Program:  For details, see FINAL MPC-29 Program and Abstracts

            Friday, May 11:

                       2:00-5:00 PM Registration, Kline Geology Laboratory Foyer; Tours of Marsh Botanical Garden, the Cretaceous Garden, and Paleobotany Division of  Yale Peabody Museum (leaving from the Kline Geology Laboratory Foyer)

                       4:00 PM  Marsh Botanical Garden Tour led by Eric Larson

                       5:30-5:45 PM Meet to depart for reception (Peabody Museum Parking Lot)

                        6:00-9:00 PM Reception-Light Buffet (Home of Dr. Leo Hickey) 

            Saturday, May 12:

                        8:00-8:30 Breakfast (Kline Geology Laboratory)

                        8:30-10:05 AM Presentations (Kline Geology Laboratory)

                        10:05-10:30 AM Coffee Break and viewing of posters (Kline Geology Laboratory)

                        10:30 AM-12:30 PM Presentations (Kline Geology Laboratory)

                        12:30-1:30 PM Lunch (Kline Geology Laboratory)

                        1:30-2:45 PM Presentations (Kline Geology Laboratory)

                        2:45-3:15 PM Coffee Break and viewing of posters (Kline Geology Laboratory)

                        3:15-4:30 PM  Presentations (Kline Geology Laboratory)                    

                        4:30-5:30 PM Tours of the Peabody Museum

                        5:45-6:30 PM Reception and Silent Auction (Kroon Hall, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies)

                        6:30-8:00 PM Dinner and Awards (Kroon Hall, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies)

                        8:00-8:45 PM Keynote address by Patricia Gensel, University of North Carolina                       

            Sunday, May 13:

                        8:00 AM-2:30 PM Optional field trip to the Triassic and Jurassic of Connecticut, including Connecticut’s Petrified Forest. (Includes a box lunch).