The abstract submission deadline for NAPC2005 in Halifax in June 2005 has been extended to February 28, 2005.
Symposia list is as follows (however there will also be open sessions and posters):
Diversity-Abundance Relationships in the Fossil Record: Measure & Meaning
Jaws! False teeth and Gums - what makes a vertebrate a vertebrate
Carboniferous Terrestrial Ecosystems: Lessons from the Icehouse Tropics
Monitoring in coastal environments with microfossils
Theory and Applications for Quantitative Models of Fossil Form
The first step towards the development of taxonomic dictionaries for all Phanerozoic organisms
Ediacaran paleobiology: paleontological, molecular, embryological, and ecological constraints
Correlation of Devonian marine and terrestrial strata
CONQUERING THE WATERS AND THE LAND: THE FIRST 250 MILLION YEARS OF BONY VERTEBRATES
Polar Paleontology: The fossil record of high latitude environments.
Rates and Dates: The Promise and Prospect of High-Resolution Analysis of Evolutionary Rates
Astropaleontology
Contact information for each symposium is listed on the NAPC2005 website below. Also if you are planning on going on field trips, some of these are filling up so indicate your preferences soon!!
Hope to see many of you in June!
David B. Scott, director
Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3J5 CANADA
PH: 902-494-3604; FAX: 902-494-3877/6889
email: dbscott@dal.ca
http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/staff/dbscott/scott.htm
NAPC2005:http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/napc/napc2005-s.htm