Table of Contents

Introduction

Workshop Summary

Rationale

The Workshop

Selection of Delegates
Meeting Format
Mission/Vision Statement for Paleontology
Preamble/Paleo21 Goals

Pan-Paleontological Issues

1. The Image of Paleontology and Public Outreach

Summary
Introduction
Issues
Recommendations
Conclusions

2. Funding Scenarios for International Research Initiatives in Paleontology

Summary
Introduction and Disclaimer
Funding Policy
Funding Scenarios
Concluding Comments
References Cited

3. Human Resources and Education

Introduction
The Selling of Paleontology
Teaching and Curriculum Issues
Maintaining Paleontology and the Diversity of Paleontology in Institutions of Higher Learning
Supporting the Lone Paleontologist in Academia
Acknowledgements

4. Interdisciplinarity

Introduction
Future Aims and Needs

5. Paleoinformatics

Abstract
Introduction
Databases
Collections
Systematics
Electronic Publication
Summary

6. Research Initiative: Past and Future Dynamtics of the Biosphere

An International Initiative for Geobiology
 
 

Organizations

Paleontology in Academia: Recent Trends and Future Opportunities

Commercial Collectors in the 21st Century

Consultancies

Geobiology Funding Strategies

Paleontology in Government in the 21st Century

The Role of Avocational Paleontologists in the 21st Century

Industrial Paleontology

Paleontology in Museums in the 21st Century

Societies
 
 

Paleontological Themes

Astropaleobiology in the 21st Century

Biostratigraphy and Geochronology

The Analytical Approach to Morphology

Geobiology: Problems and Prospects

Macroevolution

Paleoclimatology in the 21st Century

Paleobiology and Taphonomy

Paleoceanography

Systematics - the Sine Qua Non of Paleontology
 
 

Paleontological Infrastructure

Computers, Quantification, and Databases

Collections in Paleontology

Paleontology and the Mass Media

Public Outreach

Paleontology in the 21st Century: Publications

Governmental Regulation and Paleontology in the 21st Century: A Comparative Report

University Education: The Issues