Our annual and mid-term-review meeting will take place from 12th to 14th of March 2008 in Paris. The Commission Project Officer, Mr. Frank Marx, will participate on 13th to 14th of March.

It is obligatory that all scientists in charge and all fellows will attend the meeting.

On 12th of March we will have the first part of the annual meeting. On 13th morning till lunch we will have the second part of the annual meeting. After lunch the Mid-Term-Review meeting will start and it will end on 14th in the evening.

Place of the meetings:

Hotel Bel Ami

7 - 11 Rue St. Benoit

75006 Paris

http://www.hotel-bel-ami.com/en/index.php

It is very near to the subway station "Saint Germain des-Pres".

For a map, click here: Map Hotel Bel Ami

List of hotels:

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Agenda for the Mid-Term-Review meeting: here

Agenda for the annual meeting will follow soon.

YEARLY MEETING 2008 in Paris

Wednesday, 12^th March 2008

  9:30 – 10:00              Coordinator´s Review by Gerhard Weber

10:00 – 10:15              Training Administrator´s Review by José Braga

10:15 – 10:30              Task Administrator´s Review by Fred Bookstein

10:30 – 10:45              Gender Board´s Review by Sarah Elton

10:45 – 11:15              Coffee break               

11:15 – 11:35              Progress Toolbox by Paul O´Higgins

11:35 – 11:55              Progress Archive by Gerhard Weber

11:55 – 12:30              Briefing MTR

12:30 – 14:00              Lunch

14:00 – 16:00              Practice reports and presentation training for fellows:

Philipp Gunz – ER MPEA

Priscilla Anne Bayle – ESR NEMU

Stanislav Katina – ER UNVI

Oualid Ben Ali – ER YORK

Luca Fiorenza – ESR RISE

Simon Neubauer – ESR MPEA

Nandini Singh – ESR MPEA

Alexandre Bourdeu – ESR BREU

Markus Bastir – ER CSIC

16:00 – 16:30              Coffee break

16:30 – 18 :30             Practice reports and presentation training for fellows:

                                   Deano Stynder – ER UNTO

                                   Yann Heuzé – ER UHIN

                                   Sascha Senck – ESR UNVI   

                                   Michael Coquerelle – ESR  UNVI/dHAL

                                   Elena Kranioti – ESR CSIC

                                   Valdis Gudmundsdottir – ESR ATOM

                                   Imen Elhechmi – ESR UNTO

                                   Filipe Miguel Maria Marreiros – ESR UHIN   

                                   Stefano Benazzi - ER RISE

18:30 – 18:45              Coffee break

18:45 – 19:45              Gender Issues

Thursday, 13^th March 2008

  9:30 – 11:00              Deliverables 2008

                                   - Workshops

o       Brain evolution, development and morphometrics by Jean-Francois Mangin

o       Bone histology and bone growth – growth and development of the craniofacial complex by Antonio Rosas and Demetrios Halazonetis

o       Surface scanning of soft and hard tissue by Bernd Breuckmann

o       Communication with broad public and journalists by Martin Meister

- Summerschool

o       Multivariate techniques for growth and evolution of form by Katrin Schäfer/Fred L. Bookstein/Gerhard Weber

11:00 – 11:30              Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30              Open issues before the MTR

12:30 – 14:00              Lunch

Friday, 14^th March 2008

15:00 – 18:00              De-briefing MTR, Conclusions, discussion on changes & adjustments,Open issues

We plan a joint dinner on 13th of March on a boat, the boarding is at 20:00 o`clock at Port de la Conference, Pont de l'Alma, 75007 Paris.