Programme

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

November 18, 2024: 5-10.00PM

Arrival, Registration confirmation and ice breaker.

 

November 19, 2024: (Conference 1st Day) and Banquet

  • Inaugural function and keynote talks,
  • oral and poster presentations,
  • Cultural programs
  • Conference Banquet

 

November 20, 2024: (Conference 2nd Day)

8.00am – 5 pm – Conference Hall

  • Keynote talks,
  • oral and poster presentations
  • Closing Ceremony

7-10pm – meeting room

  • Gondwana Research 2024 Best Paper Award Ceremony, (Geoscience Frontiers Best Paper Award Ceremony, IAGR Best Student Poster Award)
  • IAGR General Assembly,
  • IAGR Executive Council Meeting,
  • Gondwana Research and Geoscience Frontiers Annual Editorial Board Meetings.

 

November 21, 2024: 6am-6pm (Field excursion)

Field excursion to Triassic to Recent geology of Kuching Zone.

  • 00–6.30 am boarding to Field bus
  • 30-8.00 am travel to 1st location
  • Location 1: Lundu – Sematan Road (granodiorite & basalt);
  • Lat: 1.6685760; Long: 109.8023630
  • 00-9.00am Field observation in 1st location

 9.00 to 9.30am travel to 2nd location

  • Location 2: Carbonate Outcrop (limestone) Kuching – Lundu Highway;
  • Latitude: 1.6781930; Longitude: 109.7959180
  • Field observation – 9.30-10.30am

10.30 – 11.00 Travel to Location 3

  • Location 3: PANDAN BEACH (KEM ALAPONG);
  • Latitude: 1.759989; Longitude: 109.871979
  • 00-1.00 – Field observation

Lunch @ beach resort (1.00-2.00pm)

 2.00 to 3.30pm travel to 4th location

  • Location 4: Kota Samarahan Road;
  • Latitude: 1.4398720; Longitude: 110.3646400
  • 30-4.30pm Field observation
  • 30 – 5.15pm travel back to Hotel

 

November 22, 2024: 8am-1pm (City tour)

  • Local sightseeing trip in Kuching [optional]

Location map of the proposed fieldtrip area (a) Geography of SE Asia and its surrounding area (the data is from NOAA https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/marine_ geology); SCS-South China Sea, SS-Sulu Sea, CS-Celebes Sea, BS-Banda Sea, and JS-Java Sea). (b) A sketch map of Borneo showing its five major segments. (c) A simplified geological map of the northern Kuching zone (modified after Wang et al. [79]). The geochronology data of mafic-intermediate-felsic igneous rocks in (c). (Source: Gan et al., 2022).

ACCESS TO KUCHING, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

Kuching city is well connected to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Singapore, Jakarta Indonesia, and Brunei. For more information, please visit: https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-kuching-kch

 

Important information on Hotel accommodation

Participants are requested to reserve hotels by themselves as early as possible, since starting of holidays and hotels get fully occupied and become too expensive. If you need additional information on hotels we can provide, but please use online services for reserving it according to your schedule.

Hotel where Banquet, Ice breaker party, IAGR meeting, GR and GSF editorial meeting is held.

 Water Front Hotel, Kuching

68, Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, Kuching 93000 Malaysia

0.2 km from Kuching waterfront

Pullman Hotel

No. 1A Jalan Mathies, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

0.8 km from Kuching Waterfront

Hilton Kuching

Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

1 km from Kuching Waterfront

Riverside Majestic

Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuching, Sarawak, 93756

0.5 km from Kuching Waterfront

Imperial Riverbank Hotel

Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

(3 star; 0.7km from Kuching waterfront)

Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites (4 star)

Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg, Kuching 93000 Malaysia

0.5 km from Kuching Waterfront

Harbour View Hotel

Harbour View Hotel Lorong Temple, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

(0.5 km from Kuching waterfront)

The Ranee Bautique Suits

No 6 & 7 Main Bazaar, Kuching 93000 Malaysia

(0.1 km from Kuching waterfront)

The Marian Boutique Loding House

No. 25 & 27, Wayang Street, Kuching 93000 Malaysia

0.4 km from Kuching waterfront

Tune Hotel Waterfront

Off Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman Jalan Borneo, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

0.7 km from Kuching Waterfront

Grand Margherita Hotel

Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman P.O. Box 2362, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

0.8 km from Kuching Waterfront

Abell Hotel

No 22 Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

1.0 km from Kuching Waterfront

Telang Usan Hotel Kuching

Ban Hock Road, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

0.9 km from Kuching Waterfront

D’Green Hotel

25 Jalan Green Hill, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

0.6 km from Kuching Waterfront

Kingwood Inn

Lot 618, Kingwood Inn 62 Jalan Padungan, Kuching 93100 Malaysia

1.0 km from Kuching Waterfront