Title: First Annual Midwest Symposium of Student
Paleontologi
Hello!
First off, we would like to introduce ourselves. This e-mail is
originating from the Paleontology Club of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Our group is composed of undergraduate
students, graduate students, and professionals here at the University
who are interested in various aspects of Paleontology, both
professionally and recreationally. It is from our professional
influences, however, that we are proud to make the following
announcement to everyone here at this list server.
The Paleontology Club at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is proud
to announce the First Annual Midwest Symposium of Student
Paleontologic Research. This symposium will be held on March 5-6 and
will provide an opportunity for students, both graduate and
undergraduate, to share their research among their peers. All
forms of paleontology and related geology are welcome, including, but
not limited to, vertebrate, invertebrate and micropaleontology,
geochemistry, ichnofossils, biomechanics, paleoecology, paleobotany,
and stratigraphy related to understanding fossils.
The deadline for abstract submission is December 12, 2003.
Abstracts will be submitted online and registration can be
accomplished by online credit card payment or by downloading the
registration form and mailing the form and check payment to the
address specified on the website given below.
The Schedule of events is as follows:
Friday, March 5: Welcome reception in the UW-Geology Museum
Saturday, March 6: Talks throughout the day with a poster
session in the afternoon.
Saturday night, March 6: A dinner banquet with tentative keynote
speaker:
Dr. Robert H. Dott Jr., speaking on Cambrian Storm Deposits and
Associated Fossils.
For more information, including registration and submission
guidelines,
see the MSSPR webpage at http://sit.wisc.edu/~paleoclub/msspr or
e-mail us at
paleoclub_uw@geology.wisc.edu.
Thank you for your time,
MSSPR Organizational Committee:
Daniel Hyslop
Shasta McGee
Clint Boyd