9th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution,
Palaeontology & Systematics - CAVEPS
Tim Barrows
Tim.Barrows at anu.edu.au
Fri Jan 10 16:30:09 EST 2003
From Scott Hocknull <scotth at qm.qld.gov.au>
9th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology &
Systematics - CAVEPS 2003
Heber A Longman Symposium
7-11 July 2003
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
CALL FOR PAPERS AND CHAIR SESSIONS
The Heber Longman Memorial Symposium
KEY DATES:
JULY 7th - 11th 2003 Conference sessions and end conference activities
JUNE 26th - JULY 6th Pre-conference Field Trip to Central Queensland
JULY 12th - 17th Post-conference Field Trip through SE Queensland
REGISTRATION DUE 28th MARCH
Abstracts Due 28th March
Registration Payment Due: Early Bird 2nd June
LOCATION:
Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
The Queensland Museum is host to the 9th CAVEPS. We invite you to be part
of a unique palaeontological experience combining technical and scientific
excellence in vertebrate palaeontology at a time of growth and heightened
public interest in the discipline.
The conference will be held in and around the Queensland Museum south bank
campus, allowing you to experience the best of Queensland's capital city
and also provide access to one of Australia's largest collections of
vertebrate fossils spanning the Palaeozoic to Present!
Papers are invited on any area within the general categories listed
below. We encourage as many students as possible to participate in the
conference, with the attraction of several student prizes for
presentations, posters and communication. We are also looking for
participation of vertebrate palaeontology technicians in a special workshop
concerning the many facets of their work.
GENERAL THEMES
The 9th CAVEPS conference is in honour of Heber Albert Longman. Heber
Longman was born in Wiltshire, England 24th June 1880, and moved to
Australia in 1902 for medical reasons. He lived in Toowoomba for a period
where he met and married Irene, a local Reverend's daughter. His
fascination with and pioneering work in Australian natural history won him
the Mueller Medal in 1952, two years before his death. Throughout his
years in Queensland Heber published over 70 papers, mostly in the Memoirs
of the Queensland Museum. Among others, Heber described: Rhoetosaurus
brownei, Austrosaurus mckillopi, Kronosaurus queenslandicus and Euryzygoma.
Heber also began initial work on many of the cave faunas that are currently
the focus of our Cainozoic research at the QM. Heber died on 16th February
1954. We shall honour his magnificent contribution to our science in
Australia.
PHYLOGENETICS, SYSTEMATICS & TAXONOMY
Papers are invited on the latest research in phylogenetic analyses of key
vertebrate groups. Allocation of talk times will not follow generalised
taxonomic order, therefore, we intend to spread the phylogenetics,
systematics and taxonomic talks throughout the program.
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY
Functional morphology papers that examine the palaeobiological aspects of
fossil research and their modern biological and structural analogies.
EVOLUTION
We call for papers that synthesise information based on phylogenetic
reconstruction, including evolution of anatomical structures in vertebrates
through to developmental systems and heterochrony.
INTERACTIONS
Behaviours, interactions with the environment and inter- and intraspecific
interactions inferred from the fossil record
EXTINCTIONS
Papers discussing the causes, expressions, complexities and
palaeontological evidence for extinction events, and recoveries.
PALAEOECOLOGY AND PALAEOBIOLOGY
Specific papers on the palaeoecological setting of significant vertebrate
faunas and their autecology
PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY
The global and regional distribution of faunas and their implications for
climatic and tectonic factors, provincialism and international correlation.
FOSSIL SITE PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
The maintenance, sustainable management and on-going issues related to in
situ deposits and the implications of such for research
PALAEOTOURISM, EDUCATION & AMATEUR COLLECTING
The growth and effects of global niche tourism in palaeontology, its future
directions and implications for local communities and research
scientists. The impacts on amateur collectors and their role in the future
of palaeontology. The use of palaeontologists as educators for the
environment. How to express the practical values of and need for
palaeontologists in a resource-free science World.
NEW TECHNIQUES IN PALAEONTOLOGICAL PREPARATION
A session specifically designed for the presentation of new techniques in
the preparation, preservation, maintenance and presentation of fossil
material. This program will consist of informal workshops with some 'hands
on' sessions. The aim is to present new technical information relating to
the preparation and storage of vertebrate fossils. Preparators are so far
apart that exchange of ideas is essential for growth. A full session at
the end of the conference has been scheduled for technician interaction and
communication...so let's fill it up!
AN OPEN FORUM
The above themes are in no way set in concrete, so we invite anyone to
offer a theme that they wish to chair and bring together speakers
on. These forums will have a restricted time frame, therefore, we look for
dynamic ideas that encompass a variety of topics of specific VP interest.
PAPERS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS
Oral presentations
Invited Key note speakers will be allocated 25 minutes plus five minutes
for questions; General oral presentations of papers will be of 15 minutes
duration plus 5 minutes question time.
Poster presentations
Size up to 2x2 m
Informal sessions will be arranged for question times addressing poster
presentation
Alternative presentations
Negotiated Video, CD, DVD and other presentation media can be arranged,
please contact the organising committee.
Abstracts
Abstracts are to be submitted electronically by April 1st 2003 in the
following format. A MS word file or equivalent in rtf. Times new roman
font, double-spaced, 10 point with no indents or use of tabs. Italics are
only to be used for taxonomic names. Avoid use of jargon and ensure that
your abstract is able to be understood by a general audience. Maximum
length 250 words including any references. Please restrict references to
the bare minimum. No figures in abstracts.
Layout should be:
Title in CAPITALS
Author(s) name(s)
Authors' addresses and affiliation with email contact for principal author.
4 key words
Abstract body
References in the following format
BLOGGS, B.S., 2007. Dinosaurs in the Silurian of the Great Artesian Basin.
Journal of Creative Palaeontology 45: 78-121.
NB. Submission of an abstract is subject to acceptance and refereeing as
required.
Submission of research papers
Proceedings of the conference will be published in the Memoirs of the
Queensland Museum. All papers are subject to rigorous peer and editorial
review. Papers for publication MUST be submitted by the last day of the
conference.
Authors are advised to consult the Memoirs of the Queensland Museum Guide
to authors at the following web address.
<http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/organisation/publications/>
STUDENT PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
1. Best Student oral presentation
2. Best Student poster presentation
3. Most Creative presentation
CONFERENCE FEES
The conference fees have been designed to keep costs to a minimum and allow
maximum flexibility and affordability for students. Registration includes
an abstract volume, programs and morning and afternoon teas.
REGISTRATION FEE:
Early Bird Registration before 2nd June
$88
$110 $88 (student/unemployed)
PROCEEDINGS VOLUME: $55
CONFERENCE DINNER $66
LAST DAY ACTIVITIES:
Travel to Collection $30
Clifton Field Trip $100
ACCOMMODATION
We will advise on cheapest accommodation when it becomes available. We
advise you make your own arrangements if booking from overseas as rates vary.
END CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES (for those who do not wish to attend the
technicians sessions) Clifton Pleistocene Fossil site: Located on the
Eastern Darling Downs, only 1.5 hours' drive from Brisbane this site
contains the remains of Australia's megafauna and minifauna from fluviatile
deposits of late Pleistocene age. The tour will encompass a site
inspection and collection of material, visit to a local amateur
palaeontologist's collection (very impressive) and overview of the
southeast Queensland regional geology.
Queensland Museum Geology and Palaeontology Collections incorporating the
University of Queensland Collections.: over seven million items of
geological heritage under the one roof. This activity is for those needing
access to research materials and those who are interested in the new
laboratories and facilities at the recently acquired Hendra
Complex. Requirements: The GeoSciences Staff will require information on
specific specimens or local faunas needed so that we can have them out and
ready.
CONFERENCE DINNER AND ICE BREAKER
The conference Ice breaker/BBQ will be held on the Sunday night, 6th July
in the Dinosaur Garden.
The Conference Dinner will be held in the Museum on the Thursday
Evening. Fully-catered and a "Field Trip Theme". Cost $66.00
PRECONFERENCE FIELD TRIP
Outback Palaeontology: The Great Artesian Basin
9 nights; cost $2100; meals included on rail portion. Lunches
provided. Departing Brisbane on the majestic QR "Spirit-of-the-Outback",
the trip will take in: 1. Central Queensland geology, 2. Dinosaur Stampede
Site at Lark Quarry, Winton; 3. The Merton Tablelands; 4. The "Elliot - the
dinosaur" site; 5. Hughenden; 6. Marine reptile and fish sites of the
Richmond region; 7. Kronosaurus Korner; 8. Porcupine Gorge; 9. A brief
interlude on the great fossil reef deposits of the Charters Towers area;
10. Townsville and the Museum of Tropical Queensland; 11. Coastal
Queensland geology on your way back to Brisbane, travelling on the
"Sunlander". In addition you will experience the outback hospitality
unique to the region and a uniquely Queensland Rail experience!
POST-CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP
Central and Southern Queensland
5 nights $600, main meals not included. Lunches provided. You will need
to provide your own caving light (helmets are required, please let us know
if you need one).
The fossil sites of the Murgon, Gladstone, and Rockhampton regions give a
diverse window into the early Tertiary, and Plio-Pleistocene of eastern
Australia. As well as enjoying the diverse ecologies of the subtropical
north, you will travel to some of the newest and most interesting sites in
Queensland, including Mt Etna Caves National Park, Mt Etna Limestone Mine,
Stuart Oil Shale Mine, Tarong Coal Mine and the famous Murgon Mud.
Please forward your Registration to
Scott Hocknull
CAVEPS 2003
Queensland Museum
PO Box 3300
South Brisbane 4101
or via EMAIL:
scotth at qm.qld.gov.au
CONTACT PERSONNEL
Scott Hocknull Dr Alex Cook
Assistant Curator Senior Curator
scotth at qm.qld.gov.au alexc at qm.qld.gov.au
Int + 7 3840 7663 Int + 7 3840 7665 (w)
Int + 7 3846 1918 Int + 7 3846 1918 (fax)
Scientific Program Committee
Current
Scott Hocknull (Tertiary)
Dr Alex Cook (Education / Interpretation)
Joanne Wilkinson (Technical)
Dr S Turner (Palaeozoic / Mesozoic fishes)
Dr R. A. Thulborn (Palaeozoic / Mesozoic tetrapods)
Dr Bernard Cooke (Tertiary)
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PRECONFERENCE FIELDTRIP BOOKING Deposit $500.00 ($2100 total)
POSTCONFERENCE FIELDTRIP BOOKING Deposit $100.00 ($600 total)
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