PROGRAM

Scientific Sessions (Monday, July 5 th -Saturday July 10 th , 2010).-

a) Madrid-base activities

*Monday 5 July 2010: Reception at the Madrid School of Mines. Welcome and opening Ceremony. Keynote address: Dr. Antonio Arribas Rosado (Newmont, Denver, USA): “Volcanoes vs. Gold Deposits. A Century Lost in Translation”. Oral communications (morning/evening). Visit to the Geominero Museum (Geological Survey of Spain) and Mining History Museum D. Felipe de Borbón y Grecia (Madrid School of Mines). Poster session.

*Tuesday 6 July 2010. Keynote Address: Prof. Manuel Carlos Serrano Pinto (Aveiro University):  “Geology and Mineral Resources in Portugal, a Recent Marriage”. Oral communications (morning/evening). Visit to historic Madrid.

*Wednesday 7 July 2010. Travel bus to Almadén. Visit to the volcanic region of Campo de Calatrava (Ciudad Real). Oral communications (evening). Visit to the historical mining museum “Francisco Pablo Holgado” of Almadén and jail of ”Forzados”.

*Thursday 8 July 2010. Keynote Address: Dr. Pablo Higueras Higueras (Castilla La Mancha University): “Industrial minerals and rocks: The Spanish perspective”. Oral communications (morning). INHIGEO General Assembly. Visit to the Almadén Mining Park.

c) Iberian Piritic Belt-base activities

*Friday 9 July 2010. Travel by bus to the Iberian Pyritic Belt (Sevilla-Huelva). Visit to the Mosque of Córdoba, UNESCO World Heritage. Visit to the Mining Park of Riotinto (Huelva). Lodging in Aracena (Huelva). Conference dinner in Aracena.

*Saturday 10 July 2010. Visit to Las Cruces mine (poly metallic sulfides). Act of closing in Sevilla. Return to Madrid in AVE (high speed train).