinner, as well as to other cultural events (detailed information will be given in the next circular). Pre- and post-Symposium field trips are focused on Apulia and Basilicata geosites.

Date	Morning	Lunch	Afternoon	Night
Sept. 24	Pre-symposium Gargano or Salento field trip; the field trips have the same time schedule, subscribers must choose one between the two options			Symp. concert (21:00)
			Opening of the registration desk
Sept. 25	Registration desk (08:30 – 10:00) Opening ceremony (10:00 – 11:00) Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (11:00 – 13:00)	Lunch break	Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (15:00 – 17:00) Coffee break Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (17:30 – 19:30)	Symp. dinner (21:00)
	poster session
Sept. 26	Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (08:30 – 10:30) Coffee break Plenary lecture/ Scientific session (11:00 – 13:00) Closing ceremony (13:00)	break	III Meeting WG ProGeo (SW Europe) (room for other working groups to meet) (15:00 – 17:00) SIGEA Workshop on Geological Heritage (in Italian language) (15:00 – 19:30) General Assembly of ProGeo members (17:30 – 19:30)	Visit to the old-town of Bari
	poster session
Sept. 27-28	Post-symposium field trip Southern Appennine (first day), Apulia Foreland (second day)

SESSION THEMES

Geosites	Recognition, assessment and practical management of geosites Geodiversity assessment methodologies Focus on current geomorphosites research (assessment and mapping) and recent studies in various geomorphological contexts Legal frameworks to support geoconservation strategies at different levels Up-to-date on how the national and regional inventories are going to develop in Europe, mainly in Mediterranean area
Geological Heritage and Land-use planning	Threats and constraints imposed by land-use planning How to integrate geoconservation in land-use planning Geo-archaeology Geoheritage ex-situ Good examples and possibilities in regional and local planning
Geoparks and Geotourism	Conflicts and/or possible convergence between geoconservation and geotourism Geotourism as new potential for local development Policies for sustainable management and geosite use in geoparks Presentation of best practices and lesson learned in Geoparks for local development
Cooperation and Education	Implementation of the most effective outreach methods for successful communication with public, decision- and policy-makers Presentation of best practices in international cooperation Local initiatives in scientific diffusion and education Capacity building for teaching geoscience in life-long learning programs

FIELD TRIPS

Field Trips:	Where:	Organized by:
Sept. 24 one day pre-congress	FT1pre) Gargano National Park	Oronzo Simone, Donato Sollitto and Antonello Fiore
Sept. 24 one day pre-congress	FT2pre) Salento Peninsula	Paolo Sansò and Giuseppe Mastronuzzi
Sept. 27-28 two days post-congress	FT3post) first day: Southern Appennine - Appennino Lucano National Park second day: Matera and the Apulia Foreland - Alta Murgia National Park	Mario Bentivenga and Giuseppe Palladino Marcello Tropeano, Vincenzo Iurilli and Oronzo Simone

More information on the Symposium programme will be given in the Symposium web site.
For any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the Organizing Committee.

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Registration Fees and Deadlines

	Early Registration before April 30^th	Registration after April 30^th	Late Registration after July 31^th	On site Registration
SIGEA/ProGEO Member/Student	€ 100.00	€ 130.00	€ 200.00	€ 300.00
Participant	€ 140.00	€ 170.00	€ 200.00	€ 300.00

The registration fee includes: attendance at all scientific sessions, congress kit, no. 2 coffee breaks (September 25^th – 26^th), no. 1 lunch (September 25^th), cultural events and certificate of attendance.

CANCELLATION POLICY

All cancellations regarding your registration should be submitted in writing to “Centro Italiano Congressi CIC Sud”. For cancellations before September 10^th 2012, 20% of the registration fees is refundable. No refund is due after this date. All refunds will be handled after the congress is over.

All participants are kindly asked to submit their contribution before June 15 th, 2012.

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