Calpe Conference

The Calpe Conference is an international academic conference organised by the Gibraltar Museum on behalf of HM Government of Gibraltar, and held annualy on the Rock.

The name of the conference refers to the name given to the Rock of Gibraltar in antiquity, Mons Calpe, which was regarded one of the Pillars of Hercules in classical times.

Previous conference topics have included, human evolution, heritage, natural history and conservation.

Full list of Calpe Conferences since their inception in 1997:

Logo	No	Year	Conference Title
	22^nd	2018	NEANDERTHAL: The Conference
	21^st	2017	The Rewilding Conference
	20^th	2016	Past Worlds: Neanderthal and Modern Human response to climate and environment change
	19^th	2015	Redefining the Neanderthals
	18^th	2014	In the footsteps of the ancestors: a universal heritage of everyone
	17^th	2013	Caves as Archives: The Rock of Gibraltar as a Case Study
	16^th	2012	The Human niche: Ecology, Behaviour and Culture in the genus Homo
	15^th	2011	Bridges and Barriers: A History of the Strait of Gibraltar
	14^th	2010	Pleistocene Ecological Change and the Evolution of Bird Migration Systems
	13^th	2009	Human Evolution: 150 years after Darwin
	12^th	2008	The evolution of identities: Small communities in space and time
	11^th	2007	People in the Mediterranean: A history of interaction
	10^th	2006	Straits, Refuges and the Geography of Populations
	9^th	2005	Sentinel of the Mediterranean: Gibraltar, the Navy and the Strait
	8^th	2004	Perspectives on Human Origins
	7^th	2003	The Barbary Macaque: Biology, Management and Conservation
	6^th	2002	Gibraltar – Malta: History, Heritage & Identity in a Mediterranean Setting
	5^th	2001	Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Late Pleistocene Eurasia
	4^th	2000	Linking the Fragments of Paradise: An international conference on environmental conservation in small territories
	3^rd	1999	Gibraltar: Mediterranean History and World Heritage
	2^nd	1998	The First Europeans – Gibraltar ’98: 150^th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Forbes’ Quarry Skull
	1^st	1997	European Gateway: The Strait of Gibraltar through History

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Calpe Conference

The Calpe Conference is an international academic conference organised by the Gibraltar Museum on behalf of HM Government of Gibraltar, and held annualy on the Rock.

The name of the conference refers to the name given to the Rock of Gibraltar in antiquity, Mons Calpe, which was regarded one of the Pillars of Hercules in classical times.

Previous conference topics have included, human evolution, heritage, natural history and conservation.

Full list of Calpe Conferences since their inception in 1997: