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Dear Participants,
As the opening of the 32nd IGC approaches, all elements are close
to be in place. We have been and are still working hard. The Committees
have done their jobs with great enthusiasm. It has been a difficult
task, because the Congress is immense and variegated: not the usual
scientific conference to which we are accustomed. To understand
the complexity of building this huge scientific program, you should
consider the supranational character of the organization, including
the Mediterranean Consortium, the GEOHOST Program, the GeoExpo,
the Field Trips, the Publication Program, the Social Events, relations
with the Press, arrangements for hosting so great a number of participants,
and last but not least, finding the money to fulfill these commitments
properly. We are very happy to say that the Italian community of
the Earth Sciences has responded well to our request for collaboration.
The themes of the 32nd IGC are the “Renaissance” of Geology
and its applications to mitigate natural risks and for the preservation
of our cultural heritage. “Renaissance” – a must
in Florence – means rekindling motivations for professional
commitment and for the researches we undertake in response to the
request of society, but it also means achieving more visibility
and building awareness in the larger public of the key role of geological
sciences in dealing with the complex problems that mankind is facing
now. The 2nd IGC, which was held in Bologna, Italy in 1881, had
as its primary objective the setting of internationally agreed classifications,
stratigraphic rules and criteria for cartographic representations
of geology.
The scope has been accomplished, in the sense that the complex process
of establishing widely accepted rules was started. We are confident
that the 32nd IGC will achieve its objectives, making the thousands
of geologists from all over the world, who will participate with
you, aware of the need to start a new “era” of Geology,
and giving the highest possible public visibility to this event.
We look forward to seeing you in Florence next August. |
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The Organizing Committee of the 32nd International
Geological Congress - 32nd IGC - representing the Italian Federation
of Earth Sciences, the Italian National Research Council, the Italian
Ministry of the Education, University and Research, the Italian
Geological Survey (now Department of Soil Defense of the Agency
for the Environmental Protection and for the Technical Surveys -
APAT), the Italian National Academy of Sciences (Accademia Nazionale
dei Lincei), and other interested Italian government agencies, universities,
scientific institutions and societies as well as organizations and
co-operating countries in the Mediterranean area, under the scientific
sponsorship of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
has the honor of inviting you to participate in the |
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32nd
Session of the International Geological Congress
Florence, August 20-28, 2004, at the Congress Center,
Fortezza da Basso, Viale Strozzi 1 - Firenze
The
Congress theme is
From the Mediterranean Area Toward a Global Geological Renaissance
Geology, Natural Hazards, and Cultural Heritage
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Under the High Patronage of
the Presidente della Repubblica Italiana
and the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri of Italy
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