Postponed from September 2020, this three-and-a-half-day meeting is planned with oral and poster presentations and a workshop. Besides giving a platform to scientists and work that crosses the gap between modern and ancient worlds, the aim is to cover all major organism groups, ecological levels and process focuses. Keynote speakers, roundtable discussion and goals will remain the same. The Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin is one of the most important research institutions worldwide in the areas of biological and geological evolution and biodiversity, with a collection of over 30 million items covering zoology, palaeontology, geology and mineralogy.