which will be held from the 17th -21st September 2007. Please follow the link http://www.iah-2007.com to register and submit your abstracts on-line.  
   
The congress will be and excellent opportunity for professionals, researchers, post-graduated students from all over the world to exchange research and 
working experiences on the congress topics, to participate on field excursions to remote parts of Portugal and islands, to follow different courses related 
to different hydrogeology subjects.  
   
During the congress, there will be different special sessions related to specific groundwater topics such as (1) Groundwater Policy (European Groundwater 
Directive) co-organized with the European Commission; (2) History of Hydrogeology; (3) Thermal and Mineral Waters in Hard Rock Terrains. UNESCO-IHP/UNEP 
is co-organizing a special session on their funded projects related to congress main topic.  
   
The key dates are:  
Receipt of abstracts:                 15 February 2007  
Acceptance of abstracts:              15 March 2007  
Receipt of papers:                    31 May 2007   
Acceptance of extended abstracts      June 2007   
3rd Announcement                      July 2007  
   
   
Teresa Melo  
   
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Conference Secretariat  
AIH-GP  
Departamento de Geociências  
Universidade de Aveiro  
Campus Universitário Santiago  
P 3810-193 Aveiro| Portugal  
e-mail: iah2007@gmail.com  
website: http://www.iah-2007.com  
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