Third International Palaeontological Congress (IPC3)

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
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

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