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Issue: Vol. 6 No. 1: February 2023
Type: Editorial
Published: 2023-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.1.1
Page range: 001–002
Abstract views: 420
PDF downloaded: 302

The 4th Palaeontological Virtual Congress

CN-Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, CSIC, València, Spain
Department of Earth Sciences, GeoBioTec. NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal
University of Bath, Bath, UK
Museo Paleontológico de Alpuente, Alpuente, Spain
Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, IIPG CONICET-UNRN, Argentina
CONICET and Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Argentina
Universidad del Mar, Oaxaca, México
Department of Earth Sciences, GeoBioTec. NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal
General

Abstract

The emergence of new applications and technological advances has opened new and wider pathways for people to ensure effective science communication. This has become more significant after more than two years of difficulties and restrictions due to the COVID-19 epidemiological crisis, in which online platforms gained great relevance and proved key to keep up the drive for science communication (Barral, 2020). Aware of this, the first edition of the Palaeontological Virtual Congress (PVC) was organised in December 2018 by a team of young researchers from different nationalities. The purpose of that new congress format was simply to disseminate worldwide the most recent scientific advances in palaeontology in a fast, easy, inexpensive and inclusive way.

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