International Federation of Palynological Societies
Welcome!
The International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS) is a federation of regional, national, linguistic, and specialist palynological organizations of the world
What we do …
advance knowledge in palynology and related subjects
promotion of international cooperation
sponsorship of regular meetings between palynologists of all countries and regions
publish the WORLD DIRECTORY OF PALYNOLOGISTS irregularly, and PALYNOS Newsletters semiannually
MEETINGS
The IFPS meetings, INTERNATIONAL PALYNOLOGICAL CONGRESSES, are held at intervals of four or five years, and their venues are chosen by vote of the IFPS council, based on invitations submitted by affiliated societies.
The International Federation of Palynological Societies is affiliated with the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
IOPC-IPC joint meeting 2028, Calgary, Canada, August 7-11, 2028
The 16th IPC and 12th IOPC will be held August 7–11, 2028, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The meeting will take place at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre, located in the heart of downtown Calgary. Potential field trips may include visits to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, the Late Cretaceous deposits in Dinosaur Provincial Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the K–Pg boundary exposure at Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, and several Paleocene fossil plant localities of the Paskapoo Formation.