On Friday, June 29, 2018, Denis Varaschin, president of the University of Savoie Mont Blanc, will present a medal to Yves Quinif, a geochemist and karst geologist at the Polytechnic Faculty of Mons in Belgium.
The ceremony will take place during the 2018 International Karstology Symposium organized by the Environnements Dynamiques Territoires Montagnes (EDYTEM)laboratory at 4:00 p.m. in the Decottignies Auditorium at the USMB administration building, located at 27 rue Marcoz in Chambéry.
On the agenda
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.:
- Opening Remarks
- Presentation of an award to Yves Quinif
- A look at the career of Yves Quinif by:
- Richard Maire – Cooperative Projects in the 1980s in the Pierre Saint Martin Massif
- Sophie Verheyden – Yves Quinif’s Work on Speleothems
- Laurent Bruxelles – The Theory of Ghosting
- 5:00–6:00 p.m.: Lecture by Yves Quinif: “Karst and Geology: The Journey of a Karst Wanderer”
Registration
Participation by invitation only. Register here: [Register]