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Registration opens – Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft Sections Geochemistry and Petrology & Petrophysics 2019 in Heidelberg

Announcement of the 2019 joint annual meeting of the DMG sections Geochemistry and Petrology & Petrophysics in Heidelberg, including details on venue, schedule, catering, travel grant, and registration.

Date

The annual meeting of the DMG-sections Geochemistry as well as Petrology & Petrophysics will be held at Heidelberg University from 24 - 25 May 2019. The main focus of the meeting is the presentation of current research activities of both sections in a common forum. Especially junior scientists (master and PhD students) have the opportunity in this interdisciplinary event to present their projects and preliminary results to a broad scientific audience.

Location

Changed location of the event: Lecture Hall Chemistry (Im Neuenheimer Feld 252).
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/universitaet/besucher/karten/inf252.html

Agenda

The meeting starts on Friday with registration from 11am and the talks start at 1pm. A lunch snack will be provided. End of the meeting will be after the talk and poster awards on Saturday at 2pm at the latest. The traditional BBQ takes place in front of the institute on Friday evening so that discussions can be continued after the talks in a casual atmosphere and new contacts can be made. Interested participants will have the opportunity to join lab tours. Furthermore, visits of the geological-mineralogical museum and the exhibition “200 Years Geosciences Heidelberg” are encouraged.

Costs

To cover the expenses for catering there will be a service charge of 30 Euros at registration on-site. External student DMG members can apply for a travel allowance of 50 Euros and are kindly asked to show prove of their student membership at the venue.

Accomodation

In the vicinity of the university there are several hotels, a youth hostel and accommodation possibilities via the internet. The institute can be reached easily by tram or bus (ca. 10 minutes from central station or from the old town).
https://www.geow.uni-heidelberg.de/HIP/travelinformation_en.html

Application

Applications can be sent to Sonja Storm DMG-Heidelberg@geow.uni-heidelberg.de as of now and until 26 April 2019. Please include the following information:

First name:
Last name:
Title:
Student: yes/no
Uni/Institute:
Email:
DMG travel allowance: yes/no
Preference: poster/talk
Title of presentation:

Information for posters

Format: A0 portrait format
Font & font size: arbitrary
Language: English

Information for talks

Duration: 15 min. + 3 min. discussion
Language: English

We look forward to welcoming many participants in Heidelberg and to an exciting meeting!

Kind regards and see you soon,
Sonja Storm, Axel Schmitt, Lucie Tajcmanovà, Mario Trieloff (Uni Heidelberg); Horst Marschall (Uni Frankfurt)