On September 14th–17th, 2013, the 1stInternational Palaeogeography Conference (IPC)was successfully held by China University of Petroleum (Beijing)(CUP), in Changping, Beijing, China.

Totally 109 registered palaeogeographers and experts of related disciplines from 36 aff i liations, including universities,academic institutions and petroleum industries, from Ireland, the UK, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, India,Australia, the USA and China, and the staff from the Editorial office of theJournal of Palaeogeography(JOP)attended this conference.

In the conference, four young attendees among nine applicants were awarded the “Awards for the Best Presentations by Young Scientists/Students”.

Three mid-conference field excursions and two post-conference field excursions (Qingdao of Shangdong Province, and Jixian of Tianjin)were favored by the attendees and cheerful results were obtained.

The 1stIPC showed high academic level, and all attendees enjoyed the passionate academic atmosphere.This conference covered the multidisciplines related to Palaeogeography, and showed prominent advance that had been achieved in recent years.Quite a few young scientist/student attendees gave excellent presentations.They are energetic, exhibiting new ideas and talent.We are glad to see there is no lack of successors of Palaeogeography.

The 2ndInternational Palaeogeography Conference will be hosted by the China University of Mining and Technology(Beijing)in October, 2014, in Beijing, China.

Detailed report and information about this conference will be published in the January issue ofJOPin 2014.