For any prospective groups thinking about organising a symposium these guidelines may be of use.

 

So far there have been 14 International Paleolimnology Symposia around the world. Details on where they were held and the IPA awards that were given can be found below.

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14th Symposia: 18-21st June 2018
Hosted by: Stockholm University
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Information on all awards from the Symposium can be found here and obituaries can be found here.

 

13th Symposia: 4-7th August 2015
Hosted by: Lanzhou University
Location: Lanzhou, China
Information on all awards from the Symposium can be found here and obituaries can be found here.

 

12th Symposia: 21-24th August 2012
Hosted by: ECRC UCL & University of Glasgow
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
http://paleolim.org/ips2012

Information on all awards from the Symposium can be found here as well as the obituary of Eugene F. Stoermer read at the Symposium by John Smol. 

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11th Symposia: 15-18th December 2009
Hosted by: Instituto de Geofísica U.N.A.M, Mexico
Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Information on all awards from the Symposium can be found here

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10th Symposia: 25-29th June 2006
Hosted by: University of Minnesota & Museum of Science, Minnesota
Location: Duluth, Missesota, USA
http://www.geo.umn.edu/paleolim10/
photos from this meeting are posted on webshots.com

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9th Symposia: 24-28th August 2003
Hosted by: Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), University of Helsinki & Geological Survey of Finland
Location: Espoo, Finland

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8th Symposia: 20-24th August 2000
Hosted by: Department of Biology, Queen’s University
Location: Kingston, Canada

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7th Symposia: 28th August – 2nd September 1997
Hosted by: Joint German and Swiss colleagues
Location: Heiligkreuztal/Riedlingen, Germany
http://www.indiana.edu/~diatom/int7.mtg

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6th Symposia: 1993
Location: Canberra, Australia
Published: JOPL 11(3) and JOPL 12(3)

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5th Symposia: 1989
Location: Ambleside, UK
Published: Hydrobiologia 214

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4th Symposia: 1985
Location: Ossiach, Austria
Published: Hydrobiologia 143

 

3rd Symposia: 1981
Location: Koli, Finland
Published: Hydrobiologia 103

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2nd Symposia: 1976
Location: Mikolajki, Poland
Published: Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologi 25

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1st Symposia: 1967
Location: Tihany, Hungary
Published: Symposium on Paleolimnology