20 October 2009
Short Course on Surface Exploration for Geothermal Resources
The “Short Course on Surface Exploration for Geothermal Resources” for young professionals in Central America and the Caribbean was opened on October
17th in El Salvador with the participants arriving in San Salvador.
14 October 2009
Graduation of Class 2009
The closing ceremony of the 31st annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 9th, 2009. Twenty two UNU Fellows from sixteen countries completed the traditional six month specialized geothermal courses this
year.
23 September 2009
UNU-GTP seminar 2009 on geothermal development
The annual seminar with presentations of the UNU Fellow projects will be given in the main lecture room at Orkugardur on Monday September 28th, 2009, starting at
10:00.
27 August 2009
Annual visiting lecturer at the UNU-GTP 2009
This year, the annual UNU Visiting Lecturer is Wilfred A. Elders, Professor Emeritus of Geology from the University of California who has been involved in the
Iceland Deep Drilling Programme in Krafla, North Iceland.
Wilfred A. Elders will be giving a series of five lectures on "Applications of petrology to geothermics" from Thursday the 3rd to Friday the 4th of September, and Monday the 7th to Wednesday the 9th
of September.
19 August 2009
Release of "Geothermal training in Iceland 2008"
The yearbook "Geothermal training in Iceland 2008" has been released and sent out to former UNU-GTP Fellows, supervisors, scientific institutions and
libraries.
5 August 2009
Reunion in Mongolia
During the visit of Ludvik S. Georgsson, the Deputy Director of the UNU-GTP, to Mongolia on June 22-28, seven of the eight former UNU Fellows in Mongolia joined for
a dinner and reunion, making a memorable evening in Ulaan Baatar.