RECOVERIES '97

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>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:39:00 +0100
>From: Petr Cejchan<recovery@gli.cas.cz>
>To: <HILBRECHT@erdw.ethz.ch>
>Subject:  cfp: RECOVERIES '97
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>Please forward this message to your
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>FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR
>PARTICIPATION - CALL FOR PAPERS
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>RECOVERIES '97
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>The final meeting of the UNESCO IGCP Project
>335
>"Biotic Recoveries from Mass Exctinctions"
>
>September 12-14, 1997
>Prague, Czech Republic
>
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>PLEASE, POINT YOUR WWW BROWSER
>TO:
>http://www.gli.cas.cz/conf/recovery/recovery.ht
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>About the project
>
>In the history of the Earth (including the
>recent), numerous events of ecosystem
>collapses occurred that were followed by
>recoveries and origination of new ecosystems.
>This significant transformation could be realised
>in numerous ways. The project aims to be a
>platform for the study of survival and recovery of
>the biosphere, and restructuring of global
>environments, following mass extinctions.
>
>The project outlines are:
>   (1) to study patterns of extinction/survivorship
>of organisms during the mass extinction
>events;
>   (2) to analyse the evolutionary and ecological
>strategies that allowed clades and
>communities to survive and initiate subsequent
>biotic recoveries;
>   (3) to study the structure of the deep-crisis
>ecosystem;
>   (4) to elucidate the recovery initiation
>mechanisms;
>   (5) to find the time, space and functional
>patterns of the recovery;
>   (6) to refine the data and tools for this
>discipline;
>   (7) to develop general models by means of
>comparison of individual global crises in Earth's
>history;
>   (8) to apply these (predictive) models to
>better understanding the modern environmental
>and biodiversity crises.
>
>This international project is headed by Douglas
>H. Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
>D.C., and Erle G. Kauffman, University of
>Colorado, Boulder. Over sixty countries are
>involved in the project.
>
>
>Audience
>
>The meeting should bring together
>palaeobiologists, palaeontologists, biologists,
>ecologists, systems theorists, and other
>persons that are interested in the topic.
>
>
>Organisers
>
>The conference is held under the auspices of
>the Geological Institute, Academy of Sciences,
>and is organised by:
>
>Petr Cejchan & Jindrich Hladil
>Geological Institute, Academy of Sciences
>Rozvojova 135
>CZ 165 02 Praha 6 Lysolaje
>Czech Republic
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>Venue
>
>The conference will be held at the new IKEM
>Conference Building, Videnska 800, Prague 4,
>Czech Republic, two bus-stops away from the
>Metro line C station "Kacerov", ca. 20 minutes
>off the city centre.
>
>
>Programme
>
>September 10            registration of pre-
>excursionists (afternoon)
>September 11            pre-session excursion to
>the Cretaceous of Bohemia; registration
>(afternoon)
>September 12            sessions
>September 13            sessions; banquet in the
>evening
>September 14            sessions
>September 15 -16        post-session excursion
>to the Palaeozoic of the Barrandian
>
>
>Accommodation (US$ per person & night)
>
>To reserve the hotel room, you will be asked to
>pay for accommodation before July 31, 1997.
>
>high-level ****
>A - single  185
>B - double  111
>
>medium ***
>C - single              70
>D - double              50
>E - apartment double    57
>F - apartment triple    44
>
>cheap **
>G - single (in 2x single apartment )    27
>H- double (in 2x double apartment )     20
>I - apartment double                    27
>
>
>Deadlines
>
>pre-registration (WWW or printed form)
>January 31, 1997
>abstracts                                 May 31, 1997
>
>following items are valid only when paid before
>the specified date:
>
>early registration and excursions         May 31,
>1997
>late registration and excursions
>September 12, 1997
>hotel reservation & payment               July 31,
>1997
>
>
>Payments (US$)
>
>early registration (before May 31, 1997)   late
>registration (after May 31, 1997)
>registration fee              250              300
>registration student fee      175              210
>pre-session excursion          50               60
>post-session excursion        100              120
>accompanying persons          150              180
>
>
>Contacts
>
>Please, direct all your correspondence related
>to the conference to the Conference Manager:
>
>Petra Hovorkova, Recoveries '97
>Eurocongress Centre
>Budejovicka 15
>CZ 140 00 Praha 4
>fax +42-2-61211247
>
>For conference update and details on the
>programme please consult:
>
>http://www.gli.cas.cz/conf/recovery/recovery.ht
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>e-mail: recovery@gli.cas.cz
>
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>Equipment
>
>The conference hall will be professionally
>equipped, including:
>two projection screens
>two 35 mm slide projectors
>one overhead projector
>computer presentation projection (Windows 95
>+ MS Power Point)
>video projection (VHS only)
>microphones.
>
>The poster presentation room will be equipped
>with poster panels and will be available during
>all the session days.
>
>
>Abstracts
>
>Abstracts should be submitted before May 31,
>1997, preferably as plain text on a DOS-
>formatted diskette. The abstract book will be
>included with the conference materials.
>Persons interested in obtaining the abstracts in
>advance can order the DOS-formatted diskette
>with abstracts for US$ 25 (after July 1, 1997).
>
>
>Contributions
>
>The conference will result in a refereed
>proceedings book (not included with the
>conference materials). Authors should submit
>their contributions to the conference
>proceedings book by September 12, 1997, i.e.,
>by the beginning of the sessions. Authors are
>asked to provide the text on a DOS-diskette,
>together with a paper proof.
>
>
>Student support
>
>3% of the conference budget will be used to
>support a limited number of student
>participants at lower fee. Students
>(undergraduate & graduate) must supply a
>certificate of their student status together with
>the pre-registration form. Pre-register soon to
>take the advantage of student support. Banquet
>is not included in student fee, however, other
>aspects do not differ from ordinary participants'
>ones.
>
>
>Pre-registration
>
>Please, use the pre-registration form included
>here, or  the electronic pre-registration feature
>at
>
>http://www.gli.cas.cz/conf/recovery/preform.htm
>
>to let us know about your interest and your
>preferences. You will be included with our
>mailing list. Your pre-registration will help us to
>estimate the real needs of the conference, as
>well as keep you informed.
>
>
>Second announcement
>
>The responders to the first announcement will
>obtain the second announcement (registration
>form, hotel reservation form & call for papers)
>during February, 1997.
>
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>PRE-REGISTRATION FORM
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>
>Please complete and return to:
>
>Petra Hovorkova
>Recoveries '97
>Eurocongress Centre
>Budejovicka 15
>CZ 140 00 Praha 4
>fax +42-2-61211247
>
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Geological Institute
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