Second Announcement and Information for IGCP 410 Riverside Meeting – Ordovician Biodiversification Event
June 21st
– June 24th University of California, Riverside
ABSTRACT DEADLINE
March 1, 2001
Focus: Large-scale clade or regional patterns of Ordovician Biodiversity. All IGCP 410 participants are invited.
Organizing Committee
Meeting Chair: Mary Droser (Mary.Droser@ucr.edu)
Registration: Brenda Hunda (BrendaHu@citrus.ucr.edu)
Housing and transportation: Diana
Thiel (DianaT@citrus.ucr.edu)
Technical Program: Seth Finnegan
(Sfinn@citrus.ucr.edu)
All correspondence should be directed to Brenda Hunda (BrendaHu@citrus.ucr.edu)
Logistic Information:
If you wish to fly into Los Angeles International Airport. Riverside is approximately 1 – 1 1/2 hours away and accessible by Super Shuttle for approximately $55.00. Alternatively, you can take a Super Shuttle to Ontario Airport for $25.00 and be met at Ontario Airport by the hotel shuttle to your hotel.
Accommodations
Rooms are available at two places. We will book accommodations for you (See below). While in Riverside, we will provide transportation to and from your hotel. Please note: the Comfort Inn is Walking distance to campus; the Mission Inn is not. Both are located near eating establishments.
Comfort Inn - Located approximately 1 mile from campus, rooms are $49.99 a night (single or double occupancy). This price includes a continental breakfast and shuttle service to and from Ontario Airport.
The Historic Mission Inn - Located in historic downtown Riverside approximately 4 miles from campus, rooms are $79.00 a night. This price includes airport shuttle. The Mission is an historical landmark and boosts a long history of famous (and infamous) guests.
The Mission Inn and the Comfort Inn provide Airport service to and from Ontario Airport. Please give us your flight information and we will arrange airport pickup. You will meet your shuttle outside of baggage claim at Ontario Airport in the area marked Hotel pickup.
You must let us know your flight information if you would like to be met at the airport by your motel/hotel shuttle. While in Riverside, we will provide shuttle service between your hotel and campus before the morning sessions and at the end of the day.
Once you have made your flight arrangements please contact Diana Thiel (DianaT@citrus.ucr.edu) and we will provide you with the best transportation option.
Abstract Information
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: March 1, 2001
Focus: Large-scale clade
or regional patterns of Ordovician Biodiversity. All IGCP 410 participants are invited.
We anticipate that each clade
team will have an abstract and present at least one talk on that clade.
Additional sessions at the meeting will be open to all IGCP 410
participants who may wish to offer “regional” presentations on their particular
clade group (for example, the Baltoscandian
trilobites, the Kazakhstan sponges, or Laurentian graptolites, etc.) through Ordovician
time.
All IGCP participants are welcome and encouraged to attend even if
they do not give a presentation as we anticipate that most talks will have multiple
authors. We are planning ample time for discussion among and between clade teams.
We encourage the focus to be broad-scale and in particular, on the entire Ordovician column (or at least a significant part of the column), rather than a small part of Ordovician time).
Publications: There
will be an abstract volume (single page abstracts) to be published in Paleobios.
Abstracts must be less than 350 words and submitted electronically. Please include title (all capitals); authors, addresses of all authors, and text. No references please.
Microsoft Word is the preferable format. Otherwise, please submit as an RTF file. Abstracts should be sent to: Brenda Hunda but can be submitted separately from registration.
Accompanying Persons: We have not arranged any specific accompanying persons program. However, those with families wishing to tour southern California (e.g. Disneyland) should rent a car. Riverside is located within an hour of most southern California attractions including: Disneyland, the beach, the mountains, the Mojave Desert, Joshua Tree National Park, Palm Springs, downtown LA, Universal Studios, Hollywood etc.
There are also a number of local attractions.
We will have abundant materials here at the meeting on local and southern California attractions.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for additional or specific information.
Invitations: We are happy to provide official invitations to
those who need them. Contact Brenda Hunda for an invitation.
To all Participants:
Additional logistic and Meeting information will be sent out after we receive your registration.
Please note: the ABTRACT DEADLINE IS FIRM