The Copenhagen conference follows the successful meeting in Lille, France (2008).

The main events, lectures and posters, will be held in the Geological Museum of the University of Copenhagen and the formal programme will be supplemented by a series of social events in the capital city of jazz and design, smørrebrød and Danish beers. The museum has a strong tradition in palaeontological research particularly in the Arctic and Baltic regions. It holds substantial collections of fossil material; a few specimens may be traced back to Professor Ole Worm’s early 17th century cabinet of curiosities. The origins of Danish geology and palaeontology can be traced back nearly 400 years to Niels Stensen (Nicolaus Steno) and his pioneering work on the superposition of strata and the demonstration of fossil shark teeth.

Copenhagen is a relatively small and compact European capital but with many attractions. Cultural aspects of the city are described on the Wonderful Copenhagen web pages www.visitcopenhagen.dk and the 'all about Copenhagen' web pages www.aok.dk. The Geological Museum (www.geologi.snm.ku.dk) is Denmark’s National Museum for geology; but it also forms a network within the Science Faculty of the University of Copenhagen and together with the Botanic Garden, Botanical Museum and Zoological Museum, comprising the Natural History Museum of Denmark (www.snm.ku.dk). The museum is also part of the Copenhagen Geocentre that combines the museum, the Geological Institute and Geological Surveys of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) together on Øster Voldgade, adjacent to the King’s Gardens, the Botanic Garden, the Art Gallery and the Rosenborg Palace.

Link to First Circular

UPDATE 17. august 2009

Ice-breaker: This will take place in the Kirkeby Rotunda at the Geological Museum from 5-7 pm after registration. Red wine, white wine, beer, softdrinks and snacks will be served.

Lunch 1, 2, and 4 september: We have the possibility of having lunch at the Geocenter cantina. It is cheap (a warm meal costs around 25-35 DKR) and the quality is good. If you want this please notify Maria (marial@snm.ku.dk) before 21 august. We have to order the extra food in advance, so signing up for this is binding.

Lunch 3 september (mid-week excursion): Lunch (sandwiches) and beverages will be provided by the organisers. We will of course order vegetarian sandwiches for the vegetarians. If you have any special requirements other than that (allergies etc.) please let Maria (marial@snm.ku.dk) know before 21 august.

Posters: Poster boards in landscape format are still available.

Pre-conference excursion: Food, accommodation and transport is all included in the fee.

Programme: An updated version of the programme will be available for download tomorrow (http://snm.ku.dk/english/igcp503/programme/).

Registration: This will take place in the Kirkeby Rotunda at the Geological Museum from 3-5 pm before the ice-breaker party.

UPDATE 12. august 2009

About the pre-conference excursion: Food, accommodation and transport is all included in the fee.

About lunch during the conference (1, 2 and 4 august): We have the possibility of having lunch at the Geocenter cantina. It is cheap (a warm meal costs around 25-35 DKR) and the quality is good. If you want this please notify Maria (marial@snm.ku.dk) before 21 august. We have to order the extra food in advance, so signing up for this is binding.

UPDATE 23-24. july 2009

We have recieved a few corrections to the programme but will not make the final changes until Dave and Maria are back from their travels around 10th August. So please if you have any corrections email them to us before this date. The programme can still be used as a guideline though. We apologise for the inconvenience.

NB! Posters: We have a limited number of poster boards in landscape format. If you prefer landscape format for your poster please send an email to Maria (marial@snm.ku.dk) to reserve a space on one of those boards. She is out of reach until 10th august but will answer your emails then.

UPDATE 21. july 2009

Our programme, a list of keynote talks, and a list of posters can now be downloaded from the 'Programme' page. Notice that posters should be presented in A0 (c. 841 mm × 1189 mm) portrait format.

UPDATE 20. july 2009

Early bird registration and abstract submission is now closed and the preconference field excursion is fully booked. A new registration form with full prices can be downloaded from the 'Registration' page.

We are happy to present four groups of keynote speakers. Robin Cocks and Trond Torsvik will review Early Palaeozoic palaeogeography while Ian Dalziel will discuss some alternatives. Peter Sheehan and Margaret Fraiser will compare the relative ecological impact of the end-Ordovician and other mass extinctions. In addition Thomas Servais and his colleagues will discuss palaeobiogeographical and palaeogeographical nomenclature.

Dave Harper

For the organizers