The Symposium of Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation
The next meeting of SPPC will be in 2009, Bristol, UK and will be a joint meeting with the Preparator's session of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
This will be the first time the SVP meeting has been held outside North America. It will be a one-off event and attendees of recent SVPCA/SPPC meetings will count as members of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology for this year's meeting. This is a fantastic opportunity for two communities to meet and exchange ideas and experience!
This promises to be a special event, and one which many palaeontological preparators will be attending. Talks covering a wide range of subjects as well as workshops and fieldtrips are planned.
Members of the SPPC/SVPCA community are encouraged to submit their proposals for talks, workshops sessions, poster presentations and field trips to the SVP organisers. Details of how to go about this will be posted here and on the SVP web site shortly.
The SPPC is intended as a forum in which professionals, amateurs and researchers alike, interested in all aspects of preparation, conservation, model-making and related subjects, can participate. The SPPC offers a unique opportunity to meet friends and colleagues and to discuss recent developments, ongoing research, and other, often museum related, projects. Although the SPPC generally precedes the the SVPCA conference, contributions are not limited to the field of vertebrate palaeontology.
SPPC Conferences have been run since 1992, either before or after the SVPCA, and many participants attend both conferences. Over recent years the number of talks on offer has been in decline, and there is a need for discussion on the nature and identity of this event. Conferences are held in a variety of venues, and offer a great opportunity both to share experience and to have the chance to look over the facilities other organisations and how they are used.
Richard Forrest
Email: richard@svpca.org