Dear All,
 
I thought that some people might be interested in this. I have not included full details but you can contact the people listed at the end of the notice if you'd like to be added to the mailing list or would like to attend the conference.
 
 
 
 

First Circular

 

CAVEPS 2005

and

Quaternary Extinction

Symposium

 

10th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution Palaeontology and Systematics

 

Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area,

Naracoorte, South Australia,

AUSTRALIA

 

29th March – 2nd April 2005

 

You are invited to attend the 10th CAVEPS which will be held at the World Heritage listed Naracoorte Caves National Park and nearby Naracoorte township, approximately 360 km SE of Adelaide, in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.

 

CAVEPS is the biennial meeting of vertebrate palaeontologists from around Australia and overseas. CAVEPS 2005 will consist of 3 days of general session including papers on all aspects of vertebrate palaeontology , culminating in a 2 day symposium which will focus on Quaternary extinctions and dating applications. In addition to the main sessions, a student forum is also proposed where students can present their project proposals or work in progress and benefit from professional input.

 

As the conference is field-based there will be opportunities throughout the week to inspect key Pleistocene vertebrate sites, show caves and quarry sites. The park also has an interpretive fossil centre, fossil laboratory and collection storage facility, and bat observation centre. For more details about the park and the facilities visit the park website http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/naracoorte/

 

Conference presentations will be held in the well-equipped Naracoote Town Hall and at the National Park in the spacious Blanche Cave. Facilities will be available for slide and Powerpoint presentations.

 

For more information about the conference contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]

 

Formal postal address: CAVEPS 2005 c/- Naracoorte Caves National Park, PO Box 134, Nacacoorte, South Australia, 5271, Australia