Book of Abstracts of the 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress

EVANGELOS VLACHOS; PENELOPE CRUZADO-CABALLERO; VICENTE D. CRESPO; MARIA RIOS IBAÑEZ; FERNANDO ANTONIO M. ARNAL; JOSE LUIS HERRAIZ; FRANCESC GASCÓ; ROSALIA GUERRERO-ARENAS; HUMBERTO G. FERRÓN

Comite Organizador of the 3rd PVC

Año: 2021 p. 304

978-84-09-36657-6

Following the two previous and successful editions of the Palaeontological Virtual Congress (PVC), organized in December 2018 and May 2020, we sat to seriously think about the necessity of having a 3rd Edition in 2021. The PVC had started in 2018 as an original idea to promote virtual participation from around the globe by overcoming all kinds of physical, financial and other types of barriers. The onset and development of the COVID19 pandemic quickly made virtual conferences the only way to share knowledge and the 2nd PVC played an important role in the communication of the palaeontological community with 60% increased participation. However, another year of restrictions and virtual conferences, the potential burnout and Zoom fatigue, made us wonder whether the community would accompany our efforts.