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Third International Palaeontological Congress (IPC3)
London, UK 28 June – 3 July 2010

IPC is a major international meeting held once every 4 years under the auspices of the International Palaeontological Association. The meeting provides a showcase for all that is exciting and new in the fields of palaeontology and palaeobiology. IPC3 in 2010 is hosted by the Palaeontological Association and partner organizations, and will be based in Imperial College and the Natural History Museum in the heart of London's 'Albertopolis'. The programme will comprise field trips, plenary lectures, workshops, contributed talks and posters, and thematic symposia.

For further details and announcements visit the meeting website: http://www.ipc3.org/

EPPC conferences usually host a small but enthusiastic group of Quaternary (Pleistocene and Holocene) pollen and plant macrofossil scientists. In accordance with the tradition of the EPPC conferences, oral and poster presentations are welcome to introduce the latest findings and results of palaeobotanical and palynological research. We are looking forward to receiving presentations focusing on Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic taxonomy, palaeofloristics, taphonomy, palaeoecology and palaeoclimate studies are all of great interest. Symposia, poster sessions, and meetings associated with workshops will be included in the scientific program.

CALL FOR SYMPOSIA
We are inviting proposals from scientists dealing with any field of palaeobotany, palynology and associated sciences to organize symposia and workshops, and we encourage all of you to contribute new ideas, topics and concepts to enhance the scientific quality of the conference and attract more participants. Symposium proposals may address any topic related to palaeobotany and palynology. The preliminary scientific programme includes Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic (Palaeogene-Neogene and Quaternary) palaeobotany and palynology sessions giving the framework for symposia. Please send proposals in electronic format to Boglarka Erdei (email: paleobot@bot.nhmus.hu). Deadline for proposals is 15 November, 2009.
For further information on the call for symposia: http://www.eppc2010.org/modules.php?name=scientific

REGISTRATION
This is to inform you that registration and hotel information are published on the website of EPPC conference.
Conference registration will open on 1 November 2009.

SOCIAL PROGRAMS
You can find detailed information on social programs at http://www.eppc2010.org/modules.php?name=soc_prog

PROFESSIONAL FIELD TRIPS Various pre- and post-conference field trips will be organized for the participants to ensure that all can select the one that fits their personal interest. http://www.eppc2010.org/modules.php?name=professional

If you are interested in EPPC 2010 Conference, please contact the conference secretariat via the following link, so that we could keep you informed about the latest news and the event. http://www.eppc2010.org/modules.php?name=contact
Come and join the 8th European Palaeobotany-Palynology Conference and experience the Hungarian hospitality!

Second International Sclerochronology Conference (ISC2010)
Mainz, Germany 24 - 28 July 2010

Sclerochronology is the study of physical and chemical variations in the accretionary hard tissues of organisms, and the temporal context in which they formed. Sclerochronology focuses primarily upon growth patterns reflecting annual, monthly, fortnightly, tidal, daily, and sub-daily increments of time entrained by a host of environmental and astronomical pacemakers. Familiar examples include yearly banding in reef coral skeletons or daily and annual growth increments and lines in mollusk shells. Sclerochronology is analogous to dendrochronology, the study of annual rings in trees, and equally seeks to deduce organismal life history traits as well as to reconstruct records of environmental and climatic change through time and space.

Anyone working on or interested in the formation and interpretation of growth patterns in accretionary hard parts of invertebrate or vertebrate organisms, their geochemistry and crystal fabrics or the underlying processes of biomineralization should attend this conference. We also welcome contributions from people working with tree rings, speleothems and related geoarchives.

For further information please visit the meeting website: http:// www.scleroconferences.de /.

Flugsaurier 2010: Third International Symposium on Pterosaurs
Beijing, China 5 – 10 August 2010

Pterosaurs are amongst the most fascinating and enigmatic of all extinct creatures. Thanks to some spectacular fossil finds in recent years our understanding of the palaeobiology and evolutionary history of these ‘flying reptiles’ has seen several dramatic advances. Some of the most important discoveries, including the first eggs with embryos, have been made in China where the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous is currently producing new species of pterosaurs at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world. In recognition of this the Third International Symposium on Pterosaurs, “Flugsaurier 2010”, will be held in China in August 2010. This will be the third international pterosaur symposium and follows successful meetings held in France in 2001 and Germany in 2007.

The meeting will be organized by the Geological Survey of China, sponsored by the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and co-sponsored by the Bureau of Fossil Protection, Liaoning Provincial Department of National Land Resources, and the People's Government of Yixian.

The meeting is planned for 5th-10th August, 2010. Talks, posters, at least one open discussion session and (subject to availability) examination of specimens, are planned for the first three days of the meeting. This will be followed by an optional three day field excursion to view exposures of the Jehol Group and exhibitions/collections of fossils from this sequence which has yielded more than 100 specimens of pterosaurs in the last 10 years. All those interested in pterosaurs and the communities and environments in which they lived are encouraged to attend.

1. Meeting aims: As in previous symposia this meeting is intended to cover all aspects of pterosaur palaeobiology and the world in which they lived:
(a) The origin and evolution of pterosaurs
(b) Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny
(c) Palaeobiology including anatomy, functional morphology and ontogeny
(d) Taphonomy, sedimentology and environments of preservation
(e) Ecosystems and contemporaneous fauna and flora

2. Meeting Programme:

(a) Academic sessions (3 days): Oral presentations: These will consist of key-note lectures (45 minutes) and talks (30 minutes). These times include at least 5 minutes for discussion. Posters: There will be at least one poster session (further details will be given in the second circular) Language: English

(b) Field excursion (3 days): North-east China. This will include visits to field sites, exhibitions and collections primarily in Liaoning Province.

3. Abstracts and Symposium Volumes:

An abstract volume will be prepared for distribution at the meeting. The abstract submission deadline is March 31st, 2010. No abstracts will be accepted after this date. Abstracts of up to two printed pages (A4) are preferred, but longer abstracts will be considered. Preferred formats are “Word” for text files and “JPG” for figures. A symposium volume is planned for publication in 2011 and will be open to both attendees and non-attendees. The manuscript deadline will be December 31st, 2010 (further details will be given in the second circular).

4. Expression of interest/information:

If you are interested in attending this meeting please send us an expression of interest indicating your plans to attend the academic session and the field trip, possible talk/poster title(s) and likelihood that you will be accompanied.

All correspondence (e-mail preferred), including any questions or suggestions, should be sent to Lü Junchang and Dave Unwin.

Dave Unwin
Department of Museum Studies
University of Leicester
103-105 Princess Road East
Leicester LE1 2LG
e-mail: dmu1@leicester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 116 252 3947

EQMal 2010 - Conference of the European Quaternary Malacologists
Szeged, Hungary 15 – 18 August 2010

The meeting of the European Quaternary Malacologists is this year in honour of the 75th birthday of Professor Endre Krolop. The conference will focus on different aspects of Quaternary environment and stratigraphy, as well as archaeozoological research related to molluscs.

Web updates via the meeting blog at: http://eqmal2010.blogspot.com/

The 5th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber
Beijing, China 20 – 25 August 2010

The 5th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber will be held at Capital Normal University in Beijing, China from 20th to 25th August 2010. A series of scientific sessions – including plenary and special sessions, and special group meetings, in addition to mid-conference and post-conference field excursions – will be organized. Social events and programmes will also be arranged.

Preliminary schedule:
20 August: Registration and welcome reception
21 August: Opening Ceremony and group photo, Conference symposia and general sessions
22 August: Conference symposia and general sessions; Congress Banquet
23 August: Mid-conference social programme and conference excursion
24 August: Conference symposia and general sessions
25 August: Conference symposia and general sessions, workshops, Closing Ceremony
26–28 August: Post-conference field excursions

Abstracts for the meeting are due by 31st March 2010. A request for abstracts will be announced in the Second Circular, which will also have instructions for their electronic submission.

The mid-Conference social programme will be a visit to the Great Wall and Ming Tombs.

The post-Conference excursion will visit the Jurassic–Cretaceous Biota of Northern China: Insects, Feathered Dinosaurs, Basal Birds, Mammals, and Angiosperms. In recent years, the study of the Jurassic–Cretaceous Biota has been progressing rapidly in Western Liaoning of China. A lot of very significant fossils have been found in this area. Up to now, about 23 kinds of fossils in the Jehol and Yanliao Biota have been reported from Western Liaoning, including insects, dinosaurs, lizards, choristoderes, pterosaurs, birds, mammals, turtles, amphibians (anurans and salamanders), fishes, conchostracans, ostracods, bivalves, gastropods, shrimps, limuloids, spiders, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms,algae, pores and pollens. Western Liaoning of China is really a rare treasury of Mesozoic fossils and a magnificent place to study the origin and evolution of insects, birds, eutherian mammals and angiosperms. This trip begins and ends in Beijing, including two localities in Beipiao City, one locality in Chaoyang City and one locality in Lingyuan City of Western Liaoning.

The registration fee is US$350 (students US$200, accompanying person US$200), which will cover the expenses of the meeting resources and support, congress publication (congress special issues, abstract volume and programme, not provided for accompanying members), conference bag, T-shirt, tea and coffee breaks, all meals from 20th to 26th August, Mid-Conference social programme to Great Wall and Ming Tombs on 23rd August, icebreaker reception, and conference lunch and dinner. The Congress Banquet on the evening of 22nd August will be available for regular registrants without additional charge.

Note:
1. Registration fees are subject to modification depending on the exchange rate between the Chinese Yuan RMB and US$. The rate of exchange on 23rd January was US$100 = 680.37RMB Yuan.)

2. Payment: A down-payment for the meeting and field trips will be requested in the Second Circular. The balance will be due at the time of the meeting, payable in US$.

3. Outstanding students and distinguished retired palaeoentomologists may apply for limited financial support (free of charge for Registration Fees and Accommodation from 20th to 26th August). All applicants should give an oral presentation and contribute an original manuscript to the Proceedings for evaluation by the Organizing Committee.

If you would like to receive the Second Circular with the programme outline, registration and abstract forms and the application for accommodation, please contact the Conference Organizing Committee before 31st December 2009 at the address below:

Prof. and Dr Dong REN
College of Life Science
Capital Normal University
105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District
Beijing, 100048
P.R. China
E-mail: rendong@mail.cnu.edu.cn
or rendongprof@yahoo.com.cn
Fax: 0086-10-68980851
Tel: 0086-10-68901757 (office)
Cell: 0086-13661048193

8th International Symposium, Cephalopods – Present and Past (8ISCPP)
Dijon, France 31 August – 3 September 2010

The "International Symposium, Cephalopods Present and Past" (ISCPP) brings together all scientists working on extant or extinct cephalopods. The diversity of this group of molluscs, together with its broad temporal and spatial distribution, makes it a successful model for addressing key scientific issues. We are proud to host the 8th ISCPP at the University of Burgundy, Dijon, France from August 31 to September 3, 2010. It will be a unique opportunity for sharing research ideas and recent findings on all aspects of cephalopod biology and evolution. We strongly encourage young scientists to attend this symposium. Studies using cutting-edge techniques and original approaches are particularly welcome. Dijon is located 310 km (186 miles) from Paris and it takes only about 90 minutes to go there by train. Two fieldtrips will follow the symposium. A one day fieldtrip in Burgundy and a four days fieldtrip beginning near Lyons and continuing in the “Réserve Géologique de Haute-Provence” (South of France).

For further details e-mail: Pascal.Neige@u-bourgogne.fr

International Conference on Geoevents, Geological Heritage, and the Role of the IGCP
Caravaca de la Cruz (Spain) September 15–18, 2010

During this first decade of the XXIst Century interest continues about those global phenomena which produced relevant changes in the Earth's Natural History: life evolution, climate with extreme representatives, such as Ice House Earth and Green House Earth, global balance of carbon cycle, biosphere-geosphere feedback, plate tectonic and orogenies, extraterrestrial phenomena, etc. A lot of IGCP projects over more than 25 years, have had activities in those fields, and have improved our understanding of the long history of our planet, as far back as the late Proterozoic or more recently in the Ice House Quaternary. IGCP projects are a successful arena for interdisciplinary research, especially since the 1980s, e.g., IGCP project nº 216 Biological events in Earth History, where geochemists, paleontologists, stratigraphers, sedimentologists, etc., collaborated and made the geological record more understandable.

The CBGA 2010 Congress extends a warm welcome to scientists working in the broader Carpathian Balkan region. The primary goal of the Congress is the presentation of the most recent advances in Earth and Environmental Sciences, mainly in the Carpathian-Balkan Region and the surroundings, aiming at highlighting their impacts on natural resources, natural hazards, and environmental problems. Oral and poster presentations, keynote lectures, workshops and special symposia are among the Congress activities.

DEADLINE FOR FULL PAPERS DECEMBER 31st 2009

Much has happened in the palaeontological world of Southeast Asia since the 1st International Conference on Palaeontology of Southeast Asia (ICPSEA) in 2003. Now is a good time to discuss new dinosaur discoveries, new palaeogeographical views and even new important sections. We particularly welcome participants from overseas to share their views of the past of Southeast Asia.

The Second International Conference on Palaeontology of Southeast Asia is open to all individuals who are interested in the fields of palaeontology and geology including sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics, etc. The committee of ICPSEA 2010 welcomes the submission of abstracts or full papers for oral and poster sessions.

For more information, please visit the meeting website: http://www.prc.msu.ac.th/icpsea2010/
or email the meeting organizers at: icpsea@msu.ac.th