SHRIMP Workshop 2008

INFORMATION LETTER – December 20, 2007

Dear friends and colleagues,

During the 3rd SHRIMP Workshop in Perth (as well as during 2nd SHRIMP Workshop in Hiroshima, though), our Centre of Isotopic Research (CIR) was nominated and awarded to play host to the Workshop in 2008. We were very proud about that and did all the best for preliminary preparation of this event. Perhaps we were not so fast as the famous koala bears or Grus japonensis, but we did. Finally, we are glad to inform you that the 4th SHRIMP Workshop will be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia from June 29 till July 4, 2008, within picturesque “white nights” (1 hour of darkness only) period.

Arrival day – June 29, Sunday. The Workshop program is subdivided into two halves. First, it will be Introductory (June 30) and Plenary (July 1) sessions in St.-Petersburg, at the Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI), the base of the Centre of Isotopic Research (and the SHRIMP, of course). Second, the Technical (July 2) and Application (July 3) sessions will be combined with lovely 3-nights river-lake ship cruise to the island Valaam (Ladoga Lake) and historical village Mandrogi (Svir River). Sea-sickness on the 4-decker ship is unlikely. No sharks or pirates, indeed. Back in St.-Petersburg – July 4, Friday, noon time.

Such a program requires relatively high Workshop registration fees, because it will include compulsory expenses for accommodation, meal and excursions (full board) during the cruise (ca Euro 700.-).

For correspondence please use special e-mail address:

shrimp-workshop@vsegei.ru