MAEGS 16

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MAEGS 16

• Geology for society education and cultural
  heritage

9-13 July 2009, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
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Organizers

• Geological Society of Romania, Cluj Branch
• Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca,
• Department of Geology
• Romanian Ministry of Education
• AEGS

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Scientific program

• EDUCATION IN GEOLOGY secondary schools,
  university curricula, museums, public awareness,
  joint programs
• GEOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE geoparks, geotops,
  gemmology, geoarchaeology, archaeometry

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President (education) I. Bucur
(Romania)Vicepresident (cultural heritage) R.
Kryzsa (Poland)Members (conveners)
Scientific Committee

• Education S. Filipescu (Romania), V. Hoeck
  (Austria), M. Novak (Czech Rep.), T. Weiszburg
  (Hungary)
• Geology cultural heritage A. Seghedi
  (Romania), M. Maggetti (Swiss), E. Koch (Germany)

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• Organizing Committee
• President C. Ionescu (Romania)
• Vice-president S. Filipescu (Romania)
• Secretariate
• N. Har
• C. Balica
• C. Precup
• Members
• F. Forray
• M. Benea
• H. Bedelean

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Invited speakers (plenary lectures) proposals

• Education
• H. Summesberger (Austria) geology in secondary
  schools
• A. Gasinski (Poland) universities and evaluation
• V. Hoeck (Austria) joint programs
• T. Weiszburg (Hungary) museums
• Geology cultural heritage
• E. Koch (Germany) building stones
• B. Caouet (France) ancient mining
• M. Maggetti (Swiss) geoarchaeology and
  archaeometry
• T. Hoffmann (Austria) geoparks, geotops

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Cluj-Napoca
Bucharest
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Frankfurt
Stuttgart
International Airport direct flightshttp//www.a
irportcluj.ro/ro/hpg.html
Munchen

• Vienna

Budapest
Cluj-Napoca
Tg Mures
Timisoara
Sibiu
AnconaVeronaBolognaFlorenceBergamoRomaTrevis
oMilano
Bucharest
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Bratislava Prague
Train connections

• Vienna

Budapest (IC)
Budapest
Vienna
Alba Iulia
Krakow Warsaw
Bucharest (IC)
Belgrade
Sofia
Thessaloniki
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Bratislava Prague
Krakow
Roadconnections

• Vienna

Budapest
Budapest
Vienna
Krakow Warsaw
Alba Iulia
Bucharest
Belgrade
Sofia
Athens
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Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
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Museum of Mineralogy

• Museum of
• Palaeontology

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Facilities, infrastructure

• Conference rooms Aula Magna (200 places),
  Auditorium Maximum (500 places), amphitheaters
  (100 places)
• Modern equipment video and overhead projectors
  in each room
• Poster panels
• Poster room

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Accommodation

• University Hotel (plus Restaurant) in the City
  Park
• 2 and 3 hotels in the city center
• Student hostel (plus Restaurant)
• University Restaurant (250 places) 3 minutes
  walk from the conference place

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Field trip classical points for teaching General
Geology and Cultural Heritage 2 days

• 1st Day
• Turda Salt mine
• Rimeti Gorges Tithonian reef limestones huge
  olistoliths in Cretaceous flysch, Late Jurassic
  volcanics and Monastery
• Rosia Montana actual quarry and old Roman minig
  works
• Brad Gold Museum
• Deva (accommodation)
• 2nd Day
• Zam Quarry large basaltic pillow lava and
  feeding dykes
• Sarmisegetuza Ulpia Traiana remnants of the old
  Roman capital of Dacia Province
• Densus Church
• Ruschita marble quarry
• Huniades Castle
• Return to Cluj

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Tithonian reef limestones (olistolith) in Remeti
Gorges
Turda salt mine
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Rosia Montana Roman mines and Rosia Poieni quarry
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Zam quarry (Mesozoic pillow lavas and dykes)
Gold Museum in Brad
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Densus church made in XIII-XV c. with Roman
building stones
Sarmisegetuza Ulpia Traiana Roman capital of
Dacia Province
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Marbles in Ruschita quarry
Huniade Castle (Hunedoara)
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Proposed time-table

• 1 January 2008 web page and first flyer
• 1 June 2008 First circular
• 1 October 2008 Dead line for preliminary
  registration
• 1 November 2008 Second circular
• 1 February 2009 Dead line for registration
• 1 February 2009 Dead line of contributions
  submission
• 1 April 2009 Notify the acceptance of
  contributions
• 1 June 2009 Printing of proceedings volume and
  Excursion guide
• 1 July 2009 Printing of final program

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Fees

• Normal registration 150
• Student registration 75
• Late (on-site) registration 200
• Field trip (2 days) 100-125

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