CALL FOR FEEDBACK A personalised communication referring delegates to the feedback portal will be sent shortly. However if you would like, you are welcome to send your thoughts to [email protected] “We still have stocks of the Congress books, The Great Mineral Fields of Africa (Episodes V39, no 2) and Africa’s Top Geological Sites, and these are offered at special prices until the end of November, 2016. You can order The Great Mineral Fields of Africa for R150 plus postage, and Africa’s Top Ge
With the dust having almost settled and all the post congress field trips now complete, we have had some time to reflect on 35 IGC. Although it was inevitable that there would be some challenges in managing an event of this magnitude and complexity, the overwhelming sentiment express by Prof. Roland Oberhansli and the IUGS team; as well as from many delegates and accompanying persons has been that the congress was an overwhelming success. This success has been largely due to the commitment and hard work of
The congress took place against the backdrop of extremely difficult economic times and thus we are most appreciative for the participation of the over 4000 delegates and accompanying persons who attended. We were thrilled with this attendance and welcomed delegates from 117 countries. Over 5000 abstracts were submitted for oral and poster sessions and we thank all the authors for their hard work. We trust that you enjoyed your stay in Cape Town together with any field trips you might have undertaken and we