12th EAVP Meeting – Torino, Italy 24-28 June 2014
Organized by
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Torino
Host committee
Massimo Delfino, Giorgio Carnevale, Simone Colombero, Daniele Ormezzano, Giulio Pavia Marco Pavia & Giovanni Repetto
First Circular
Dear colleagues,
The Host Committee is honoured to invite you all to the 12th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists that will be held in Torino, northwest Italy, from June 24th to June 28th 2014. The venue of the Meeting will be the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali located in the heart of Torino, a city with a 2000 year long history and a rich culture intertwined with the life of a University founded in 1404.
Famous for its numerous museums, art galleries, theatres, palaces, churches, opera houses, piazzas and parks, Torino is well known for its baroque, rococo, neo-classical, and Art Nouveau
architecture. Much of the city's public squares, castles, gardens and elegant palazzi such as Palazzo Madama, were built in the 16th and 18th century, after the capital of the Duchy of Savoy was moved from Chambery to Torino. Later on, in 1861, Torino became the first capital city of Italy. These historical changes and the following industrial development are testified to by a number of museums, among which the Museo Egizio (one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt), the Museo del Risorgimento Italiano, the Museo Nazionale del Cinema and the Museo dell’Automobile are nationally renowned. We warmly suggest that you take advantage of your business trip to Torino by combining it with a few extra days of relaxation at the foot of the Alps.
For further information about Torino please check: http://www.comune.torino.it/canaleturismo/en/
Topics
This meeting, as with all the previous EAVP meetings, follows the general objectives of the
Association to promote and encourage communication and collaboration as well as to bring together the Vertebrate Palaeontology community of Europe through the organization of such a meeting in a different country every year. Delegates are invited to provide oral and poster presentations that cover all aspects of Vertebrate Palaeontology. We encourage the proposal of thematic sections, or symposia, such as the ones that have already been proposed:
SAPE session of fossil birds
A special session on fossil birds will be held during the meeting, under the patronage of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Presentations (oral or posters) on all aspects of palaeornithology are welcome. For more details, please contact Marco Pavia (marco.pavia@unito.it)
Symposium on European Fossil Primates
This symposyum aims at offering an occasion to discuss the state of the art on primate
palaeontology (taxonomy, palaeobiogeography, phylogeny and palaeobiology), with particular emphasis on European fossil remains (including those of Homo). For further information, please contact David Alba (david.alba@icp.cat) and Lorenzo Rook (lorenzo.rook@unifi.it).
Preliminary Programme
Tue June 24th: Arrival, registration and icebreaker party
Wed June 25th: Registration, scientific presentations, poster session, board meeting Thu June 26th: Scientific presentations, general assembly, auction
Fri June 27th: Scientific presentations, poster session, conference dinner
Sat June 28th: Field trip to the late Miocene sites along the Tanaro River and visit to the Museo Eusebio in Alba (whole day)
Sun June 29th – Mon 30th: Optional field trip to the Eocene site and museum of Bolca, and visit to the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona (two full days – see details below)
General assembly and auction
The annual charity auction to raise funds to support student attendance at the EAVP meetings will take place after this general assembly. Due to poor interest rates in banks, we rely on the auction more heavily than ever, so please remember to bring items for the auction!
Raymonde Rivoallan Fund
As for previous EAVP meetings, the Raymonde Rivoallan Fund will provide two 250 € grants for students presenting an oral communication at the meeting. Selection will be made on the basis of an abstract with a covering letter and a CV. More information will be provided in the second circular.
Transmitting Science Grant
Transmitting Science (http://www.transmittingscience.org/) will offer a grant of 250 €. Details will be provided in the second circular.
Technical information
Technical information about payment of the meeting fees, abstract preparation, length of the oral presentations and poster size will be communicated in the second circular.
Field Trips
Field trip 1 - Sat June 28th: Morning: visit to Messinian sites exposed along the Tanaro River that yield abundant terrestrial vertebrates and are locally rich in well-preserved articulated skeletons of fishes, mostly belonging to the cyprinodontid Aphanius crassicaudus, in many cases exhibiting traces of the original pigmentation. Afternoon: Museo Eusebio in Alba, with collections of Miocene continental and marine vertebrates collected along the Tanaro River and in other localities nearby.
Field trip 2 - Sun 29th – Monday June 30th: this two day optional trip will be dedicated to the celebrated Eocene fossil-Lagerstätte of Monte Bolca. We will visit the site of La Pesciara di Bolca, the Museo dei Fossili di Bolca, and the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, where a rich and impressive collection of fossils from Bolca is on display. The indicated price (approximate price! – details in the second circular) covers transportation by bus (Torino-Bolca-Verona-Torino), museum tickets, hotel room and dinner of Sunday. On the way back to Torino (afternoon of the second day), there is the possibility of a quick stop at Bergamo airport for those that prefer to leave Italy from Bergamo. Please note that this trip will only go ahead if the minimum number of participants (15) is achieved. Furthermore, for organisational
reasons of bookings, once the trip is confirmed as going ahead, a positive indication of participation is binding, and cannot later be rescinded. (please contact Giorgio Carnevale for further information: giorgio.carnevale@unito.it).
Accommodation
Torino offers a wide range of accommodation options, but we suggest that you choose a place close to the Meeting venue in order to enjoy the atmosphere of the centre of the city. We kindly ask you to arrange your booking directly.
The Hotel Urbani has already offered discounted rates (inclusive of breakfast and wi-fi) to delegates attending the EAVP Meeting:
- single room 54 € * - double room 73 € * - triple room 99 € *
* plus a daily tax of 2,30 € per person (applicable for a maximum of 4 days in a row)
If you want to take advantage of the discounted price, mention “EAVP reservation” when booking. The hotel is 5 minutes on foot from the main train station (Torino Porta Nuova) and 15 minutes on foot from the meeting venue, the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali.
http://www.hotelurbani.it/index_eng.php info@hotelurbani.it
Other options are: Hotels
Albergo Abanita - www.albergoabanyta.com/
Albergo Avalon - http://www.albergoavalon.com/en/ Albergo San Carlo - http://www.albergosancarlo.it/ Grand Hotel Mogol - http://www.hotelgranmogol.it/ Hotel Genio - http://www.hotelgenio.it/
Hotel Victoria - http://www.hotelvictoria-torino.com/index_en.html Tomato Backpackers Hotel - http://tomato.to.it/en/
B&B
Carlo Alberto - http://carloalberto-torino.it/
All’Orso Poeta - http://www.orsopoeta-bed-and-breakfast.it/
Apartments
AirBnB (a wide selection of apartments, choose the ones in the centre!): http://www.airbnb.com
How to reach Torino
Torino is located in northwest Italy, close to France (about 100 km) and Switzerland (about 140 km) and is easy to reach by car, train and airplane.
The Torino airport (about 15 km northwest of city centre) is connected daily to both domestic (Bari, Cagliari, Catania, Lamezia Terme, Roma, Palermo, Trapani) and international destinations
(Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Brussels Charleroi, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Madrid, Munich, Paris CDG).
For further information see:
http://www.comune.torino.it/canaleturismo/en/arrive.htm
Key Dates and Deadlines
Deadline for preliminary registration: 31st January 2014
2nd Circular and call for conference papers and abstracts: 15th February 2014 Deadline for abstract submission and final registration: 31st March 2014 3rd Circular and final conference program: 15th May 2014
Preliminary Registration Form 12th EAVP Meeting – Torino, Italy
24 – 28 June 2014
Please return this registration form before the 31st of January 2014 to: eavp.torino@gmail.com
Name….……… Institution….……… Postal address….……… Email….………
1. Status/Payment for:
Student EAVP member 40 €
EAVP member/Non-EAVP student 60 €
Non EAVP member 80 €
2. Do you intend to give a presentation? Y/N
Oral presentation - Title:
……… ……… ……… Poster - Title: ……… ……… ………
3. Do you plan to attend the icebreaker party? (free) Y/N 4. Do you plan to attend the conference dinner? (35 €) Y/N
Any special dietary requirements or preferences?
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5. Do you plan to attend field trip 1 on Saturday 28th? (40 € - light lunch included) Y/N 6. Do you plan to attend field trip 2 on Sunday 29th – Monday 30th? (130 € approx) Y/N
