Dates for the AQUA 2020 biennial conference on the Atherton Tablelands have been confirmed.

Monday 20th to Friday 24th of July, Atherton, far north Queensland.

The Atherton tablelands have, of course, been the location of some iconic Quaternary studies, and this meeting will be an opportunity to acknowledge these contributions. It is also a great opportunity to escape the cool southern winters for the dry season tropics.

The venue for the conference will be the function room of The Atherton Hotel. The hotel is in the centre of the Atherton metropolis, close to all accommodation and entertainment options. It also has three bars to retire to if all the science talk has made you thirsty, or to facilitate even more talk.

Further information, including abstract submission details and registration, will follow in the upcoming weeks.

In light of the upcoming meeting in Ireland, the AQUA committee are delighted to announce the opening of this year’s Design-an-AQUA-tee competition. The design can be inspired by any aspect of Quaternary science, so use your imaginations!

Please send your entries in a format of your choice (Illustrator, PDF, jpeg, photo of a scribble on a serviette etc.) to georgina.falster@adelaide.edu.au by January 28th (the same day that the AQUA travel award applications are due).

INQUA Congress 2019, Dublin – AQUA Travel awards

AQUA is offering four $3000 (AUD) travel prizes to post-graduate students or early-career researchers to fund attendance for the INQUA congress in Dublin, Ireland (http://www.inqua2019.org) on 25^th to 31^st July, 2019. Full criteria and required forms can be found on the Application Form.

Please return the completed application forms via email to Tim Cohen (tcohen@uow.edu.au) by the 28th January 2019.