paleonet Re: ICOS 2006, meeting in Leicester

[Mark Purnell <map2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Er, obviously that should have read 'a little more than 24 hours to the June
9 deadline', not July 9.
Thanks to those people who pointed this out offline.

Mark


On 8/6/06 12:50, "Mark Purnell" <map2@leicester.ac.uk> wrote:

> ICOS 2006, July 12 - 30, 2006.
> University of Leicester, Leicester, U.K.
> 
> Conodonts and other aspects of vertebrate biology and evolution
> 
> Details and online booking at:
> http://www.le.ac.uk/gl/conodont/ICOS2006/ICOS2006.html
> 
> With a little more than 24 hours to go before the July 9 abstract submission
> deadline this is a final reminder for anyone wishing to submit a talk or
> poster for ICOS 2006. Registration for the meeting will be possible after July
> 9th, but a late booking fee will apply.
> 
> This year marks the Sesquicentennial of C. H. Pander's monograph
> in which conodonts were described for the first time, but Pander also
> described a number of other vertebrates and was a pioneer of vertebrate
> embryology.
> To celebrate the anniversary, ICOS will include a Pander symposium,
> considering Pander's broader scientific contribution.
> Keynote speakers in this symposium will include:
> 
> Professor R. J. Aldridge (Leicester), on Pander and the phylogenetic position
> of the conodonts - then and now
> Professor Simon Knell (Museum Studies, Leicester), on Pander¹s enigma: the
> first century of conodont studies
> Professor Anthony Graham (Developmental Biology, King's College, London) on
> Pander's embryological work and the current state of the art
> Professor Peter Forey (Palaeontology, Natural History Museum) on Pander 1856
> and ostracoderm vertebrates - from bits of scale to living fishes
> 
> Other contributions dealing with any aspect of Pander's scientific legacy are
> also welcome.
> 
> Much of ICOS 2006, the first International Conodont Symposium will focus on
> conodonts, and keynote addresses by leading authorities in the field will
> summarize the current state of the art. Anyone with an interest is welcome to
> attend all or part of the meeting.
> 
> Details and online booking at:
> http://www.le.ac.uk/gl/conodont/ICOS2006/ICOS2006.html

Dr Mark A. Purnell
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University of Leicester
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