SEAMIC Newsletter Vol. 10

COMING EVENTS
MEETINGS
Governing Council Meeting
The 28 th Governing Council Meeting of SEAMIC will be held in May 2008 in Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania
Board of Directors Meeting
The 25 th meeting of the Board of Directors of SEAMIC will be held in Dar es Salaam
in May 2008.
TRAINING
Gemmology and Gem cutting
♦ Gem cutting: 7 - 25 January, 31 March - 18 April 2008
♦ Gemmology at member states: Angola, 14 - 22 January 2008
Mozambique, 28 January - 1 February 2008
Kenya, 4 - 8 February 2008
Uganda, 11-15 February 2008
Tanzania, 18 - 22 February 2008
♦ Gemmology: 10 - 14 March, 9 - 13 June 2008
Chemical Laboratory
♦ Modern laboratory management methods: 11 - 15 February 2008
♦ Environmental Technologies, 23 - 27 June 2008
Mineral Processing
♦ Mineral business development skills: 4 – 8 February 2008
♦ Sampling of geological materials: 14 - 18 April 2008
♦ Use of computers for the evaluation of mineral laboratory test data: 16 - 20 June
2008
Pottery and Ceramic Technology
♦ Advanced pottery/ceramic technology: 11 - 15 February, 16 - 20 June 2008
♦ Basic pottery/ceramic for beginners: 17 - 21 March, 14 - 18 April, 12 - 16 May
2008
Geo-information
♦ GIS principles and applications: 21 - 25 January 2008
♦ Geophysical and geochemical data capture and processing: 4 – 8 February 2008
♦ Geological map making using GIS: 18 - 22 February 2008
♦ GIS database development: 17 – 21 March 2008
♦ Applications of remote sensing: 14 - 18 April 2008
♦ GIS principles and applications: 12 - 16 May 2008
♦ Geophysical and geochemical data capture and processing: 9 - 13 June 2008
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