Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul Sereno
Keynote Speaker:
Paul Sereno
University of Chicago
Saturday PaleoFest Evening Event
This special event features a keynote talk, music and cocktail hour, and a wonderful dinner with other science enthusiasts and museum supporters!
Location:
Riverview Inn & Suites, Ascend Hotel Collection
700 W. Riverside Blvd., Rockford, IL, 61103, US
+1 (815) 282-3033
Schedule of Events
- 5:00 pm-5:20 Priority Seating for VIP Guests
- 5:20-6:30 pm Mixer
- 6:30 pm Dinner Served
- 7:30 pm Keynote Speaker Presentation
VIP Ticket Holders: Unable to get to Riverview before 5:20?
Contact Burpee Will Call Saturday before 3pm to let us help you reserve seating.
“A Saharan Odyssey: Extraordinary Adventure & Fossil Discovery”
Dr. Paul Sereno is a Professor of Organismal Biology & Anatomy at the University of Chicago and world renowned paleontologist and archaeologist.
Dr. Sereno’s research has led him across the world to explore fossil bearing formations in Mongolia, China, India, Argentina, the western U.S. and the Sahara Desert of northern Africa. Studying fossils from the dawn of the Mesozoic, Dr. Sereno has discovered and worked on some of the earliest dinosaurs to exist including Eoraptor and Herrerasaurus from South America. His expeditions to the Sahara Desert has uncovered a menagerie of new dinosaurs like Nigersaurus, Rugops, Suchomimus, and Afrovenator as well as the largest crocodile, Kaprosuchus (“Boar Croc”). Other finds include Rajasaurus, the first dinosaur skull found in India. More recently, Dr. Sereno has discovered an incredible archaeological site in the heart of the Sahara dating back to around 10,000 years ago that preserves the remains of fish, crocodiles, hippos, and the remains of intertwined skeletons of a mother and two children which have come to be known as “stone age embrace.”
RIVERVIEW INN & SUITES BANQUET HALL
About Burpee Museum’s PaleoFest
Since 1999, PaleoFest has become an internationally recognized and respected program that celebrates the science of Paleontology. PaleoFest is an exemplary program to excite, educate, and inspire all people in science. This 3-day event includes many educational programs and activities for all levels of interest in paleontology. Each year, PaleoFest attracts nearly 2,000 visitors and some of the biggest names in the field.