We aremost honoured to welcome you cordially to Perugia, for the International

CongressonPalaeozoicStratigraphyofGondwana,tobeheldonthe14th–16thof

April 2016.We believe that thismeetingwill be an excellent opportunity to share

research experience and progress in ideas, to discuss all new hot or controversial

topics,toinitiatecollaborativeprojects.

ItisourhopeandbeliefthatyouwillIindthismeetingameaningfulandmemorable

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Fortheorganizingcommittee,

RobertoRettori

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From Scienceto Business & Education

SponsoredbyNationalIranianOilCompany(NIOC)

ExplorationDirectorateofNationalIranianOilCompanyMinistryofIndustry,MineandTrade–GeologicalSurveyofIran

SocietàGeologicaItalianaSocietàPaleontologicaItaliana

RegioneUmbriaDepartmentofEarthSciences“A.Desio”,UniversityofMilan,ItalyCIMP-“CommissionInternationaleMicroOlorePaléozoïque”

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Scienti/icandOrganizingCoordinatorsRobertoRettoriMansourGhorbanie-mail:comitato.gondwana@unipg.itOrganizingCommitteeRobertoRettori(UniversityofPerugia,Italy)SimonettaCirilli(UniversityofPerugia,Italy)CaterinaPetrillo(UniversityofPerugia,Italy)MansourGhorbani(Arianzamin,Iran)EnricoCapezzuoli(UniversityofPerugia,Italy)MarcoCherin(UniversityofPerugia,Italy)AmaliaSpina(UniversityofPerugia,Italy)LuciaAngiolini(UniversityofMilano,Italy)AnoshiravanKani(Arianzamin,Iran)

Scienti/icCommitteeDemirAltiner(MiddleEastTechnicalUniversity,Ankara,Turkey)

MarcoBalini(UniversityofMilano,Italy)SvevaCorrado(UniversityofRomaTre,Italy)JalilGhalamghash(GeologicalSurveyofIran)HormozGhalavand(NIOC,Iran)BahaeddinHamdi(Arianzamin,Iran)RossanaMartini(UniversityofGeneva,Switzerland)ShuzhongShen(NanjingInstituteofGeologyandPaleontology,China)

BahmanSoleimany(NIOC,Iran)MichaelStephenson(BritishGeologicalSurvey)AlirezaTahmasebi(NIOC,Iran)AndreaZanchi(UniversityofMilanoBicocca,Italy)

CongressLocationTheCongresswillbeheldatHotelGiò–PerugiaCongressCentre(www.hotelgio.it)(seemapatpage4).Itproposesitselfasafunctionalstructure,referencepointfortheentirecentralpartofItaly.Twohallswithareasexpresslydevotedtoinformalmeeting,livingbarforaperitifandcoffeebreakandcomfortableworkingandreadingcornerswillbeavailable.

LanguageoftheCongressEnglishwillbetheofOiciallanguageofthemeeting.Notranslationfacilitieswillbeavailable.

OrganisedbyDepartmentofPhysicsandGeology,UniversityofPerugiaArianzaminParsGeologicalCenter,Teheran,Iran

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AccessPerugiaisnotfarfromRome,PisaandFlorenceandcanbeeasilyreachedfromthesethreecitiesbytrain,busorcar.o  Themajor internationalgatewayisRome'sAirport“LeonardodaVinci”,knownasFiumicino(FCO)(30km/19misouthwestofRome,phone:(+39)0665951;www.adr.it).

o  Pisa's Airport “Galileo Galilei” (PSA) (12 km/7mi south of Pisa and 80 km/50mi west ofFlorence, phone: (+39)050500707; www.pisa-airport.com) has Olights from London,Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and other European cities, aswell as connections to Rome andMilan.

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Flying time is approximately 9 hours from New York, 11 hours from Chicago, 12 hours fromDallas(viaNewYork),12hoursfromLosAngeles,2hoursfromLondon(toMilan),and24hoursfromSydney.ThesolutionthatwesuggesttoyoutoreachPerugiabyairistolandtoRomeandtocontinueforPerugiawithbusorbytrain.Therearedailybusconnections(www.sulga.it)betweenRomaFiumicinoAirport(InternationalDepartureTerminal“C”)andPerugia(P.lePartigianiSquare).SeveraltrainsdailyconnectPerugiawithbothFlorence(viaTerontola)andRome(viaFolignoorviaTerontola).Forthetimetableandinformationpleasevisitthewebsitewww.trenitalia.com.LocalAirportPerugia’sAirport “Sant'Egidio” (PEG) (phone: (+39)075592141)has Olights to and fromRome,Munich,London,Bruxelles,BarcelonaandotherEuropeancities.ForinformationaboutPerugia’sAirportSant’EgidiopleasevisittheAirportwebsite(www.airport.umbria.it).

AccommodationHotelGiòisauniquebuildingwith206rooms,dividedintotwothematicareas.Theseareasarelinked by a musical arcade with secluded listening points and peculiar Business Cellar withInternetPositions.FreeWi-FiisavailableinthewholeHotel.ParkingandGaragearefreefortheGuests.Moreover,Perugiaand itsvicinityhaveover5000rooms inmore than90hotels.Manyhotel rooms at different levels have been already blocked in order to secure the best rates.LodginginstudenthousingoftheUniversitycanalsobeavailable.TouristinformationPerugiaisapopulartouristdestinationandhasawideaccommodationinfrastructurenetwork.The regular city transport includes inexpensive buses (www.umbriamobilita.it), Minimetro(www.minimetrospa.it)andtaxi(perugiataxi.it).

WeatherThe Spring in Perugia promises a fairweatherwith an average temperature of approx. 20 °C,possiblyreaching25°Catnoonand falling to15°Catnight.However,rainfallsmayoccurandumbrellasarethusrecommended.SocialProgramTheIcebreakerparty(April13rd,18,30-20,00)andtheGalaDinner(April15th,20.00)willbeheldattheHotelGiò.Icebreakerpartyisfreeforalltheparticipants.TicketfortheGalaDinner(60€perperson)canbeboughtatthereceptiondeskofthemeeting.AConcertofthe“EnsembleVocaleFemminileNotaSò”willbeheldonApril14th(21.00)attheAuditoriumRoomofHotelGiò.Participationisfreeforalltheparticipants.Thefemalevocalgroup“EnsambleVocaleFemminileNotaSò”isayoungensemblefromPerugiadevotedtoaheterogeneousstudy,rangingfromclassicalchoralvocalmusictopopularrepertoire,withoutforgettingthe theater, fromoperatomusicals. Itsnamederives fromthe interestandthestudyofBrazilianpopularmusicrepertoire,borrowingthetitleofthefamoussongSambadeUmaNoteSò(sambaonasinglenote),composedin1960byAntonioCarlosJobim.DirectedbyMartaAlunniPini,theensembletookpartinseveralcharitymusicalperformancesandoperaprojectsatthemostprestigioushallsconcertofPerugia.RecentlytheensemblehasparticipatedinnumerouschoralfestivalsincentralItaly.

IdentitybadgesParticipantswillreceiveanameplasticcardatthereceptiondesk,uponregistration.ThebadgemustbeworninordertogainaccesstotheMeetingareaduringallscientiOicandsocialevents.Admissionwillberefusedtoanyonenotinpossessionofanappropriatebadge.

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RegistrationFeesTheregistrationfeeswhichincludesopeningice-breaker,coffeebreaksandlunchpackagesareasfollows:On-sitepaymentbypaypalisallowed.

GuidelinesforPresentationsandPostersTalksAuthorsarekindlyaskedtouploadtheirpresentationsattheSlideCentrelocatedinfrontoftheAuditoriumRoomatleastwithin30minutesbeforethesession,i.e.,inthemorning,duringcoffeeorlunchbreaks.Alectureroomassistantwillbeavailableforanyhelp.Eachkeynotewillbe35-40minutes.Eachtalkwillbe20minutes.Pleasenotethatfully20-minutespresentationdoesnotallowanyfurtherdiscussionduringthesession, therefore,savesometimeforyourauditors.Westronglyrecommend15-18minutestimeforpresentation.TheAuditoriumandSaxRoom3isequippedwithacomputerwithPowerpoint(.ppt,.pptxOiles),adigitalprojector,alaserpointer,andmicrophones.Theprojectorresolutionformatis4:3,otherwillberescaled.IfyouwishtoshowmoviesasapartofyourpresentationthenitisbetterinOileformat WMV (Window Media Video). The Adobe PDF format is also allowed for yourpresentation. Alternative Oiles should be requested in advance (preferably a day before thepresentation) under the presenter responsibility. Note: some fonts and speciOic national lettermaynotbeavailableattheplace.PosterpresentationAllacceptedabstractswillbebrieOlypresented(Powerpoint-supportedoronlyoral)atthepostersessionsthatwillbeheldonApril15that17.20.Eachtalkis2minutes.PosterformatguidelinesRegularpostersizeismax80cm(wide)by180cm(high)PleasebeadvicethatnoprintserviceisavailableattheCongresssite.PosterinstallationandtearoffschedulePosterswillbedisplayed fromApril13rd at18.00 to16th at14.00.TheCongressprovidesoneboardforeachposterpresentation.Material(e.g.,double-facedadhesivetape)formountingtheposterontheboardswillbeprovidedattheregistrationdesk.Thepresentersareresponsiblefortheposterinstallationandtearoffaftertheconference.

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Regularparticipant 550€

Studentparticipant 300€

Accompanyingperson 250€

CongressProgram

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April13rd2016

From17:00 Registrationoftheparticipants

From18:30 IcebreakerParty

April14th2016

AuditoriumRoom

10:00–11:20

OpeningCeremonyProf.F.Moriconi(RectorMagniOicusofUniversityofPerugia)Prof.C.Petrillo(HeadofDepartmentofPhysicsandGeology)Prof.F.Figorilli(Vice-RectorofUniversityofPerugia)Prof.G.A.Pourmarjan(CulturalAttachéofEmbassyoftheIslamic

RepublicofIraninRome)Prof.S.Cirilli(onbehalfoftheSocietàGeologicaItaliana)Prof.L.Angiolini(onbehalfoftheSocietàPaleontologicaItaliana)

11:20–11:30 KaniA.,ArianZaminIntroduction

11:30–12:00 Coffee-Break

12:00–12:40KeynoteKaniA.,GhorbaniM.-AsummaryofthecurrentinvestigationsonPalaeozoicrocksofIran

12:40–13:00 SoleimanyB.-OilexplorationinLowerPaleozoicPlayinZagros,perspectives&challenges

13:00–14:30 LunchTime

14:30–14:50 AlaviTaleghaniE.(NIOC)-Innovativecollaboration:NewmissionofR&TDirectorateofNIOC

14:50–15:10 GhalamghashJ.(GSI)-IntroductiontoGSIactivities&research

15:10–16:30 Session:Palaeogeography

15:10–15:50KeynoteBarrierE.-ReconstructionsoftheCentralTethysdomainsincetheMiddlePermian:theDARIUSPalaeotectonicmaps

15:50–16:10 GaetaniM.-AnoverviewofDevoniantoPermianinAlborzmountains,NorthIran

16:10–16:30

BerraF.,ZanchettaS.,ZanchiA.,BergomiM.,NicoraA.,HeidarzadehG.-StratigraphicevidenceoftheLatePalaeozoicactivemargininNEIran:constraintsonthereconstructionofthenorthernsideofthePalaeotethys

16:30–17:00 Coffee-Break

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17:00–17:20 GhalamghashJ.-PaleozoicgranitoidinIranianpartofGondwanaland

17:20–17:40RunnegarB.,BeardA.,IvanyL.-ColdtemperatebiotasandglacialconditionsduringtheLatePaleozoicIceAge(LPIA):Newtimingandbettertemperatures

17:40–18:00 BaudA.,RichozS.,KrystynL.-End-PaleozoiceventsonOmanandIndianGondwanamargin

From21:00 Concertofthe“EnsembleVocaleFemminileNotaSò”

April15th2016

AuditoriumRoom

9:00–15:30 CIMPSession

9:00–9:40KeynoteStephensonM.-Permianpalynostratigraphy:Progressandchallengesforthenextcentury

9:40–10:00 SteemansP.,GerrienneP.-GondwananPalaeozoicplantspores:Areview

10:00–10:20BrockeR.,BussertR.,SteemansP.-Firstrecordofcryptosporesinpost-Hirnantian(latestOrdovician-earlySilurian)sedimentsfromEthiopia

10:20–10:40HassanKermandjiA.M.,KheliOiTouhamiF.-MiosporeassemblagesfromPřídolíantoEarlyEifeliansequencesoftheOuedSaouraAlgerianSahara

10:40–11:00

SpinaA.,MarcogiuseppeA.,CirilliS.,RettoriR.,DiMicheleA.,SassiP.,VecoliM.,RiboulleauA.,ServaisT.-ApplicationofPalynomorphDarknessIndex(PDI)andmicrospectroscopytoassessthermalmaturityandassociatedchangesinchemistryofpalynomorphs:AcasestudyfromNorthAfrica

11:00–11:40 Coffee-Break

11:40–12:00MachadoG.,VavrdovaM.-LateDevonianorganic-walledmicroplanktonfromCentralPortugalanditsimplicationsonpaleogeography

12:00–12:20SabbaghiyanH.,Aria-NasabM.-LateDevonianandEarlyCarboniferousmiosporesandacritarchsfromthesouthernTabasblock(Zarandregion),centralIran

12:20–12:40 JägerH.-NewdataonthepalynologyoftheDevonianandCarboniferousofNW-Africa(Algeria,Morocco)

12:40–13:00 Aria-NasabM.,SpinaA.,DaneshianJ.-PalynostratigraphyofCarboniferousstratainSoutheastTabas,CentralIranBasin

13:00–14:30 LunchTime

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14:30–14:50ClaytonG.,BreuerP.,HookerN.-Phyto-andpalaeogeographicimplicationsofMississippianmiosporeassemblagesfromSaudiArabia

14:50–15:10StephensonM.,PowellJ.-SelectedsporesandpollenfromthePermianUmmIrnaFormation,Jordan,andtheirstratigraphicutilityintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica

15:10–15:30 StephensonM.,Al-MashaikieS.-PalynologicalassemblagesacrosstheHercynianunconformityinWesternIraq

15:30–16:00 Coffee-Break

16:00–17:20 Session:PetroleumGeology

16:00–16:20

SchitoA.,CorradoS.,RomanoC.,GuedesA.,GrigoD.-NewRamanparametersintegratedinclassicalPetroleumsystemmodellingtoassessthermalevolutionofsedimentarybasins:fourcasehistoriesfromCenozoic,MesozoicandPaleozoicsedimentarysuccessions

16:20–16:40JägerH.-OpticalKerogenAnalysisforenhancedanalysisofhydrocarbonsystems:FrommatureEuropeanbasinstonewexplorationinnorthernGondwana

16:40–17:00RashidiM.,SolimanyB.,TahmasebiSarvestaniA.,DaryabandehM.,HajianM.-CharacterizationandsourcerockpotentialofPaleozoicsequenceintheZagrosBasin,Iran

17:00–17:20MotamediH.-EarlyPaleozoicthicknessvariationcontrolondeformationstyleintheCentralFars:Implicationsforhydrocarbonexploration

17:20–18:00 PosterSession

KavoosiM.A.-ThecontinuityofriftingphaseanditsimpactonhydrocarbondistributionduringtheCarpitanianintheFarsplatformoftheZagrosfoldbelt,SWIran

MoezziNasabR.,MohamadiM.-ApplicationofthesoftwareTSCtodepictglobalsea-levelchangesandsequences

BagnoliG.,MachadoG.,MarjibiS.-TheIirstrecordofCambrianconodontsfromtheHuqf-Haushioutcrops,SultanateofOman,ArabianPeninsula

FazliL.,RezaipartoK.-BiostratigraphicinvestigationofMilaFormationinShahmirzadsection,northofSemnanwithspecialreferencetoconodonts

GómezCruzA.,Moreno-SánchezM.,Lemus-RestrepoA.,VachardD.-FusulinidsfromthelateCarboniferousandearlyPermianofColombia

PurNourbakhshF.,LotOiM.,RezaieRadA.-Geochemistryofironoxide,apatiteandREEelementsfromLacke-Siah,Bafgh(CentralIran)

RashidiM.,TsuchidaK.,DaryabandehM.,GhorbaniM.-HydrocarbonpotentialandkerogenstructureevaluationofPermianFaraghanFormationinZagrosBasinofIran

HaghighatN.,HamdiB.-ConodontcoloralterationmapsforPaleozoicuptoEarlyTriassicdepositsinAlborzMts.

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SadeghiL.-StablesulfurisotopevariationandIluidinclusionstudiesfromepithermalpyrite–galenaveinsatSpoohkarea(Kabutarkuh)SEGonabad,EastIran

FaranakP.-Metallogenyofiron-apatite(IOA)andrareearthelements(REE)intheLakeSiaharea(Bafq-CentralIran)

SchitoA.,CorradoS.,TroleseM.,AldegaL.,CaricchiC.,CirilliS.,SpinaA.-ThermalevolutionoftheHolyCrossMountains(centralPoland)throughmodelingofnewandoldthermalmaturityindicatorsofPalaeozoicsedimentarysuccessions

JägerH.-OpticalKerogenAnalysisforenhancedanalysisofhydrocarbonsystems–frommatureEuropeanbasinstonewexplorationinnorthernGondwana

Sax3Room

9:00–15:30InternationalWorkshoponPALAEOZOICSMALLERFORAMINIFERA

9:00–9:40KeynoteVachardD.-NewtaxonomicalandpalaeogeograpicaldataofsmallerTethyanforaminifers

9:40–10:00 BrenckleP.L.,CollinsJ.F.-AchronostratigraphicframeworkfortheCarboniferousKashaganBuildup,Pre-CaspianBasin,Kazakhstan

10:00–10:20 Özkan-AltinerS.,AltınerD.,ŞahinN.-ShanitaZonewithintheMiddle-UpperPermianchronostratigraphicframeinTurkey

10:20–10:40

ŞahinN.,AltinerD.-ContributiontotheevolutionofthenorthernGondwanamargininTurkey:GeodynamicsigniIicanceoftheMiddlePermiantoLowerTriassicsuccessionsintheAntalyaNappes(westernandcentralTaurides)

10:40–11:00

AltinerD.,Özkan-AltinerS.,ŞahinN.,AtasoyS.G.-Ultimatemorphologicalchangesbeforetheend-Permianextinction:ChanghsingiansmallerforaminiferafromtheSouthernBiofaciesBeltinTurkey

11:00–11:40 Coffee-Break

11:40–12:00 GaillotJ.,VachardD.,BaudA.-Middle-LatePermianbiostratigraphy(algaeandforaminifers)oftheHazrosection(southeasternTurkey)

12:00–12:20GennariV.,RettoriR.,GhorbaniM.,AngioliniL.-PreliminarydiscussiononPermianforaminiferalassemblagesinNWandCentralIran

12:20–12:40

VachardD.,RettoriR.,AltınerD.,GennariV.,GrigoryanG.,ZambetakkisA.,GhazzayW.,RazgallahS.,GhorbaniM.,KaniA.,Aria-NasabM.,SabaghianH.,KeyvanZ.-Angelita(Foraminifera,Pseudovidalinidae)asamarkeroftheopeningofNeotethysduringtheMiddle-LatePermian

12:40–13:00 VuksV.-EarlyTriassicfauna(mainlyforaminifers)fromCaucasusandGornyMangyshlak

13:00–14:30 LunchTime

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14:30–15:30 Discussion

15:30–16:00 Coffee-Break

From20:00 GalaDinner

April16th2016

AuditoriumRoom

9:00–15:50 Session:StratigraphyandSedimentaryGeology

9:00–9:40KeynoteBernardiM.,PettiF.M.-LatePaleozoicterrestrialvertebratefauna:aglobalviewfromanItalianperspective

9:40–10:00 BahrammaneshTehraniM.-BiostratigraphyandpaleoecologyofCarboniferousbrachiopodsfromNWTarLake(Damavand,NIran)

10:00–10:20AngioliniL.,GarbelliC.,BahrammaneshTehraniM.-UpperPermianbrachiopodsfromnorthernIran:TheirvalueforcorrelationsandforunderstandingtheendPermianmassextinction

10:20–10:40

BaliniM.,MandrioliR.,NicoraA.,AngioliniL.,MariaBorlenghiL.,VuoloI.,SohrabiZ.,BahrammaneshTehraniM.-FirstreportofLatePennsylvanianammonoidsandCisuralianconodontsfromCentralIran:stratigraphicsettingandpaleobiogeographicsigniIicanceintheframeworkoftheGondwananglaciations

10:40–11:00 Coffee-Break

11:00–11:40KeynoteKaniA.,GhorbaniM.-LatePrecambrian-earlyPaleozoicstratigraphyofnorthernGondwanaregionwithspecialemphasisonIran

11:40–12:00AsilianMahabadiH.,FarahaniM.,SaeidiA.-Sequence-stratigraphyandtectono-stratigraphyofPermiansuccessioninthecentralAlborz(Nesenarea)

12:00–12:20

MazaheriJohariM.,MoradiM.,BahrammaneshTehraniM.,EidaniM.-SequencestratigraphyofthePermian-TriassicboundaryintheCentralPersianGulf:newinsightsfromnovelandintegratedapproaches

12:20–12:40 HaigD.W.,MoryA.J.-ClimatostratigraphyoftheCarboniferous–PermianintheEastGondwanainteriorrift

12:40–13:00 PiryaeiA.-Atransitionfrompre-riftandpost-riftsequencesintheZagrosregionandCentralIran

13:00–14:30 LunchTime

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14:30–14:50KavoosiM.A.,ShamaniF.-ExtensionalmovementsduringtheearlyMiddleCambrianrecordedintheMember1ofMilaFormationintheEasternAlborzMountainRange

14:50–15:10BaudA.,AngioliniL.,BroutinJ.,CrasquinS.,GaillotJ.,VachardD.-ThePermianstratigraphyofHazro(GondwanamarginofSETurkey):FromIluvio-deltaictocarbonaterampenvironments,newdata

15:10–15:30

HasanGoodarziM.G.,AsghariA.,VenninE.,SoleimanyB.,HajianM.-CharacterizationofthemajorunconformitiesobservedinPre-KhuffPalaeozoicsuccessionoftheKuh-eSurmeh(Farsarea),Kuh-eFaraghanandKuh-eGahkum(BandarAbbasarea)inSouthofIran

15:30–15:50

AsghariA.,VenninE.,SoleimanyB.,HajianM.,HasanGoodarziM.,AlaviTaleghaniE.-EvidencesofmajorLowerPalaeozoicdiscontinuityinKuh-eGahkumintheBandarAbbasarea(Zagros,Iran)

15:50–16:30 Coffee-Break

16:30–17:00 ClosingCeremony:GhorbaniM.,RettoriR.

CorrespondenceForinformationconcerningaccommodationandsocialprogrampleasecontact:GrifoviaggisrlViaMarconi51/53Perugia(Italy)Tel+390755730081–Fax+390755723354icpsg@grifoviaggi.itofIicehoursMonday–Friday09:30–13:0016:00–19:00(CentralEuropeTime)