ICPSG – INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON “PALAEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF GONDWANA”

The Congress (http://icpsg.com/) is organized jointly by the Department of Physics and Geology (University of Perugia, Italy) and Arianzamin Pars Geological Center of Teheran, Iran. It will be addressed to promote interdisciplinary approaches, to make the state-of-the-art and to expand the knowledge on the Palaeozoic Gondwana realm. The Congress aims to provide an opportunity for constructive interactions between academia and industry in exchanging ideas, perspectives and challenges.

Venue

Perugia is a charming and historically important city in central Italy with an international vocation as venue for major meetings. It is a cultural centre known from many centuries and home to many creative spirits in the fields of science, music and art. Attendants to the Congress will enjoy the beauty of Italian architecture during early spring days, and have a taste of the large variety of the excellent food and wines the region is famous for.

Perugia amalgamates all the advantages of a small city with the facilities and services usually found in much larger cities! It provides a unique environment to meet colleagues in a relaxing atmosphere.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we look forward to introduce you to Perugia.

The conference will host the:

International Workshop on PALAEOZOIC SMALLER FORAMINIFERA

Organizers: Daniel Vachard (President; University of Lille, France), Demir Altiner (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey), Roberto Rettori (University of Perugia, Italy).

The workshop will be held on April 13rd in a pre-Congress session. Topics will focus on taxonomy, biostratigraphy, evolution and palaeobiogeography of Palaeozoic Smaller Foraminifera. The contributions will be published in the “Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia” (ISSN: 0035-6883; IF: 0.93) after peer review.



CIMP “Commission Internationale Microflore Paléozoïque” Special Session

Organizer: Amalia Spina (Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia).

This session will be held on April 15th. Topics will focus on taxonomy, biostratigraphy and palaeogeographic distribution of Palaeozoic Palynomorphs. The contributions will be published in the “Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology” (ISSN: 0034-6667; IF: 1.94) after peer review. Please send authors, provisional title and short abstract to amalia.spina@unipg.it before January 31st 2016.