9th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FOSSIL ALGAE

9th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FOSSIL ALGAE
 
Zagreb, Croatia, 19-20 September 2007  
  
International Fossil Algae Association
    
Organized by:  
Croatian Geological Survey  
  
In collaboration with:  
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology  &  Croatian Geological Society  
  
GENERAL INFORMATION  

Following the 8th International Symposium on Fossil Algae held in Granada, Spain, 2003, the 9th Symposium will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, from Wednesday 19 to Thursday 20 September 2007.  

Two field-trips are planed: pre-symposium field trip to Dinarides and the Adriatic Coast, and post-symposium field trip to NW Croatia and Zagreb surroundings.  

The Symposium will be organized by the Croatian Geological Survey (former Institute  of Geology), in collaboration with the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science and the Croatian Geological Society.  
Croatia is a country of great natural heritage with a wide variety of landscapes, from wild uninhabited craggy gorges to steep river valleys and a beautiful indented Adriatic coastline, dotted with hundreds of islands. The life in a clear-blue sea is extraordinarily varied with a wide range of species, including the type-species of Dasycladales - Dasycladus vermicularis, and the most famous one - Acetabularia acetabulum (= mediterranea). The investigations on fossil algae in Croatia began in 1907 with the very first description of a Permian dasyclad by Franz Schubert from the Velebit  Mountain. These were followed by Julius Pia's (1920) studies on Triassic algae from the same region. Subsequently, in more then 50 years of research by the "Zagreb Algological Group", hundreds of algal taxa have been described in Croatia, many of them for the first time.  
During the Symposium we will have an opportunity to show you both the great natural heritage of Croatia, as well as selected scientific discoveries in the field of fossil algae.  
  
REGISTRATION FEES  
  
Attending members:      100 euros  
Students: 50 euros  
Accompanying      persons: 50 euros  
 
IMPORTANT DATES
15 July 2006    Return of Pre-registration Form  

30 September 2006      Distribution of Second Circular (with field-trip and accommodation fees included) to those who returned the Pre-registration Form:  

31 May 2007   Symposium and field trip registration
31 May 2007   Submission of abstracts
1 July 2007      Final payment of all fees

CONTACTS:  

Ton?i Grgasovi? 
Hrvatski geolo?ki institut 
(Croatian Geological Survey) 
Sachsova 2, POB.  
HR-10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
Email: tonci.grgasovic@hgi-cgs.hr 
Skype: tgrgasovic 
Telefon: 385-1-6160-707 
Fax: 385-1-6144-718  

Or:  

Alisa Martek 
Hrvatski geolo?ki institut 
(Croatian Geological Survey) 
Sachsova 2, POB.  
HR-10000 Zagreb 
Croatia 
Email: alisa.martek@hgi-cgs.hr
Telefon: 385-1-6160-786 
Fax: 385-1-6144-718