Call for Organized Oral Session Proposals
93rd ESA Annual Meeting
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 3 - 8, 2008
Call Open: July 2 - September 14, 2007
We invite proposals for organized oral sessions for the 93rd ESA Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held from August 3 8, 2007 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin at the Midwest Airline Center.
Organized oral sessions are organized around a specific topic with most of the speakers invited by the organizer. These sessions are distinguished from symposia in that 1) there is less emphasis on breadth of appeal and overall synthesis; 2) they may be comprised largely of related case studies; 3) talks are set at 15 minutes each, with 5 minutes following for discussion (as in contributed oral sessions); and 4) at least 2 time slots out of the 10 available in an organized oral session are reserved for placing related talks from the contributed abstracts by the Program Chair. Organized oral sessions are limited to half-day sessions (3 hours long); full-day organized oral sessions will not be considered. Proposals may be from any area of ecology, but those that relate to the overall theme Enhancing Ecological Thought by Linking Research and Education are especially encouraged. We also welcome proposals that explore interdisciplinary connections with areas of social and natural science outside of ecology or that relate to ecological education at any level.
Applications must be received on or before Friday, September 14, 2007 . You must use the http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/cfp.cgi that will be available on the ESA website (www.esa.org/milwaukee ) as of July 2, 2007 .
Do not send proposals to ESA Headquarters.
[MESSAGE TRUNCATED] Full description available at the URL given below.
For further information consult the ESA website (www.esa.org/milwaukee ) or contact the Program Chair or Program Assistant (see below).
* Please note that a separate call will be announced later this fall for Workshops and Special Sessions for the 2008 Annual Meeting.*
Program Chair
Louis Gross
University of Tennessee
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
569 Dabney Hall- 1416 Circle Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37996-1610
Phone: (865) 974-4295
Fax: (865) 974-6042
Email: gross@tiem.utk.edu
The Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center is offering the following advanced GIS and remote sensing course:
Measuring Landcover Change and its Impact on Endangered Species
Date: October 22-26, 2007
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
This one-week advanced GIS and remote sensing course provides conservationists with an opportunity to learn how GIS and remote sensing can be used to assess the conservation status of endangered species. Participants will be provided with their own desktop computer for all lab exercises. During the hands-on exercises participants will use the Internet, ArcMap, ArcMap Spatial Analyst, ERDAS Imagine, Fragstats, and other spatial analysis programs. Instructors will lead participants step-by-step through the process of:
* conducting a regional conservation assessment using GIS to determine critical conservation areas for an endangered species
* acquiring multi-date satellite imagery to quantify land cover change and to map the extent of the remaining habitat
* using landscape analysis to determine optimal landscape configurations for conserving the endangered species.
Visit the following web address for more details and registration information.
http://www.nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ConservationGIS/GIS_training/advanced_GIS/
Contact:
Joe Reistetter
giscourse@si.edu
1500 Remount Road
Front Royal, VA 22630
540-635-6535 (GIS Lab)
540-635-6506 (FAX)
The Smithsonian National Zoological Park's Conservation and Research Center is offering the following introductory conservation GIS and remote sensing course:
GIS & REMOTE SENSING FOR WILDLIFE MANAGERS An Introduction to the use of Geographic Information Systems & Remote Sensing in Conservation and Wildlife Management
Date: October 15-19, 2007.
Increasingly, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing - the mapping of features using imagery acquired either from an aircraft or a satellite - have become important tools for decision-making and the applied management of natural resources. Many federal agencies and NGOs rely on GIS and satellite data for their work and are starting to produce their own spatial databases. However, there are few training opportunities for wildlife managers to learn the applications of GIS in everyday management situations. We are offering a course for wildlife managers that provides hands-on experience in collection of data, GIS analysis of data, and map-making using the latest ESRI (ArcGIS) and ERDAS software.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This short course will provide wildlife managers and conservation professionals with a working knowledge about the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing to the monitoring and management of wildlife and forest vegetation.
Exercises in establishing locations with a Global Positioning System (GPS), data input into a GIS, and spatial analysis techniques for GIS will provide hands-on and real world experience during the course.
Based on examples about habitat selection in songbirds and white-tailed deer, course participants will learn how to:
* Collect GIS data in the field using survey techniques and GPS.
* Differentially correct GPS data.
* Input GPS data into GIS.
* Input field data into GIS.
* Use GIS for management of large data sets from multiple sources.
* Design and perform analysis using GIS data and spatial analysis techniques.
* Integrate data with ancillary data, such as satellite imagery, aerial photography, and government agency databases.
Visit the following web address for more details and registration information:
http://www.nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ConservationGIS/GIS_training/introduction/
Contact:
Joe Reistetter
giscourse@si.edu
1500 Remount Road
Front Royal, VA 22630
540-635-6535 (GIS Lab)
540-635-6506 (FAX)
Ist International Conference on Biological and Environmental sciences
13 to 16 March 2008
Mansoura, Dakhlia, Egypt
Website: http://conf.mans.edu.eg
Contact name: Prof. Hamed M. El-Shora, Secretary General of the
Under Auspices of Prof. Dr. A. B. Shehab El-Deen Mansoura University President Prof. Dr. M.H. El-Shaboury Vice President of Mansoura University for Social & Environmental Development Chairman Prof. Dr. Taha Z. Sokker De
Organized by: Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt
CAFP's 2008 Annual Scientific Assembly
26 to 27 April 2008
San Francisco, California, United States
Website: http://www.familydocs.org
Contact name: Karen Brent
The meeting highlights the maintenance of certification process for family physicians through clinical review of 10 SAMs clinical areas and practice management workshops.
Organized by: California Academy of Family Physicians
Genomes 2008 – Functional Genomics of Microorganisms
8 to 11 April 2008
Paris, France
Website: http://www.pasteur.fr/infosci/conf/sb/genomes_2008
Contact name: Caroline Louvet
The emphasis of the meeting will be comparative genomic analyses of pathogenic and environmental microbes, functional genomics, computational genomics, metagenomics and systems biology in the light of the new technological developments.
Organized by: Institut Pasteur de Paris
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1 February 2008
International Conference on Data Management ICDM 2008
25 to 26 February 2008
Institute of Management Technology(IMT) Ghaziabad,, India
Website: http://www.imt.edu/icdm2008
Contact name: Dr Jayanthi Ranjan and Dr P.Garg
It is an international conference on Data Mgmt international and national researchers, academecians, scholars and industry experts expected to share views and papers
Organized by: Institute of Management Technology IMT, Ghaziabad, UP. India
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 30 August 2007
3rd International Congress on Women's Mental Health
16 to 20 March 2008
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Website: http://www.iawmhcongress2008.com.au/
Contact name: Michelle Monaghan
Organized by: International Association of Women's Mental Health
18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference
27 to 30 March 2008
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Website: http://www.indiana.edu/~bwwc
Contact name: Miranda M. Yaggi
This year's conference theme encourages submissions on the ways women writers of the period as well as current scholars of the period transform dominant conversations by continually reshaping and redefining the critical margins.
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 October 2007
World Biofuels Markets Congress
12 to 13 March 2008
Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com
Contact name: Annie Ellis
The aim of this event is to assist growth in the world biofuels industry in a timely and efficient manner.
Organized by: Green Power Conferences
Family Aggression: Causes & Consequences First Biennial Conference of the International Family Aggression Society
18 to 19 March 2008
Preston, UK
Website: http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/psychol/ifas/ifasindex.html
Contact name: Emma Kelly
The aim of this conference is to bring together academics, researchers, policy makers and service providers who are involved in working towards understanding, preventing and/or treating family aggression or the consequences of it.
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 31 October 2007
International Conference in Chemistry Chem05, Green and Sustainable Chemistry for Developing Countries
3 to 6 March 2008
Cairo, Egypt
Website: http://chem05.cu.edu.eg
Contact name: Prof. Hamed A. Ead
This conference is the fifth in the series, its purpose is to assess the current state of the art in green chemistry and discuss the role of chemical research and science policy in advancing global environmental protection.
Organized by: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 30 October 2007
Ecocity World Summit
22 to 26 April 2008
San Francisco, California, United States
Website: http://www.ecocityworldsummit.org
Contact name: Kirstin Miller
Conference Announcement / Call for papers
Ecocity World Summit
22 to 26 April 2008
San Francisco, United States
The Ecocity World Summit will address the ecological city, town and village from the perspectives of people, nature, sustainable development, economies and technologies, and incentives and support structures.
Join together with an international community of inspired change-makers who are putting their time and talents to work addressing crucial problems of the world's environment with thoughtful and long-range solutions that are truly sustainable, ecologically healthy and socially just.
The time to act is now. Life-threatening global environmental problems and limitations on resource consumption demand a restructuring of cities and transportation systems worldwide for long-term energy efficiency and conservation. Concerned citizens in every community - in every city, town and village - must get involved in formulating and implementing new land use and transportation policies and practices, preserving agricultural lands and open space, and reclaiming natural habitat.
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 1 October 2007.
Enquiries: kirstin@ecocitybuiders.org
Web address: http://www.ecocityworldsummit.org
Sponsored by: Ecocity Builders USA
2nd International Workshop on Bioinformatics (IWOBI '08)
5 to 8 February 2008
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
Website: http://iwobi.uclv.edu.cu
Contact name: Yovanny Izquierdo
Topics: genomics, systems biology, philogeny, motif detection; math, statistics, optimization techniques, ai, databases, signal & image processing (all applied to bioinformatics)
Organized by: Central University of Las Villas (UCLV), Cuba; and Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR), Belgium
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1 October 2007
Summer Institute in Advanced Coastal Management
9 to 27 June 2008
Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States
Website: http://www.crc.uri.edu
Contact name: Kimberly Kaine
The Summer Institute in Advanced Coastal Management is an intensive three-week program for coastal resources management professionals. The Coastal Resources Center (CRC) at the University of Rhode Island has been offering an intermediate version
Organized by: Coastal Resources Center
We invite you to contribute your abstract to special session focusing on phenology at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 10-14, 2007!
B17: Observing, Analyzing, and Modeling Phenologies at Multiple Scales.
Co-conveners: G. Henebry (South Dakota State University), M. Losleben (USA National Phenology Network), A. Bunn (Western Washington University)
Phenology is the study of the timing of recurring biological and ecological events and the biotic and abiotic forces that influence the timing. Phenology is, in the words of Aldo Leopold, a "horizontal science" that cuts across and binds together multiple biological disciplines. It is a far-reaching but poorly understood and underutilized aspect of the environmental sciences. Phenologies come in many forms - the appearance of migratory species, the stages of crop development, and the onset of spring across the vegetated land surface, leaf fall in deciduous species, or growth and development of indicator species. The methods used to observe, analyze, and model these phenologies are diverse. With the advent of the National Phenology Network, the United States has for the first time a federal program designed to coordinate, collect, analyze, and disseminate phenological observations at multiple scales and across scientific and social disciplines. This centralized resource enables the integration of spatially-extensive phenological data and models with both short and long-term climatic forecasts to be used as a powerful agent for human adaptation to ongoing and future climate change. This session provides a meeting place for a multiplicity of approaches to phenological study to exchange data and information. We encourage researchers across disciplines and across the planet to contribute to this multidisciplinary session.
The session is sponsored by the Biogeosciences section and co-sponsored by the Atmospheric Sciences, Global Environmental Change, and Hydrology sections. This year marks the fourth in a series of phenology special sessions at the AGU Fall Meetings, and it promises to be an exciting forum to share knowledge as well as to learn about the newly emerging USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN).
Why a National Phenology Network for the USA? To fully capture the value of phenological data, a new resource is required to integrate networks of phenological observations, link with other relevant data sources, and provide access to tools to analyze these data at multiple scales. The USA-NPN is currently being designed and organized to engage federal agencies, environmental networks and field stations, educational institutions, and mass participation by citizen scientists.
AGU allows only one contributed presentation at the meeting (whether poster or talk). The deadline for submission of presentations is September 6. When you submit your abstract (online through <http://submissions3.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp>), be sure to select the Special Session entitled "Observing, Analyzing, and Modeling Phenologies at Multiple Scales". (At the moment, the session is assigned the code B17, but this code can change during the abstract submission period.)
In case you are not familiar with the AGU way, there is no guarantee at this stage that this special session will be allocated one or more oral sessions. Most of the presentations at AGU are posters and oral sessions are allocated proportionally to the number of abstracts submitted directly to that session. However, the track record for phenology sessions is good: one oral session in 2004; two oral sessions both in 2005 and 2006.
If you have questions or you are not an AGU member and need to have your abstract submission sponsored by a member, please do not hesitate to contact us!
We look forward to receiving your abstract and your participation in
this session!
Geoff Henebry (geoffrey.henebry@sdstate.edu)
Andy Bunn (Andy.Bunn@wwu.edu)
Mark Losleben (losleben@email.arizona.edu)
September 13-14, 2007
Smithsonian Conservation & Research Center
Front Royal, Virginia
Registration is now open. Cost is $300 ($275 for students). Less than 12 seats remain, so be sure to register soon. Details on registration are available at www.vatws.org.
Who Should Attend: Researchers, students, and resource managers in state, county and federal land units who have an interest and need to collect presence/ absence or abundance data in the most cost-effective manner.
The presence or absence of a species across a set of landscape units is a fundamental concept used widely in ecology (e.g., as a monitoring metric and for inferences about species range or distribution, habitat modelling, resource selection probability functions, metapopulation dynamics, biodiversity and species co-occurrence). An important sampling issue, however, is that a species may not always be detected when present at a landscape unit. This will result in "false absences", causing parameter estimates to be biased if unaccounted for, frequently leading to misleading inferences, even with moderate levels of imperfect detection. This workshop will cover many of the latest methods for modeling patterns and dynamics of species occurrence in a landscape while accounting for the imperfect detection of the species. Participants will be introduced to available software through worked examples, and there will be special emphasis on aspects of study design. While primarily aimed at the beginner and intermediate level, more experienced researchers will also benefit from attending. Workshop notes will be provided, but the book 'Occupancy estimation and modeling: inferring patterns and dynamics of species occurrence' (MacKenzie et al. 2006) will be regularly referred to during the workshop and would be a useful workshop supplement.
Instructors: The course will be taught by three experienced instructors from USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Jim Nichols, Jim Hines, and Larissa Bailey.
Dates: all day September 13-14, 2007 (welcome meeting and reception on Sept. 12)
Location: Smithsonian Conservation & Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia. The Conservation and Research Center started primarily as a breeding center for endangered birds and mammals. Today, the black-footed ferret, Eld's deer, and several species of Pacific island birds are being bred to maintain genetic diversity and provide reserves for highly endangered species. The current priority for CRC's animal collection is veterinary and reproductive research. By living in controlled environments, the birds and mammals-most of them little-known and endangered-provide ideal subjects for intensive study and the rapid acquisition of urgently needed information. Findings from these studies provide critical information for the management of captive populations and valuable insights for the conservation and management of wild populations. Lodging: Lodging is available at CRC at $20 per night for Wednesday, 9/12 & Thursday, 9/13. Lodging consists of bunk beds in a dormitory style facility at the CRC. Bed linens supplied. If you would like to request lodging, please indicate that on your registration form, and we will get back to you with a request for payment. Space will be assigned in order of completed registration. Hotel rooms are available nearby in Front Royal, but must be arranged by the participant.
Hampton Inn Front Royal- (540) 635-1882
Front Royal Super 8 Motel- (540) 636-4888
Quality Inn Skyline Drive- (540) 635-3161
Questions? Contact Carola Haas, (540) 231-9269, cahaas@vt.edu
Online information at www.vatws.org
See you in Front Royal!
We are holding an eCheminfo Drug Discovery Workshop week at Oxford University, UK the week of 10-14 September 2007.
The approach will be hands-on using leading drug discovery software packages, accompanied by practitioner-led lectures and discussions of the methods worked on by the group.
Topics to be covered: Virtual Screening & Docking; Pharmacophore Derivation, Elucidation and Searching, Applications of Filtering and Similarity in Virtual Screening, Focused Library Design, Analysing Chemical Databases using Advanced Structure Searching and Structure Based Predictions, Protein Modelling, Prediction of Pharmacological Properties and QSAR Analysis, Latest advances in ADME & Predictive Toxicology; Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics and Physiological- based Simulation.
More information:
Program (as pdf): http://www.douglasconnect.com/files/eChemProgramOxford07-Sept-v1web.PDF
Program & Schedule with Abstracts & Bios: http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_training/
If interested, please make your reservation soon as the size of the group is limited and we have a limited number of places remaining.
January 6-11, 2008
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
This workshop will comprise a combination of lectures and hand-on laboratory sessions. The participants will primarily employ Arabidopsis and maize (plant side) and human, bovine and porcine (animal side) whole genome 70-mer oligonucleotide microarrays in their laboratory work (for details of the plant arrays see http://www.ag.arizona.edu/microarray and http://www.maizearray.org/.
The workshop will be divided into two parts: Part I (Sunday 4PM to Wednesday 5PM) will cover wet-lab aspects of microarray target production and amplification, microarray hybridization, and scanning. Part II (all day, Thursday and Friday) will concentrate on data extraction, statistical analysis, and experimental design. Together these topics are aimed at the goal of the participants obtaining optimal results using oligonucleotide-based microarrays. Part II may be taken separately.
Specific topics to be covered include:
* Experimental design.
* Probe preparation and microarray printing.
* Microarray rehydration and probe immobilization.
* Target preparation, including RNA extraction, direct and indirect labeling, and amplification techniques.
* Microarray hybridization.
* Array scanning and data extraction.
* Data analysis and archiving.
Registration (Part I plus Part II) is $675, which includes costs of the microarrays and other supplies that you will use. Part II registration only is $275. Part I participants will be limited to 30 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Overall participation will be limited to 40 individuals.
Note: There are a number of airline connections from Tucson to San Diego on Friday evening, allowing workshop participants convenient access to the Plant and Animal Genome XVI Meeting (January 12-16).
For further details and to register, please contact David Galbraith (galbraith@arizona.edu)
David W. Galbraith
Professor of Plant Sciences and The Bio5 Institute
University of Arizona
Department of Plant Sciences
303 Forbes Building
Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
Tel: (520) 621-9153
Fax: (520) 621-7186
International Conference on Empowerment of Women through Adult Education
29 to 30 September 2007
Ulhasnagar, Thane, Maharashtra, India
Website: http://www.chmwsc-inconf.org
Contact name: Dr Charanjeet Kaur
The Conference seeks to explore the relation of Adult Education and the Empowerment of Women in various contexts, with a focus on Community initiatives.
Organized by: UGC- sponsored Women's Studies Centre and Gandhian Studies Centre of Smt CHM College
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 July 2007
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Empowerment of Women through Adult Education
29 September 2007
Mumbai, India
Website: http://www.chmwsc-inconf.org/
Contact name: Dr Charanjeet Kaur
International Women's Conference 2007
26 to 29 September 2007
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Website: http://www.usq.edu.au/iwc2007
Education, Employment and Everything... the triple layers of a woman's life Raising awareness of current debates surrounding education & employment for women, including industrial relations reform, work/life balance & oppression of women
25 to 26 February 2008
Institute of Management Technology(IMT) Ghaziabad,, India, India
Website: http://www.imt.edu/icdm2008
Contact name: Dr Jayanthi Ranjan and Dr P.Garg
it is an international conference on Data Mgmt international and national researchers, academecians, scholars and industry experts expected to share views and papers
Organized by: Institute of Management Technology IMT, Ghaziabad, UP. India
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 30 August 2007
18 to 20 September 2009
Balaclava, Mauritius, Mauritius
Website:
Contact name: Dr. V. Sivaram
E-mail: icbb2009@gmail.com
SCOPE & OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference objective is to showcase research and development activities in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics : Research and development in biotechnology requires the collaboration of scie Organized by: Century Foundation...
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 30 December 2008
10 to 13 January 2008
Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda
Website: http://www.zingconferences.com/index.cfm?page=conference&intConferenceID=13
Contact name: Jonathan Slater
Chair people: Ian Paterson & Jonathan Spencer. Confirmed invited speakers: Jef De Brabander, Susan Gibson, John Leonard, David MacMillan, Rolf Muller, Andrew Myers, David Sherman, Victor Snieckus, Takashi Takahashi, Richard Tillyer, Crai
Organized by: Zing Conferences
15 to 16 October 2007
Akluj Tal Malshiras Dist. Solapur- 413 101. Mahara, Maharashtra, India
Contact name: Dr. B. P. Ladgaonkar, Convener
E-mail: bladgaonkar@yahoo.com
Objectives of the seminar is to bring the scientist, technologist, researchers and students to exchange their views and ideas about the recent advances in field of sensors and instrumentation.
Organized by: Department of Electronics, Shankarrao Mohite Mahavidyalaya, Akluj
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 1 December 2007
25 to 27 October 2007
Delft, Netherlands
Website: http://www.tnw.tudelft.nl
Contact name: dr. Erik Lagendijk
PTEE 2007 will focus on all aspects of physics teaching in engineering education. It will provide a broad exchange forum of ideas and experiences from mixed academy / industry experts within whole Europe. The conference is organised by Working Group Physics and Engineering Education (PWG) of Societé Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs (SEFI)
22 to 24 October 2007
Adelaide, Australia
Website: http://acpfg.com.au
Contact name: Amanda Hudswell
This year the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics has based its annual symposium on the Genomics of Drought. Why drought? • Between 1991 and 1995, drought cost the Australian economy $5 Billion....
Organized by: The Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 31 August 2007
28 October 2007 to 2 November 2007
Jaipur (Rajasthan), India, India
Website: http://www.taal2007.org/
Contact name: Dr R. Dalwani
12th Conference in the biennial series sponsored by the International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC), Japan; will cover all aspects of lakes and their management throughout the world.
Organized by: Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt of India
31 October 2007 to 2 November 2007
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Website: http://www.keynotewa.com/ssee-07
Contact name: Raj Kurup and Rebecca Dicker
Conference Announcement / Call for papers
Sustainability has arrived as the major driving force for innovation and development in the twenty-first century. This conference is a showcase for the role of engineering in delivering sustainable outcomes.
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 28 February 2007.
Enquiries: rebecca@keynotewa.com
Sponsored by: Australian Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering,
The Institution of Engineers Australia
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