由美国地质学会发起,中国国家自然科学基金委员会主要资助,中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所和北京大学共同主办的一次彭罗斯会议(Peruose Conferences)于2002年9月22-29日在北京大学成功举行.近80位专家、学者参加了会议,其中有国外地质学家35位,分别来自美国、德国、加拿大、澳大利亚、英国、法国、捷克、俄罗斯、巴西、日本和韩国. Sponsored by the Geological Society of the United States, a major grant by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a Peruose Conferences co-sponsored by the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Peking University was successfully held in Peking University from September 22 to 29, 2002 Nearly 80 experts and scholars attended the conference, including 35 foreign geologists from the United States, Germany, Canada, Australia, Britain, France, the Czech Republic, Russia, Brazil, Japan and South Korea.