THE 25TH CONFERENCE ON SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY
28 JUNE - 4 JULY 2020, ALBA IULIA, ROMANIA
LOOKING INTO THE PAST TO SEE THE FUTURE OF BIOSPEOLOGY
100 years of Biospeology at the
1st Institute of Speleology in the world
In 1920, Emil Racovitza was invited by the Transylvanian authorities to be professor at the newly reorganised University in Cluj. He accepted with several conditions, one of which was the founding of an Institute of Speleology under his supervision and with its own budget. The speleological enterprise started in 1920. After 100 years we are happy to invite you in Romania to show where we are, as an Institute, in 2020.
The conference has many facets, one encompass the scientific and the historical dimensions and others are about the beauties of karst and caves in Transylvania, our traditions, food and wines.
THE ORGANIZERS
"Grigore Antipa" Museum, București, Romania
THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Oana Teodora Moldovan
Ruxandra Năstase-Bucur
Raluca Ioana Băncilă
Alexandra Hillebrand-Voiculescu
Rodica Plăiașu
Luchiana Faur
Oana Paula Popa
Mihai Gligor
Traian Brad
Cristian Sitar
Alexandru Petculescu
Ionuț Mirea
Răzvan Arghir
International Society for Subterranean Biology
Emil Racovitza Institute of Speleology Cluj, Romania
"1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia, Romania
Romanian Institute of Science and Technology, Cluj, Romania
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Dumitru Murariu, member of the Romanian Academy
Octavian Popescu, member of the Romanian Academy
Jana Bedek
Elina Bichuette
Ana Isabel Camacho
David Culver
Annette Summers Engel
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
Cene Fišer
Stuart Halse
Francis Howarth
William Jeffery
Ľubomír Kováč
Stefano Mammola
Alberto Sendra