Acknowledgements
This field symposium follows in the tradition of OPHIOLITES 2006: The Mesozoic Ophiolite Belts of the Northern Part of the Balkan Peninsula: 31 May 2006 to 6 June 2006 in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska, with sponsorship by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art, Committee of Geodynamics, and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska, Committee of Geosciences. We would like to thank Acad. Stevan Karamata, PhD, for initiating this symposium, and hope to continue its aims.
No trip to the Vourinos Ophiolite would be complete without warm mention of Eldridge Moores and his dedication to the geology of Greece and ophiolites worldwide.
Members of the Organizing Committee: Ophiolites 2008
Hon. President Prof. Haralambos Tsoutrellis
Prof. Emeritus Alan Smith
Prof. Yilderim Dilek, PhD
Prof. Alastair Robertson, PhD
Prof. George Migiros, PhD
Asst. Prof. Dimitri Kostopoulos, PhD
Anne Ewing Rassios, PhD
We would also like to thank our Student Assistants:
Dina Ghikas, MSc, Miami University
Robert Myhill, MSc, Cambridge University
Anna Mpatsi, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
Vagelis Moulas, University of Athens
This symposium is held under the auspices of the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration of Greece under the leadership of: Prof. Charalambos Tsoutrellis, President and Prof. Andreas Georgakopoulis, General Director