European Pollen Database Meeting

From 06/05/2007 to 12/05/2007 | Europôle Méditerranéen de l’Arbois, Aix-en-Provence, France

Purpose of the Meeting

The meeting comprised invited talks, poster sessions, open discussions, and a field excursion. 5 different training workshops werde offered, designed to help palynologists develop and strengthen their skills when working with multiple sites and data held in the European Pollen Database (EPD). The EPD was updated and redesigned based upon discussions at this meeting. We encouraged palynologists at an early stage of their career to attend and take part in this process. Financial support for attendance was available for young scientist.


Timetable

7 MayArrival
8 MayTalks and posters
9 MayDiscussion and redesign of EPD
10 MayField trip to southern Alps
11 MayTraining workshops
12 MayTraining workshops


Keynote Speakers

Jack Williams, USAThe North American Pollen Database
Tony Barnosky, USAThe North American Animal Database
Anne-Marie Lézine, FranceThe African Pollen Database
Bent Odgaard, DenmarkNumerical analyses of large pollen datasets
Marie-José Gaillard-Lemdahl, SwedenPOLLANDCAL and the Pollen Database
Simon Brewer, FranceData-model comparisons using pollen data
Thomas Giesecke, UK/DenmarkEuropean vegetation dynamics and tree spreading


Training Workshops

Multivariate methodsBent Odgaard
Data-model comparisonSimon Brewer
POLLANDCAL softwareJane Bunting
Tilia for Windows data input and output to/from EPDJohn Keltner
Age-depth modellingMaarten Blaauw


Organisation

The workshop is organised on a low-cost basis and we have external funding to offer to accepted participants.


Sponsors

ESF EuroCLIMATE programme
EU FP6 Network of Excellence EVOLTREE


Organising Committee

Valérie Andrieu-Ponel Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu (jacques-louis.debeaulieu@wanadoo.fr)
Richard Bradshaw (richard.bradshaw@liv.ac.uk)
Sheila Hicks (sheila.hicks@oulu.fi)

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