Jump to: Registration, Presentations and abstracts, Conference BBQ, Field Excursion, Preliminary program, Accomodation, Online payment of conference fees Introduction The co-convenors welcome you all to take part in our annual TMS joint Foram/Nannofossil Group meeting to be held at the The University of Edinburgh’s Pollock Halls on 21 – 22 June 2012. The city of Edinburgh skyline The meeting is hosted at the University of Edinburgh The theme of this years meeting is Interdisciplinary advances in foraminiferal and nannofossil research. We hope that this open theme will attract submissions from the whole breadth of our science. The meeting will consist of short oral presentations and extended poster sessions on both days. As always for the Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups joint meetings, our priority will be to maximise opportunities for students to present and discuss their research. We also invite you to join us for a one-day field excursion on the 23 June to view Hutton's 'unconformity' at Siccar Point and the Lower Carboniferous reefs of the Lower Limestone Group, which have well preserved microfauna. Co-convenors Prof. Kate Darling, Dr. Kath Evans, Dr. Magali Schweizer and Dr. Tom Russon Meeting Scientific Committee Prof. Kate Darling (Foram group), Dr. Phil Sexton (Foram group), Dr. Karl-Heinz Baumann (Nannofossil group) and Dr. Tom Dunkley-Jones (Nannofossil group)   Registration and conference fees Meeting fees, including lunch & coffee/tea on both days, are as follows: TMS member £60 TMS member (student) £40 TMS non-member £65 TMS non-member (student) £45 To register, please download and complete the registration form. Registration must be electronically submitted by April 1st, 2012 to Dr Kath Evans. Please use one registration form per person. All payments (including costs for meeting fees, optional BBQ and optional field trip) must be paid for at the time of registration. Please use the online PayPal facility at the bottom of this page to make your payment as you fill in the registration form. Payment must be confirmed on the registration form. To encourage early registration, payment after 1st April will incur an additional late registration fee of £10 (payable on the day of the conference). You will receive confirmation by email of your registration and payment within 3 weeks of the registration deadline. If you should have any problems registering, please contact Dr Kath Evans at the email address above. Presentations and abstracts The conference co-convenors invite authors to submit abstracts for consideration and inclusion in the program, either as an oral or poster presentations. These will be assessed by the Meeting Scientific Committee and a thematic program produced. Please indicate on the application form your preference for a talk or poster. Please note that priority for oral presentations will be given to early career post docs and post graduate students (please indicate your status on the application form). There will be no limit on poster numbers. Abstracts: must not contain more than 400 words (including title and authors). They should be in English and include the authors name(s), institution(s) and email address of the corresponding author. Please prepare the abstract as a MS Word file in .doc format (Times New Roman, 11 point font, single spaced, with 2.5 cm margins) as an attachment. Do not include figures. Please email your submisison to Dr. Kate Darling with message subject: "TMS FG & NG Abstract". The abstracts must be submitted before April 1st and please note that no abstract will be considered for inclusion in the final programme unless it has been accompanied by a completed registration form with payment. Oral presentations: the allocated time for oral presentations will be 15 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion.  Posters: should be prepared in English as A0 (118.9 cm x 84.2 cm) in portrait format. Conference BBQ This will be held in the South Hall Meeting Room and Garden. Participation at the BBQ will cost £25 (including drinks) per person. Menu will include a vegetarian option.  Field Excursion The meeting will be followed by a field trip to the East Lothian coast on Saturday 23rd June. Participation will cost £15 per person. The bus will leave from the Pollock Halls at 09.00, returning around 18:45. Bring hammer, sample bags and camera!! We will have a lunch stop for a picnic (to bring with you in the morning). We will visit Hutton's world-famous geological 'unconformity' at Siccar Point and the Catcraig section of the Dinantian Calciferous Sandstone Measures and reefs of the Lower Limestone Group, which have well preserved microfauna. If there is time we hope to visit the North Berwick sea bird centre which overlooks the Bass Rock, a volcanic plug of phonolitic trachyte rock of Carboniferous (Dinantian) age. This is the largest single rock gannetry in the world and together with the other Forth River estuary islands constitutes a mega sea bird colony extravaganza. These can be view from remote cameras from the sea bird centre. There is a charge for this but it is very worthwhile. Preliminary Program and Deadlines 1st April  Deadline for registration and abstract submission 20th June  18:00-22:00 Welcome reception and registration Pollock Halls, Edinburgh      Reception kindly sponsored by Neftex. 21st June South Hall Conference Centre, Pollock Halls 08:30 On-site registration 09:00 - 18:00 Scientific programme South Hall 19:00 - 23:00 BBQ South Hall Meeting Room  22nd June South Hall Conference Centre, Pollock Halls 09:00-18:00 Scientific programme South Hall Free evening 23rd June Field trip. 09:00 Meet Pollock Halls 18:45 Return Pollock Halls Accomodation There is a range of Edinburgh University accommodation available on the Pollock Halls site and across the city. Please consult the Edinburgh University First website. Early booking is highly recommended to obtain accommodation at the best possible prices. Edinburgh is a very popular place and accommodation can become scarce! Online payment of conference fees Payments are accepted through the secure online PayPal service. To pay your conference fees just choose one of the conference fee options on the first menu, enter your name and contact email address and click "add to cart". You can then decide to either "checkout" or to "continue shopping" in order to return to this page and add additional items, namely payment for the conference BBQ and/or the field excursion. If you wish to add both of these, you will need to repeat the "continue shopping" procedure twice. When you have all the items in your cart that are listed on your registration form, please then click "checkout" on the cart screen and you will then be transferred to the secure payment section of the PayPal website. You can use a credit or debit card to pay (select the "I do not have a PayPal account" option), or a PayPal account if you have one. Payment can be made from any currency but will be claimed in GBP. FNG2012 Meeting Fees TMS member £60.00 GBP TMS member (student) £40.00 GBP Non TMS member £65.00 GBP Non TMS member (student) £45.00 GBP Name Email Address FNG2012 Conference BBQ Fee Add conference BBQ £25.00 GBP FNG2012 Field Excursion Fee Add field excursion £15.00 GBP