The Third AURA Congress is to include the following symposia:

• ROCK ART AND COLONIALISM: SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND
  Chaired by Sven Ouzman (South Africa) and Claire Smith (Australia)
  
  
• CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES: ROCK ART, PLACE AND IDENTITY
  Chaired by Bruno David and Mere-dith Wilson (Australia)
  
  
• ROCK ART, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANS: REGIONAL PROJECTS
  Chaired by Dario Seglie (Italy)
  
  
• ROCK ART EDUCATION AND ETHICS
  Chaired by Dario Seglie (Italy)
  
  
• ROCK ART MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION PRO-GRAMS FOR SITE VISITORS
  Chaired by Natalie Franklin (Australia) and Elena Miklashevich (Russia)
  
  
• ROCK ART AND RECONCILIATION
  Chaired by Noelene Cole and John Campbell (Australia)
  
  
• AESTHETICS OF ROCK ART
  Chaired by Thomas Heyd (Canada) and John Clegg Australia)
  
  
• ROCK ART AND INDIGENOUS ASTRONOMIES
  Chaired by Philip Clarke and Hugh Cairns (Australia)
  
  
• CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN ROCK-MARKINGS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ANTHRO-POLO-GI-CAL AND INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES
  Chaired by Graeme Ward (Australia)
  
  
• SETTING THE SCENE: THE ALICE SPRINGS AND REGIONAL CONTEXT
  Chaired by G. Ward and C. San Roque (Australia)
  
  
• INDIGENOUS PERCEPTIONS BY THE USERS AND MAKERS OF ROCK ART
  Chaired by F. Prins (South Africa) and J. Drew (Australia)
  
  
• ROCK ART AND ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
  Chaired by Paul Faulstich (U.S.A.), Paul Taçon (Australia) and David Bennett (Australia)
  
  
• DATING ROCK ART
  Chaired by Alan Watchman (Australia), Marian Hyman (U.S.A.) and Marvin Rowe (U.S.A.)
  
  
• EPISTEMOLOGY AND ROCK ART RESEARCH
  Chaired by R. G. Bednarik (Australia) and K. K. Chakravarty (India)
  
  
• NEWS OF THE WORLD II - IRAC 2000
  Chaired by Angelo Fossati (Italy) and Paul Bahn (U.K.)
  
  
• THE TECHNICAL EXAMINATION AND PRESERVA-TION OF PAINTED SITES
  Chaired by Jacques Brunet (France), Cliff Ogleby (Australia) and Andrew Thorn (Australia)
  
  
• RECORDING, STORING AND COMMUNICATING ROCK ART DATA
  Chaired by Mila Simões de Abreu (Portugal), Jane Kolber (U.S.A.) and Andrea Arcà (Italy)
  
  
• ROCK ART OF THE AMERICAS
  Chaired by Mario Consens (Uruguay) and Jack Steinbring (U.S.A.)
  
  
• ROCK ART IN AFRICA
  Chaired by Jean-Loïc Le Quellec and Manuel Gutierrez (France)
  
  
• CURRENT STUDENT RESEARCH: THE FUTURE OF ROCK ART STUDIES
  Chaired by Reinaldo Morales, Jr. and Alanah Woody (U.S.A.)
  
  
• OPEN SESSION
  Presentation of rock art-related subjects not covered above