24th July 2025, 8.30am – 5.30pm
Round trip from central Oxford

This one day field workshop will teach participants how to clean out large sauropod footprints, and take measurements of both isolated prints and entire trackways. This is a practical field workshop, with hands on experience of working with dinosaur trackways.

This workshop will teach participants how to clean out large sauropod footprints and take measurements of both isolated prints and trackways. This is a practical workshop, with hands on experience of working with dinosaur trackways. For this reason, participants must be able to move across uneven ground unaided.

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Geological Collections Group Winter Seminar 2025 and 52nd Annual General Meeting
Dates: December 10-11th 2025 – Seminar and AGM, December 10th, Field Trip, December 11th.
Venue: Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, John’s Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1ET.
Join us in December at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery for the 2025 Winter Seminar and Annual General Meeting of the Geological Collections Group. The Seminar and AGM will be held at the Museum on December 10th and will be followed by a field trip to the coast in the Pett Level – Fairlight area on December 11th. 

SPPC - the Symposium on Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation - has been running since 1992, acting as a forum where workers in these fields can meet to share ideas and new research on the topic.

In recent years, the remit of the conference has been expanded such that it now covers any topic related to the preparation or conservation of geological material, including all work undertaken to prepare palaeontological or geological material for research, teaching, storage, display, etc.

This website contains a comprehensive archive of past talks, and when appropriate, information on how to apply to present at, or attend, the next conference.

Where possible, we collate and present here material from our workshops and seminars so that they can also be of use to members who may not have been able to attend. 

This section contains archived materials from each of the events

We organise or co-organise a number of events every year. Upcoming events are always listed at www.geocurator.org/events/ and from there you will be able to book tickets. If you want to see events that we have run previously, you can head over to the Past Events section of our resources area. 

By keeping as much of the organisation in-house as possible, we are able to keep our prices affordable, and tickets often sell out quickly. At the event, you'll be able to network with colleagues from other institutions, as well as receive expert tuition. If you have an idea for an event, or would like to help us host one, then please contact our Programme Secretary by e-mail on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

This section contains links to our events policy, as well as other information.