International
Obsidian Conference
1 to 3 June
2016, Lipari (Italy)
Program
The presentation schedule
includes almost 40 oral sessions and 26 posters. There are no overlapping
sessions,
while there are specific times dedicated to posters. The complete Program Book which includes
titles/abstracts for all presentations is now online as well.
An organized excursion
to obsidian sources and sites on Lipari is scheduled for Thursday.
Obsidian may be found
along the Canneto beach area, up to Acquacalda on the northern coast,
as well as in certain inland locations (Gabellotto Gorge, Canneto
Dentro). Pumice has been extensively quarried and exported.
A conference dinner is being organized in one of Lipari's restaurants
for Thursday evening.
Information about visiting active
volcanoes on the nearby islands of Vulcano and Stromboli, and Mt. Etna
on Sicily, are provided at these websites:
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/lipari.html
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/vulcano.html
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/stromboli/climbing/tour.html
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcanoes/aeolian-islands.html
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/etna.html