IPC7 2026: The 7th quadrennial International Palaeontological Congress will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, 30 November–3 December 2026.
Registration is open now at https://www.ipc7.site/ Come, join us in this palaeontologically, geologically, culturally, and scenically wonderful region!
IPA requires its congresses to be widely distributed, globally. The first IPC was held in 2002, near Sydney, Australia. Subsequent congresses have been held in Beijing, China (2006), London, U.K. (2010), Mendoza, Argentina (2014), Paris, France (2018), and Khon Kaen, Thailand (2022). Now, this year, we will hold our first congress in Africa!
IPC7's programme will be broadly representative of all classes of participants in the discipline. It will include 6 plenary talks (4 by women, 2 by men); 29 thematic symposia embracing a wide range of topics, including fields of especially active current research and of regional or global significance, as well as a session on communication of palaeosciences to the wider community; workshops; palaeoart exhibitions; and pre-and post-conference excursions.
The purpose of IPA is to promote and coordinate international cooperation among all subdisciplines of palaeontology and stratigraphy, including those that overlap with geology, biology and anthropology; and to encourage integration/synthesis of all palaeontological knowledge. To this end, IPA embraces a diverse research community. Seeking to overcome discrimination of every kind, IPA promotes the engagement and professional advancement of palaeontologists in all walks of life. It also encourages constructive collaboration between professional palaeontologists and other enthusiasts. IPA requires participants in all scientific meetings that it may sponsor to adhere to the highest standards of personal, scientific and professional integrity. To avoid the possibility of oversights, slights, or harmfully inappropriate behaviour at IPC7, the Organizing Committee has formulated a specific Code of Conduct to which all delegates will be required to adhere.
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