Overview

The detailed schedule for conference talks and list of posters is available here.

Location of the conference:
 PER 07, room 1.309, Chemin du Musée 6, 1700 Fribourg

Wednesday, June 26th

15:00 Onsite registration
16:45 Welcome
17:00

Keynote 1

Origin and early evolution of the turtle body plan

Tyler R. Lyson, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO, USA

18:00

Icebreaker

 Pavillon Vert inside the Botanical Garden

Thursday, June 27th

08:30 Welcome
08:45 Conference talks
10:00 Coffee break
10:45 Conference talks
12:15 Lunch break
14:00 Conference talks
15:30 Coffee break
16:15

Keynote 2

Past, present, and future studies on southern gondwanan turtles: A view from the South

Juliana Sterli, Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Argentina

17:15 Break
17:30 Workshops (use of digital data)
18:30 End of the day

Friday, June 28th

08:15 Conference talks
09:45 Coffee break
10:30 Conference talks
12:15 Lunch break
14:00 Screening of recorded talks of online participants
15:45 Coffee break
16:30 International Zoom session
17:15 Break
17:30

Keynote 3

Fossil turtles of the Iberian Peninsula (Southwestern Europe): New finds and ongoing research

Adán Pérez-García, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

18:30 Joint walking through Fribourg to the conference dinner
19:00 Conference dinner in the Basse-Ville of Fribourg

Saturday, June 29th

One-day excursion to the Swiss Jura Mountains, to visit Jurassic field sites and study fossil turtles housed at JURASSICA museum.