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The “Short Course III on Exploration for Geothermal Resources” opened on October 24 at Lake Bogoria. This four week event was co-organized by the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP) and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, Ltd. (KenGen). The 37 participants came from 11 countries of East Africa.

The closing ceremony of the 30th annual session of the UNU-GTP was held on October 3rd, 2008.

Papers presented by this years visiting lecturer Dr. Wang Kun are now available for download in pdf. format here.

UNU-GTP MSc Fellow Mahnaz Rezvani Khalilabad, from Iran, defended her MSc thesis etitled "Characterization of the Hellisheidi-Threngsli CO2 sequestration target aquifer by tracer testing", on Monday September 29, 2008. The defence was held in Askja, at the University of Iceland. The supervisors on the MSc project were Guðni Axelsson and Sigurður R. Gíslason, and the external examiner at the defence was Halldór Ármannsson.

The annual presentation of the projects of the UNU Fellows will be given in the main lecture room at Orkugardur on Monday September 22nd, 2008, starting at 10:00. Seminar programme

The 30th annual session of the UNU-GTP opened in April 2008 and marked the 30th anniversary of the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP). In 1979, the first two UNU Fellows, Agnes Reyes and Nelson Bagamasbad from the Philippines, came to Iceland for six month specialized training. The anniversary was celebrated with a two day Anniversary Workshop at Grand Hotel in Reykjavík, on August 26-27.