Earth sciences events advance training and mobility of researchers

The European Commission, Directorate-General XII, has alerted possible participants in earth sciences to a series of Euroconferences, summer schools and practical training courses. These will be funded by Activity 4 of the European Commission's Training and Mobility of Researcher (TMR) element of the horizontal programme, "Improving Human Potential and the Socio-economic Knowledge Base", under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) for Research, Technological development and Demonstration (RTD).

The announcement is posted at:

URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/tmr/src/che_meet.htm(opens in new window)

The following events are still to come:

- Euroconferences:
- - Quaternary earth system modelling, 2 to 6 May 1999, Il Ciocco, Italy (Fax +33-388-366987; E-mail: euresco@esf);
- - Developments and perspectives of hypoplasticity - state of the art, 1 to 3 June 1999, Horton, Greece (Fax +43-51-25072996);
- Summer Schools:
- - Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Lombardian basin mesozoic sequence, 17 to 21 May 1999, Milan, Italy (Fax:+47-55-315729; E-mail: roy.gabrielson@geo.uib.no);
- - Tectonic studies on Southern Apennines, 21 to 28 May 1999, Naples, Italy (Fax:+47-55-315729; E-mail: roy.gabrielson@geo.uib.no);
- - Stratigraphic studies on Southern Apennines, 21 to 28 May 1999, Naples, Italy (Fax:+47-55-315729; E-mail: roy.gabrielson@geo.uib.no);
- Practical Training Course:
- - Late neogene tectonic evolution of the Southern Apennines, 21 to 28 May 1999, Benevento, Italy (Fax:+34-34-021340; E-mail: mariano@naturo.geo.ub.es);
For further information, please contact the relevant address above.