We have a great selection of workshops for you to choose from at INA19. Workshops are now FREE for anyone to attend.
Workshops are designed to be collaborative; the ‘masterclass’ on Sunday in Scientific Writing and Reviewing will be more of a ‘sit down and take notes’ session.
You will need to sign-up to workshops so we can best allocate rooms. Workshops will either held within the conference hotel (St. George’s Llandudno) or a short (5 minute) walk away.
If you are intending on participating in a workshop PLEASE sign-up here.
Schedule
SUNDAY 13:00-15:00 – Masterclass: Scientific Writing and Reviewing (Denise Kulhanek, University of Kiel; Jean Self-Trail, USGS; Emma Sheldon, GEUS).
A ‘Masterclass’ workshop designed to provide tips for students, young career scientists, and English second language colleagues on how to better prepare manuscripts for journal publication and how to provide comprehensive, helpful reviews.
TUESDAY 15:30-17:30 – Workshops (4 options):
1. Biostratigraphy Software – StrataBugs (Paul Britton, StrataData) – 1hour & BugWin (Mitch Covington, BugWare)
Professional biostratigraphers routinely use specialist software packages to record and present their results. This workshop will present two leading packages and illustrate some of their more specialist features. It is intended both for commerical biostratigraphers wishing to develop their use of such packages and academics interested in their use in research or teaching.
2. Jurassic Nannofossils (Fabienne Giraud, Université Grenoble Alpes; Jason Jeremiah, Viridien; Emanuela Mattioli, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
There is a relatively well-established community of Jurassic nannofossil workers at INA19; this workshop will allow them to discuss current issues and challenges, and to discuss the possibilities for developing a database of occurrence data.
3. Extant Coccolithophore Biogeography (Jeremy Young, University College London)
The new CASCADE dataset (de Vries et al. in press with ScientificData) is a major compilation of data on coccolithopohre biogeography and will greatly assist the field. This workshop will introduce the database and allow discussion of how it can be used and developed.
4. Geochemical proxies from coccoliths (Tom Dunkley Jones, University of Birmingham)
Geochemical proxies from coccolithophore-produced carbonate (e.g. stable isotopes, trace metals) and biomarkers (e.g. alkenone saturation and isotopes) play a critical role in palaeoceanography and global change science and improvement of proxies from coccoliths is an ongoing focus of research. This workshop will allow participants to present and discuss their research in this area in a relaxed environment and build future collaborations.
WEDNESDAY 15:30-17:30 – Workshops (4 options):
1. Cretaceous nannofossil structure and taxonomy (Paul Bown, University College London; Matthew Hampton, Network Stratigraphic; Richard Howe, Ellington Geological Services)
Cretaceous nannofossil taxonomy has arguably been somewhat negelected in recent years and is in need of review and revision at both species level and higher taxonomic levels. It is hoped that this workshop can stimulate discussion on possible approaches to resolve these problems.
2.Public Outreach (Mario Cachão, Universidade de Lisboa; Micaela Chaumeil Rodriguez, Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología; Mariem Saavedra-Pellitero, University of Portsmouth; Deborah Tangunan, University College London)
Communication of science to wider audiences is an increasingly important role for researchers. This workshop will allow us to share experiences, discuss what makes for sucessful public outreach and share information on resources.
3. Understanding Molecular Genetic Data – (El Mahdi Bendif, Université du Québec à Rimouski)
Molecular genetic data plays an ever greater role in studies of phylogeny, diversity and functional biology, inculding certainly coccolithophore study. This session will provide guidance on using and interpreting moolecular genetic reuslts and insight ibnot some of the latest research on cococlithophore molecular biology.
4. AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Automated Coccolith Identification (Luc Beaufort, CEREGE)
Application of AI has become major topic across society and it value in coccolith identification ha been well-proven by the pioneering SYRACO system. This workshop will allow exploration of current approaches and future prospects.