[CML #16380] Fwd[2]: [kr8conference] KR8 Conference - REMINDER! PAGES funding applications due Jan 15th, Abstracts due Jan 27th.

Hello everyone,

Apologies for anyone who has already received this email, but we thought many of you may be interested in the upcoming conference, KR8. Please see the following email for more information, but please take note that the abstract submission deadline is quickly approaching - January 27th - so be sure to submit your work soon if you wish to participate! We hope to see many of you there!

Kind Regards,

S4 organising committee

Dear paleoclimate community and speleothem scientists (apologies for cross-posting):
We are writing to remind you that abstract submission and registration are now open for the 8th International Climate Change: The Karst Record (KR8) conference to be held May 21st-24th, 2017 at the University of Texas, Austin. The abstract deadline has been extended to January 27th, 2017.

The KR8 meeting will bring together scientists from around the globe to share the latest progress in the rapidly developing field of cave-based paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental research. The conference will kick off with an icebreaker on May 21st and consist of three full days of scientific programming (May 22-24) with oral and poster presentations, organized around six themes, optional pre-, mid-, and post-conference workshops and field trips, and a Texas style conference dinner. Full details and abstract submission are available now on the conference website: http://sites.uci.edu/kr8conference/.
Also associated with the meeting, will be a pre-conference workshop on “Best Practices in Speleothem Science” (May 21st). If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please send an e-mail to . More details about this are forthcoming.

Some of you may also be interested in sticking around following KR8 to attend the 2nd North American Workshop on Laser Ablation, to be held at The University of Texas at Austin on May 25th – 27th 2017
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Abstract deadline - January 27th, 2017
Early-bird registration deadline - February 10th, 2017
Regular registration deadline - March 10th, 2017

We look forward to seeing you all in Austin, TX next May!

KR8 convenors:
Kathleen Johnson, University of California, Irvine, USA
Jay Banner, University of Texas at Austin, USA

KR8 Organizing committee:
Denis Scholz, University of Mainz, Germany
Silvia Frisia, University of Newcastle, Australia
Gideon Henderson, University of Oxford, UK
Yanjun Cai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Corinne Wong, Boston College, USA
Isabel Montañez, University of California, Davis, USA
Alexandra Noronha, University of Texas at Austin, USA

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Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Creating a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful environment for people of all races, ethnicities, religions, nationalities, abilities, gender identities, and sexual orientations is a priority of the KR8 organizing committee. We believe increased diversity will benefit our scientific community by providing a wider array of perspectives and approaches to address ongoing and future challenges in a changing world. We invite and welcome participation of people from all backgrounds and expect all attendees to act in the spirit of mutual respect, inclusion, and encouragement.
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Kathleen R. Johnson
Associate Professor, 
Department of Earth System Science
University of California, Irvine
3206 Croul Hall
Irvine, CA  92697
Phone:  949-824-6174
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The Climate Change: The Karst Record VIII conference (KR8) will be held May 21st-24th, 2017 at the University of Texas, Austin. Please visit our website at: http://sites.uci.edu/kr8conference/ for more information.
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