Dear participants,
here you have the link to download the pdf version of the Progress in Echinoderm Palaeobiology 2015 Proceedings book.
Thank you very much for your attendance and the great time we spend together.
Hope to see you soon,
Jorge
Thursday 25 June 2015
Friday 22 May 2015
PRESENTATION
Figure 1. Moncayo Natural Park (Iberian Chains, Spain), which contains Cambrian outcrops with spectacular echinoderm fossils.
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Andrew spent the majority of his career at the Natural History Museum of London (1982–2012), where he carried out remarkable research on a diverse range of topics, including echinoid taxonomy, Phanerozoic marine diversity and primitive echinoderms.
The conference will be focused on Palaeozoic echinoderm communities, a major area of interest for Andrew. Contributed presentations will review the current state of knowledge for a range of groups, highlighting recent advances, but more importantly identifying topics of uncertainty and possible future research paths. Andrew will provide a plenary talk about the earliest steps of echinoderm evolution.
In addition, there will be short workshops on Spanish fossil material and new analytical techniques for studying early echinoderms (e.g. tomography, computer modelling and 3-D printing). Finally, there will be a field trip to visit several important Palaeozoic outcrops in northern Spain, which have yielded a wide variety of fossil echinoderms.
The presentations and workshops will take place in Zaragoza, a welcoming city, which has been influenced by four cultures (Iberian, Roman, Arabic and Christian) that have marked its character in diverse ways.
The field trip will take place close to Zaragoza (Iberian Chains) and in the north western part of Spain, between the cities of León and Oviedo (Cantabrian Mountains). Details of the field trip will be provided in the second circular, but we propose to visit Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian outcrops.
Figure 2.
A selection of Palaeozoic echinoderms from outcrops that will be visited during
the field trip.
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Last Information
Dear participants,
This is our last
email providing important information before the start of the PEP15 meeting.
The book for the meeting that will include papers and field trip is now in
press so it will be ready for the meeting. We want to thank the tremendous
effort you did finishing papers and reviews in time. You will receive a copy of
the book with the rest of your documentation at the registration of the meeting.
We have booked a nice
pub for the celebration of the ice breaker (see attached map) which name is
“Café Universal”. It is located close to the campus and the complete address is
“Paseo Fernando el Católico nº32”. Ice breaker is free for participants and companions
and will start at 17:30 on Sunday 14th June up to 20:30. If you plan to attend the ice breaker we
would appreciate very much your confirmation.
Scientific sessions
and workshops will be all in the Department of Earth Sciences (Edificio de Geológicas
in Spanish) in the Plaza San Francisco Campus. The building will be open at
8:00 in the morning on Monday 15th.
Gala dinner will be
on Tuesday 16th at 20:30 in a really nice Renascence Palace from the XV
century; El Montal It is expected to
cost 50-55 euros; and you should register for the dinner as soon as you receive
your documentation during the reception.
Field trip will start
on 17th and you will receive more information about the meeting point while the
meeting. Just remind you that the last night of the field trip on Sunday 21th
we will sleep in Zaragoza at Hotel Romareda; this is cover by your field trip inscription
so you don´t need to book any hotel for such night.
Please, do not
hesitate to contact me if you need more information,
Best wishes and have
a pleasant trip to Spain,
On behalf of the
organizing committee
Yours sincerely,
Samuel Zamora
PAYMENTS
Final payment of the registration fees should be done before
1st April. Payments are only accepted by bank transfer to:
Bank address:
Sabadell Atlántico Oficina 0578
C/ Camino de las Torres, 18
50002 Zaragoza
Spain
Name of Account: Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Paleontologico
de la Universidad de Zaragoza (SAMPUZ)
Name of the bank: Sabadell Atlantico
IBAN: ES11 0081 0578 0100 0116 3220
BIC/swift: BSABESBBXXX
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