Upcoming Conferences
Upcoming IGCP 735 conferences
Many additional Ordovician conferences or sessions are being organized by IGCP Project 735 during 2021 to 2025. Visit the project website: https://rocksnrol.wordpress.com/meetings/ for the most recent information about these planned events including upcoming annual meetings in Argentina and China as well as organized sessions held in conjunction with other conferences.
3rd Annual meeting of IGCP 735 in Córdoba, Argentina, October 2024
The third annual meeting of IGCP 735 will be held from 6-13 October at Córdoba University, Córdoba (Argentina). Field excursions field excursion to Ordovician sections of the Precordillera Basin, San Juan Province. First circular: https://rocksnrol.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/first-circular-igcp-2024.pdf
Field meeting of IGCP 735 in Llandrindod, Wales, July 2025
The aim of this workshop is to encourage presentations describing total ecosystems and exceptionally preserved faunas and floras (especially ones that are less well known) from the Cambrian to Silurian. Fieldwork (two days) will include visits to the Castle Bank Lagerstätte, and a selection of places that will hopefully include Llanfawr.
Past Conferences
STRATI, 4th International Congress on Stratigraphy, Lille, France, July 2023
This conference, organized by the ICS, brought together all of the subcommisions for three days of indoor presentations and a wide variety of field excursions. Congress website: https://strati2023.sciencesconf.org/
14th International Symposium on the Ordovician Symposium, Tallinn, Estonia, July 2023
14th International Symposium on the Ordovician System was held from July 19th to July 21st, 2023 at Tallinn University (Estonia) in conjunction with the 3rd annual meeting of IGCP 735. A pre-conference field excursion explored Ordovician sections of Estonia. The post-confernce field exursions examined classic sites in Sweden. Conference website: http://isos14.org/ Conference proceesings and field excursion guides are available on the website.
2nd Annual meeting of IGCP 735 in Marrakesh, Morocco, October 2022
The second annual meeting of IGCP 735 was held from 19-29 October at Cadi-Ayyad University, Marrakesh (Morocco). Field excursions were held to Lower Palaeozoic sections of the Anti-Atlas. Conference website: http://ens-marrakech.ac.ma/projets/igcp735/
IGCP 653 Workshop, Lyon, France, November 2021
The concluding meeting of IGCP 653 occurred in Lyon, France from 29-30 November 2021.
More information is here: https://bit.ly/3mLOlFg.
Virtual “Ordovician of the World” Conference, September 2021
The online meeting was hosted by Lille University took place over four days: Monday 13th to Thursday 16th, September 2021. This was the absolutely final annual meeting of IGCP 653 and the first annual meeting of IGCP 735.
Conference details and abstract volume are avaiable on the conference website: https://lille2021.wordpress.com.
Virtual “Zooming in on the GOBE” Conference, September 2020
The fifth annual meeting of IGCP 653 was hosted by virtually by University of Copenhagen from 7-10 September, 2020.
Conference details and abstract volume are avaiable on the conference website: https://igcp653online2020.wordpress.com.
13th International Symposium on the Ordovician Symposium, Novosibirsk, Russia, July 2019
13th International Symposium on the Ordovician System was held from July 19th to July 22th, 2019 in Novosibirsk, Russia.
Full details are available on the conference website: http://isos13.ipgg.sbras.ru and in the Third Circular.
IGCP 653 Third annual meeting in Athens, Ohio, June 2018
Conference details, abstract volume, and excursion guides are available on the conference website: https://igcp653athens2018.wordpress.com