| Year | Season | Activity | Tasks |
| 2016 | 16th May | 1st Advisory Group Meeting | Identify core themes & issues for workshop |
| Autumn/Winter | 2nd Advisory Group Meeting | Identify questions & data for conference | |
| 2017 | Spring | International Workshop and Conference – Thursday 2nd –Saturday 4th February 2017 | Workshop discussion sessions (2 days) on palaeoclimate, palaeoenvironment, palaeoanthropology, palaeogenetics, archaeology & anthropology; opening & closing plenary sessions
Conference presentation sessions (1 day) on specific questions & data-sets; opening & closing plenary sessions focusing on current state of knowledge & future directions |
| Summer | Impact events – Wednesday 12th July 2017 | One-day event (“A day in the Ice Age”) highlighting practical human strategies for surviving climate change in the Pleistocene | |
| Autumn | 3rd Advisory Group Meeting | Identify core project group & steering group; finalise funding application timetable | |
| 2017 – 2018 | Autumn – Spring | Funding application | Writing and submission |
