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PROJECT MEETING(S) 2014
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Project Number and Title: IGCP587 Of Identity, Facies and Time: The Ediacaran
(Vendian) Puzzle. 4TH INTERNATIONAL PALAEONTOLOGICAL CONGRESS (IPC): 5.
Neoproterozoic palaeobiology: preservation, palaeobiology, environments and phylogeny
Organizers: Jim Gehling - Guy Narbonne.
Date and venue of meeting(s): Mendoza, 23 September – 3 October 2014
Work plan of meeting(s) (programme, aims related to the project, etc.):
The International Palaeontological Congress (IPC) is a global meeting
devoted to Palaeontology throughout the world. It convenes every four years under the aegis of
the International Palaeontological Association. Following three previous editions in Sydney
(2002), Beijing (2006) and London (2010), it came to the American continent for
the first time. The 4 IPC explored the courses Palaeontology may take as the 21 century
ushers in profound and long lasting technological changes. The meeting was held in Mendoza,
an attractive and easily accessible city in central western Argentina. It offered a wide range of
professional and recreational opportunities to participants of all backgrounds. Mendoza is
renowned for its location at the foothills of the Andes, not far from Mount Aconcagua, the
highest peak in the Western Hemisphere or even outside the Himalayas.
Local organizers provided a comprehensive congress with an intellectually stimulating
scientific program. The meeting provided opportunities for participants to present and
share experiences, explore new research directions and debate topics with specialists from
across the globe. A varied array of meeting styles including a combination of plenary
lectures, symposia on leading issues, interactive workshops, technical sessions and short
courses provided sessions of interest for all attendants. Symposium 5 (noted above) is part by
the IGCP587 program for 2014 and was overwhelmingly attended, chaired by Guy Narbonne,
Marc Leflamme and Patricia Vickers-Rich. This meeting also provided the opportunity for
several members of the IGCP International Committee to discuss the future of this group and
plan for the meeting in Paris in February 2015.
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Names, institute and country of participants to be given financial support:
Evelyn Sanchez and Mateus Denezine from Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazill;
Alana Sharp, Monash University, Australia.
Web link: http://www.ipc4mendoza2014.org.ar/
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