Latin American Palaeontology Conference
ANDREW'S WEB DIARY
National
Science
Week
2005
in
Australia
is
from
August
13
to
21,
so
what
better
place
to
go
than
the
other
side
of
the
world
to
the
town
of
Aracaju
in
the
north
east
of
Brazil!
While Australians of all ages get engaged in the annual smorgasbord of science activities around the nation, I was fortunate enough to be invited to Brazil for the XIX Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia in combination with the VI Latino-Americano Congesso de Paleontologia. (August 14 to 19).
Conference website:- http://www.exitoeventos.com.br/paleontologia/index2.htm
Around 600 palaeontologists, science educators and museum professionals are expected to attend.So in the pages that follow I hope to share with you what I discover about the burning issues for palaeontology, science education and museums in South America. As a “turista da primeira vez” anything I discover will be an improvement on my current knowledge of the continent that, like Australia, was once a part of the Gondwana jigsaw puzzle!
Cheers Andrew
Andrew Simpson
14/08/2005