Between 9 and 11 November 2020. At least daily 2-hour sessions (longer on day three), 11:00-13:00 UTC (find your time zones here). 30-minute keynote talks will be distributed across the two days, with slots for authors to present following the keynote talks each day.
The third day will consist of a roundtable discussion with renowned experts on past human-environment interactions, and breakout group activities. Both sessions are open to all presenters and attendees.
Authors have been selected among the initial pool of ECRs who submitted an abstract for the postponed in-person PASES2021 workshop. Hence abstract submission for the virtual meeting is closed. Please note that anyone interested to participate can register for free, without submitting an abstract. Participants and attendees must adhere to the vPASES2020 code of conduct.
Deadlines
| October 7th | Programme announcement |
| October 23rd | Registration opens |
| November 6th | Registration closes |
| November 9-11 | Virtual meeting |
Programme
| Monday 9 November | ||
| 11:00-11:10 | Welcome and presentation | |
| 11:10-11:40 | César Mendez, Center for Research of Patagonian Ecosystems (Chile) | Human paleoecology of the Northern Semiarid Region and the eastern flank the Andes of Central Patagonia the Pleistocene-Holocene transition |
| 11:50-13:05 | ECR presentations | Human paleoecology session |
| 11:50 | Lydia Mackenzie | Late Holocene records of environmental change and human occupation in coastal regions of Australia |
| 12:05 | Matt Ryan | New Insights into vegetation disturbance and Māori agricultural practices on an active tectonic coastline, eastern North Island, New Zealand |
| 12:20 | Djakanibe Desire Nom (cancelled) | Climate change and human activities documented by sediments records in the past 1700 years in tropical Xishuangbanna, South western China |
| 12:35 | Magdalena Schmid | A detailed chronology for Polynesian settlement and exploration of New Zealand |
| 12:50 | Carla Sá Ferreira | Mountain stories: late Holocene vegetation dynamics and cultural land-use in Cabreira Mountain, NW Portugal |
| 13:05 | Jacobus Bracker | Storied Matter of Critical Zones. Econarratology of Ancient Images |
| Tuesday 10 November | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | Yoshi Maezumi, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | Exploring Amazonian Legacies: Integrating Paleoecological, Archaeological, and Paleoclimatological Archives |
| 11:05-13:15 | ECR presentations | Synthesizing paleorecords session |
| 11:40 | Xiaolin Ren | Holocene fluctuations in vegetation and human population demonstrate social resilience in the prehistory of the Central Plains of China |
| 11:55 | Asif Mohmad Lone | Lake and loess/paleosol proxy records from Northwest Himalaya: Implications to paleoenvironment and hydroclimate reconstruction |
| 12:10 | Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake | Records of the Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in coastal sedimentary archives of Sri Lanka |
| 12:25 | Sandra O. Brugger | Arctic human-environmental interactions inferred from microfossils in Central Greenland ice cores |
| 12:40 | Geoffrey Johnson | Spatial reconstruction of human-fire dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes |
| 12:55 | Emuobosa Orijemie | Do not discard! Bat Guano as a source of palaeoecological data in Nigeria |
| 13:10 | Trisha Spanbauer | Using sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) records to evaluate the impact of the Anthropocene on the Laurentian Great Lakes |
| Wednesday 11 November | ||
| 11:00-13:00 | Open Table Discussion | Past Socio-Environmental Systems: ECRs ask, mentors respond |
| 13:00-13:15 | Coffee break / legs stretching | |
| 13:15-14:30 | Breakout group activity | Pillars of collaboration |
| 14:30-15:30 | Final wrap-up | Each breakout group summarizes their main findings |