Sessions Tuesday Morning Theme 1: Controls on carbonate deposition: Carbon cycle, evolution, and climate Conveners: Noel James, Ian Fairchild and Sasha Turchyn Carbonates as archives of global change: Ian Fairchild Temporal evolution of carbonate systems: Noel James Carbonates and the Carbon Cycle: Sasha Turchyn Tuesday Afternoon Theme 1: Controls on carbonate deposition: Carbon cycle, evolution, and climate Conveners: Pete Burgess and V.Paul Wight Carbonate platform dynamics, facies and architecture: Pete Burgess Microbialites versus abiotic carbonate buildups: including the enigma of the Pre-Salt: V. Paul Wright Wednesday Morning Theme 2: Post-depositional processes in carbonates: diagenesis and deformation Conveners: Peter Swart and Fiona Whitaker Innovations in understanding carbonate diagenesis: Peter Swart The never ending problem of Dolomite: Fiona Whitaker Wednesday Afternoon Theme 2: Post-depositional processes in carbonates: diagenesis and deformation Conveners: Dave Hunt and Jim Hendry Structural evolution of carbonate platforms: Dave Hunt and Jim Hendry Thursday Morning Theme 3: Carbonates as reservoir and source rocks Conveners: Art Saller and Cathy Hollis Flow behaviour of subsurface carbonates: Art Saller Evolution of porosity and permeability: Cathy Hollis Thursday Afternoon Theme 3: Carbonates as reservoir and source rocks Conveners: Gareth Jones and Gianni Mallarino New Imaging Techniques. TBD Thursday Afternoon Theme 4: Lanniappe ('Small gifts') Conveners: Rudy Swennen and Cedric John