The Micropalaeontological Society

ISSS Meeting 2025
2025-09-10 00:00 - 2025-09-13 23:59 (Europe/London)
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The official 2025 meeting of the International Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy will take place in Spain, as agreed by the delegates at the last annual meeting held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 2024.

This year marks the 27th anniversary of the Silurian Field Meeting that took place in Spain and Portugal in June 1998, which also visited the outcrops in northern Seville. In 2025, coinciding with the meeting, the Golden Spike marking the replacement Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Telychian Stage of the Llandovery Series will be officially established there.

Seville is a fitting location for a Silurian meeting due to its special significance in Spanish history, its status as a very pleasant city full of colour and tourist attractions, and, of course, its proximity to the most complete, continuous and fossiliferous Silurian sections in Spain. These sections are located in the Ossa-Morena Zone of the Iberian Massif, within the Natural Park and UNESCO Global Geopark Sierra Norte de Sevilla, an area of great scenic, geological, and cultural value.

The Silurian rocks of Seville have attracted geological studies since the late 19th century. However, it was not until the 1970s that the discoveries of the distinguished French geologist Michel Robardet initiated a series of investigations into their exceptional stratigraphy and fossil record, making the region a model area for Silurian studies.

Seville and its Silurian strata welcome you in September 2025!

Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco and Sara Romero

On behalf of the organisers

More information here!

12th International Cretaceous Symposium
2025-08-31 00:00 - 2025-09-05 23:59
Welcome to the 12th International Cretaceous Symposium, which will take place from 31 August to 5 September 2025 in Hannover, Germany. This prestigious event, jointly organized by Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) and the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), will provide a unique platform for leading scientists and professionals to present and discuss the latest findings and developments in the field of Cretaceous research.

The symposium will be held in the historic Welfenschloss, the main building of the LUH, and offers space for up to 350 participants. In addition to exciting lectures and poster presentations in two large lecture halls, there will also be a poster exhibition in the atrium of the main building. In addition, field excursions will be offered to important Cretaceous sites in the vicinity of Hannover, which is known as the “home of the German Cretaceous”.

We cordially invite all interested researchers, professionals and students to join us at this inspiring event and explore together the latest advances in Cretaceous research. Take the opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues, make new contacts and become part of a dynamic and international scientific community.

Save the date for the 12th International Cretaceous Symposium in Hannover!

Cordially, the local organizing committee:

Ulrich Heimhofer | Univ. Hannover, André Bornemann | BGR, Jochen Erbacher | BGR, & Francois Krencker | Univ. Hannover

15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography (ICP15)
2025-08-31 00:00 - 2025-09-05 23:59
We are thrilled to welcome you to Bengaluru (India) for the 15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography (ICP15) . We are looking forward to hearing about your latest research on past ocean, climate and Earth System processes over a range of timescales. Both proxy- and modelling-based approaches are welcome. The aim of the conference is to gain a better understanding of how our oceans and climate have evolved in the past, what are the drivers of those changes and their relevance to future changes, how those drivers of change have operated, interacted and influenced the past climate and how novel approaches are being developed and applied to unravel process-based knowledge to contribute to the future climate predictions. We welcome world experts and newcomers in the field of Palaeoceanography. For the newcomers, this is a unique conference that occurs every 3-4 years and voted by the members of the community to become a host. You will have an opportunity to showcase your science and select the next ICP host during the conference. This conference provides an opportunity to present and debate ground-breaking new observations while creating a friendly environment for fostering discussions of pressing challenges and new scientific discoveries.

TMS-CFFR Foraminifera Spring Meeting 2025
2025-06-10 00:00 - 2025-06-13 23:59
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On behalf of The Micropalaeontological Society and the Cushman Foundation of Foraminiferal Research, we would like to invite you to attend the second joint TMS-CFFR Foraminifera Spring Meeting, this time organized on June 10-13, 2025 in Gothenburg (Sweden).

Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden and is easy to reach by airplane at Landvetter Airport, but also by train from Stockholm (Arlanda Airport), Copenhagen (Kastrup Airport) and Oslo (Gardemoen Airport), and we look forward to welcoming many of you on site. To facilitate participation online the conference will be held in full hybrid mode. Visiting Gothenburg in June will allow you to experience long sunny days, mild temperatures (15-20°C), and the lush greenery of the Gothenburg Botanical Garden and city parks. Gothenburg is also a gateway to one of Sweden’s most beautiful island groups: Gothenburg Archipelago, which comes to life in June and can be explored by boat. June is just before the peak of the summer tourist season and will offer shorter queues to the most popular Gothenburg attractions such as Liseberg Amusement Park, The Gothenburg Art Museum, The Universeum Science Center and The Exhibition Center World of Volvo.

The title of the meeting will be “Foraminifera as a marine magnifying glass: tiny details, big insights from fossils to molecules” to reflect the various aspects of foraminiferal research ranging from paleo-approaches in climate and ocean research to experimental, Al-based and marine environmental studies, ecology, taxonomy, biogeography, phylogeny, as well as fossil applications in industry, forensics and archaeology. The conference will include a one-day field trip to the newly appointed UNESCO Global Geopark at Kinnekulle with its well-known Cambrian alum shales and Ordovician limestones (June 10), and two full days of scientific sessions filled with keynote, oral and poster presentations at Wallenberg Centre (June 11 & 12).

We look forward to welcoming you in Gothenburg!

Irina Polovodova Asteman, on behalf of the local organizing committee

GGRiP (Geochemistry Group Research in Progress): 8-10th April 2025
2025-04-08 00:00 - 2025-04-10 23:59
GGRiP (Geochemistry Group Research in Progress) will be held on the University of Birmingham campus between 8th – 10th April 2025. Registration is now open, and more information can be found on our website: https://ggrip2025.co.uk/

The Geochemistry Group promotes geochemistry as a discipline and enhances links between the many areas of geochemistry. There is a particular focus on early career geochemists (PhD candidates and postdocs), and they look to provide a showcase for new geochemical talent in Great Britain and Ireland. The Geochemistry Group is a Special Interest Group of both the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and The Geological Society of London.

Geochemistry in micropalaeontology will be a key part of the conference, with a keynote from Dr. Tom Dunkley Jones, a nannopalaeontologist based at the University of Birmingham who will be presenting work on coccolithophore organic biomarkers, and the isotopes and Sr/Ca ratios of calcium carbonate coccolith-plates to reconstruct past ocean and climate change.

We’re also holding an icebreaker with a difference, as a Fringe-style event in the Lapworth Museum. This will include an Art & Photography competition, as well as an Open Mic night, in aid of raising money for the Midlands Art Centre (MAC) Green Futures campaign. We’re looking for singers, poets, spoken word artists, storytellers, and comedians to take the mic and perform in our Open Mic night. Anyone can take part!

A strong representation from the micropalaeontological community would be great, so if you’re working in geochemistry, please do consider registering and submitting an abstract! Early bird registration and abstract submissions will close on Monday, 10th March, with late in-person registration remaining open till the 21st March. Remote delegates can register until Friday 4th April.

Any questions, please check the website (https://ggrip2025.co.uk/) or email the local organising committee at ggrip2025@gmail.com.

TMS Meeting of the Palynology Group
2025-02-11 13:00 - 17:30
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Schedule:

Session 1: 13:00–15:00

[invited speaker Carlos]

Session 3: 15:30–17:30

[invited speaker Charlie]

More information here...

TMS AGM 2024
2024-11-06 00:00 - 2024-11-09 23:59
TMS Annual Conference will be hosted in Kraków by the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Micropress Europe, The Institute of Geological Sciences, and the Grzybowski Foundation.

The AGM will start with a reception at Micropress Europe on November 6th, followed by two full days of scientific sessions and workshops. A field trip to Wieliczka Salt Mine is scheduled for November 9th.

Information on the submission of works and registration fees will be announced on TMS and event hosts’ platforms.

MARDI - Artic marine diatom workshop on species ecology and transfer functions
2024-10-23 12:00 - 2024-10-25 12:00
The Marine Arctic Diatoms Working Group, MARDI, invites you to join our upcoming workshop on statistical relations between sedimentary diatom assemblages and environmental parameters. The aim of the workshop is to study patterns in a dataset of more than 1000 surface samples across the Arctic marine realm and link the diatom assemblages to modern observations of climate and environment. The outcome will lead to improved understanding of diatom ecology and their use as proxies in paleoceanography, and the development of transfer functions for quantitative reconstructions.

The workshop is open to all, but for practical reasons, participation is limited to a maximum of 25 participants. Financial support for attending the meeting is available thanks to funding from the PAGES Research Network, and the iClimate center of Aarhus University. It will be primarily allocated to early career researchers and/or researchers from low- and middle-income countries.

Mark the dates in your calendar, and register here if you are interested. The deadline for registration is 15 August, and a reply about participation and financial support will be provided shortly thereafter.

The workshop will start on Wednesday morning, so participants should count on arriving in Aarhus on Tuesday. On Friday, we will wrap up in the early afternoon, so people can travel home in the evening or on Saturday.

You can find more information about the MARDI Working Group here: PAGES – MARDI.

Feel free to forward this invitation to students and colleagues in your network. We hope to welcome many of you to Denmark in October!

MARDI

19th International Nannoplankton Association Conference
2024-09-07 00:00 - 2024-09-15 23:59
The conference will be hosted in the beautiful North Walian county of Conwy, in the picturesque seaside resort of Llandudno at a traditional Victorian sea front hotel, St George’s. Llandudno is located a little over an hour from both Manchester and Liverpool international airports by car/taxi/train, and only 45 minutes by car/taxi/train from the ferry port at Holyhead which takes passengers across the Irish Sea to Dublin and beyond. You will find information about the area and the conference, gala dinner and field trips, as they are announced, on this webpage, along with registration when this is open. We look forward to welcoming you all to the stunning North Wales coast and hope to be seeing you all in September 2024!

North American Paleontological Convention 2024
2024-06-17 00:00 - 2024-06-21 23:59
Save the date for the upcoming 12th North American Paleontological Convention, which will be held at the University of Michigan from June 17-21, 2024. NAPC brings together professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, amateur paleontologists, and interested members of the public from all over the world. The meeting covers all branches of paleontology, including vertebrate, invertebrate, paleobotany, micropaleontology, paleo-related organic and inorganic geochemistry, paleoecology, paleoclimatology, and astrobiology, and provides a forum for exchanging research findings, defining future directions, and fostering relaxed interactions within the paleontological community at large. We plan to feature a wide variety of symposia and topical sessions, along with associated workshops and other forums, varied field trips, and technical workshops. We are excited to offer a diverse program and look forward to welcoming you to the University of Michigan in 2024!

The Paleontological Society’s Code of Conduct applies to all NAPC activities, including off-site excursions.

XV International Palynological Congress
2024-05-27 00:00 - 2024-05-31 23:59
Dear colleagues,

Please allow me to invite you to the XVth International Palynological Congress and XIth International Organization of Palaeobotany Congress at the Clarion Conference Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic. The congresses will be held together to provide an opportunity for palynologists and palaeobotanists to see, hear, discuss and meet one another after the pandemic restrictions. The meeting will be held in the term: May 27 – 31, 2024. The organising team of Czech and Slovak palynologists and palaeobotanists believes that the congress will provide an opportunity for palynologists to learn more about plants and for palaeobotanists to learn more about palynomorphs. The interactions of both disciplines will be of benefit to all.

The meeting is promoted by the collective efforts of the International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS) and the International Organisation of Palaeobotany (IOP).

We hope you enjoy your stay!

Jiří BekChair of Organizing Committee

Jiří KvačekVice-Chair of Organizing Committee

TMS-CFFR Foraminifera Spring Meeting 2024
2024-05-21 00:00 - 2024-05-24 23:59
On behalf of The Micropalaeontological Society and the Cushman Foundation of Foraminiferal Research, we are happy to invite for abstract submission to the TMS-CFFR Foraminifera Spring Meeting, held in Cologne (Germany) on May 21-24, 2024.

Six scientific sessions and one workshop have been proposed, addressing an exciting range of current topics in foraminiferal research and reflecting the meeting’s theme, “Foraminifera & the Evolving Earth System”. Abstract submission for the scientific sessions is now possible until March 31, 2024, via the meeting homepage.

The full-day pre-conference field trip on May 21 will visit the historical Maastrichtian type section at Mount Saint Peter and the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the spectacular man-made caves of Geulhemmerberg (Netherlands).

Two full days of scientific sessions and keynote lectures will be at the core of the conference on May 22 & May 23.

The conference dinner on May 22 will take you to the Cologne brewery house.

An open workshop on biomonitoring will be hosted by the FOBIMO working group on May 24.

A meeting of the Working Group on Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera will be hosted on May 24.

Registration for the meeting is now open, with Early Bird offers until March 15, 2024.

Cologne is easy to reach by train and by air, and we look forward to meeting you in person on-site. To facilitate participation from abroad, particularly from outside Europe, the scientific sessions will be offered in full hybrid mode.

For more details regarding registration, abstract submission, sessions, workshop, travel etc. we refer you to our homepage which will be updated regularly as the meeting approaches.

We are also happy to announce more details on the programme.

We look forward to welcoming you in Cologne!

Patrick Grunert

on behalf of the local Organizing Commitiee & the Scientific Commitiee
