| PROGRAM | |
| Sunday, July 2 | |
| 19:30 | |
| INAUGURAL CONFERENCE: IMPORTANCE OF LAVA-TUBE FLOW EMPLACEMENT IN THE SIERRA CHICHINAUTZIN VOLCANIC FIELD, MEXICO | |
| Ramón Espinasa-Pereña | |
| Tuesday, July 4 | |
| MÉXICO SESSION. Chairman: C. Lloyd | |
| 9:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 1: LAVA TUBES OF THE SUCHIOOC VOLCANO, SIERRA CHICHINAUTZIN, MEXICO | |
| Ramón Espinasa-Pereña | |
| 9:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 2: SURVEYED LAVA TUBES OF JALISCO, MEXICO | |
| John J. Pint, Sergi Gómez, Jesús Moreno, Susana Pint | |
| 10:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 3: CUEVA CHINACAMOZTOC, PUEBLA | |
| Ramón Espinasa-Pereña | |
| 10:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 4: THE LITHIC TUFF HOSTED CUEVA CHAPUZON, JALISCO, MEXICO | |
| Chris Lloyd, John Pint, Susana Pint | |
| 11:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 5: LIMESTONE DISSOLUTION DRIVEN BY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, SISTEMA ZACATÓN, MÉXICO | |
| Marcus O. Gary, Juan Alonso Ramírez Fernández, John M. Sharp Jr. | |
| 11:30 COFFEE BREAK | |
| REST OF THE WORLD SESSION I: JEJU ISLAND, KOREA. Chairman: K.S. Woo | |
| 12:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 6: JEJU VOLCANIC ISLAND AND LAVA TUBES: POTENTIAL SITES FOR WORLD HERITAGE INSCRIPTION | |
| K.S. Woo | |
| 12:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 7: NEW DISCOVERY OF A LIME-DECORATED LAVA TUBE (YONGCHEON CAVE) IN JEJU ISLAND, KOREA | |
| Kwang Choon Lee,, K. S. Woo, In-Seog Son | |
| 13:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 8: STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURAL CAVES AND YONGCHON CAVE ON JEJU ISLAND | |
| In-Seog Son, Kyu-Sup Lee, K.S. Woo | |
| 13:30 MEALTIME BREAK | |
| REST OF THE WORLD SESSION II: ICELAND AND THE MIDDLE EAST. Chairman: J. Pint | |
| 15:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 9: RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ICELANDIC CAVE EXPLORATION BY THE SHEPTON MALLET CAVING CLUB (UK) | |
| Ed Waters | |
| 16:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 10: PROSPECTS FOR LAVA-CAVE STUDIES IN HARRAT KHAYBAR, SAUDI ARABIA | |
| John J. Pint | |
| 16:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 11: AL-FAHDE CAVE, JORDAN, THE LONGEST LAVA CAVE YET REPORTED FROM THE ARABIAN PENINSULA | |
| Ahmad Al-Malabeh, Mahmoud Fryhad, Horst-Volker Henschel, Stephan Kempe | |
| 17:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 12: STATE OF LAVA CAVE RESEARCH IN JORDAN | |
| Stephan Kempe, Ahmad Al-Malabeh, Mahmoud Fryhad, Horst-Volker Henschel | |
| 17:30 COFFEE BREAK | |
| 18:00 POSTER SESSION | |
| POSTER SESSION | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 1: SISTEMA TLACOTENCO, SIERRA CHICHINAUTZIN, MÉXICO; MAPS AND PROFILES | |
| Ramón Espinasa-Pereña | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 2: PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MIOCENE TEPOZTLÁN FORMATION USING PALYNOLOGY | |
| N. Lenhardt, E. Martinez-Hernandez, A.E. Götz, M. Hinderer, J. Hornung, S. Kempe | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 3: COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TEXCAL LAVA FLOW AND THE CHICHINAUTZIN VOLCANO LAVA FLOWS, SIERRA CHICHINAUTZIN, MEXICO. | |
| Ramón Espinasa-Pereña, Luis Espinasa | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 4: PROYECTO VULCANO-ESPELEOLÓGICO JILOTEPEC, VERACRUZ, MEXICO | |
| Guillermo Gassós | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 5: CUEVA TECOLOTLÁN, MORELOS, MÉXICO; AN UNUSUAL EROSIONAL CAVE IN VOLCANIC AGLOMERATES | |
| Ramón Espinasa-Pereña, Luis Espinasa | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 6: POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL CONNECTION BETWEEN CHICHONAL VOLCANO AND THE SULFUR- RICH SPRINGS OF VILLA LUZ CAVE, MEXICO | |
| Laura Rosales Lagarde, Penelope J. Boston | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 7: GESPEA - FIELD WORK (2003-2006) | |
| Manuel P. Costa, Fernando Pereira, Joao C. Nunes, Joao P. Constância, Paulo Barcelos, Paulo A.V. Borges, Isabel R. Amorim, Filipe Correia, Luísma Cosme, Rafaela Anjos | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 8: CATALOGUE OF THE AZOREAN CAVES (LAVA TUBES, VOLCANIC PITS AND SEA-EROSION CAVES) | |
| Fernando Pereira, Paulo A.V. Borges, Manuel P. Costa, Joao P. Constância, Joao C. Nunes, Paulo Barcelos, Teófilo Braga, Rosalina Gabriel, Eva A. Lima | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 9: BRYOPHYTES OF LAVA TUBES AND VOLCANIC PITS FROM GRACIOSA ISLAND (AZORES, PORTUGAL) | |
| Rosalina Gabriel, Fernando Pereira, Sandra Câmara, Nídia Homem, Eva Sousa, Maria Irene Henriques | |
| POSTER PRESENTATION 10: FIRST APPROACH TO THE COMPARISON OF THE BACTERIAL FLORA OF TWO VISITED CAVES IN TERCEIRA ISLAND, AZORES, PORTUGAL | |
| Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, Rosalina Gabriel, Sandra Câmara, Fernando Pereira | |
| Thursday, July 6 | |
| REST OF THE WORLD SESSION III: AZORES AND HAWAII, Chairman: Joao C. Nunes | |
| 9:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 13: GRUTA DAS TORRES – VISITOR CENTER | |
| Manuel P. Costa, Fernando Pereira, Joao C. Nunes, Joao P. Constância, Paulo Barcelos, Paulo A.V. Borges | |
| 9:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 14: THURSTON LAVA TUBE, THE MOST VISITED TUBE IN THE WORLD. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT? | |
| Stephan Kempe, Horst-Volker Henschel | |
| 10:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 15: GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE KAMAKALEPO CAVE SYSTEM IN MAUNA LOA LAVAS, NA‘ALEHU, HAWAII | |
| Stephan Kempe, Horst-Volker Henschel, Harry Shick, Frank Trusdell | |
| 10:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 16: ARCHEOLOGY OF THE KAMAKALEPO/WAIPOULI/STONEHENGE AREA, UNDERGROUND FORTRESSES, LIVING QUARTERS AND PETROGLYPH FIELDS | |
| Stephan Kempe, Horst-Volker Henschel, Harry Shick, Basil Hansen | |
| 11:00 COFFEE BREAK | |
| BIOSPELEOLOGY SESSION, Chairman: Luis Espinasa | |
| 11:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 21: A COMPARISON OF MICROBIAL MATS IN PAHOEHOE AND FOUR WINDOWS CAVES, EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NM, USA | |
| 12:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 22: USE OF ATLANTIS TIERRA 2.0 IN MAPPING THE BIODIVERSITY (INVERTEBRATES AND BRYOPHYTES) OF CAVES IN THE AZOREAN ARCHIPELAGO | |
| 12:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 23: CUEVA DEL DIABLO: A BATCAVE IN TEPOZTLAN | |
| 13:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 24: TROGLOBITES FROM THE LAVA TUBES IN THE SIERRA DE CHICHINAUTZIN, MEXICO, CHALLENGE THE COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE | |
| 13:30 MEALTIME BREAK | |
| THEORETICAL SESSION, Chairman: J.P. Bernal | |
| 15:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 17: URANIUM IN CAVES | |
| J.P. Bernal | |
| 16:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 18: DEVELOPMENT OF A KARST INFORMATION PORTAL (KIP) TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN GLOBAL KARST SCIENCE | |
| D.E. Northup, L.D. Hose, T.A. Chavez, R. Brinkmann | |
| 16:30 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 19: A DATA BASE FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING VOLCANIC CAVES OF THE WORLD: A FIRST PROPOSAL | |
| Joao P. Constância, Joao C. Nunes, Paulo A.V. Borges, Manuel P. Costa, Fernando Pereira, Paulo Barcelos, Teófilo Braga | |
| 17:00 | |
| ORAL PRESENTATION 20: MORPHOGENESIS OF LAVA TUBE CAVES: A REVIEW | |
| Chris Wood | |
| 17:30 COFFEE BREAK | |
| 18:00 COMMISSION MEETING | |
| IN ABSENTIA PAPERS: | |
| INVESTIGATION OF A LAVA-TUBE CAVE LOCATED UNDER THE HORNITO OF MIHARA-YAMA IN IZU-OSHIMA ISLAND, TOKYO, JAPAN Tsutomu Honda | |
| BASALT CAVES IN HARRAT ASH SHAAM, MIDDLE EAST Amos Frumkin | |
| CAVE DETECTION ON MARS J. Judson Wynne, Mary G. Chapman, Charles A. Drost, Jeffery S. Kargel, Jim Thompson Timothy N. Titus, Rickard S. Toomey III | |