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GeoDaze 1999
8-9 April, Univ. Arizona. Abstract poster:
Insect Taphonomy in a recent playa lake, by Dena Smith.
 1st
World Championship in Amber Gathering and Conference:
The Heritage of the "Amber Coast" – A Global and European Tourist Attraction 27-28 August 1999, Stegna (Poland) By Piotr Najmajer (Gdansk, Poland) Email: pnajmajer@ros.gda.use.pl On the 27th and 28th of last August the world championship in amber gathering was organized for the first time. The competition organizers were the Stegna Municipal Board, GOKSTiR in Stegna, the Gdynia Municipal Board, Gdansk branch of the Polish Travel Office "Orbis", and the Regional Centre for Studies and Preservation of the Built Environment in Gdansk, and it took place in the well-known seaside resort of Jantar which is located within the Stegna district. Around a hundred competitors from a dozen or so countries (including non-European ones) took part in the main competition. Ireneusz Wierczyeski won with 600 g. of amber. Apart from the main competition, there was also a contest for VIPs, including the representatives of the authorities of the seaside towns and districts, and journalists. According to the organizers, participants, spectators and the media the championship was a success. The organizers are certain that the championship will be held annually. In order to show the amber traditions of the Vistula sand bar region, a conference entitled: The Heritage of the "Amber Coast" – A Global and European Tourist Attraction took place in Jantar during the championship. The organizers of the conference were the Stegna Municipal Board and the Regional Centre for Studies and Preservation of the Built Environment in Gdansk. Co-organizers were The Amber Association of Poland, Museum in ElblLg, and Gdansk branch of the Polish Travel Office "Orbis". The traditions of amber gathering and amber craftsmanship in the region of Mierzeja Wi£lana (the Vistula sand bar) where Jantar and Stegna are located, are a few thousand years old. In the 1980s and 1990s, archaeologists discovered about a thousand Neolithic workshops where amber jewellery, ornaments and everyday objects were produced. At that time, the amber trade started to get organized. At the time of Roman influence its growth led to the development of amber routes leading to the Roman Empire. The conference was initiated and devised by Arthur Kostarczyk Arch. D. the director of the Regional Centre for Studies and Preservation of the Built Environment in Gdansk, and implemented by Piotr Najmajer M.A., a keeper in the Regional Centre. The conference was ceremonially opened by Roman Pawlowski M.A. the head of the Stegna Municipal Board and by Arthur Kostarczyk. The first day of the conference was devoted to delivering papers. Chairmen of this session were Kazimierz Rybicki M.A. chairman of the Stegna Municipal Council and Mieczys aw Haftka M.A., deputy director of the Castle Museum in Malbork. On Saturday, the second day of the conference, there was a round table discussion devoted to the "Cultural resources of the Amber Coast as a potential tourist attraction". Introductory papers were presented by Jacek Bielak M.A. (The Amber Association of Poland) - "European certificate of production of amber firms", Tomasz Studzieniecki M.A. - "Gdansk - amber capital of the world" and by Arthur Kostarczyk - "The idea of an eco-museum of amber". Next a discussion took place in which moderators were Bogdan Donke M.A. director of Gdansk branch of "Orbis" and Andrzej Jankowski M.A. plenipotentiary of the Voivode of Pomerania for tourism. Among other topics the discussion dealt with the idea of Mr Kostarczyk Arch. D. of an eco-museum of amber. The conference was accompanied by an exhibition
devoted to amber routes which was prepared by Jacek DLbrowski from the
Regional Centre.
7th
International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems
26 September – 1 October 1999, Buenos Aires (Argentina) By: Xavier Martínez Delclòs (Barcelona, Spain) There were 5 days of oral sessions in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, (Argentina). In both morning and afternoon there were plenary lectures about the state-of-the-art of each oral session. The only plenary lecture about fossil insects was by Dr. Conrad Labandeira with a stimulating talk entitled “Reinventing the herbivore: associations between plants and insects during the Mesozoic”. Another talk about fossil insects was by Dr. Heidi Anderson from South Africa: “The paleoecological perplexities of the Late Triassic Molteno biome, southern Africa” concerning the distribution of insects and plants in the various outcrops of the Molteno Formation. Dr. Xavier Martínez-Delclòs talked about “Insects from the Lower Cretaceous Lithographic Limestones of Spain”. There were poster sessions during the meeting by Melchor, R., Genise, J. & Verde, M. “Invertebrate trace fossils from Triassic continental sequences of San Juan Province, Argentina”; by Martínez-Delclòs, X. et al. “ Hymenopteran insects from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Alava (Spain)”; Genise et al. “Fossil bee nest and coleopteran pupal chambers from the Laguna Palacios Formation (Late Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Central Patagonia.”; Cilla, G. “Morphological diversity in the ichnospecies Uruguay roselli and its behavioural implications”; and by Martínez-Delclòs, X. & Peñalver, E. “ Insect assemblages in the Mesozoic record of the Iberian Península”. After some very interesting lectures about
fossil birds, the members of the congress selected Cape Town (South Africa)
as the next venue where the 8th International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial
Ecosystems will take place in 2003.
15th Annual Meeting of the Spanish
Palaeontological Society
28-29 October 1999, Madrid (Spain) By Xavier Martínez Delclòs (Barcelona, Spain) The main theme was the History of Spanish
Palaeontology, but in the open session a Plenary Lecture on “The Lower
Cretaceous amber of Peñacerrada (Álava, Spain)” was given
by Martínez-Delclòs, X., Arillo, A., Ortuño, V. and
Peñalver, E., the palaeoentomological team working on the fossil
material from this amber. During the main session Barrón,
E., Arillo, A. & Diéguez, C. talked on “The Upper Miocene
of Cuenca de la Cerdaña (Eastern Pyrenees)” in which they mainly
explained the history of palaeobotany and palaeoentomology in these famous
outcrops.
XV
Symposium of a Section for Fossil Insects (Polish Entomological Society)
16.XI. 1999 in Kraków (Poland) By: E. Krzeminska
(Krakov)
The Symposium was organized by the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences (Kraków) and the Museum of the Earth, Pol. Acad. Sci., Warszawa and was held in the Natural History Museum in Kraków, from early morning to midnight (and even till next day for some participants). Twenty five guests from Poland and four from Germany took part. The Symposium was dedicated to the memory of dr Ró?a Kulicka, the Curator of the amber collection in the Museum of the Earth in Warszawa. It was settled that a special volume of Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, dedicated to Ró?a Kulicka and dealing with amber inclusions, will be issued. All who would like to submit papers, or would like to share with us memories about Her, are invited. Further, 10 lectures were presented (the language was Polish, but our guests from Germany said they understand!):
Matuszewska, A.; Wrzalik, R. & Hacura, A. (Silesian Univ., Sosnowiec) “Reflexive microspectroscopy FT-i.r. and its application to fossil resins”. Kosmowska-Ceranowicz, B. : “Problems of data basing of collections of amber inclusions in the Museum of the Earth”. Koteja, J. (Academy of Agriculture, Kraków): “Computer catalogues of small specialistic collections”. Herczek, A. (Silesian University, Katowice): “Some remarks on the Phylinae in Baltic amber”. Kubisz, D. (our Institute, Kraków): “Coleoptera in Baltic amber of our Museum (Kraków)”. Palaczyk , A. (our Institute, Kraków): “Arthropoda in Baltic amber of our Museum (Kraków)”. Szadziewski, R. & Sontag, E. (University of Gdansk): “Acarina specimen parasitizing the lizard Succinilacerta succinea” Sontag, E. : “Co-presence of inclusions in Baltic amber” Szwedo, J. (Silesian University, Katowice): First Aetalionidae from the ambers of the Nearctcs (Hemiptera, Membracoidea)”. Wôgiere, P. (Silesian University, Katowice): “The wingless Phylloxeroidea in Baltic amber”.
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7th Workshop on Fossil Insects
at the annual meeting of German palaeoentomologists 19 – 21 May, Greifswald (Germany) For further information,
please contact: Dr. Jörg Ansorge, Institut
für Geologische, Wissenschaften, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität
Greifswald; Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 17a; D-17489 Greifswald; Germany.
AMBERIF 2000 is an annual, major international jewellery show for Poland and Central Eastern Europe. Hosted by the amber industry, it includes gold and silver jewellery, diamonds, pearls and watches all displayed in two specialised double-storey halls with a net space of 3,700 sq.m. Last year, the fair attracted 370 exhibitors from foreign countries such as Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Slovenia and the USA. It also brings together Poland’s jewellery industry in its entirety, showcasing all the country’s leading companies. In 1999, registrations numbered 9600 domestic and international buyers from 23 countries. Gdansk is the world capital of amber jewellery and Poland the leading manufacturer of locally sourced amber and silver, competing successfully with products from Russia and other countries. The fair is backed by the Department of Trade Promotion, part of Poland’s Ministry of Economy, and Government export policies help ensure integration with the European Union market. Amberif is organised in special exhibition sections. Situated in the Gold Hall are the Diamond Promenade, Pearl Atoll, Time Square and the International Pavilion. Displays in the Amber Hall show the astonishing variety of the latest jewellery collections combining amber with gold and silver, along with silverware, packaging, tools and equipment for the industry. Fashion trends and unique jewellery pieces created by 40 artists can be seen in the Design Gallery. There you will also find an exhibition of the distinguished works submitted for the Amberif Design Award, a competition inspired by elektronos (the ancient Greek name of amber), as well as entries for the Mercurius Gedanensis contest for the fair’s jewellery masterpiece. Collectors of floral and animal inclusions should visit the Palaeontological Gallery, where experts and scientists will be explaining the newest findings and discoveries. Those interested in the industry’s latest developments are invited to join the Baltic Amber Seminar, an informative forum on scientific, economic and technical topics, convened by the Amber Association and the Polish Academy of Science’s Earth Museum. Current market information and merchandise trends will be the focus for the Jewellers Seminar, a trade organisations’ event hosted by the Jewellers and Watchmakers Chamber, the Amber Chamber and the Jewellery Experts Association. The AMBERIF 2000 programme also includes social gatherings and entertainment events, such as the fashion jewellery Gala Show at the Baltic Opera House and the Welcoming Reception for buyers. Aims of the Fair: amber, diamonds, colour gemstones, gold and silver jewellery, watches, silverware, services and tools for the industry. Autumn edition: AMBERMART Amber and Gift Show, 8 -10.09.2000, Gdansk. Admission: Entry is free of charge for qualifying international buyers. Business and personal identification is required; pre-registration is recommended to avoid having to wait. Services: Accommodation, interpreters, customs, forwarding, banking, telecommunications, car and cellular phone rental, advertising and commercial advice, meeting and conference rooms, and sightseeing assistance are all available. Official carrier: Polish Airlines LOT. Located in Northern Poland, Gdansk is easy to reach by international flights from Hamburg, London and Copenhagen, and by domestic flights from Warsaw. Poland’s population of 40 million and the emerging markets of Central Eastern Europe create intriguing prospects for future sales, and Amberif is the perfect place to build commercial relations with the entire industry. We hope your participation in the AMBERIF Fair will be rewarding and enjoyable. Executive Manager:
Ewa Rachon
Contact: Malgosia
Dopierala, technical manager
Information:
The main theme of this Congress is ‘Geology and Sustainable Development, challenges of the third millennium’ which will include a session on palaeoclimatology. More information at:
For more information
contact Decio Luiz Gazzoni, P.O.Box 231, 86001-970
Londrina-PR Brazil
Information and guidelines:
Dr. Rosa Polymeni. University of Athens, Dept. Biology, Section
of Zoology and Marine Biology, 15784 Athens, Greece or in the website:
SYMPOSIUM SECRETARIAT:
Rafael-Gioia Martins-Neto, Laboratório de Paleontologia, FFCLRP,
USP - campus de Ribeirão Preto, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 4040-901-Ribeirão
Preto-SP, Brazil; Fax: XXX166023666; Phone: XXX166023844;
(September 5 - 7: lectures and workshop, 8 - 9: excursions) Planned accompanying events:
2-Exhibition: “Baltic amber in art and jewellery” (also sale of inclusions and jewellery). Organizers:
Ewa Krzeminska and Wieslaw Krzeminski
Information:
Secretaría IV Congreso GET. Unitat d’Estratigrafia, Dept. Geologia,
Fac. Ciències. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193
Bellaterra (Barcelona).
More information
in the website:
The first World Amber Congress was held in
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Alava Province), Basque Country, Spain, on the 20-23 October
1998. The congress was very successful, with very luxurious preparation
on all levels. It was the first time that the Alava Amber was introduced
to scientists.
I am glad to announce that the Second World Congress on the Amber Inclusion will be in Beirut, Lebanon. The choice of Lebanon to hold the next congress is for several reasons:
For further information
please contact: Dany Azar; Muséum National d’Histoire
Naturelle, Lab. Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France; email:
azar@nmhn.fr
Information:
Jaén-2001. Dept. Geología, Campus Universitario, Ed. Ciencias
Experimentales, E-23071 Jaén (Spain)
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