Event type On-site Event
LocationRoom BZ D0.01 | Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
Bozen
Location Information
Departments AGR Faculty
Contact Camilla Wellstein, Evelyn Kustatscher
Camilla.Wellstein@unibz.it, paleo4alps@tiroler-landesmuseen.at
Paleo4Alps 2026
Joint Meeting of the Italian, German, Austrian and Swiss Palaeontological Societies.
Event type On-site Event
LocationRoom BZ D0.01 | Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
Bozen
Location Information
Departments AGR Faculty
Contact Camilla Wellstein, Evelyn Kustatscher
Camilla.Wellstein@unibz.it, paleo4alps@tiroler-landesmuseen.at
Paleo4Alps corresponds to the XXVI Paleodays of the Società Paleontologica Italiana, the 96th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (PalGes), the 30th Annual Meeting of the Österreichischen Paläontologischen Gesellschaft and the Meeting of the Swiss Palaeontological Society. The first joint meeting is intended to create a shared forum at the heart of the Alpine region. The conference is explicitly open beyond the membership of these societies and welcomes participants from all areas of paleontological research worldwide.
PALEO4ALPS aims to unite paleontologists working across a wide range of disciplines, geological time periods, organism groups, and methodological approaches. By fostering exchange between different research traditions and perspectives, the meeting seeks to stimulate discussion, encourage interdisciplinary dialogue, and promote new scientific collaborations within the paleontological community.
The scientific program addresses both current and emerging topics in paleontology, ranging from Alpine case studies to global perspectives. A broad selection of multidisciplinary symposia provides a platform for integrative discussions, while field excursions to Bolca, the Dolomites, the Southern Alps, and the Carnic Alps will offer participants the opportunity to engage directly with the exceptional geological and paleontological heritage of the Alpine region.
Steering Committee (in alphabetical order):
Gerald Auer (President ÖPG), Massimo Delfino (Vice-President SPI), Jan-Peter Duda (Vice-President PalGes), Iris Feichtinger (Vice-President ÖPG), Annalisa Ferretti (President SPI), Marie Hörnig (Vice-President PalGes), Christian Klug (Vice-President SPS), Alexander Nützel (President PalGes), Torsten Scheyer (President SPS), Tina Schlüter (headquarters PalGes)
Local organizing Committee (in alphabetic order)
Evelyn Kustatscher, Iván R. Barreiro, Massimo Bernardi, Roberta Branz, Matias Delfosse-Allain, Elisabeth Frank, Joshua Gauweiler, Tina Schlüter
Scientific Committee (in alphabetic order, to be integrated)
Beatrice Azzarà, Bettina Bachmann, Andrea Baucon, Matteo Belvedere, Jordan Bestwick, Faysal Bibi, Michael Buchwitz, Nicoletta Buratti, Giorgio Carnevale, Alessandro P. Carniti, Diego Castanera, Marco Cherin, Carlo Corradini, Silvia Danise, Massimo Delfino, José Bienvenido Diez Ferrer, Claudia Dojen, Orla Bath Enright, Iris Feichtinger. William J. Foster, Fabio Franceschi, Elena Ghezzo, Joachim Haug, Nicole Klein, Kristína Kocáková, Evelyn Kustatscher, Shao Longyi, Gregor Mathes, Christian Meyer, Gianmarco Minniti, Johannes Müller, Thomas A. Neubauer, Alexander Nützel, Elpiniki Maria Parparousi, Fabio Petti, Herwig Prinoth, Riccardo Rocchi, Iván Rodríguez-Barreiro, Ingrid C. Romero, Valentina Rossi, Emanuele Ruiu, Haidra Saleh, Torsten Scheyer, Dustin Schmidt, Elke Schneebeli-Hermann, Werner Schwarzhans, Lukas Schweigl, Lara Sciscio, Leonardo Sorbelli, Amalia Spina, Steffen Trümper, Andrea Villa
Non-binding pre-registration is out on:
Deadlines
Deadline pre-registration: 10 February 2026
Second circular with registration fees: 28 February 2026
Deadline fieldtrip registration: 30 April 2026
Abstract submission: 30 April 2026
Deadline registration: 31 May 2026
Third circular with final program: 30 June 2026