Royal Tyrrell Museum - September Dinosaur Park Symposium a Big Hit

[Patti <pkv1@erols.com>]

Royal Tyrrell Museum - September Dinosaur Park Symposium a Big Hit!
Check it out on the RTM website at: http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/symposium/ 
Cool pix and overview of presenters.

The Museum release:
It's official, the Dinosaur Park Symposium (Sept 24-25, 2005) was a hit! 
Overall attendance was at our predicted peak (~180 attendees) with standing 
room only. Feedback in the form of emails from many tens of the participants 
has been glowing and particularly rewarding for those of us who worked to 
make the event a success!
The Friday night Ice Breaker was great fun, and provided opportunities for 
participants to mingle with some of the icons of Alberta paleo, including 
Wann Langston Jr., Dale Russell, Peter Dodson, Phil Currie, and David 
Spalding (the person who took a chance on an unseasoned Phil Currie, giving 
Phil his first professional job in palaeontology!).
The two days of talks and poster presentations were packed full of new 
information. Our keynote speakers, David Spalding and Scott Sampson, gave 
excellent talks that set the stage for each day's content. High quality 
talks and superb graphics throughout the two-day program eased the pain of 
sitting in the auditorium seats. I was particularly pleased that so many 
graduate students participated, giving talks and presenting posters that 
were uniformly of professional quality, and providing new and exciting 
scientific insight. (more info on the website.)

Patti Kane-Vanni
Bala Cynwyd, PA  19004
pkv1@erols.com  or paleopatti@hotmail.com
http://groups.msn.com/DinosaurandFossilDigs

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