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The TMS Foraminifera Festival, a virtual foram-themed day of talks and posters, will be held on 27 August 2021 from 06:00-18:00 UTC.
Description
The festival, on Zoom, features four sessions of talks (15 mins) and posters, each convened by a group of four to five early-career researchers, and break-out sessions to give everyone an opportunity to network.
There is a general session (split into two parts) and two themed sessions - one focused on the limitations of palaeoclimate proxies, and the other focused on foraminifera biomonitoring.
Abstracts
Abstract submission closes 5 July 23:59 Pacific time (6 July 06:59 UTC).
Organizers particularly encourage submissions from early-career researchers and those from under-represented minorities.
Registration
Registration deadline is 1 August 23:59 Pacific time (2 August 06:59 UTC).
There is no registration fee, and sessions will be made available for asynchronous viewing (subject to presenter preferences).
Registration form: https://forms.gle/n6BXV8hz7iNqKmYW6
Keynote speakers
Session 1: Flavia Boscolo-Galazzo (University of Bergen)
Session 2: Giulia Margaritelli (IRPI-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche)
Session 3: Haruka Takagi (Chiba University)
Session 4: Abduljamiu Olalekan Amao (KFUPM)
Festival coordinators
- Dr. Anieke Brombacher (University of Southampton, TMS Events Secretary, eventstmsoc.org (events[at]tmsoc[dot]org))
- Dr. Babette Hoogakker (Heriot-Watt University, TMS Foraminifera Group Chair, b.hoogakkerhw.ac.uk (b[dot]hoogakker[at]hw[dot]ac[dot]uk))
- Dr. Lyndsey Fox (Kingston University, TMS Foraminifera Group Secretary l.foxkingston.ac.uk (l[dot]fox[at]kingston[dot]ac[dot]uk))
- Dr. Manuel Weinkauf (Charles University in Prague, TMS Newsletter Editor, newslettertmsoc.org (newsletter[at]tmsoc[dot]org))
- Dr. Rehemat Bhatia (TMS Publicity Officer, publicitytmsoc.org (publicity[at]tmsoc[dot]org))