The Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association will be held between 16-18 December 2020, and run as a virtual conference, with all events taking place online. The organising committee is chaired by Dr Jack Matthews, and the event will be hosted online by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday 17th December at 16.30 GMT. The AGM will include the announcement of the newly-elected Council members and the presentation of this year's Association medals and awards. All members are strongly encouraged to attend the AGM and should see recent e-mails for details of how to join.
The Annual Address will be given on Thursday 17th December at 19.00 GMT.
The first day of the Annual Meeting will feature a Symposium entitled "New Ideas on Old Fossils: A Symposium of Early Career Palaeontologists from Around the World". The Symposium will be from 14.45 to 17.30 GMT and is sponsored by Wiley.
The details of the speakers can be found below:
Registration is now closed. We are unable to accept late registration requests.
Registration and abstract submission opened in early September. Abstract submission closed at 23.59 BST (UTC+1) on Friday 9th October. Early bird pricing also ended at 23.59 BST (UTC+1) on Friday 9th October. The final deadline for registration is 23.59 GMT (UTC+0) on Friday 27th November.
The complete abstract booklet can be downloaded here: Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting 2020 - Abstract Booklet.
If you would like to host a fringe event at this year’s Annual Meeting, please e-mail annualmeeting2020@palass.org to arrange for details to be advertised to delegates. Fringe events can be hosted on Tuesday 15th December, or at lunchtimes during the Annual Meeting.
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The organisers of the Annual Meeting gratefully acknowledge the support of the following sponsors. Click on the logos for more information:
