Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Laboratory of Palaeobotany

Saint Petersburg, December 20, 2018

We would like to invite you to attend the 19th NECLIME Annual Meeting and the X Memorial Readings of A.N. Kryshtofovich which will be held in Saint Petersburg (Russia) from 23th to 26th of September 2019. Memorial Readings of A.N. Kryshtofovich (September 23-24)

The Kryshtofovich Memorial Readings will focus on all aspects of Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic palaeobotany, including taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and palaeoecology of mega- and microfloras.

NECLIME Annual Meeting (September 25-26)

Main scientific topics - Palaeoclimate and –vegetation evolution of Northern Eurasia (key regions

Russian Far East and Northern China) - Palaeoclimate and –vegetation evolution of Central Asia (key region

Kasakhstan) - Plio-Pleistocene palaeobotanical records of Northern Eurasia - Cenozoic mammal records of Northern and Central Eurasia - environmental

implications - High-latitude climates and vegetation - General NECLIME topics

The Venue The conference will be held at the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, 2, prof. Popov str., St. Petersburg, Russia

Conference fee The conference fee of 100 EUR includes a welcome party, coffee breaks, abstract volume, a conference excursion, and other conference facilities, and is payable on site or by bank transfer. Conference excursion

Botanical garden & greenhouses tour. One-day (7 – 8 hours, September 27) botanical & cultural excursion to St Petersburg

surroundings (with lunch stop payable on site). Travel and accommodation There are several reasonably priced hotels within short walking distance from the conference venue. The international airport Pulkovo is connected to the City Centre by public transport. More details on accommodation and transport will be sent to you after the registration. Visa After registration of those to whom it will be necessary, we will send an official invitation for visa application. Please timely inform us if you require an official invitation. Organizing committee Natalia Nosova, Torsten Utescher, Angela Bruch, Dmitry Gromyko, Svetlana Popova Important dates Deadline for pre-registration: February 10, 2019 Deadline for registration and abstract submission: June 3, 2019 Abstracts for oral or poster contribution should not exceed 3,000 characters. All submitted abstracts will be published in an abstract volume. Please pre-register for the meeting(s) by using the attached registration form and sending email to svetlana.popova@binran.ru Preliminary schedule September 23th

X Memorial Readings of A.N. Kryshtofovich; Oral and poster presentations. September 24th

X Memorial Readings of A.N. Kryshtofovich; Oral and poster presentations. Registration for the NECLIME meeting, Welcome Party

September 25th 19th NECLIME Annual Meeting; Oral and poster presentations. Guided tour to the Komarov Botanical Garden and Greenhouses.

September 26th 19th NECLIME Annual Meeting; Oral and poster presentations. Final discussion.

September 27th One-day botanical excursion to the surroundings of Saint Petersburg.

September 28th - October 1st Field trip to Kirovsk (Murmansk region)

We offer a field trip to the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute located north of the Polar Circle, in the Kirovsk town (Murmansk region). The Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden is situated on the slopes of the Khibiny Mountains and was founded in 1931. It has a special ecological path leading to the top of a mountain and you can watch how types of plants are changing passing five different altitudinal zones. The costs of the field trip will be around 230 EUR, based on the actual exchange rate. Additional information will be sent to you after registration.

We are looking forward to your registrations and to seeing you in St Petersburg! Yours, Natalia Nosova, Torsten Utescher, Angela Bruch, Lina Golovneva, Dmitry Gromyko, Svetlana Popova