Hwaseong City to Host the 5th Asia Dinosaur Society International Conference

First Public Reveal of the Koreaceratops Hwaseongensis Skeleton Model

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced that it will hold the "5th Asia Dinosaur Society International Conference" at the Purmir Hotel in Annyeong-dong from the 8th to the 11th.

The Asia Dinosaur Society is an organization established to lead dinosaur research in Asia, with members from seven countries including Korea, Mongolia, China, Japan, Russia, Thailand, and Malaysia.

This year's conference will be attended by more than 50 participants from member countries, including Lewis Jacobs, former president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Philip Currie, professor at the University of Alberta, Canada.

At the Asia Dinosaur Society International Conference, Jeong Myeong-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong (fourth from the left), and other attendees are examining the restored skeleton model of 'Koreaceratops Hwaseongensis.'
[Photo by Hwaseong City]

The city explained that it hosted this conference to secure momentum for related projects such as the establishment of a Dinosaur Science Center and to discuss ways to advance dinosaur research.

At this conference, two full-body restored skeletal models of "Koreaceratops hwaseongensis," discovered in Hwaseong, were unveiled for the first time. Koreaceratops hwaseongensis is a dinosaur fossil first discovered in 2008 at Jeongok Port in Hwaseong City. Named by Professor Lee Yoong-nam of Seoul National University in 2011, it is recognized as Korea's first horned dinosaur fossil and was designated a natural monument by the Cultural Heritage Administration last year. Earlier, in 1999, dinosaur egg fossils were also discovered in Gojung-ri, Songsan-myeon, Hwaseong City.

Hwaseong City is actively promoting dinosaur-related projects, including using the "Koriyo" character based on Koreaceratops as the city’s mascot.

Jung Myung-geun, mayor of Hwaseong City, said, "This conference will be an opportunity to elevate Hwaseong City's cultural appeal and ecotourism to a new level."

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