Recent and Upcoming
Meetings
European Ostracodologists
Meeting VI (EOM VI),
Finn Viehberg
COME 2006
The successful COME-2006 (1st
Canadian Ostracodologists Meeting) was held at the
Centre d’Etudes Nordiques, Universite Laval in Quebec, Quebec City from November
16-18. It featured one day of talks, as
well as an open workshop on taxonomy, useful software, books, and methods. Social events included a dinner on Thursday
in Old Quebec City. The presentations of
current, past, and future research projects clearly showed once again the great
potential of ostracodes in the environmental and
earth sciences.
A total of three projects
focused on the ostracode fauna in nonmarine
(sub) Arctic waters. The development of
these calibration sets is of high interest and importance, as they will finally
reveal modern analogs for paleoecological studies in
In addition, the announcement
by L.D. Delorme (
Because of the robust “bauplan” of Ostracoda, it is always a great pleasure at ostracode meetings to cover research topics form the Neogene to the Paleozoic.
However, in the future, this may not always be the case, because the
number of colleagues involved in projects studying older record decreases steadily,
while major questions remain open (Stratigraphy and
taxonomy of Amphissites from the Permo-Carboniferous;
Larry Knox, Tennessee), it was decided that the next meeting will be held at
the University of Ottawa in early 2008, featuring a visit to the Canadian
Museum of Nature, including the Delorme Ostracode
collection.
Last, but not lest, all
participants agree that regular North America meetings (Canada, Mexico, and
USA) would contribute to further improve and strengthen the interactions within
the thinly spread community of ostracodologists.
Finally, we acknowledge the
funds provided by the CEN to organize the meeting.
Finn Viehberg
(Organizer)
Reinhard Pienitz (patron)
Participants:
Don Van Nieuwenhuise
Venue:
Purpose: A showcase of
problem-solving with microfossils to stimulate the “cross fertilization” of
ideas that result when a diverse group of scientists gather in a common venue. Specifically, the symposium seeks high-quality
oral and poster presentations in which microfossils are integrated with allied geoscience data and substantially contribute to solving
geologic problems. Presentations that
demonstrate new techniques or novel applications are encouraged. There are no restrictions on geologic age
(including modern) or geographic area.
Early list of topics for oral presentations and
posters: