Calcareous Plankton Spring Meeting 2004 The Joint Foraminifera and Nannofossil Group Meeting Thursday 13th - Saturday 15th May 2004. Copenhagen, Denmark "Geocenter Copenhagen", Øster Voldgade 10, DK 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark Meeting Report The joint nannofossil and foraminifera group Spring meeting took place in Copenhagen (May 13th-15th) and was kindly sponsored by RWE-Dea, Amerada Hess (Denmark) ApS, Shell Explaration & Production Europe, Chevron Texaco Energy Technology Company as well as GEUS (The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) and the Geological institute (Copenhagen University). This meeting was attended by approximately 45 people from 10 countries. The short meeting kicked off in the Geocenter Rotunden with an evening ice breaker and welcome by Haydon Bailey. On the Friday, after a brief welcome by Minik Rosing (Head of the Geological Museum in Copenhagen) Hans Jørgen Hansen gave a memorable opening speech "Was there, or was there not a meteoritic impact at the K/T boundary?" This was followed by four sessions of diverse, high quality talks (the speakers and chairmen are thanked for their precision timing, we successfully managed to keep to our timetable almost exactly!). The variety of subject matter presented was impressive, ranging from "Foraminifera and nannofossils in the Western Interior Sea, Canada" (Claudia Schröder-Adams & Jim Craig) to "Microfaunal and nannofossil analyses of samples from the Silverpit Crater, British Sector, North Sea" (Dave Jutson, Mike Bidgood & Ben Johnson) and from "Comparison of Quaternary upper ocean water changes between the Southern and Northern South China Sea" (Jian Xu et al.) to "The effects of rising CO2 on coccolithophore calcification" (Markus Geisen et al.). Presentations involving nannofossils, foraminifera, a mixture of the two and even calcareous dinoflagellate cysts were presented; as the aim of the meeting was to promote the integration of the disciplines, we feel that goal was successfully reached. A selection of foraminifera, nannofossil and multidisciplinary posters was also exhibited. The abstracts of all posters and oral presentations are available for download and are published in the Society newsletter and also as "GEUS Rapport 2004/50" (Report of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland). A well attended meeting dinner took place on the Friday night after the presentation sessions; the amount of alcohol consumed probably explained a few of the absentees the next morning at the field excursion to Stevns Klint to look at the K/T boundary sections. Most of us arrived at Stevns by the coach transport provided, apart from Malcolm Rider who "missed the bus" (!) and arrived by taxi which only set him back £70! We started off at the old Højerup Church where Tove Damholt ran through a brief history of the church and the local history and Hans Jørgen Hansen and Eckart Håkansson explained the geology once down on the beach. Lunch was followed by a visit to the local museum and then we headed south to Rødvig to sample the K/T boundary section before heading back to Copenhagen. Those intrepid types who managed to collect samples, please let us know what you found, maybe just some good photos of what you find, or a taxonomic note, or a full blown joint paper for the journal...it would be nice to see some joint cooperation here. Thanks to Hans Jørgen, Eckart (both Copenhagen University), Tove (Østsjællands Museet) and Lars Stemmerick (GEUS) for leading the excursion. If anyone has any photos of the meeting / field trip, please mail them to Andy Henderson and they may be added to the TMS website. Thanks to everyone who attended for making this an enjoyable, informative and informal meeting. A special thanks to all the folk from behind the scenes; Steve Starkie and Andy Henderson, Svend Stouge (GEUS / The Geological Museum), Hanne and Jette from GEUS Stratigraphy Department, and Maria, Jakob, Line, Sara and Bettina from the Geological Institute, without whose help I would have gone mad! Emma Sheldon, Nannofossil Group Secretary Abstracts Download Keynote Talk - Hans Jørgen Hansen (pdf 105 kb) Download Oral Abstracts (pdf 144 kb). Download Poster Abstracts (pdf 168 kb). Visit the photo gallery to see some serious (and some not-so-serious!) photographs of the meeting and field trips. The meeting was kindly sponsored by: Amerada Hess (Denmark) ApS, Shell Exploration and Production Europe, ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Company, RWE Dea, GEUS (The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland), Københavns Universitet Geologisk Institut, The Micropalaeontological Society.