07/04/2016
Third Circular
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The 5th Triennial Mosasaur Meeting (http://www.geology.lu.se/mmv) is now less than two months away and it is time to update you with some meeting details.
Please note that the registration and abstract deadline is April 15!
We are honoured to be hosting the meeting and look forward to the opportunity to showcase our local and regional natural and cultural history. There is also the pleasure to share our
diverse research collection of marine vertebrate fossils, dating from the Late Permian through to Late Cretaceous.
Key dates
• Registration and abstract deadline – April 15
• Hotel bookings cut-off – May 1
• Meeting begins – May 16
• Proceedings manuscripts deadline – September 1
Schedule and meeting details
• Kick-off reception – evening of May 16
• Presentations & poster session – May 17, 18 and 19
• Banquet – evening of May 19
• Cultural field trip – May 20
Meeting location: The meeting will be held at the Museum of Evolution (Palaeontology and Mineralogy building) on Norbyvägen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala (see map below). Registration, coffee breaks and poster session will take place in the galleries and at the entrance on the first and second floor, respectively, whereas the technical sessions will be held in the historical lecture room (“Wiman theatre”) on the first floor. When you enter the building, take the stairs on your left to the first floor. Please visit the museum website for additional information
(http://www.evolutionsmuseet.uu.se/indexeng.html).
For those planning to drive to the meeting there is pay parking next to the museum for 50 SEK/day. Free parking can be found in the surrounding suburbs providing they are not marked “residential only”.
Reception: A kick-off reception and icebreaker party will be held at the Museum of Evolution beginning at 18:30 and ending at 21:00 on May 16. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Sessions: Please note that the schedule is tentative – a detailed schedule of talks will be provided once all the abstracts are in.
May 17
8:30 Registration opens
10:30 Begin technical sessions
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Technical sessions and coffee break
17:00 Adjourn
May 18
10:00 Poster session
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Technical sessions and coffee break
17:00 Adjourn
May 19
9:00 Technical sessions and coffee break
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Technical sessions and coffee break
17:00 Adjourn
Presentations: Oral presentations will be approximately 20 minutes in length (depending on the number of abstracts we receive) and should be provided the morning of your presentation
as a Power Point file. A computer will be available, but the presenter may use their own computer if that is preferred. The projector will support a resolution of 1024 × 768 pixels, so
please plan accordingly. If you need other technical facilities, please email Johan Lindgren ([email protected]) to discuss your needs.
Posters: Space will be available for posters and they will be displayed for the duration of the technical sessions. Posters should not exceed 90 × 120 cm (landscape or portrait is optional).
Materials for hanging posters will be available but bring personal equipment should you have special requirements. Please also be sure to indicate if you are requesting a poster or an oral
presentation when you register (please see details below).
Abstracts: The deadline for the abstract submission is April 15 2016. An abstract volume will be compiled and available to meeting participants. Following the meeting, the abstract volume
will be available as a pdf download. Abstracts are limited to a single page (A4 size) including title, author(s), author affiliations, the main body of the abstract, and references. The abstracts
should be provided as Microsoft Word format, single spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, and should not include images. Titles should be capitalized, author and co-author names
should be written in full, surname first, and affiliations indicated by superscript numerically. Abstract titles with authorship will be made available on the meeting website. The abstract text will be embargoed until the meeting begins. The abstracts should be submitted by email to Sven Sachs ([email protected]).
Conference proceedings: There will be a symposium volume published as a special issue of the Australasian palaeontological journal Alcheringa and it is tentatively planned for 2017.
Author instructions can be downloaded at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/talc20/current
Fieldtrip: The 2016 field trip will be cultural due to a lack of Mesozoic strata in the vicinity of Uppsala and the fact that we are in ‘Viking land’ . It will start at about 10 am on May 20
outside of Akademihotellet. From there, we will go to “Gamla Uppsala Museum”, one of Scandinavia’s most noteworthy cultural environments. We will look at finds from archaeological digs and Viking burial mounds, and we will also eat lunch there. Our next stop will be “Uppsala domkyrka” where we will have a look at the holotype of Homo sapiens. Next to it is “Museum Gustavianum”; the museum is housed in Uppsala University’s oldest
preserved building with the anatomical theatre on the roof. Exhibited at the museum are, among other things, discoveries from the Viking period, and in the garden you will find a
collection of local runestones.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you are planning to attend the field trip so that we can finalise the transportation rentals. Lunch will be provided.
Collection visits: There will be an opportunity to study collections at the Museum of Evolution both before and after the scheduled meeting dates. The Museum of Evolution houses many historically important marine vertebrate fossils including the holotype of Eonatator sternbergi and the Svalbard collection of Triassic marine reptiles. Requests for collections access should be made in advance and directed to Benjamin Kear
([email protected]). There are also a number of other collections nearby, including the Swedish Museum of Natural History (please see http://www.nrm.se/english.16_en.html for
details).
Travel and accommodations: Stockholm Arlanda airport has direct flights from a number of international locations (please see https://www.swedavia.com/arlanda/?_ga=1.60354541.
1303884579.1446456507 for details). The airport is located between Uppsala and Stockholm, and is approximately 36 kilometres from the host hotel (see below). There are a variety of
transportation options, including trains, buses and taxis (please see https://www.swedavia.com/arlanda/?_ga=1.60354541.1303884579.1446456507 for details).
Uppsala is also very close to Stockholm, so you might want to include a daytrip to see the sights in the capital of Sweden.
Visas: If you need a letter of invitation to the meeting, please contact [email protected]
Host hotel: Our host hotel is Akademihotellet (see maps above). The hotel is at walking distance from the museum (approximately one kilometre). We have negotiated special room
rates and all bookings must be completed by May 1 to guarantee the room rate.
886 SEK/night for Single room (breakfast is included)
1109 SEK/night for Double room (breakfast is included)
Please book your hotel accommodations through their website at http://akademihotellet.se/en/
Registration and payment: Registration deadline is April 15.
Student: 1250 SEK,
Professional: 1750 SEK.
Registration includes the meeting, reception, banquet, and abstract volume. There will be an additional 250 SEK fee for the field trip to cover coach rentals and refreshments. For details on how to pay, please visit http://luccp.adm.lu.se/ (select “5th
Triennial Mosasaur Meeting”).
Also, please visit http://www.geology.lu.se/mmv and complete the registration form found at the website. If you have special requirements, please let us know as soon as possible.
We look forward to seeing you in Uppsala!
Johan Lindgren, Lund University, email: [email protected]
Benjamin P. Kear, Uppsala University, email: [email protected]
Sven Sachs, Naturkundemuseum Bielefeld, email: [email protected]
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