Pusat Penelitian Biologi LIPI, Masyarakat Speleologi Indonesia (Indonesian Speleological Society) dan Perkumpulan Mahasiswa Pecinta Alam Institut Pertanian Bogor (Lawalata IPB) menyelenggarakan kegiatan diskusi panel dan kunjungan lapangan SpeleoTalks – “Protection and Management of Caves and Karst”. Bersama Dr. Jean-Pierre Bartholeyns (Adjunct Secretary UIS and President of the UIS Department of Karst Protection), Sigit Wiantoro, M.Sc. (Bats Researcher at Research Center for Biology LIPI), Fredy Chandra, S.T. (Coordinator of Research,Development and Expedition of Indonesian Speleological Society) dan Yuniat Irawati (Kemendagri).