2nd Joint Conference of the Palaeontological Society of China &
the Paläontologische Gesellschaft
October 10–13, 2017, Yichang, Hubei Province, China
Second Circular
Following the successful 1st Joint Conference of the Palaeontological Society of China (PSC) and the
Paläontologische Gesellschaft (PalGes) held in Göttingen, Germany, in September 2013, great progress has been
made between China and Germany concerning palaeontology and related subjects. In order to summarise these four
years of progress as well as to promote further cooperation and exchanges and to present first results, the 2nd Joint
Conference will be held in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, from October 10th to 13th, 2017.
We cordially invite you to participate in the 2nd Joint Conference of the PSC and the PalGes this year under
the topic “Critical Intervals in Earth History: Palaeobiological Innovations”. We expect about 250 to 300 participants
from China, Germany and German-speaking countries to join us from research institutes, universities, museums,
popular educational systems as well as other organisations of palaeontology or related subjects.
The 2nd Joint Conference in Yichang will strengthen the academic exchanges for regional and global
stratigraphic correlations, biodiversity variations across critical intervals, global reconstructions of
palaeoenvironments and palaeogeography as well as geological exploration for energy resources.
Hosted by:
Palaeontological Society of China (PSC)
Paläontologische Gesellschaft (PalGes)
Sponsored by:
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
Department of Geological Environment, Ministry of Land and
Resources of the People’s Republic of China
Department of Earth Sciences, National Natural Science
Foundation of China (NSFC)
Palaeontological Experts Committee of China
China Fossil Preservation Foundation
Bureau of Frontier Sciences and Education, Chinese Academy
of Sciences (CAS)
Department of Land and Resources of Hubei Province
Organised by:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS (NIGPAS)
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Wuhan Centre of China Geological Survey
Geoscience Centre, Georg-August University Göttingen,
Germany (GZG)
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,
CAS (IVPP)
Co-organised by:
State Key Lab of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (SKLPS)
State Key Lab of Biogeology and Environmental Geology (BGEG)
Hubei Yichang Field Observation and Research Base for Stratigraphy and Palaeontology in
the Three Gorges Area, Ministry of Land and Resources of PRC
Key Lab of Paleontology and Coevolution of Life and Environment, China Geological
Survey
School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
College of Palaeontology, Shenyang Normal University
Key Lab of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of CAS
Key Lab of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography of CAS
Key Lab of Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Ministry of Land and Resources of the
PRC
Conference Venue:
The 2nd Joint Conference of the Palaeontological Society of China and the
Paläontologische Gesellschaft will be held in Yichang City of Hubei Province. Hubei
Province has fantastic historical culture and relics over 4000 years old, as well as diverse
geological heritage sites and national geoparks. Yichang is the second largest city in Hubei
Province and is one of the major cities in the Yangtze Gorges Area. This city has a variety
of geological heritage sites, well-developed strata and famous fossil biotas, and is thus
regarded as the Natural Field Geological Museum.
The typical sections and biotas range from Pre-Cambrian, Early Paleozoic, Late Paleozoic,
Mesozoic und Cenozoic, including the eastern Three Gorges Sinian Section of
Neoproterozoic (once studied by Prof. J. S. Lee in the 1920s), Doushantuo Biota, the
Ordovician GSSPs of Dapingian and Hirnantian in Huanghuachang and Wangjiawan, the
marine Permo-Triassic boundary Section in Xiakou town and the Upper Triassic to
Jurassic terrestrial sequences and Xiangxi Flora in Zigui basin.
All the congress sessions and accommodations will be arranged in Taohualing Hotel in
Yichang City.
Location and conference venue in Yichang City of Hubei Province
Language:
The official language of the Joint Conference will be English.
Scientific Programme
(Symposia):
The topic of the conference is “Critical Intervals in Earth History: Palaeobiological
Innovations”, and a variety of scientific sessions and programmes will be arranged,
including the following:
S1
Early Life Evolution
S2
Cambrian Fossil Lagerstätten and Taphonomy
S3
Evolution of Biodiversity and Palaeoenvironment in the Late Paleozoic
S4
Permian/Triassic Transition Ecosystem
S5
New Progress in Early Mesozoic Marine Vertebrates
S6
New Progress in Jehol and Yanliao Biotas
S7
Biodiversity Change and Palaeoenvironments across the Triassic/Jurassic Transition
S8
Terrestrial Ecosystems during the Jurassic/Cretaceous Transition
S9
The Transition of Biodiversity and Palaeoenvironments in the Cenozoic
S10
Neogene Palaeobotany and Palaeoclimate
S11
Integrative Stratigraphy
S12
Geobiodiversity Database, Quantitative Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography
S13
Cyclostratigraphy and High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy
S14
Palaeobotany and Palynology
S15
Micropalaeontology and its Practical Application
S16
Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography and Palaeoclimate
S17
Origin and Evolution of Ancient Vertebrates and Humans
S18
Molecular Biology
S19
Geobiology
S20
New Research Progress in Tibetan Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
S21
Palaeontological Museums and Science Education
S22
Fossils and Conservation
S23
New Technology and Advanced Methods in Palaeontological Research
Detailed information on scientific sessions/symposia and conveners will be announced by July 15th, 2017
Major auditorium for opening and plenary talks
etc. in the Taohualing Hotel
Area for poster sessions in the Taohualing Hotel
Awards:
As started in 2013 with the 1st Joint Conference in Göttingen we will award the Best
Talk and Best Poster for Young Scientists (young researchers and graduate students)
again to encourage participation of young scientists and students. Please mark in your
registration form that you would like to participate in the selection procedure for this
award.
Financial Grants:
We set up some grants available to about 20 to 30 members who need financial
support to attend the conference, especially young participants and graduate students
from Germany and other countries. Those who are interested in applying for financial
grants to attend the 2nd Joint Conference are encouraged to submit the following
documents and data:
1) 2nd Joint Conference registration form (appendix I of the Second Circular)
2) The financial support application form (appendix II of the Second Circular)
3) Personal statement and CV with a list of publications
4) Abstract for the 2nd Joint Conference
Notes:
1) Applicants are also encouraged to supply one or two recommendation letters from
colleagues who are most familiar with the importance of his/her work.
2) The grants will be evaluated by representatives from PSC and PalGes.
3) Deadline for application is July 15th, 2017. Results will be announced on August 1st,
2017.
4) Please submit the application material including registration form, abstract, a onepage statement and CV with a list of publications to the following address via e-mail:
Dr. JIANG Qing
Secretary of the Organising Committee, 2nd Joint Conference
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS
[email protected]
Preliminary Schedule:
October 8th to 10th
Pre-conference excursions to the Yichang Area (F1–F2)
October 10th
Registration
October 11th
Opening ceremony, plenary sessions, scientific sessions, poster session & conference
dinner
October 12th
Scientific sessions, poster session, mid-conference excursion, sight-seeing tours or
other social events
October 13th
Scientific sessions, poster session & closing ceremony
October 14th–18th
Post-conference excursions (F3–F7)
Field Excursions:
Date
Pre-conference
October
8th–10th
Place
Yichang
Area
Topic
F1 Pre-Cambrian & Cambrian Ediacaran Fauna in the Yichang Area
[tour guides WAN Bin & GUAN Chengguo (NIGPAS, Nanjing)]
Charges ~200 EUR
October
8th–10th
Yichang
Area
F2 Ordovician GSSPs and P/T Boundary in the Yichang Area
[tour guides TONG Jinnan (China University of Geosciences,
Wuhan) & NIU Zhijun (Wuhan Centre of China Geological Survey)]
Charges ~200 EUR
Post-conference
October
14th–17th
Vicinity of
Yichang
F3 Marine and terrestrial sequence of Permian-Triassic strata and
fossils in the vicinity of Yichang
[tour guides TONG Jinnan (China University of Geosciences,
Wuhan) & CHENG Long (Wuhan Centre of China Geological
Survey)]
Route: Yichang – Zigui – Yichang-Wuhan
Charges 500–800 EUR
October
14th–17th
Yunnan
Province
F4 Cambrian Chenjiang Biota in the Yunnan Province
[tour guides ZHU Maoyan & LI Guoxiang (NIGPAS)]
Route: Yichang – Kunming – Chenjiang – Yichang
Charges 500–800 EUR
October
14th–17th
Guizhou
Province
F5 Triassic Biota in Panxian and Yingyi, Guizhou Province
[tour guides SUN Yuanlin & JIANG Dayong (Beijing University)]
Route: Yichang – Guiyang – Xingyi – Panxian – Yichang
Charges 500–800 EUR
October
14th–18th
Sichuan
Basin
F6 Terrestrial sequences of the Triassic and Jurassic transition and
biotas from the Sichuan Basin
[tour guides WANG Yongdong (NIGPAS) & OUYANG Hui (Chongqing
Natural History Museum)]
Route: Yichang – Hechuan – Dazhou – Suining– Chengdu
Charges 500–800 EUR
October
14th–17th
Western
Liaoning
F7 Jurassic-Cretaceous strata, Jehol Biota and Yanliao Biota in
western Liaoning
[tour guides HU Dongyu & TIAN Ning (Shenyang Normal
University)]
Route: Yichang – Shenyang – Chaoyang – Beipiao – Jianchang –
Shenyang
Charges 500–800 EUR
A Field Guide Book to all the excursions will be published by University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
and available at the conference. Note that each excursion will accommodate up to 30 participants. Any excursion
with less than 10 participants will be cancelled!
Social Programme &
Events:
During the conference some selected social events will be organised for participants
and accompanying persons to discover and explore the historical culture, fantastic
natural geoheritage sites as well as colourful life in Yichang City. The charges will be
around 50–100 EUR depending on different routes. The major social events may
include:
1) The Yangtze River Dams Tour in Yichang City
2) The Sanyou Cave Visiting Tour in Yichang City
3) Visit of the hometown and temple of Mr. Qu Yuan in Zigui County (a great poet in
Chinese history) and hometown of Ms. Wang Zhaojun in Xingshan County (one of the
most beautiful women in Chinese history) in Yichang City
4) Sight-seeing tour to Shenlongja National Natural Reserve Park in northern Yichang
5) One-day or half-day trip to visit two Ordovician GSSPs in Wangjiawan and
Huanghuachang in Yichang City
6) One-day or half-day field trip to visit the Pre-Cambrian strata and biota in Yichang
Some social events and city tours around
Yichang City
Accommodation:
All the congress sessions and accommodations will be arranged in the Taohualing Hotel
in Yichang City, a beautiful garden hotel with modern convention facilities. Hotel
reservations are the responsibility of the attendees themselves but the conference
secretary will help to reserve the hotel rooms for participants. Please note that the
block-booked hotel rooms with economy prices in Taohualing Hotel are limited and
therefore an early reservation is recommended following a first-come, first-served
basis. If the preferred hotel rooms are full, we may assign a similar hotel downtown in
the city. In addition, we arranged budget hotels, including Yamada Hotel and Xiazhou
Hotel, with about 3–5 min walking distance to the Taohualing Hotel. Please mark your
hotel selection in the registration form.
Taohualing Hotel in Yichang
Yamada Hotel
Xiazhou Hotel
Hotel Suggestions:
Name and type of hotel
Costs
Taohualing Hotel Yichang
about 300–400 RMB Yuan
(~60 EUR) per night
Yamada Hotel Yichang
about 300 RMB Yuan
(~40 EUR) per night
Xiazhou Hotel Yichang
about 200 RMB Yuan
(~25 EUR) per night
[for regular participants]
(Budget Hotel)
[for young researchers & graduate
students]
(Budget Hotel)
[for young researchers & graduate
students]
nd
Location of hotels for the 2 Joint Conference
Double and single room in the Taohualing Hotel
Travel & Transportation:
The conference venue, Yichang City, is located in western Hubei Province. The ThreeGorges (Sanxia) International Airport of Yichang is about 26 km east of the city.
Participants from Europe can easily reach Yichang Three-Gorges International Airport by
taking a variety of flights or transfers from Beijing, Shanghai, Guanzhou, Chengdu and
other airports in China.
Yichang Three-Gorges International Airport is located 30 km southeast of Yichang City,
about 35–40 min by car from downtown. This airport has more than 30 daily flights to
other cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing,
Shenzhen, Hangzhou etc. Participants that arrive in Wuhan City may also reach Yichang
by taking a train. A variety of daily trains arrive at Yichang East Train Station from
Wuhan train stations.
During the 2nd Joint Conference 2017, free shuttle bus services to and from Yichang
International Airport and Yichang East Train Station will be arranged for participants.
Location of Yichang Sanxia (Three-Gorges) Airport and transportation to Yichang City
Yichang Sanxia (Three Gorges) Airport
Conference Proceedings:
Yichang East Train Station
Papers of the conference will be selected to prepare a proceedings volume which
will be published in the following journals (details will be announced in the Third
Circular):
1) Lecture Notes of Earth Sciences (Springer Book)
2) PalZ (peer-reviewed journal published by Springer)
3) Palaeoworld (peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier)
Abstract Submission:
All participants are invited to submit abstracts regarding your research on all areas
of palaeontology and related topics. The abstract volume will be published by the
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) prior to the conference as a
special volume and will be distributed to the participants.
Format:
All abstracts should be two to three pages long (DIN A4 size), double-spaced, 12
point Times New Roman font, including title, author(s), institution(s), corresponding
details with e-mail address of corresponding author, 4 to 6 key words, references
and acknowledgement (if necessary). Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail to
[email protected].
All abstracts received will be reviewed and linguistically edited. A condition of
abstract submission is that, if accepted, the paper will be presented at the
conference by one of the authors. For organisational purposes please indicate your
intention to present this paper in a related symposium/topic either orally or by
poster on the accompanying form.
Guidelines for Abstract
Submission:
1) Abstracts must be submitted in English (using British spelling) by e-mail attachment
in Microsoft Word 2003 (or higher) formats.
2) Please indicate if the abstract is for oral or poster presentation.
3) Please indicate in which symposium you would like to give the presentation.
4) Set last name off with a comma followed by the first name or initial, then second
initial; follow this, if appropriate, with another comma. If multiple authors are from
the same institution, list all authors followed by address and e-mail address of
corresponding author. If multiple authors are from differing addresses, insert
address following each author. Make sure all authors are capitalised. Indicate
presenting author(s) by (*).
5) If you are a young researcher or a graduate student and would like to participate in
the selection procedure of Best Talk or Best Poster Award, please mark this in your
abstract.
Please send your abstracts by mail to: [email protected] until July 15th, 2017
Dates & Deadlines:
Conference Circulars:
March 2017
First Circular
June 2017
Second Circular
September 2017
Third Circular
Abstract Submission:
July 15th, 2017
Application for Financial
Grant:
July 15th, 2017 (deadline)
August 1st, 2017
(announcement of results)
Invitation and Visa:
An official invitation letter is available for participants. The invitation will be
arranged by electronic versions signed by the chairman of the congress organising
committee (pdf and/or jpeg files) and will be sent to participants by e-mail. The
original copy can be sent to participants by air mail upon request.
For those who need an entrance visa to China to attend the conference, the
following data will be required for each participant:
Registration Fees:
1) Family and given names
2) Gender (male or female)
3) Date of birth
4) Title or position
5) Nationality
6) Passport number and date of expiry
7) Institution and mailing address
8) Duration of stay in China
The registration fees cover the conference package, including abstract volume,
programme and souvenirs, conference dinner, conference meals and shuttle bus
services to and from Yichang International Airport and Yichang East Train Station.
Regular Participant
Student*
Accompany
300 EUR
200 EUR
150 EUR
*Valid student ID is required
Registration Form:
A registration form is attached to this circular
Methods of Payment:
The registration fees can be paid by the following options:
1) Bank Transfer
Name of Beneficiary: JIANG Qing
Banking Account Number: 6216 6961 0000 3214 403
Phone Number: 8613645176094
Name of Bank: Bank of China, Nanjing Zhongshan Sub-branch
Swift Address Code: BKCHCNBJ940
Bank Address: No. 1 Taipingmen Street, Nanjing, China
2) On Site Payment upon Registration on October 10th, 2017 in Yichang
Contact:
Secretariat for the Palaeontological Society of China (PSC)
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS
No. 39 East Beijing RD, Nanjing 210008
Phone: +86 (0)25 8328 2138; Fax: +86 (0)25 8335 7026
e-mail: [email protected]
We are looking forward to seeing you in Yichang!
2nd Joint Conference of the Palaeontological Society of China &
the Paläontologische Gesellschaft
October 10–13, 2017, Yichang, Hubei Province, China
Registration Form
Family name (last name):
First name(s):
Title or position:
Nationality:
Male ( )
Institution:
Female ( )
Address:
City:
Country:
E-mail:
Phone:
Postal code:
Fax:
●
I plan to register as:
●
I plan to give
( )
oral presentation (please indicate full title & number of preferred symposium S1–S23):
( )
poster presentation (please indicate full title & number of preferred symposium S1–S23):
( )
I would like to participate in the selection procedure for Best Talk / Best Poster Award of Young
Scientists
●
I am interested in participating in excursion(s)
●
I need to reserve a hotel room for (
formal participant ( )
Taohualing Hotel ( )
accompanying person ( ) student ( )
(
or/and
)
(select F1–F7)
) nights
Yamada Hotel ( )
Xiazhou Hotel ( )
Other suggestions:
Date and Signature
Please send the filled-in form to:
Dr. JIANG Qing
nd
Secretary of the Organising Committee, 2 Joint Conference 2017
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, P. R. CHINA
e-mail: [email protected]
2nd Joint Conference of the Palaeontological Society of China &
the Paläontologische Gesellschaft
October 10–13, 2017, Yichang, Hubei Province, China
Financial Support Application Form
For Young Scientists and Graduate Students
Family name (last name):
First name(s):
Male ( )
Female ( )
Nationality:
Date of birth:
Country:
Status:
(postdoc, PhD student, MSc student, or other)
Institution:
Postal address:
E-mail:
Phone:
Fax:
Title of abstract submitted to 2nd Joint Conference 2017:
Author(s) and affiliations:
Research area:
Note: Each applicant can receive potential financial support of about 500 EUR or 3000 RMB Yuan, including:
A) Registration fees (300 EUR for regular participants, 200 EUR for students)
B) Lodging fees (about 200–300 EUR) during the conference (including hotel room and meal costs from
Oct. 10–13, 2017)
Signature:
Date:
th
Notes: Please submit this application form before July 15 , 2017 together with the other required documents: registration
form, abstract, a one-page statement and a CV with a list of publications to the following address via e-mail:
Dr. JIANG Qing
nd
Secretary of the Organising Committee, 2 Joint Conference 2017
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, P. R. CHINA
e-mail: [email protected]