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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.

The yearbook "Geothermal training in Iceland 2008" has been released and sent out to former UNU-GTP Fellows, supervisors, scientific institutions and libraries.

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.

On June 20, during the visit of Ludvik S. Georgsson, the Deputy Director of the UNU-GTP, to China in June, the Icelandic Ambassador in Beijing, Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson hosted a reception for the former UNU Fellows in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and other good friends of the Icelandic Embassy in Beijing, both Chinese and Icelandic.

United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) in Iceland and La Geo S.A. de C.V. (LaGeo) in El Salvador will be hosting a “Short Course on Surface Exploration for Geothermal Resources”, to be held in El Salvador, 17-30 October, 2009. Announcement

On Tuesday the 16th of June the UNU-GTP hosted an official visit by the Minister of Energy of Rwanda H.E. Albert Butare and the Ambassador of Rwanda to England H.E. Claver Gatete. The delegation came to discuss possibilities in geothermal in Rwanda and was introduced to The National Energy Authority of Iceland, Iceland GeoSurvey and the UNU-GTP. The delegation was assisted by current UNU-Fellow from Rwanda Uwera Rutagarama and Icelandic resident from Rwanda, Augustin Dufatanye.