Future Meetings

This conference has been postponed from July 2020. The scientific programme will be devoted to the latest developments in studies of living and fossil dinoflagellates. Dinoflagellates are one of the most important groups of planktonic and benthic marine microalgae and, as such, are of interest to both biologists and geologists. In keeping with the tradition of this conference series, the programme of the meeting (held only every three to five years) will consist of oral presentations and posters, supplemented by a small number of invited and keynote talks.

• Read more about International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates (DINO 12)

The 18th conference of the EAVP has been postponed from July 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The conference will be hosted by the Ente Geopaleontologico di Pietraroja and the operational office of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Caserta e Benevento in southern Italy, a land of history, art and culture.

• Read more about 18th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP2021)

This meeting has been postponed from June 2020. The meeting will feature several sessions with a palaeobiological theme, including ‘Sedimentary environments as the theatres of life and evolution’ (session T05-SS05). Researchers from a broad range of fields including ichnology, palaeoecology, sedimentary geology, geochemistry and geomorphology, in both marine and non-marine settings, have been encouraged to contribute.

• Read more about 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology

The congress is postponed from September 2020 and will celebrate 200 years of modern palaeobotany. 1820 saw the first use of binomial nomenclature for fossil plants by the Czech ‘Father of Palaeobotany’ Caspar Maria Sternberg, who published Flora der Vorwelt in this year. Palynology and palaeobotany have a long tradition in the Czech Republic with several eminent pioneers. The scientific programme will cover all aspects of palaeo- and actuopalynology and palaeobotany. Several congress field-trips will be on offer around parts of Bohemia and Moravia.

• Read more about XV International Palynological Congress and XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Congress (XV IPC-XI IOP)

This 'mini' half day virtual conference will consist of oral presentations, posters and a live Q&A with presenters. A full programme for the event can be seen on the Marine Reptile Conference website. The conference will start at 13:00 BST (12:00 UTC) and close at 17:00 BST (16:00 UTC). To register, please use the link above. There is a small charge of £5 to cover the expenses of running the conference. We look forward to welcoming you in May!

• Read more about Marine Reptiles Conference 2020

The Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) Summer Symposium is a small, fun, and relatively informal event held at the end of the summer each year. We aim to attract academics, professionals, educators, and students from all varieties of natural science disciplines including paleontology, biology, geology, and the earth sciences.

• Read more about Paleontological Research Institution - 14th Annual Summer Symposium

On behalf of the Organising Committee, we are pleased to invite you to take part in the Oxford Geoheritage Virtual Conference, to be hosted online by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The meeting will take place from 25-28 May 2020.

• Read more about Oxford Geoheritage Virtual Conference

We would like to encourage submissions to our session at the 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology taking place in Prague:

Sedimentary environments as the theatres of life and evolution (T05-SS05)

• Read more about Session on "Sedimentary Environments as the Theatres of Life and Evolution" at the 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology

We warmly invite you to submit an abstract to the inaugural Women in Earth Sciences conference (WiES) to be held at UCL from the 24th -25th June 2020.

• Read more about Women in Earth Sciences 2020

The 2022 meeting has been postponed from September 2020 to June 2022 (dates TBC). The 9th edition of TAPHOS and the International Council for Archaeozoology will bring together palaeontologists and archaeologists and also calls on other researchers to participate, such as forensic scholars, molecular biologists, histologists, anthropologists. A special tribute will be paid to Sixto Fernández-López, founder of the TAPHOS meetings, and to Peter Andrews for his innovative work on small mammal taphonomic methodology and palaeoenvironmental interpretations.

• Read more about 9th International Conference on Taphonomy and Fossilisation (Taphos) and 6th ICAZ Taphonomy Working Group meeting (ICAZ-TWG)