- Anne Bosted (USA) – cavepics.com - Max Wisshak (Germany) – speleo-photo.de Instagram: @maxwisshak - Thomas Exel (Austria) – lichtbildarchiv.com/Instagram: Thomas Marban.exel - Mirjam Widmer (Switzerland) – mirjam-widmer.ch #UISCavePhotoContest

A huge thank you to all participants for sharing their unique vision of responsible caving and to our esteemed jury for their invaluable contributions. Follow UIS for more updates: uis-speleo.org #UISCavePhotoContest #ResponsibleCaving #CavePhotography #Speleology

1st Place – Kay Nicte Vilchis Zapata (Mexico) UIS Cave Photo Contest – 1st Place Winner! Photographer: Kay Nicte Vilchis Zapata 🇲🇽 Winning Photo: Xi'ím Ha Sinkhole Restoration #UISCavePhotoContest #ResponsibleCaving #CavePhotography #Speleology #CaveConservation

2nd Place – Marcos Silverio (Australia) UIS Cave Photo Contest – 2nd Place Winner! Photographer: Marcos Silverio 🇦🇺 Winning Photo: Crystal Cave, Western Australia #UISCavePhotoContest #ResponsibleCaving #CavePhotography #Speleology #CaveConservation

2nd Place (Tie) – Daniel Menin (Brazil) UIS Cave Photo Contest – 2nd Place Winner! Photographer: Daniel Menin 🇧🇷 Winning Photo: The Bat Cave – Urubu Cave, Brazil #UISCavePhotoContest #ResponsibleCaving #CavePhotography #Speleology #CaveConservation

3rd Place – Rainer Straub (Germany) UIS Cave Photo Contest – 3rd Place Winner! Photographer: Rainer Straub 🇩🇪 Winning Photo: "Careful – Aragonite" #UISCavePhotoContest #ResponsibleCaving #CavePhotography #Speleology #CaveConservation

Call for Applications: UIS Bureau (Term 2025–2029) The new UIS Bureau will be elected during the 2nd General Assembly of the ICS on 27 July 2025 in Brazil. For more information, visit uis-speleo.org/index.php/2025…

We are glad to share with you 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝟔𝟕-𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧. The PDF Interactive format can be downloaded by clicking on the link: uis-speleo.org/wp-content/upl…

In front of the 60th anniversary cake

Election of UIS president on General Assembly second session.

Let's welcome the new UIS Bureau (2025-2029) President: Zdeněk Motyčka (Czech Republic) Vice President of Administration:Mario Parise (Italy) Vice President of Operations:Mladen Garašic (Croatia) Secretary General: Johannes Mattes (Austria) Treasurer: Nadja Zupan Hajna (Slovenia)

Let's welcome the new UIS Bureau (2025-2029) UIS Adjunct Secretaries: Ángel Acosta-Colón (Puerto Rico) José María Calaforra (Spain) Allan Silas Calux (Brazil) John Gunn (United Kingdom) Val Hildreth-Werker (USA) Marc Mentens (Philippines) Nathalia Uasapud (Colombia)