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17-21 October 2010 Pécs, Hungary |
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INQUA Loess Focus Group & Carpatho-Balkan Geomorphological Commission |
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Scientific Programme |
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Phone (+36) 72 503 600/4483 Fax: (+36) 72 501 531 E-mails: jones@gamma.ttk.pte.hu smafu@gamma.ttk.pte.hu |
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International Workshop on Loess Research and Geomorphology |
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Organizing Committee Local Organizers: János Kovács, University of Pécs (Hungary) Szabolcs Ákos Fábián, University of Pécs (Hungary)
International Honorary Committee: Miloš Stankoviansky, Bratislava Christine Embleton-Hamann, Vienna Karel Kirchner, Brno Zofia Raczkowska, Krakkow Dan Balteanu, Bucharest Karel Natek, Ljubljana Dénes Lóczy, Pécs
Norm Catto, Newfoundland Zhongli Ding, Beijing Manfed Frechen, Hannover Ulrich Hambach, Bayreuth Erzsébet Horváth, Budapest Slobodan B. Marković, Novi Sad Ian Smalley, Nottingham Pál Sümegi, Szeged Gábor Újvári, Sopron Jef Vandenberghe, Amsterdam Liping Zhou, Beijing Ludwig Zöller, Bayreuth
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Program Themes & Language
Contributions are welcome from all fields of research related to loess science and geomorphology and their applications. English will be the official language of the Workshop. Simultaneous translation services will not be available. |
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CONFERENCE VENUE/PRESENTATION
The workshop will be held at the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Pécs, in Pécs, Hungary, on 17–21st October 2010. Pécs, is the capital town of Baranya County (of 180,000 citizens), located in southern Hungary, 200 km to the south of Budapest. The University campus, where the meeting will take place is in the center the city of Pécs. It is the second largest University in Hungary with more than 35 thousand students, and 10 different Faculties. The Anjou king Louis the Great establishes Hungary's first university in Pécs in 1367. Pécs is the cultural, economic capital of southern Transdanubia, with commercial centers, foreign embassies, industrial areas and government offices, hotels and resorts. Pécs enjoys a submediterranean climate, with average temperatures about 15˚C in October. Pécs, can be reached by rail, by bus or by car via Budapest. More details about transfers from Budapest Airport will be done in the final program. |
