GEO TRIP AND CEG CONFERENCE – CARPATHIAN KARST OF SERBIA & ROMANIA

Events:

• Geo Trip of the Karst Commission of the IAH jointly organized with the Karst

Commission of the Serbian Geological Society

• Annual Meeting and Conference of the CEG IAH (Central European Group of

IAH)

Term: 14 – 20/06/2019

Location for the CEG meeting and conference: Hotel Lepenski Vir, Donji Milanovac

(Danube Gorge), Serbia

Tentative programme of the IAH Karst Commission Geo trip:

14/06 – Arrival to Belgrade; 4 PM bus transfer to Donji Milanovac; 7:30 PM arrival to Donji

Milanovac, dinner, overnight stay, hotel Lepenski Vir

Romanian karst

15/06 Donji Milanovac - Crossing Romanian border by (Mini) bus or own (rented) car at

Djerdap Dam on Danube (Port de Fier) – Baia de Arama at 11 AM, meeting with group coming

via Bucharest and joint continuation of Geo trip – Ponoarele (stone „God bridge“, karrenfeld,

Podului cave) – Closani Cave, Brebina (Trout Nursery lunch) - Izvarna karst spring (supplying

water to city of Craiova) –Tismana Monastery and cave – Dinner and overnight stay at Tismana

Hotel

16/06 Sohodol / Runcu gorges – Trgu Jiu (Monumental complex “The Heroes Path” of

Brancusi) – Muierilor cave – Polovragi cave and Oltet gorges – Olari (Horezu) village

pottery – Lunch - Horezu Monastery, UNESCO heritage site – Horezu (dinner, overnight

stay))

17/06 Costesti – Open air museum of Trovanti (alternatively Bistrita gorge, narrowest

in Romania) – Craiova – Lunch (optionally visit of Corcova Winery) - Turnu Severin –

Crossing border to Serbia – Donji Milanovac (dinner, overnight stay)

Serbian karst – Jointly IAH Karst Commission and CEG participants (Pre-conference

trip)

18/06 Valja prerast stone bridge – Majdanpek copper mine field – Rajkova cave – Lunch

-Boljetin / Geological cross – section over Jurassic limestones – Lepenski Vir archeological

site – Donji Milanovac (overnight stay)

ON

"TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES"

Danube Gorge (Iron Gate), Donji Milanovac, Serbia

18 - 20 June 2019

Organized by:

International Association of Hydrogeologists

National Chapter of Serbia

IN SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIP WITH

University of Belgrade – Faculty of Mining and Geology

Serbian Geological Society

PRELIMINARY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

CONFERENCE TOPICS

1. Water supply and sustainable groundwater management

2. Groundwater protection

3. Karst and fractured-rock hydrogeology

4. Mineral waters and geothermal energy

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official language of the Conference will be English.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Participants intending to present a paper are invited to send abstracts - in English - of up to 500

words to the Conference Secretariat by 31th December 2018. Accepted abstracts will be published

in a Book of abstracts. Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to submit full papers to be

printed in main geological journals in Serbia.

EXCURSION

Geo Trip through Carpathian karst of Serbia & Romania will be organized by the Karst Commission

of IAH in the period 14-18.06.2019. The programme of Geo trip is flexible, participants of CEG are very

welcome and may join part in Romania (14-17.06) or only in Serbia (18.06). Separate leaflet is

prepared and distributed to the same number of potential participants.

ACCOMMODATION

Hotel Lepenski Vir (Donji Milanovac) - approximately 30 - 35 € per person per night (half board –

breakfast / dinner).

VENUE

The Conference will be held in Hotel Lepenski Vir, Donji Milanovac, Serbia and in Visitor Centre of

National Park Djerdap in Donji Milanovac.

IMPORTANT DATES

Expression of interest response: 31st October 2018 Preliminary registration and submission of abstracts: 31st December 2018 Information on acceptance of papers: 31th January 2019 Preliminary conference program: March 2019

REGISTRATION FEE

Registration will be available via NK IAH Secretary mail. All important information will be posted at Conference website www.karst/edu.rs/CEG.

At registration desk. Payments in cash. IAH member 80 €

Non-member 100 € Student IAH member 40 € Student 50 € Accompanying Person 50 €

Registration fee includes: admittance to all sessions, Book of abstracts, refreshments, conference banquet and boat trip with catering, tickets.

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

Vladimir Živanović

Secretariat of the CEG Conference

Faculty of Mining and geology

Djusina 7 Tel. +63 422 866

11000, Belgrade E. Mail: vladimir.zivanovic@rgf.bg.ac.rs

OR VISIT CONFERENCE WEBSITE

http://www.karst.edu.rs/CEG

CEG IAH Conference programme is as follows:

19/06 Djerdap National Park Visitor centre – Presentation of activities and nomination for

UNESCO Geo Park – CEG Conference presentations (open for all attendants), I session – Lunch

- Boat tour over deep Danube gorge and selected CEG presentations, II session – Donji

Milanovac

20/06 CEG presentations, III session and concluding meeting – Lunch - Bus to Belgrade – Stops

at Golubački grad fortress on Danube and Viminacium Roman Limes military camp

archeological site – arrival to Belgrade (evening)