The IPC is organised every four years under the auspices of the International Palaeontological Association (www.ipa-assoc.org). After Sydney (Australia) in 2002, Beijing (China) in 2006, London (United Kingdom) in 2010, and Mendoza (Argentina) in 2014, it will convene in Paris (France) on 9th – 13th July, 2018.
ORGANIZATION
The organizing structure is the CR2P (Centre of Research on Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments – paleo.mnhn.fr). This laboratory is composed of lecturers and professors from the MNHN (National Museum of Natural History) and the UPMC (Pierre & Marie Curie University – Paris 6) and of researchers from the CNRS (National Scientific Research Center). Altogether, the CR2P includes 41 tenured scientists, 27 postdocs and PhD students, and 27 engineers, technicians and administrative staff. This makes it one of the largest research laboratories in the world exclusively devoted to Palaeontology. The French Geological Society (SGF) will support the congress organization.
General chair: Sylvie Crasquin
Secretary general: Angelina Bastos and Stéphane Peigné
General management: Gaël Clément, Michel Laurin, Isabelle Rouget and Brigitte Senut
Communication: Sophie Fernandez, Damien Germain, Florent Goussard and Adeline Kerner
Field trips: Ronan Allain and Patrick De Wever
Scientific chairs: Olivier Béthoux, Sylvain Charbonnier, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Didier Merle
and Annachiara Bartolini
Palaeontologists from other institutions in France (Universities of Bordeaux, Brest, Burgundy, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Poitiers, Rennes, Toulouse and the regional Natural History Museums) are involved with the organization of both fieldtrips and symposia.
THE FOSSIL WEEK
Under the auspices of the International Palaeontological Association (IPA) and with the participation of the whole French Palaeontological community, “the Fossil week” will be organized in 2018 in Paris, July 9th-13th. This event is a unique opportunity for our community to present its new results and discuss all aspects of our discipline. The Organasing Committee proposes some possible symposia and sessions. The list is provisional and it is still completely open, waiting for proposals of other fellow palaeontologists.
Fieldtrips are planned before and after the congress throughout France, Belgium and Italy, giving the opportunity to discover our palaeontological, geological and gastronomic heritages.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Honorary scientists
Philippe Taquet – French Academy of Sciences
Philippe Janvier – French Academy of Sciences
Yves Coppens – French Academy of Sciences
Armand de Ricqlès – Pierre & Marie Curie University
International representatives
Lucia Angiolini – Milano, Italy
Marion Bamford – Johannesburg, South Africa
Spela Gorican – Ljubljana, Slovenia
David A.T. Harper – Durham, UK
Dieter Korn – Berlin, Germany
John Long – Adelaide, Australia
Rossana Martini – Geneva, Switzerland
Harufumi Nishida – Tokyo, Japan
Guntupalli V. R. Prasad – Delhi, India
Claudia V. Rubinstein – Mendoza, Argentina
Paul Sereno – Chicago, USA
Blaire Van Valkenburgh – California, Los Angeles, USA
Zhonghe Zhou – Nanjing, China
French region scientists
Pierre-Olivier – Antoine Montpellier University
Loïc Bertrand – IPANEMA, SOLEIL, Saclay
Eric Buffetaut – CNRS, ENS Paris
Bruno Maureille – CNRS, Bordeaux University
Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud – CNRS, Montpellier University
Pascal Neige – University of Burgundy
Didier Néraudeau – Rennes University
Thomas Servais – CNRS, Lille University
Jean Vannier – CNRS, Lyon University
Local representatives
Sylvie Crasquin – CR2P, Paris, France
Stéphane Peigné – CR2P, Paris, France
The Plenary opening session ceremony will take place at the Mutualité; it will include some invited talks. The scientific sessions will be organized in parallel on Pierre & Marie Curie University Campus and in the Jardin des Plantes amphitheatres. All these places are separated by less than 500 m.
Some scientific sessions have been proposed by the French palaeontologists and are listed below. The IPC is the opportunity to mix the different group approaches.
• African Vertebrate Palaeontology
• Angiosperms, from the beginning to their diversification
• Back to the sea: from Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic, the marine tetrapod adventure
• Biodiversity changes through times: crisis and radiations
• Biomineralisation and life
• Bird evolution
• Data, dispersals and interchanges through time: a land mammal perspective
• Databases in palaeontology: sharing knowledge for leveraging research options
• Early Life: origin, triggers and diversification
• Evolution of Indo-Pakistan biotas from the break-up of Gondwanaland (Late Jurassic) to the initiation
of the collision with Eurasia (Eocene): between vicariance and dispersals
• Evolution of trees and forests
• Fossil 2D/3D imagery: approaches, advances, management
• Fossils & Recent, Molecules & Morphology: dialogs between the approaches
• Fossils and stratigraphy: an old but still dynamic symbiosis
• Intimate interactions
• Konservat-Lagerstätten
• Macroecology and the fossil record
• Microorganism evolution and interaction with biogeochemical cycles and climate
• Neogene environments
• Palaeontology and geological heritage
• Palaeozoic seas: from deep to shallow
• Practical micropalaeontology (including palynology)
• Timetrees
• XXIst Century palaeohistology of mineralized tissue.
REGISTRATION
The registration fees will include the Tuesday evening cocktail, the coffee breaks and the conference documents. The Gala Diner is optional; additional information and price will be in the second circular. Refund of registrations fees will be subject to conditions. Details will be given in the next circular.
September 1st to December 31st, 2017 – 360 € (Full) – 200 € (Students)
From January 1st to March 31st, 2018 – 460 € (Full) – 290 € (Students)
From April 1st, 2018 to June 30th, 2018 – 560 € (Full) – 380 € (Students)
TRAVEL GRANTS
The Organising Committee is looking for corporate and governmental sponsorships in order to get travel grants for students. Additional information to apply will be in the next circular.
IPC delegates are advised to take out their own private medical and personal insurance for the duration of the Congress and field excursions.
CONTACT
congress-ipc5-contact@mnhn.fr