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Schedule
The conference schedule is below. Members of the public are invited to attend the keynote addresses, highlighted in gold, and may attend technical sessions if space permits. They are also welcome to attend Sarah Staurderman's presentation of Walcott's panorama photographs, although a $6 entrance fee applies to non-delegates.
Notice: For family reasons, Dr. Nigel C. Hughes will not be able to give his public keynote talk “Walcott, Trilobites, and the Cambrian Radiation”, originally scheduled on Tuesday Aug. 4th at 1:30 pm. The documentary “On the Trail of Primitive Life” will be shown instead. A poster session will run in parallel, from 1:30 - 2:30.
Monday August 3rd
06:00
Collect lunch and breakfast bags – PDC main lobby lounge
06:30
Field trips depart
19:30
(approx) - Trilobite beds hike returns
19:30
(until 22:00) Icebreaker and registration – Whyte Museum
21:00
(approx) - Walcott Quarry hike returns
Tuesday August 4th
07:00
Breakfast – SBB dining room
08:00
Install posters – MB 252
08:30
Welcome & introduction
Jean-Bernard Caron
Jean-Bernard Caron
08:40
09:00
Walcott’s Insights on Lower Cambrian Biostratigraphy: Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Esmeralda Basin, Nevada and California
J. Stewart Hollingsworth, Norman S. Brown & William H. Fritz
J. Stewart Hollingsworth, Norman S. Brown & William H. Fritz
09:20
09:40
10:00
Coffee and posters – MB central foyer / MB 252
10:30
Multiple Lines of Chemical Evidence for Pelagic Neoproterozoic Acritarchs
Alison N. Olcott Marshall, Craig P. Marshall, Malgorzata Moczydlowska & Sebastian Willman
Alison N. Olcott Marshall, Craig P. Marshall, Malgorzata Moczydlowska & Sebastian Willman
10:50
Where’s the Glass? Biomarkers, Molecular Clocks and MicroRNAs Suggest a Near 200-Million-Year Missing Precambrian Fossil Record of Demosponges
Erik A. Sperling†, Davide Pisani & Kevin J. Peterson
Erik A. Sperling†, Davide Pisani & Kevin J. Peterson
11:10
Doushantuo Formation Microfossils (~600 Ma): Giant Sulfur Bacteria, Embryos, or Both?
Frank A. Corsetti & Jake V. Bailey
Frank A. Corsetti & Jake V. Bailey
11:30
Reconstructing a Lost World: Exceptional Preservation of Ediacaran Rangeomorphs from Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland
Guy M. Narbonne, Marc Laflamme, Lija I. Flude, Carolyn Greentree & Peter Trusler
Guy M. Narbonne, Marc Laflamme, Lija I. Flude, Carolyn Greentree & Peter Trusler
11:50
12:10
12:30
Lunch – SBB dining room
13:30
Documentary: “On the Trail of Primitive Life (The Cambrian Period) ” – Max Bell auditorium
Poster session – MB 252
Poster session – MB 252
14:30
14:50
Evolutionary Relationships within the Avalonian Ediacara Biota: New Insights from Laser Analysis
Martin D. Brasier & Jonathan B. Antcliffe
Martin D. Brasier & Jonathan B. Antcliffe
15:10
Coffee and posters – MB central foyer / MB 252
15:30
15:50
Taphomorphs within the Ediacaran Biota of Avalonia: an Explanation of Ivesheadia and Related Forms
Alexander G. Liu†, Duncan McIlroy, Jonathan B. Antcliffe & Martin D. Brasier
Alexander G. Liu†, Duncan McIlroy, Jonathan B. Antcliffe & Martin D. Brasier
16:10
Priapulid Origin of Treptichnids: Evidence from Experimental Ichnology
Jean Vannier, Ivan Calandra, Christian Gaillard & Anna Żylińska
Jean Vannier, Ivan Calandra, Christian Gaillard & Anna Żylińska
16:30
Ichnofaunal Variability in an Early Cambrian Sand-Rich Shallow-Marine Complex: The Gog Group of the Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains
Patricio R. Desjardins†, Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois & Brian R. Pratt
Patricio R. Desjardins†, Gabriela Mángano, Luis A. Buatois & Brian R. Pratt
16:50
Evolutionary and Environmental Controls on Ediacaran–Cambrian Ichnofaunas
Luis A. Buatois & Gabriela Mángano
Luis A. Buatois & Gabriela Mángano
17:10
17:30
18:30
Dinner – SBB dining room
20:00
The Panorama Photographs of Charles D. Walcott
Sarah Staurderman – Whyte Museum
Note: a $6 admission charge applies to non-delegates.
Sarah Staurderman – Whyte Museum
Note: a $6 admission charge applies to non-delegates.
21:00
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Wednesday August 5th
07:00
Breakfast – SBB dining room
08:20
08:40
The Emu Bay Shale Revisited: New Discoveries from a Lower Cambrian Lagerstätte in South Australia
John R. Paterson†, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Diego C. García-Bellido, James G. Gehling, James B. Jago & Michael S. Y. Lee
John R. Paterson†, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Diego C. García-Bellido, James G. Gehling, James B. Jago & Michael S. Y. Lee
09:00
The Preservation of the Cambrian Murero Biota in the Mesones Group, Cadenas Ibéricas, Spain
José Antonio Gámez Vintaned, Eladio Liñán, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, Blanca Bauluz, Rodolfo Gozalo, Samuel Zamora & Jorge Esteve
José Antonio Gámez Vintaned, Eladio Liñán, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, Blanca Bauluz, Rodolfo Gozalo, Samuel Zamora & Jorge Esteve
09:20
Raman Imaging of Early and Middle Cambrian Soft-Bodied Arthropods from the Pioche Shale, Nevada, USA
Craig P. Marshall, Alison N. Olcott Marshall & Bruce S. Lieberman
Craig P. Marshall, Alison N. Olcott Marshall & Bruce S. Lieberman
09:40
A New Fossil Lagerstätte from the Stephen Formation, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia: Broadening the Search for Burgess Shale-Type Deposits in the Canadian Rockies
Jean-Bernard Caron, Robert R. Gaines, Gabriela Mángano & Michael Streng
Jean-Bernard Caron, Robert R. Gaines, Gabriela Mángano & Michael Streng
10:00
Coffee and posters – MB central foyer / MB 252
10:30
A Phylogenetic Tree Assembled from rRNA Sequences of Almost 200 Taxa from Across the Metazoan Animals
Jon M. Mallatt, Catherine W. Craig & Matthew J. Yoder
Jon M. Mallatt, Catherine W. Craig & Matthew J. Yoder
10:50
MicroRNAs Resolve an Apparent Conflict Between Annelid Systematics and their Fossil Record
Erik A. Sperling, Jakob Vinther, Benjamin M. Wheeler, Derek E. G. Briggs & Kevin J. Peterson*
Erik A. Sperling, Jakob Vinther, Benjamin M. Wheeler, Derek E. G. Briggs & Kevin J. Peterson*
11:10
11:30
11:50
Revision of Aglaspidid Phylogeny: Towards a Better Understanding of Arachnomorph Relationships
Javier Ortega-Hernandez† & Simon J. Braddy
Javier Ortega-Hernandez† & Simon J. Braddy
12:10
Fossil Arthropods, Early Brains: Inferring Cerebral Complexity from Preserved Sensilla
Nicholas J. Strausfeld
Nicholas J. Strausfeld
12:30
Lunch – SBB dining room
13:30
14:30
15:30
Coffee and posters – MB central foyer / MB 252
15:50
16:10
16:30
Anomalocaridid Diversity in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Canada
Allison C. Daley† & Graham E. Budd
Allison C. Daley† & Graham E. Budd
16:50
17:10
At First Sight – Functional Analysis of Lower Cambrian Eye Systems
Brigitte Schoenemann, Euan N. K. Clarkson & Zibo Yuan
Brigitte Schoenemann, Euan N. K. Clarkson & Zibo Yuan
17:30
18:30
Dinner – SBB dining room
20:00
21:00
Close
Thursday August 6th
07:00
Breakfast – SBB dining room
08:40
Cambrian Lobopods: Comparisons and Evolutionary Significance
Jianni Liu†, Degan Shu, Jian Han, Zhifei Zhang & Xingliang Zhang
Jianni Liu†, Degan Shu, Jian Han, Zhifei Zhang & Xingliang Zhang
09:00
09:20
09:40
Soft-Bodied Gelatinous Fossils (Cnidaria/Ctenophora) from the Lower Cambrian, Chengjiang Biota, Yunnan Province, China
George D. Stanley, Steve H. D. Haddock, Xianguang Hou & Ailin Chen
George D. Stanley, Steve H. D. Haddock, Xianguang Hou & Ailin Chen
10:00
Coffee and posters – MB central foyer / MB 252
10:30
Using Decay Experiments to Constrain Interpretations of Soft-Bodied Fossils: Application to the Emergence of the Chordata
Robert S. Sansom†, Sarah E. Gabbott & Mark A. Purnell
Robert S. Sansom†, Sarah E. Gabbott & Mark A. Purnell
10:50
11:10
11:30
A New Stalked Filter Feeder From The S7 Burgess Shale Community, Mount Stephen
Lorna J. O'Brien & Jean-Bernard Caron
Lorna J. O'Brien & Jean-Bernard Caron
11:50
12:10
Poster session – MB 252
12:30
Lunch – SBB dining room
13:30
14:30
Evidence for the Mechanism of Burgess Shale-Type Preservation from the Chengjiang Scientific Drilling Project
Robert R. Gaines, Emma Hammarlund, Donald E. Canfield, Xianguang Hou & Sarah E. Gabbott
Robert R. Gaines, Emma Hammarlund, Donald E. Canfield, Xianguang Hou & Sarah E. Gabbott
14:50
Water Column Chemistry at Chengjiang
Emma Hammarlund†, Robert R. Gaines, Donald E. Canfield, Xianguang Hou & Stefan Bengtson
Emma Hammarlund†, Robert R. Gaines, Donald E. Canfield, Xianguang Hou & Stefan Bengtson
15:10
Coffee – MB central foyer
15:30
Poster session – MB 252
16:20
Geology and Palaeoecology of Ancient Seeps at the Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds, Burgess Shale, Yoho National Park, British Columbia
Paul A. Johnston, Kimberley J. Johnston & Stanley B. Keith
Paul A. Johnston, Kimberley J. Johnston & Stanley B. Keith
16:40
Mud Volcanism and Exhalative Brines, Burgess Shale, Fossil Ridge
Kimberley J. Johnston, Paul A. Johnston & Stanley B. Keith
Kimberley J. Johnston, Paul A. Johnston & Stanley B. Keith
17:00
Cambrian Tectonic Setting and Fluid Source for the Burgess Shale Seep-related Ecosystem
Stanley B. Keith, Kimberley J. Johnston, Paul A. Johnston & Monte M. Swan
Stanley B. Keith, Kimberley J. Johnston, Paul A. Johnston & Monte M. Swan
17:20
The Potential for Exceptional Preservation at Brine and Hydrocarbon Seeps Tested in situ in the Gulf of Mexico
Karla Parsons-Hubbard, Richard Krause & Bradley Deline
Karla Parsons-Hubbard, Richard Krause & Bradley Deline
17:40
Environmental Insights into Paleobiological Patterns of the Cambro-Ordovician Port au Port and St. George Groups, Western Newfoundland
Sara Pruss, Matthew Hurtgen & Alexandra Breus
Sara Pruss, Matthew Hurtgen & Alexandra Breus
18:00
19:00
Close
19:25
Group photograph – Donald Cameron Hall dining room
19:30
Banquet – Donald Cameron Hall dining room
Friday August 7th
06:00
Collect lunch and breakfast bags – PDC main lobby lounge
06:30
Field trips depart
19:30
(approx) - Trilobite beds hike returns
21:00
(approx) - Walcott Quarry hike returns
Saturday August 8th
06:00
Collect lunch and breakfast bags – PDC main lobby lounge
06:30
Field trip departs
21:00
(approx) - Walcott Quarry hike returns
The symbol † denotes presentations which are eligible for the prize. Asterisks (*) denote the presenting author.
- SBB: Sally Borden building
- PDC: Professional Development Centre
- MB: Max Bell building