Re: NAPC Update

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Dear Doug:
Can you tell me where we stand with respect to the vendobiont symposium?
I had a message from Brian Heber hinting that something might be possible
but I have not been able to speak to him.
Cheers. Bruce
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> Here's an update for those of you planning to come to Washington DC
> from 9-12 June, 1996 for sixth NOrth American Paleontological Convention.
> NAPC-96 will be held at the National Museum of Natural History in
> Washington.  Abstract forms and the Final Circular will be mailed to
> those who expressed interest to the first circular (To do so, please
> send name and address to: NAPC-96, Dept. of Paleobiology MRC-121,
> Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560).  THe Final Circular
> will be distributed in late Sept/ early Oct 1995.  The Abstract submittal
> deadline will be 19 January, 1996; Registration will be due by 19 April
> 1996.  A limited number of student travel grants will be awarded (open
> to BOTH graduate and undergraduate students) in the amount of $500.  These
> are discussed in the final circular.
>   Organized symposia include:
> Community Unity? M.A. Buzas and W. Dimichele
> Predictive Stratigraphic Analysis, CB Cecil, NC Arens
> Land Access Issues in fossil Collecting, J. Pojeta
> Recent Advances in Dinosarian Distribution and Paleobiogeography, TR Holtz
> Invertebrate Paleoethology, RG Bromley and  AA Ekdale
> Origin and Early Evolution of Whales, LG Barnes
> Quantitative Stratigraphic Paleontology, HR Lane
> Morphospace Concepts in Paleontology, RE CHapman, MA WIlls and DH Erwin
> Origin and Evolution of Terrestrial Herbivory, CC Labandeira, HD Sues
> Dinosaurs in the public eye, JM CLark
> Biolgical signature of Sequence Stratigraphic Units, S Root and J. Armentrout
> Integration of Chronstratigraphic Zonations for Regional and Worldwide App
>   lications, R. Scott
> Ordovician Radiations and Extinction Event, ML Droser and PM Sheehan
> Understanding Biodiversity Patterns: Historical and Biogeographical
>   Perspecives, K. Roy and M. Patzdowsky
> THe Conodont Animal, MP Smith and BR Wardlaw,
>
> In addition to the general contributed paper sessions, we have also
> scheduled the following Theme Sessions which are open to all:
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> Preserved DNA and other biomolecules in fossil material
> Pan-American Fossil Perspectives
> Ecological Competitiveness in Migrations
> THe role of Paleontology in geological and environmental problems
> Fossil Mutualisms: Implications for Speciation and Community Organization
> Biological Recoveries after Mass Extinctions
> Fossil Data in Climate Change Studies
> Paleontological Databases: Applications and Accessibility
> History of American Paleontology
>
> Doug Erwin
>