The Brazilian Society of Speleology (SBE) and the National Center for Research and Conservation of Caves (ICMBio/CECAV) are proud to host the 19th International Congress of Speleology (ICS) in 2025, which will include the 38th Brazilian Congress of Speleology (CBE ) in a single combined event and will also be the stage for the grand celebration of the 60th anniversary of the UIS.
Seventy-two years after the first ICS (Paris, 1953) , for the second time we will have an ICS in Brazil. While the 13th ICS (Brasília, 2001) had as its theme “Speleology of the Third Millennium: Sustainable Development of Karst Environments”, the host city of the 19th ICS in 2025 will be Belo Horizonte (BH), capital of the state of Minas Gerais, and the theme will be “60 Years of UIS: History for the Future”.
The Minascentro Convention Center will host the event and you will be the guest of honor!
So, you are very welcome!
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Our Guests
These are the experts invited to ICS 2025. They will guide the path towards speleological knowledge by giving lectures, coordinating round tables and captaining expeditions.
Francesco Sauro (Italy)
Tabletop mountains of South America, the tepuis
Bill Steele (E.U.A)
Huautla: Thirty Years in One of the World's Deepest Caves
Frédéric Swierczynski (France)
The Font Estramar, a labyrinth-like underground river
