Integrated Studies of evolution, taxonomy, ecology and geochemistry Thursday 4th & Friday 5th June, 2009 ETH Zürich, Switzerland Update, 15th May 2009: The program for talks/posters is now available for download: Program (PDF 297KB). Previous information: The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 28th April. Registration must be electronically submitted, preferably together with abstract(s). Please use one registration form per person. All additional meeting information (including fees) is given in the 2nd Circular. Your abstracts should be send unformatted as a Word or plain text file (font: Times New Roman, font size: 11) in an email with message subject: "TMS-FG&NG ABSTRACT" to Karl-Heinz Baumann. Download: Registration Form (Word Doc 358KB), 2nd Circular (PDF 100KB).  A duration of 15 minutes for oral presentations is suggested, plus 5 minutes for questions (20 minutes in total, which may be changed). In addition, we will arrange a rather extended poster session with lots of time for poster viewing. We can offer only limited assistance with arranging accommodation and travel to the meeting. For hotel reservation we thus refer you to the official Zürich website. Preliminary Schedule 28.4.2009       Deadline for registration and abstract submission! 3.6.2009          18:00-21:00     Registration and Icebreaker 4.6.2009           8:30                On-site Registration                          9:00-18:00      Scientific programme                          19:00              Meeting dinner 5.6.2009           9:00-18:00      Scientific programme 6.6.2009           9:00-18:00      Field excursion The growing tradition of lively and exciting joint Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups' meetings will continue this year with a meeting hosted by ETH Zürich, one of the major centres of micropalaeontological research. The 2009 meeting will focus on  "Integrated Studies" that combine knowledge from across ecological, taxonomic, evolutionary, geochemical and stratigraphic analyses to understand an organism or its environment in the past, present or future. Micropalaeontology is being enhanced by the understanding of geochemical palaeoproxies and organisms ecology, and palaeontologists are increasingly using a range of geochemical and biotic tools to interpret palaeoenvironments. This integration of approaches is facilitating a far better understanding of microorgansims' response to changing environmental conditions and their role in ecosystem functioning today, in the geological record and into the future. We encourage contributions that demonstrate the advantages of integrated studies as applied to foraminifera and coccolithophores/nannofossils. Whilst we strongly encourage people to consider this broad theme in their submissions, this is an open meeting and we will be pleased to accept presentations covering other aspects of calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal research. The meeting will be followed by an excursion to Einsiedeln on Saturday, 6th June, into the Einsiedler Schuppenzone, including nice Molasse, Flysch and lots of Nummulites. The plan is to include a visit to the monastery in Einsiedeln. This is a less formal meeting with plenty of constructive discussion that should be of especially interest for PhD Students and PostDocs to present the status of their research to an international audience of both peers and senior researchers. Both oral presentations and posters are welcome. The meeting will include extended poster sessions.  Anyone wishing to contribute a presentation or a poster is kindly asked to send an expression of interest and a provisional title of the presentation to Karl-Heinz Baumann by the end of February 2009 with message subject: "TMS-FG&NG PRESENTATION". Also please indicate whether you are planning to participate in the field excursion.  With best regards,  Kate Darling, Kalle Baumann, Robert Speijer, and Tom Dunkley Jones (Chairs & Secretaries, TMS Foram. Group, TMS Nanno. Group)  Hans R. Thierstein, Ursi Brubacher, et al. (organising committee in Zürich)