35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology: Book of Abstractsparatext
Аннотация: Dear conference participants,It´s my greatest pleasure to welcome you to the 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology in Prague.The first IAS annual meeting in Czech Republic, as it should have been, turned to become the first virtual annual conference in the IAS history as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.The online IAS Meeting in Prague is the first, but it is a Pyrrhic victory.Since March 2020, organization of this meeting has been paved with constant changes and difficult decision-making.The initial decision about one-year postponement of the physical conference was followed by another one about the conference rearrangement to a fully virtual mode, and then by our desperate expectation that at least field trips and short courses could be organized physically; a hope that soon vanished.These all were heavy blows for the motivation of our organization team.But finally, nearly two years after the last IAS meeting in Rome, the IAS community gathers again, even if it is "just online".We are looking forward to five conference days consisting of keynote lectures, regular talks, short oral communications and posters in twelve Meeting Themes and Special Sessions, earlycareer scientist activities, and award ceremonies.We also have two online short courses and even one field trip!I am very curious about general impressions from the online meeting -will it be something that IAS would rather forget about soon, or will it be a step forward towards a new world of virtual communication or a better way how to attract interest of students and young researchers?But most importantly, I hope this online event will keep our scientific discussions and social contacts alive!The international community of sedimentary geologists proved not so easy to be demotivated.More than a half thousand registered participants is a splendid figure and a big reward for our effort.I would like to thank all participants for their courage to participate in this unusual event!We also had and still have a huge moral, and indispensable organisational and financial support from the International Association of Sedimentologists, for which I would specially like to say thanks.A huge effort and time was spent during the organization of this meeting by people from the organizing committee, conveners of special sessions and theme chairs, leaders of short courses and field trips, people from the IAS and many more.They all deserve acknowledgments, but I would specially like to say thanks to the key persons, without whom, this meeting would not be possible, Barbora Fryčová, Stanislava Vodrážková, Tomáš Kumpan, Stephen Lokier, and Daniel Ariztegui.
Год издания: 2021
Ключевые слова: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
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