Organization > Organizing committee

The organizing structure is the CR2P (Centre of Research on Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments - paleo.mnhn.fr). This laboratory is composed of lecturers and professors from the MNHN (National Museum of Natural History) and the Sorbonne University and of researchers from the CNRS (National Scientific Research Center). Altogether, the CR2P includes 41 tenured scientists, 27 postdocs and PhD students, and 27 engineers, technicians and administrative staff. This makes it one of the largest research laboratories in the world exclusively devoted to Palaeontology. The French Geological Society (SGF) will support the congress organization.

copyright CR2P

General chair: Sylvie Crasquin
Secretary general: Angelina Bastos and Dominique Gommery
Communication: Sophie Fernandez, Damien Germain, Florent Goussard and Adeline Kerner
Scientific chairs: Olivier Béthoux, Sylvain Charbonnier, Marie-Béatrice Forel and Didier Merle
Field trips: Ronan Allain and Patrick De Wever
General management: Gaël Clément, Michel Laurin, Isabelle Rouget and Brigitte Senut
Photographers: Lilian Cazes and Philippe Loubry

Palaeontologists from other institutions in France (Universities of Bordeaux, Brest, Burgundy, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Poitiers, Rennes, Toulouse and the regional Natural History Museums) are involved with the organization of both fieldtrips and symposia.