The programme's first plenary workshop was held in Lyon, France, on 16-18 November 2000.
A second plenary workshop was held in Barcelona, Spain, on 15-17 November 2001.
The third plenary workshop was held in Frankfurt, Germany, on 14-17 November 2002.
The fourth plenary workshop was held in Stara Lesna, Slovakia, on 12-15 November 2003.
The fifth, and final, plenary workshop was held in Crete, Greece, on 4-6 November 2004.
2004
Dinocysts: promising markers of Mediterranean-Paratethys relationships, Lyon, France, 17-20 April 2004
Evolutionary Dynamics of Animals, Hanko, Finland, 20-23 May 2004
Bio/Chronostratigraphy, Corte, Corsica, France, 18-19 July 2004
The Messinian Salinity Crisis : State of the Art, Corte, Corsica, France, 25-26 July 2004
Central Paratethys Workshop, Bratislava, Slovakia, 25-26 August 2004
Stratigraphy and Paleogeography, Parma, Italy, 17-18 October 2004
2000 - 2003
Working groups were set up within EEDEN to deal with the following topics during the first four years of the Programme:
Coordinators' Emails:
Meetings were held as follows:
2003
Modelling Working Group, Liège, Belgium, 14-15 March 2003
Aquatic Working Group, Vienna, Austria, 8-11 May 2003
Joint Meeting of the Modelling Working Group & Mammal Working Group, Tübingen, Germany, 28-29 June 2003
Paleobotany/Palynology Working Group, Stuttgart, Germany, 19-21 September 2003
2002
Modelling Working Group, Tübingen, Germany, 4-5 February 2002
Aquatic Working Group, Trebon, Czech Republic, 9-13 April 2002
Paleobotany/Palynology Working Group, Krakow, Poland, 28 June - 1 July 2002
Paleogeography/Time Stratigraphy Working Group, Parma, Italy, September 2002
Mammal Working Group, Frankfurt, Germany, November 2002
2001
Paleogeography/Time Stratigraphy Working Group, Graz, Austria, 16-17 March 2001
Aquatic Working Group, Munich, Germany, 18-19 May 2001
Paleobotany/Palynology Working Group, Prague, Czech Republic, 15-17 September 2001
Mammal Working Group, Sabadell, Spain, 13-14 November 2001
2000
Mammal Working Group, Helsinki, Finland, 2-7 February 2000