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  • Friday September 24 2004 - The Ondaatje Theatre, Royal Geographical Society

7pm - Welcome by China Caves Project Coordinator Andy Eavis (pictured left)

Twenty-two years since the first China Caves Project expedition, Andy Eavis is joined by Guilin-based speleologist Erin Lynch to relive two decades of pioneering cave exploration in China's previously inaccessible underground world.

Accompanied by stunning images - in conventional and 3-D photography as well as the first showing of a new China Caves film by award-winning cameraman Gavin Newman - the lecture will launch the China Caves Symposium, a weekend that will see international cavers, scientists and those who simply love China come together to celebrate the achievements of the past 20 years and coordinate the wealth of knowledge that will take Sino-Western underground exploration into the future.

The evening will close with a buffet and drinks reception.

  • Saturday September 25 2004 - 9 AM until 5 PM, Royal Geographical Society
A day of international presentations, lectures and discussions on all apsects of caving in China - past, present and future! There will be three simultaneous presentations featuring: i) Cave Expedition Leaders (chaired by Andy Eavis in the Education Centre), ii) A Science Programme (chaired by Dick Willis in the Sunley and Drayson Rooms) and iii) a wall to wall exhibition of Film, Photography and Multi-Media in the tea-room.
Exploration Programme - Chaired by Andy Eavis Science Programme - Chaired by Dick Willis


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5 PM

The Early Years - 1982 Onwards by Tony Waltham

China Caves Project Expeditions, 1987-2004 - speakers include David Gill, Brian Judd, Pete Hall, Arthur Champion and Ged Campion.

Work in China by the North Americans - presented by Ian Baren with Kevin Downey and Mike and Andrea Futrell.



The French Connection
1. Nineteen Years of PSCJA work in China presented by Jean and Pascale Bottazzi
2. Cave Exploration by Aventures Karstiques Lointaines presented by Patrick Schalk


Italian Exploration - Exploration of Chinese Caves by CIRS Ragusa (Centro Ibleo di Ricerche Speleo-Idrogeologiche) from 1993 to 2003 presented by Rosario Ruggieri

The Work of the Hong Meigui Caving Club - chaired by Erin Lynch with Hilary Greaves, James Alker and Mel Reid.
This will be followed by open discussion with a summing-up by Andy Eavis.


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Coffee

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Tea

4 PM






Karst Eco-System and Protected Area Management in China by Hans Friedrich

The Cave and Mesoloithic Culture of Southern China by Guoxing Zhou of Beijing Natural History Museum

 Tiankeng Development in China by Zuewen Zhu of Institute of Karst Geology, Guilin

Developed Conditions and Process of Shuanghe Cave System, Guizhou by Po Li of Guizhou Institute of Mountain Resources








Cave Development of the Great Crack System, Xing Long by Kevin Senior




Bats of South East Asia by Paul Bates



Cave and Karst Conservation in Britain by John Gunn
6 PM The day will be rounded off with a disco and buffet at nearby Imperial College where you will have the chance to meet up with old friends and make new caving contacts in an informal atmosphere. Entry will be £5 on the door
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