Student Support for the North American Paleontological Convention -- 2005

北美古生物会议(NAPC)是来自不同学科的古生物学家每四年举行一次的会议。计划于2005年6月19日至6月26日在新斯科舍省哈利法克斯达尔豪西大学举行的会议将是第八届NAPC。以前的每一次会议都被认为是展示新研究结果和讨论当前古生物研究领域的绝佳机会。NAPC的一个目标是让原本不会有正常联系的专家见面并交流意见。例如，微古生物学家和脊椎动物古生物学家有不同的专业协会，在不同的时间开会，但这两个小组的一些成员研究来自相同岩石单位的化石。根据过去的经验，2005年全国有色人种协进会组委会预计将有500多名专业人员在为期三天的会议和几次实地考察期间参加会议并进行交流。NAPC提供了一个出色的教育机会，可以从演讲和海报演示中获得古生物信息的重点演示，而不会像在一般地质会议上那样分心。组委会认为，学生的持续兴趣对该领域的健康至关重要。学生们不仅将保持对前世生活的研究，他们还将提供新的方法，以新的眼光审视古老的化石。NAPC使学生有机会与该领域的领导人见面，并在国家或地区地质会议没有提供的场所正式和非正式地讨论他们正在进行的研究。

The North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC) is a quadrennial gathering ofpaleontologists from a variety of disciplines. The meeting planned for June 19 throughJune 26, 2005 at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia will be the eighth NAPC. Eachprevious convention has been judged an excellent opportunity for the presentation of theresults of new research and for discussions of current areas of paleontological research.One aim of NAPC is to allow specialists who would not otherwise normally be in contact tomeet and exchange ideas. For example, micropaleontologists and vertebrate paleontologistshave different professional societies that meet at different times, yet some members ofthese two groups work on fossils from the same rock units. Based on past experience, theOrganizing Committee for NAPC-2005 expects that more than 500 professionals will attendand interact during three days of meetings and on several field trips. NAPC provides anoutstanding educational opportunity to obtain focused presentations of paleontologicalinformation from talks and poster presentations without the other distractions presentedat a general geological meeting.The Organizing Committee believes that the continued interest of students is critical tothe health of the field. Not only will students maintain the study of past life, they arethe ones who will provide fresh approaches and examine old fossils with new eyes. NAPCallows students the ready opportunity to meet with leaders in the field and to discusstheir research in progress, both formally and informally, in a venue not provided by anational or regional geologic meeting.