Sarda Sahney - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, England

Burgess Shale 1909-2009 - Conference This international meeting on the Cambrian Explosion will commemorate the 100 anniversary of the discovery of the Burgess Shale by Charles D. Walcott.		Dinner with Dippy at SVPCA 2005, Natural History Museum, London
August 2008	Banff, Canada
The Evolution of the Animals: a Linnean Tercentenary Celebration This two-day symposium, co-sponsored by the Linnean Society of London and the Systematics Association, will bring together internationally renowned experts from a diversity of disciplines capable of integrating traditional comparative anatomy, systematics and palaeontology, with modern molecular biology, developmental genetics and molecular phylogenetics in order to address many of the major unsolved questions of animal evolution. The meeting forms part of the celebration of the 300th birthday of Linnaeus.
June 18-19, 2007	Royal Society, London, England
International Palaeontological Congress (IPC) The theme of this convention was 'Ancient Life and Modern Approaches'. The program included lecture sessions, symposia, short courses, special interest group meetings and field excursions. I presented at the special session on 'Geo-biodiversity: taxa, morphology and ecology.'
June 17-21, 2006	Peking University, Beijing, China
Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting This annual event is the largest gathering of palaeontologists in Europe.
December 18-21, 2006	University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England
Progressive Palaeontology An annual conference that provides a framework for postgraduate research students to present ideas and undertake discuss on their work amongst peers. All aspects of palaeontology are welcome.
April 13-14 2007	University of Bristol, Bristol, England
June 15-16, 2005	University of Leicester, Leicester, England
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting (SVP) I attended this Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting for the first time. This event draws together hundreds of amateur and professional vertebrate palaeontologists each year.
2009 October 18-21, 2006	University of Bristol, Bristol, England Ottawa, Canada
Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA) Meeting for over 50 years, this syposium has been an excellent forum for discussion on all aspects of vertebrate palaeontology.
September 6-9, 2005	Natural History Museum, London, England

Palaeobiology and Biodiversity Research Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

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