The 7th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber

Edinburgh, Scotland
26th April – 1st May 2016

FIRST CIRCULAR

CONFERENCE VENUE

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers St., Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, UK.
http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/

NMS ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr Andrew Ross (a.ross@nms.ac.uk)
Dr Yves Candela
Vicen Carrio
Rachel Russell
Dr Sarah Stewart
Dr Stig Walsh

COLLABORATION
International Palaeoentomological Society (IPS).

GENERAL INFORMATION
The International Conference/Congress on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber (abbreviated to Fossils x3) is the main conference for the scientific study of non-marine arthropods and amber and is usually held every three years.
During the 6th International Congress, held in Byblos, Lebanon in 2013, a vote took place to decide on the venue of the next conference and Edinburgh, Scotland was chosen. 
Edinburgh (pronounced Ed-in-bur-rer), is the capital of Scotland and is a World Heritage Site, known as the ‘Athens of the North’ due to its fine architecture.  It has a very long history dating back to the iron age and is renowned for being a centre of culture-
http://www.visitscotland.com/destinations-maps/edinburgh-lothians/
Edinburgh is well equipped by transport.  It has an airport and train station (Edinburgh Waverley).  There is a good bus and tram service from the airport into the city centre, and a good bus service around the city.  More details will be provided in the Second Circular.
	
The Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to attend the 7th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber in Edinburgh, Scotland from 26th April to 1st May 2016.  The main venue for the 3 days of lectures will be the National Museum of Scotland, with a welcome Reception beforehand and two optional days of field-work afterwards.  

PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE
26th April. Evening Registration and Reception.
27th April. Registration and day 1 of lectures.
28th April. Day 2 of lectures and conference photograph.
29th April. Day 3 of lectures and conference dinner.
30th April. Day 1 of field-trip (optional extra).
1st May.    Day 2 of field-trip (optional extra).

REGISTRATION
The cost of registration will be announced in the Second Circular.  It will calculated based on the number of completed forms (below) received by 31st March 2015.  
So the more forms received indicating that the delegate is probably attending then the cheaper it will be.  There will be a discount for those who are students, retired or unemployed.

ACCOMODATION
It will be the delegate’s responsibility to book and pay for their own accommodation (except for Keynote speakers).  Edinburgh is well provisioned for places to stay, catering for all budgets
(1 million visitors come to the Edinburgh Festival in August).  There is a Convention Bureau that can provide discounted rates and booking can be done through them (details to come in 2nd Circular). In order for the bureau to offer the most appropriate selection of accommodation and to gauge requirements, please fill in your preferences in the form below.  

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 
The deadline for lecture and poster abstract submission is 31st December, 2015. A request for abstracts will be announced in the Second Circular, which will also have instructions for electronic submission. Delegates will only be permitted to give one lecture or poster.

PROCEEDINGS VOLUME
The proceedings of the conference will be published as a special volume of the Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Deadline for submission is at the conference, 29th April 2016.  Priority will be given to those papers based on lectures presented at the conference.  

FIELD-TRIPS
Details to be decided, though will consist of two separate day-trips, originating from Edinburgh,
to visit important Palaeozoic non-marine arthropod localities.  Spaces will be limited.

I am interested in attending the 7th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber in Edinburgh 2016-

Title:  	Surname (last name):  	First name: 	
Address:  
	
City:  	Post Code: 	Country: 	
E-mail:  	Tel: 	Fax: 	
I plan to register as a Professional Participant _     Student _     Retired _    Unemployed _	
I will be accompanied by non-attendee (name):	
My attendance is  definite _     probable _     uncertain _  	
I would like my accommodation-
Within a 15 minute walk of the venue  _     Between a 15-30 minute walk  _
Priced less than £50 (Stirling) per night  _     Priced between £50-£100 per night  _
(Note the combination of <15 minutes and <£50 will be limited, but 15-30 minutes and £50-£100 will provide much more choice)	
I am interested in giving a presentation  _     or poster  _     within the following subject areas-
Palaeozoic  _     Mesozoic  _     Cenozoic  _
Insecta  _     other non-marine Arthropoda  _    
Compression fossil(s)  _     Amber  _      	
I am interested in attending the field-trips _     	

Please save this form using your surname as the file name and e-mail it to a.ross@nms.ac.uk   by 31st March 2015.