Overview
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association will be held at the University of Portsmouth, on the south coast of the UK. The organizing committee is chaired by Nicholas Minter, with support from colleagues in the Palaeontology, Evolution and Biodiversity Research Group in the School of the Environment and Life Sciences.
The meeting will take place from the 11th to 15th December 2025, with an Early-Career Researcher Event on the afternoon of Thursday 11th December and a one-day post-conference field trip on Monday 15th December. An assortment of workshops will be held across teaching rooms and laboratories on the University of Portsmouth campus during the morning of Friday 12th December, followed by a themed symposium on “Experimental Palaeontology” during the afternoon and an Icebreaker in the early evening. The symposium will include a diverse range of researchers at different career stages to showcase the breadth of activities where experimental methods and hypothesis testing are being used to address questions within palaeontology. The main scientific sessions of talks and posters will be held on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th December across the Richmond and Portland buildings on the University of Portsmouth campus. The Annual Address will be held in Richmond Building in the late afternoon of Saturday 13th December and will be followed in the evening by the Annual Dinner on board the HMS Warrior in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard.
Registration
Registration is expected to open late July/early August.
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