Support of Student Participation in the Second International Palaeontological Congress (IPC-2006); June 17 - 21, 2006; Peking University; Beijing, China

国际古生物大会(IPC)是来自不同国家和学科的古生物学家每四年举行一次的会议。国际古生物协会和总部设在各国的古生物学会，特别是美国古生物学会对此表示支持。它对所有对古生物学感兴趣的人开放。会议定于2006年6月16日至6月21日在北京举行，中国将担任第二届IPC。2002年在澳大利亚悉尼举行的上届大会是展示新研究成果和讨论当前古生物研究领域的绝佳机会。IPC的一个目标是让那些通常不会接触的专家见面并交流意见。古生物学会认为，学生和年轻专业人士的持续兴趣对这一领域的健康至关重要。他们不仅将保持对前世的研究，而且还将提供新的方法，以新的眼光审视旧化石。IPC提供了一个绝佳的教育机会，可以从演讲和海报演示中获得全球古生物信息的重点演示，而不需要在更省级和一般性的地质会议上演示其他分散注意力的内容。它还使学生有机会与该领域的国际领导人会面，并在国家或地区地质会议不提供的场所正式和非正式地讨论他们正在进行的研究。

The International Palaeontological Congress (IPC) is a quadrennial meeting of paleontologists from a variety of countries and disciplines. The International Paleontological Association and paleontological societies headquartered in various countries and specifically the Paleontological Society in the USA support it. It is open to all who are interested in paleontology. The meeting planned for June 16 through June 21, 2006 in Beijing, China will be the second IPC. The previous congress in Sydney, Australia in 2002 was an excellent opportunity for the presentation of the results of new research and for discussions of current areas of paleontological research. One aim of IPC is to allow specialists who would not otherwise normally be in contact to meet and exchange ideas. The Paleontological Society believes that the continued interest of students and young professionals is critical to the health of the field. Not only will they maintain the study of past life, they are the ones who will provide fresh approaches and examine old fossils with new eyes. IPC provides an outstanding educational opportunity to obtain focused presentations of global paleontological information from talks and poster presentations without the other distractions presented at a more provincial and general geological meeting. It also allows students the ready opportunity to meet with international leaders in the field and to discuss their research in progress, both formally and informally, in a venue not provided by a national or regional geologic meeting.