From pdh@u.washington.edu Wed Apr 2 11:16:44 1997 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with ESMTP id LAA19118 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 11:16:43 -0800 Received: from saul7.u.washington.edu (saul7.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.2]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with ESMTP id LAA11592 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 11:16:43 -0800 Received: from localhost (pdh@localhost) by saul7.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with SMTP id LAA15062 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 11:16:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 11:16:42 -0800 (PST) From: Preston Hardison To: Conservation Biology List Subject: Call for Symposia - 1998 Annual Meetings SSB/SSE Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 02 Apr 1997 07:41:47 -0500 From: "Kent E. Holsinger" Call for Symposia SSB/SSE 1998 Annual Meeting The 1998 annual meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists and the Society for the Study of Evolution will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 20-24 June. The Councils of SSB and SSE invite proposals for symposia to be held in conjunction with those meetings. Detailed requirements for symposium proposals for each society follow. Please note that symposium proposals for SSB and SSE have different requirements and are to be sent to different addresses. Society of Systematic Biologists Symposium proposals for SSB should include: 1) a descriptive title; 2) one or two paragraphs explaining the purpose of the symposium and its relevance to systematics; 3) a list of the presentations, including proposed speakers, their affiliations/institutions, and titles; 4) an indication of whether the speakers have been invited and whether they have agreed to participate; 5) the length of each talk. The Society is particularly interested in symposia whose topics do not overlap those from previous meetings, that introduce new ideas or synthesize important concepts, or that are particularly good examples of the analysis of empirical data. Proposals that unite systematics with other fields are also desirable. We encourage participation from young investigators and others typically underrepresented in symposia. Symposia are restricted to half-day sessions. Limited partial funding is available. Two proposals will be selected at the 1997 Council meeting. The target date for receipt of proposals is 1 May 1997. E-mail or mail proposals to: Dr. Chris Simon, Program Director Society of Systematic Biologists Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, U-43 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3043 USA e-mail: CSimon@UConnVM.UConn.Edu (Please send as non-coded ASCII text files.) Society for the Study of Evolution Symposium proposals for SSE should include: 1) a synopsis of the symposium theme; 2) a tentative list of speakers and topics; 3) a rationale for the symposium explaining why this topic and this set of speakers are particularly appropriate for a Society-sponsored symposium. In evaluating symposium proposals the Council will favor those proposals whose topics concern newly emerging fields, fields ripe for synthesis, and fields different from those that have been included in recent Society symposia. The Council particularly encourages proposals that include speakers from groups traditionally underrepresented in Society symposia, e.g., postdoctoral research associates and new assistant professors, investigators from outside North America, women, and members of racial or ethnic minorities. The Council expects to select only two proposals for half-day symposia at its meeting in June 1997. All proposers will be notified of the Council's decision in early July. The Society will provide partial travel support for organizers and participants in sponsored symposia. Details are available on request. To be assured of full consideration proposals must be received at the following address by 5 May 1997: Dr. Kent E. Holsinger, Executive Vice President Society for the Study of Evolution Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, U-43 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3043 USA e-mail: Kent@Darwin.EEB.UConn.Edu (Please send as plain ASCII text. Wordprocessor files may be sent as MIME or UUencoded documents. Please do not send as BinHexed documents.) -- Kent Holsinger, Executive Vice President Society for the Study of Evolution -- Chris Simon, Program Director Society of Systematic Biologists .