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Preliminary programme

Theme 1 — Planet formation, crustal growth and the evolving lithosphere
Tony Kemp An isotopic roadmap of Early Earth evolution- progress and potholes
John W. Valley What can we agree on before 4 Ga?
Alexander Nemchin Differentiation processes in the Early Solar System
Jean-François Moyen Crustal differentiation - recycling Archean crust and evolving granite compositions
Jonathan O'Neil Neodynium-142 Evidence
Bill Griffin Evolution and original extent of Archean continental lithosphere, and implications for Archean tectonic models
Theme 2 — Diversity in tectonic regimes
John Percival Tectonic-metallogenic linkages in the Superior Province, Canada, as deduced from a modern, craton-scale, 4D framework
Peter Cawood Early Earth Tectonics – Was it the same?
Gary Stevens High mountains produced by paleoarchean orogenesis: Evidence from the Barberton greenstone belt
Jean H Bedard Falsification of the plate tectonic hypothesis for genesis of Archaean volcanic and plutonic rocks, and an outline of possible alternative mechanisms
Martin Van Kranendonk Two types of Paleoarchean continental crust; oceanic plateaux and subduction zone collages on a plate tectonic early Earth
Richard Ernst Using the Paleoproterozoic LIP record to reconstruct  Late Archean Supercontinent(s)
Patrice Rey The Rise of the Continents and the Shift to Modern Earth
Steve Wyche Tectonic implications of recent advances in Yilgarn stratigraphy
Theme 3 — Unique mineral systems
Graham Begg The Lithosphere, Geodynamics and Metallogeny
Andrew Barnicoat Mineral Systems and the evolution of the Early Earth
Boswell Wing Mass independent fractionation of sulphur and implications for Archean to Paleoproterozoic mineral systems
Steve Beresford The diversity of Archean Ni-Cu-PGE deposit styles: insights from new discoveries and understanding the deposit continuum
Scott Halley New ideas and new technologies- Mapping orogenic Au footprints
David Snyder Imaging whole Archean mineral systems
Shane Evans Imaging Archon boundaries -links to magmatic ores
Phillips Thurston Stratigraphic breaks and their role in the location of VHMS systems
Theme 4 — Establishing a habitable planet
Nora Noffke Microbial mats, evidence for the early evolution of life on Earth
James Farquhar Isotopic evidence for evolving atmospheric and oceanic chemistry and the early evolution of life on Earth
Clark M. Johnson Tracing the co-evolution of microbial metabolisms over time using Fe, S, and C isotopes
David Wacey Early Life on Earth: A Practical Guide
Kurt Konhauser Banded Iron Formations as Proxies for Ancient Life

Themes

Theme 1 — Planet formation, crustal growth and the evolving lithosphere

Formation of the Earth–Moon system; Hadean Earth; Geochemical and isotopic evolution of the crust and mantle; Petrogenesis of magmatic systems; Mapping lithospheric architecture.

Theme 2 — Diversity in tectonic regimes

A decade of controversy: Diapirs, plumes and crustal overturn; Arcs, back-arcs and ophiolites; Gneiss terrains vs granite–greenstones; basin tectonics; From Superia to Columbia—starting the supercontinent cycle; Imaging and visualisation of the crust.

Theme 3 — Unique mineral systems

Predictive models: orogenic and intrusion-related Au, magmatic nickel, hypogene versus supergene Fe, VHMS base metal systems; Evolving hydrothermal systems; A connection to the lithosphere?; Metallogeny and the supercontinent cycle.

Theme 4 — Establishing a habitable planet

Exploring links between evolving oceanic and atmospheric chemistry, environmental conditions, tectonics and life on Early Earth; Mars as analogue for Early Earth.

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