The International Nannofossil Association is pleased to announce the sites of
its next two biennial General Meetings as follows:
I. Lisbon, Portugal. August
29 to September 4, 2004.
Convenor: Dr. Mario Cachao
Dep. Geologia Fac. Ciencias Univ. Lisboa
Rua da Escola Politecnica, n.58
1250-102 LISBOA
PORTUGAL
telef. ++ 351 21 392 18 45
Fax: ++ 351 21 390 58 50
For a
preview of this venue and its many attractions, please see
Welcome to Lisbon!
where you may view the brand new meeting HQ facilities, the nearby and
internationally famous beaches, the many lovely monuments of Old Lisbon,
classic Mesozoic nannofossil localities (replete with ammonites),
dinosaur tracks, castles, and field trips, which will include a cruise on
a research vessel.
The
General Theme for this meeting has already been set:
"Focus
on the Smallest, Understand the Global"
The
meeting is strategically timed to fall between the 32nd International
Geological Congress, Florence, Italy, 20-28 August 2004, and the 8th
International Paleoceanography Conference, Biarritz France, 5-10 Sept.
2004. These will be followed closely by the 23rd IAS Meeting on
Sedimentology, Coimbra Portugal 15-17 Sept. 2004. It is entirely
possible for participants to attend more than one of the meetings due to
their close proximity and compatible dates.
II. Lincoln, Nebraska,
USA.
September, 2006.
Convenor: Dr. David K. Watkins
Micropaleontology Lab of the Department of Geosciences
Universtiy of Nebraska--Lincoln
330 Bessey Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
Nebraska State Museum
Tel: 402-472-2177
dwatkins1@unl.edu.
For a
preview of this venue and its many attractions, please see
Invitation to Lincoln
where you will learn about the Museum's "Elephant Hall",
what a "Cornhusker" is, and nearby exotic geological
locales such as the world-renowned Miocene Ash-Fall Fossil Beds and
Nebraska's classic Cretaceous nannofossil chalk deposits.
Participants can also visit the INA's newly established corporate home at
nearby Seward, NE.
Nannofossil
specialists and friends of the INA will wish to mark both of these
important meetings on their calendars. More announcements will
follow as the web sites are further established and the general circulars
are issued.
See you there!
Woody Wise
INA President
Sherwood W. ("Woody") Wise, Jr.
Department of Geological Sciences, 4100
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100
Tel: (850) 644-6265
FAX: (850) 644-4214