The third annual meeting of IGCP 653: The Onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event will be hosted on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, June 3-7, 2018.
The scientific sessions in Athens include a mid-conference field trip to classic Cincinnatian (Katian) sections. The indoor sessions preceded by an excursion to late Cambrian through Ordovician outcrops of the Great Basin and followed by an excursion through Katian stratigraphy and paleontology of Kentucky. Participants will discuss and observe sedimentological, biological, and ecological changes across the GOBE and the resulting ecosystems.
We welcome contributions on all aspects of the late Cambrian through Ordovician earth system.
The Second Circular is now available and online registration is open.
Abstract and early registration deadlines are March 15th, 2018. Space is limited on pre- and post-conference field excursions, so please let us know if you intend to participate on either of these but plan to register later in the registration process.
More information is available on the meeting website: http://igcp653athens2018.wordpress.com
We look forward to welcoming you to Ohio. GO BE in Ohio!
Alycia Stigall
on behalf of the organizing committee and Project 653 co-leaders