GEOHERITAGE DAY Programme Friday 24 October 2014

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GEOHERITAGE DAY
Programme
Friday 24 October 2014
07:45 – 08:25
Registration, tea & coffee
08:25 – 08:30
Welcome and Introduction – objectives of the day
Craig Smith, GSSA Executive Manager
08:30 – 09:00
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10:00 – 10:25
10:25 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:10
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14:30 – 14:45
SESSION 1
Celebrating Geoheritage
Barberton’s geological relevance
Tony Ferrar, Independent Ecologist, BATOBIC (Barberton Tourism and Biodiversity
Corridor)
History, products and objectives of the Western Cape geoheritage sub-committee
Doug Cole, The Council for Geosciences, Bellville
Overview of Africa’s geoheritage
Nick Norman, Independent Consultant and Author
Geoheritage of Iran
Alireza Amrikazemi, Geological Survey of Iran
Walter Stanhope Sherwill of Calcutta: an early geological visitor to the Cape and the
Cango Caves in the 1840s
Sharad Master, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Tea & Coffee Break
SESSION 2
Lessons to be learnt
Geoheritage efforts in the Vredefort Dome 1999-2014: what is working, what isn’t,
and where to from here?
Roger Gibson, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Witwatersrand mining and geological heritage
Morris Viljoen , VM Investment Company
Is South Africa’s geoheritage destined to follow in the footsteps of the dinosaurs?
Carl Anhaeusser, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand
Developing sustainable palaeotourism in South Africa
Ian McKay, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Lunch Break
SESSION 3
Geotourism Initiatives
Proposed Eastern Bushveld Geotrail
Morris Viljoen, VM Investment Company
Other Heritage initiatives and developments
Spotlight session - various
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The world's first underground platinum mine: the rise and fall of Transvaal
Platinum, 1923-1927
Marian Tredoux, Dept of Geology, University of the Free State
35 IGC Geoheritage initiatives and government involvement
Richard Viljoen, Co-president of 35th IGC Local Organising Committee
Tea & Coffee Break
SESSION 4
Strategy
Feedback from preceding day’s IGC workshop and brief overview of initiatives,
objectives
Chair: Genevieve Pearson, GSSA VP: Geoheritage
Open forum – panel discussion on initiatives and Geoheritage strategy
Chair: Genevieve Pearson, GSSA VP: Geoheritage
Tour of Northwards House by Neil Viljoen
Sponsored Drinks on the verandah