Held on the 23rd Mar 2019 to
24th Mar 2019
at 9am to
5pm
Registration is for either the full program of two morning and two afternoon sessions, including morning, afternoon teas and lunch; OR Individual morning sessions. price range $15–$250.
The Royal Society of Tasmania has put together a once-in-a-lifetime program of talks on the latest discoveries about dinosaurs and evolution. We have invited the top dinosaur experts from around Australia to present their recent research on these amazing animals that lived for 165 million years. You will also hear the latest theories on evolution of the species and the discoveries that Charles Darwin made when he visited Tasmania in 1836.
The Symposium is being run in parallel with the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery exhibition Dinosaur rEvolution; Secrets of Survival, prepared by Gondwana Studios. The morning program of the Symposium is designed for the general public, teachers and students (10 years and older), interested scientists and young aspiring scientists. The afternoon program is more technical in nature, specifically for earth and biological scientists as well as teachers, but will be of interest to others wanting to learn more about dinosaurs, dinosaur art and evolution.
Speakers include:
- Professor John Long, Flinders University, will give an overview on the origin of the species, including dinosaurs;
- Dr Steve Salisbury, University of Queensland Dinosaur Lab, will talk about the recent discovery of dinosaur tracks in northwest Western Australia;
- Dr Stephen Poropat, Swinburne University of Technology, will talk about Australian dinosaurs through the Mesozoic period and the Triassic fossils found in the Hobart area – are they dinosaurs?
- Dr Phil Bell, University of New England, will talk on recent opalized dinosaur discoveries from Lightning Ridge, NSW;
- Professor Ross Large, University of Tasmania, will talk about research on past ocean chemistry, evolution and mass extinctions over the last 600 million years;
- John Pickell, renowned author who has published several books on dinosaurs, will run a Q&A session, fielding questions from the audience.
Presented in partnership with The Royal Society of Tasmania and the Geological Society of Australia (Tasmanian Division).
