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4th
International Cone Meeting: 30th September to 2nd October,
Where:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural
Sciences, Vautierstreet, 29 - 1000
When:
30th September 2016 to 2nd October, 2016
The project “The Cone Collector” started in October
2006, when a pilot issue of our bulletin – adequately numbered “zero” – was
sent to a number of cone shell collectors throughout the world. It quickly
developed into a more ambitious venture, which includes:
a) the bulletin;
b) a website with a vast wealth of information
for Cone lovers and researchers, including the well known works of Paul
Kersten, Mike Filmer and the important Manual of the Living Conidae, by Dieter
Röckel, Werner Korn and Alan Kohn;
c) international meetings.
The International Cone
Meetings began in 2010, when we got together in
The current year is
particularly significant for TCC, since we are celebrating our 10th
anniversary! And we will hold the 4th International Cone Meeting at the Royal
Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, in
The Museum houses many
important shell collections, including the famous Philippe Dautzenberg
collection, which runs into several million specimens and is in fact one of the
largest in the world; the museum is also famous for the Bernissart Iguanodons
fossils found in the late 19th century and on display there. We sincerely
express our thanks to Prof. Thierry Backeljau, of the museum’s directorate
Taxonomy and Phylogeny, as well as other museum staff, for welcoming our
meeting.
We
are also happy to have the collaboration of the Société Belge de Malacologie ASBL
and of the Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Conchyliologie V.Z.W.After the
great success of the first three International Cone Meetings (Stuttgart, 2010;
La Rochelle, 2012; Madrid, 2014), we bring you the 4th edition of the same
event, this time scheduled for early October
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Our logotype – once again created by Luís Ambar
– celebrates the beautiful city of
The Organizing Committee of
the 4th International Cone Meeting includes António Monteiro, Manuel Jiménez
Tenorio, Yves Terryn, Lucy Muehleisen and Marc Keppens, plus Thierry Backeljau
as member of the hosting institution.
To
all those involved in the organization, we extend our sincere thanks.
As usual, we have prepared
what we believe to be a very attractive program, readily available in this
site, which we are sure will enable for a very pleasant, amusing and above all
instructive weekend dedicated to the study and collecting of Cones. As usual,
we will have talks, workshops and other activities, plus a great
opportunity to get together and discuss our favourite subject.
We hope to see as many of
you as possible in
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your group rate for Internat Cone Meeting Naturalart CI HERE
You
will find the information for your online reservation link above. If you have
questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. We
appreciate your business and look forward to a successful event. The group rate
for the Renaissance Brussels Hotel is 100 EUR per night.
Internat
Cone Meeting Naturalart CI
Start date:
9/30/16
End date: 10/2/16
Last day to book: 6/30/16
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