Programme and Deadlines
Abstract submission and registration is currently open.
Abstract submission deadline February 28, 2010.
Early Bird Registration deadline February 28, 2010
This is a provisional programme and there may be some minor changes once all abstracts have been received. However, we do not expect significant changes in the general structure.
Plenary and keynote talks 30 minutes, all others 15 minutes (this includes time for questions/discussion)
Unless otherwise indicated, venue is Imperial College
| Date/Time | Morning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session | Venue | Symposium/Event | |||
| Pre-conference fieldtrips | |||||
| 28th June | Monday | 1200-1800 | Sherfield Hall | Registration | |
| 1900- | Evening | Sherfield Hall | Ice breaker | ||
| 29th June | Tuesday | 0900-1230 | Morning | Sherfield Hall | Registration |
| Royal Geographical Society | Welcome Plenary Symposium |
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| 1230-1330 | Lunch | Sherfield Hall | |||
| 1330-1700 | Afternoon | Lecture Theatre G131 | 15. Palaeozoic climate | ||
| Lecture Theatre G147 | 12. Chemosynthetic communities | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G151 | 7. Brachiopoda | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G228 | 10. Geomicrobiology | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G20 | 17. Functional morphology | ||||
| 1700-1800 | Sherfield Hall | Posters | |||
| 1900 | Evening | Royal Geographical Society | Reception/Pay bar | ||
| 1930 | Public lecture | ||||
| 2030 | Pay bar | ||||
| 30th June | Wednesday | 0900-1230 | Morning | Flett Lecture Theatre (NHM) | 1. Lyell Symposium - geological and fossil records & biodiversity |
| Lecture Theatre G131 | 20. Taphonomy of skeletons and soft tissues | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G147 | 23. Palaeontology of China | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G151 | 9. Devonian bioevents | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G228 | 19. Major transitions in the early evolution of life | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G20 | 3. Micropalaeontological record of global change | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G41 | 6. Palaeontological data analysis | ||||
| 1230-1330 | Lunch | Sherfield Hall | |||
| 1330-1700 | Afternoon | Flett Lecture Theatre (NHM) | 1. Lyell Symposium - geological and fossil records & biodiversity | ||
| Lecture Theatre G131 | 20. Taphonomy of skeletons and soft tissues | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G147 | 23. Palaeontology of China | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G151 | 24. Life on land | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G228 | 19. Major transitions in the early evolution of life | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G20 | 3. Micropalaeontological record of global change | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G41 | 6. Palaeontological data analysis | ||||
| 1700- | Sherfield Hall | Posters | |||
| 1st July | Thursday | 0900-1230 | Morning | To be announced | Workshops |
| 1230-1330 | Lunch | Sherfield Hall | |||
| 1330-1700 | Afternoon | To be announced | Workshops | ||
| 1700-1800 | Shefield Hall | Posters | |||
| 1900 | Evening | Natural History Museum, Central Hall | Reception | ||
| 1930 | Conference Dinner | ||||
| 2nd July | Friday | 0900-1230 | Morning | Flett Lecture Theatre (NHM) | 5. Palaeontological collections |
| Lecture Theatre G131 | 2. Macroevolution and the modern synthesis | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G147 | 22. Vertebrate dentitions | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G228 | 14. Molecular palaeontology | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G20 | 4. Microfossils and the tree of life | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G41 | 26. Time-specific facies | ||||
| 1230-1330 | Lunch | Sherfield Hall | |||
| 1330-1700 | Afternoon | Flett Lecture Theatre (NHM) | 5. Palaeontological collections | ||
| Lecture Theatre G131 | 2. Macroevolution and the modern synthesis | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G147 | 18. Teeth to Tibet | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G228 | 14. Molecular palaeontology | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G20 | 4. Microfossils and the tree of life | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G41 | 26. Time-specific facies | ||||
| 1700- | Sherfield Hall | Posters | |||
| 3rd July | Saturday | 0900-1230 | Morning | Lecture Theatre G131 | 16. Rates of morphological evolution |
| Lecture Theatre G151 | 8. Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G228 | 13. Biotic recovery after mass extinction events | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G20 | 21. Phylogenetic approaches to large-scale events in the history of life | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G41 | 27. Open symposium | ||||
| 1230-1330 | Lunch | Sherfield Hall | |||
| 1330-1700 | Afternoon | Lecture Theatre G131 | 16. Rates of morphological evolution | ||
| Lecture Theatre G151 | 11. Palaeozoic palynology | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G228 | 13. Biotic recovery after mass extinction events | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G20 | 21. Phylogenetic approaches to large-scale events in the history of life | ||||
| Lecture Theatre G41 | 27. Open symposium | ||||
| 1700 | Conference closes | ||||
| 4th July | Sunday | Post-conference fieldtrips | |||