The Fourth International Symposium ofInternational Geoscience Programme
IGCP Project 608“Cretaceous Ecosystems and Their Responses to
Paleoenvironmental Changes in Asia and the Western Pacific”

August 15–20, 2016, Novosibirsk, Russia

Second CircularINVITATION & AIMS
We cordially invite you to participate in the 4th International Symposium ofIGCP608, which will be held from August 15 to 20, 2016 in Trofimuk Institute ofPetroleum Geology and Geophysics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy ofSciences, Novosibirsk (Russia).
The mechanisms underlying the evolution of the Asia-Pacific Cretaceous ecosystems
are far from being fully understood. The IGCP608 project is aimed to reconstruct theCretaceous ecosystems and the history of their responses to paleoenvironmental
changes in Asia and the Western Pacific. The Symposium will serve as a platform forparticipants to share their views on the paleoenvironmental changes impacts both onterrestrial and marine ecosystems. The scientific programme will cover a wide rangeof topics including paleoclimate, paleogeography, paleontology, stratigraphy,tectonics, and petroleum geology.
The symposium is dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the birth of CorrespondingMember of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Professor Vladimir N. Saks (1911–1979),
Soviet geologist and paleontologist, and the founding father of the Mesozoic
paleontology and stratigraphy Research Group in Novosibirsk Academy Town.
The 4th International Symposium of the IGCP608 in Novosibirsk will provide an
opportunity for discussion of the latest advances in studies of Asia-PacificCretaceous ecosystems. In addition to scientific sessions, the post-symposium field
excursion will be organized in Kemerovo Oblast to examine the non-marine
Cretaceous deposits yielding dinosaurs and other vertebrates.

EXECUTIVES AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
IGCP 608 Project LeadersProf. Hisao Ando (Leader)Department of Earth Sciences, Ibaraki University, Japan
Prof. Xiaoqiao Wan (Co-Leader)
School of Geosciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, China
Prof. Daekyo, Cheong (Co-Leader)Department of Geology, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National
University, Korea
Prof. Sunil Bajpai (Co-Leader)
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India

Organizing Committee of the Fourth International Symposium of IGCP608
RAS Academician, Prof. Alexey E. Kontorovich (Honorary Chairman)
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics (IPGG) SB RAS,
Novosibirsk State University (NSU)RAS Corresponding Member Vladimir I. Klishin (Honorary Chairman)
Coal Institute of the Federal Coal and Coal Chemistry Research Center SB RASRAS Corresponding Member, Prof. Valeriy A. Vernikovsky (Honorary Chairman)
IPGG SB RAS, NSU
RAS Corresponding Member, Prof. Boris N. Shurygin (Co-chairman)
IPGG SB RAS, NSU
Dr. Galina L. Kirillova (Co-chairman)
Kosygin Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics FEB RAS
Dr. Oksana S. Dzyuba (Vice-chairman)
IPGG SB RAS
Dr. Natalya K. Lebedeva (Vice-chairman)
IPGG SB RAS, NSU
Dr. Ekaterina B. Pestchevitskaya (Vice-chairman)
IPGG SB RAS
Olga A. Feofanova (Vice-chairman)
Director of the SCI "Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore"
Igor N. Kosenko (Symposium Secretary)
IPGG SB RAS, NSU
Dr. Alexandr S. Alifirov, IPGG SB RAS, NSU
Dr. Alexander L. Beisel, IPGG SB RAS
Dr. Larisa A. Glinskikh, IPGG SB RAS
Dr. Anna A. Goryacheva, IPGG SB RAS
Dr. Irina V. Khazina, IPGG SB RAS
Dr. Olga B. Kuzmina, IPGG SB RAS
Dr. Boris L. Nikitenko, IPGG SB RAS
Dr. Petr A. Yan, IPGG SB RAS
Clémentine Colpaert, NSU
Natalya V. Demidenko, SCI "Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore"
Alexander E. Igolnikov, IPGG SB RAS, NSU
Svetlana N. Khafaeva, IPGG SB RAS
Anna N. Trubicyna, IPGG SB RAS
Olga S. Urman, IPGG SB RAS
Co-Organizing Agency
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS
Novosibirsk State University
State Cultural Institution "Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore"
Coal Institute of the Federal Coal and Coal Chemistry Research Center SB RAS
Cretaceous Commission of the Interdepartmental Stratigraphic Committee of Russia
Russian National Committee for International Geoscience Programme

GENERAL INFORMATION
Preliminary schedule
Sunday, August 14, 2016 – Arrival of participants.
Monday, August 15, 2016 – Opening ceremony, scientific sessions, welcome dinner.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 – Scientific sessions, business meeting.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 – Scientific sessions.
Thursday to Saturday, August 18–20, 2016 – Post-symposium field excursion"Cretaceous dinosaur-bearing deposits in Kemerovo Oblast".
Sunday, August 21, 2016 – Departure of participants.
Venue
The Symposium and scientific sessions will be held at Trofimuk Institute ofPetroleum Geology and Geophysics of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy ofSciences, Novosibirsk Academy Town, Russia.
Academician Koptyug av., 3.
Website: http://www.ipgg.sbras.ru/en

Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics (IPGG) SB RAS, a federal
state-funded academic institution, was established in 2005. The Institute succeeds theInstitute of Geology and Geophysics, one of the first academic institutions inAcademy Town (Akademgorodok) built in close vicinity of Novosibirsk. Institute ofGeology and Geophysics was founded in 1957 on the initiative of Academician
Andrey A. Trofimuk. IPGG SB RAS consists of four divisions (petroleum geology,stratigraphy and sedimentology, geophysics, and geophysical and geochemical
instrument engineering), comprising altogether 35 laboratories, and includes three
affiliated branches: West Siberian (Tyumen), Tomsk (Tomsk) and Yamal-Nenets(Nadym) affiliates.

Topics
 Biodiversity of terrestrial and marine ecosystems
 Biotic evolution: Asian and Western Pacific fauna and flora Climatic and environmental changes
 Paleogeography and paleobiogeography Stratigraphy, sedimentology and mineral resources Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia and Western Pacific
The time allocated to each oral presentation will be 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes forquestions. We also welcome poster presentations.
Post-symposium field excursion
Thursday, August 18, 2016 – travel Novosibirsk – Kemerovo, visiting the Kemerovo
Regional Museum of Local Lore, arrival to hotel in Kemerovo.
Friday, August 19, 2016 – visiting Cretaceous dinosaur localities near the village of
Shestakovo in Kemerovo Oblast.
Saturday, August 20, 2016 – visiting the “Tomskaya pisanitsa” (historical culturaland natural museum-preserve: http://www.gukmztp.ru/eng_index.html) andreturning to Novosibirsk.

Registration Fees
Event
Technical sessions(including admission fee, abstract volume,refreshments, lunches, welcome dinner and othersocial events)
Post-symposium field excursion(including excursion guidebook, accommodation,meals, refreshments, and transportation during theexcursion)

Fee per person
Regular participant: US$ 300
Student: US$ 150

US$ 300

Language of the symposium
The official language of the symposium is English.
Financial Support
The Organizing Committee will provide financial support for some of the expenses
such as registration fee, accommodations or field excursion fee mainly fromdeveloping countries, who satisfy the following conditions: 1) submit an abstract
before the deadline and 2) participate in the symposium. In principle, a few
participants per country will be given support, and priority will be given to theRegional Coordinators and younger scientists.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Participants who wish to give a presentation (oral or poster) should submit anextended abstract of their presentation. The extended abstract should not exceed 3
single-spaced pages (A4 size), including figures, tables, and references. Text(including tables and the reference list) should be set in 12-point Times New Roman
font. For any text in figures, the preferred font is Arial, and font size may range from
7 to 12 points. Figures will be printed in greyscale (or black-and-white). All margins(top, bottom, left, right) should be 20 mm.
Abstracts should have the following structure: Title; Author(s); Affiliations, including
e-mail address of the first author; Text; References; Figure and Table Captions.
The extended abstract should be submitted as e-mail attachments: text in MS Wordor Rich Text Format (RTF), and artwork file(s) in EPS, CDR, TIFF, or JPEG formats.
Each participant may submit up to three first-authored abstracts.
Please send your abstract(s) to Dr. Oksana S. Dzyuba (e-mail: dzyubaos@ipgg.sbras.ru),
no later than May 15, 2016.

TRAVEL INFORMATION
Novosibirsk International Airport (Tolmachevo) is one of the most dynamicallydeveloping airports with the federal status, the largest transit hub beyond the Ural
mountains on the major routes connecting Europe and Asia. The geographical positionof Novosibirsk International Airport allows it to serve prospective cross-polar routes
connecting North America and Asia.
Tolmachevo Airport website: http://eng.tolmachevo.ru/airport/info
Novosibirsk Railway station: Novosibirsk-Glavny is the primary passenger railway
station for the city of Novosibirsk in Russia, and an important stop along the TransSiberian Railway. The station is one of the largest in Russia.
Russian Railways website: http://eng.rzd.ru/

ACCOMMODATION AND RATESThe Organizing Committee has arranged for special rates for Symposium participantsat the Hotel "Golden Valley" and the Novosibirsk State University Hostel. Participants
are kindly requested to inform us about their choice of accommodation.
Hotel "Golden Valley"(rates per person per night)

Standard Single room

For participants,
working in Russian
Academy of Science
650 RUBStandard Double room

1100/550 RUB

2600/1300 RUB

1st category Single room

650 RUB

2300 RUB

1st category Double room

1100/550 RUB

2800/1400 RUB

Suite Double room

3600/1800 RUB

3700/1850 RUB

5800 RUB

5800 RUB

Type of room

Apartments

For other Symposium
participants
1500 RUB

Additional hotel information: http://gold-valley.ru/?lang=enNovosibirsk State University Hostel (NSU Hostel)
There is also a possibility of accommodation in the new NSU hostel (Lyapunov str.,4), which was built in 2010. Rates: 600 RUB per person, per night.
Additional information: http://www.nsc.ru/interval/NSUhostel/NSUhostel.html

INVITATION AND VISA
Foreign citizens are required to obtain a Russian visa in order to enter the RussianFederation. Exceptions exist for citizens from countries with which the RussianFederation has established a visa-free entry agreement. The required document forobtaining Russian visa is an Invitation Letter. Participants, who need an Invitation
Letter for visa application, please fill out “VISA APPLICATION FORM”. The full
information about the documents necessary for obtaining a Russian visa can befound at the Russian Federation consulate in your country.

CONTACTS
In case of any questions please contact the Secretary of Organizing Committee:
Igor N. Kosenko (Symposium Secretary)
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS
Academician Koptyug av., 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Tel: +73833332306 Fax: +73833332301
E-mail: igcp608.2016@gmail.com
We are happy to answer any questions and discuss any concerns you may have:
Dr. Oksana S. Dzyuba (Technical Programme and Publication Coordinator)
E-mail: dzyubaos@ipgg.sbras.ru
Dr. Natalya K. Lebedeva (Field Trip Coordinator)
E-mail: lebedevank@ipgg.sbras.ru
Dr. Ekaterina B. Pestchevitskaya (Venue and Social Events Coordinator)
E-mail: peschevickayaeb@ipgg.sbras.ru

IMPORTANT DATESMarchDistribution of Second Circular

April 15

Deadline to submit Invitation Letter request

May 15

Deadline for submission of abstracts

May 20

Reply to Second Circular

July 15

Distribution of Final Circular to potential participants

All up-to-date information will be provided on http://igcp608.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/

CONFIRMATION FORM
First name(s):Surname (Family name):
Title or position:
Sex (male, female):

Nationality:

Organization name:
Organization address:
City/Post Code/Country:
Telephone number:Fax number:

E-mail address:
I AM PLANNING TO GIVE
Oral presentation, title: ………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Poster presentation, title: ……………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
I WILL TAKE PART IN THE
Symposium as Formal participant:as Student:

Field excursion:
I REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION ARRANGEMENTS
Hotel "Golden Valley":

NSU Hostel:

Please indicate the type of room: ………………………
Others requests: ………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Please complete this form and return it no later than May 20, 2016 to:Igor N. Kosenko, e-mail: igcp608.2016@gmail.com

IF YOU NEED IN AN OFFICIAL INVITATION LETTER,
PLEASE FILL OUT VISA APPLICATION FORM

Please send an Invitation Letter request to Igor N. Kosenko
no later than April 15, 2016