Evidence has been mounting that past climate changes played an important role in the evolution of our genus, Homo. However, identifying and quantifying the impact of climatic and environmental changes on human speciation, adaptation, migration, and cultural development has remained challenging. In this conference, we will bring together experts from various disciplines, including paleo-climate, anthropology, archaeology, ecology, climate modeling, and genomics, to advance this emerging field and to forge new collaborations.
Abstract Submission
April 1st – May 31st, 2024
Please submit your Abstract on the below link.
https://forms.gle/KsxuLYrTaTvX6Pbp8
Invited Speakers
Pasquale Raia
Professor, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Thomas Higham
Professor, University of Vienna, Austria
Jin-Cheul Kim
Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), South Korea
Christoph P.E. Zollikofer
Professor emeritus, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Chiara Barbieri
Senior Assistant Professor, University of Cagliari, Italy
Miikka Tallavaara
Assistant Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland
Rieneke Weij
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town, Africa
Michael Petraglia
Professor, Griffith University, Australia
Chronis Tzedakis
Professor, University College London, UK
Simon Armitage
Professor, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Hubert Vonhof
Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany
Ricarda Winkelmann
Director, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
Organizing Committee
Axel Timmermann
Director at IBS Center for Climate Physics
Pasquale Raia
Professor at University of Naples Federico II
Jiaoyang Ruan
Young Scientist Fellow at IBS Center for Climate Physics
Elke Zeller
PhD Student at IBS Center for Climate Physics
More invited speakers coming soon
Program
| Time | Date | Oct 15 | Oct 16 | Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30–10:30 | Welcome Remarks | Session 2.1: Concepts and Theory | Session 3.1: Modelling Humans | Session 4.1: Climate and Culture | Session 5: The Anthropocene |
| 10:30–12:00 | Session 1.1: Paleo-Climate context | Session 2.2: Modelling Humans | Session 3.2: Human responses to abrupt change | Session 4.2: Diversity | Closing Remarks and Outlook |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30–14:30 | Poster Session | Excursion | Poster Session | Poster Session | Collaboration Cafe |
| 14:30–16:00 | Session 1.2: Paleo-Climate context | Excursion | Session 3.3: The time-evolving human niche | Session 4.3: Genomics | Collaboration Cafe |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break | Excursion | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Collaboration Cafe |
| 16:30-18:00 | Session 1.3: Speciation, Extinction, Adaptation | Excursion | Session 3.4: Ecological Modeling | Session 4.4: Genomics | Collaboration Cafe |
| 18:30 ~ | Reception | Dinner | Public Lecture: Humans and Climate |
Venue
Pusan National University, Building 303, 2nd floor auditorium, Busan, South Korea
Registration
Registration Date: 2024. 07 ~ 2024. 09
Registration Fee: 150,000 KRW (~100 Euro)
Image credit: Climate stripes were generated through showyourstripes.info by Professor Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), fossil images were adapted from HCRP-UR501 and Sangiran 17 by Gerbil, Bodo by Ryan Somma, and Daka Homo by Cretan used under CC BY 3.0 and DNH-134 from Herries, A.I.R. et al. Science 2020.