Hello, MSA! The 37th International Geological Congress <https://www.igc2024korea.org/content/14303> (IGC) will be held in Busan, Korea, Aug 25-31, 2024. The abstract deadline is Feb. 15. I'd like to bring your attention to the following MSA-relevant session: (T37.5) Knowledge & Data Co-boosted Discovery in the Co-Evolution of Minerals, Microbes and Environments <https://www.igc2024korea.org/content/14403> Description: *Mineral evolution in terrestrial planets revealed striking correlations with major geochemical, tectonic, and biological events. In the long history of Earth’s evolution, minerals and microbes co-evolved from fewer to more species, from simple to complex structure and from single to diverse function. The coevolved information of mineralogy and biology is preserved in forms of minerals, rocks, fossils and other geological records. Geologists have long benefited from extracting these data based on prior knowledge. The current large and expanding data resources related to minerals, microbes and geological environments present an unprecedented opportunity to uncover the mystery of Earth evolution. By synergistically combining multi-disciplinary theory, experiment, computation, and artificial intelligence (AI) in a tightly integrated and smart manner, the pace of exploration in the co-evolution of geosphere and biosphere will be greatly advanced and accelerated. This will lead to a new paradigm of knowledge & data co-boosted discovery of Earth's past, present and future, and the scientific laws behind. We invite submissions from a range of fields related to exploring the geological records and variation rules in the co-evolution of minerals, microbes and environments, including mineral evolution and ecology, mineral informatics, biogeochemistry, Earth and/or planetary environment interacting with minerals and microbes, mathematical geology, economic geology and geochronology, etc. We also welcome submissions that are related to the establishment of mineralogy and biology related databases. The session will also celebrate contributions of interdisciplinary researchers on the development and innovative application of big data and AI tools in mineralogy and biology.* Conveners: Yan Li, Shaunna M. Morrison, Sergey V. Krivovichev, Hans-Peter Schertl, Anhuai Lu, Robert M. Hazen Please consider submitting an abstract and I hope to see many of you in Busan! Best, Shaunna -- *Shaunna M. Morrison *| Carnegie Research Scientist 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW | Washington, DC 20015 smorrison@carnegiescience.edu Cell: 478-737-5786 <%28478%29%20737-5786> | Office: 202-478-8983 <%28202%29%20478-8983> <http://www.geo.arizona.edu/%7Eshaunnamm/>www.carnegiescience.edu/smmorrison