Calendar of Events
This page is provided for announcements of meetings, symposia, workshops, and other events of interest hosted by aquatic science societies and organizations. New entries may be found at the top of this list. Entries are removed after the meeting occurs. You may submit your announcement for posting using a convenient online form.
- CUAHSI Biennial Science Meeting
- EPA Science Forum 2008: Innovative Technologies -- Key to Environmental and Economic Progress
- Southeastern Environmental Flows Conference: ‘Environmental Flows: Water for People and Nature in the Southeastern U.S.’
- Gordon Research Seminar in Ecology for Grad. Students and Post-docs.
- Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (EBIC) Gordon Research Conference
- Rotifera XII
- 4th Congress of the Mexican Limnological Society
- ICES Annual Science Conference
- 11th International Coral Reef Symposium
- Crustacean Society Summer 2008 Meeting
- Society of Wetland Scientists 29th Annual Meeting
- Coastal Environment 2008
- Bioturbation: An update on Darwin´s last idea
- The VIII th INTECOL Wetland Symposium
- Water Pollution 2008
- Ocean Optics XIX
- Polar and Alpine Microbiology Conference
- 2nd Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology
- RCN Denitrification Measurement Workshop: Advancing Methods for Measuring Denitrification in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems
- Managing Ecosystems Regulated Rivers and Watersheds
- Conference on Salt Lake Research & Management
- Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium
CUAHSI Biennial Science Meeting
Dates: 14-16 July 2008
Location: Boulder, CO
The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science is holding its biennial science meeting in Boulder, CO, 14-16 July 2008.
The format of the meeting will include invited talks from prominent scientists, opportunities for discussion and synthesis, and contributed poster sessions. Session topics span the diversity of hydrologic science, including hydrological theory, social and economic aspects of water needs and demand, instrumentation and design of sensor networks and observatories, and interactions with geomorphic, ecological and biogeochemical processes.
http://www.cuahsi.org/biennial/sessions.html
http://www.cuahsi.org/biennial/speakers.html
DEADLINES: Early Registration and poster abstract submission are open now through May 31st, and late registration will remain open through 14 July. Graduate students receive a $100 reimbursement of registration cost, so registration is free for students at CUAHSI member institutions, and $50 for non-member students.
http://www.cuahsi.org/biennial/registration.html
CONTACT INFORMATION:
General inquiries:
Richard P. Hooper [rhooper@cuahsi.org]
David Kirschtel [dkcuahsi@gmail.com]
Session on nutrient dynamics in river ecosystems:
Jim Heffernan [j.heffernan@ufl.edu]
EPA Science Forum 2008: Innovative Technologies -- Key to Environmental and Economic Progress
Dates: May 20 - 22, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
To be held May 20-22, 2008 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC.
The 2008 EPA Science Forum will emphasize the theme of innovative technologies and their application to a healthy and prosperous environment. Through plenary talks, thematic breakout sessions, a technology expo and exhibits, participants will learn about the role of technology in environmental protection as well as the economic success of our nation in the global environment.
The Forum will focus on the following tracks:
-Technology Advances and Future Directions, including sessions on environmental monitoring, clean technologies, air pollution control and more
-Energy, Climate, and the Environment, with emphasis on Agency activities in the areas of energy, climate change and the environment...all priority focus areas of the EPA Administrator
-Water Systems Infrastructure and Security, introducing technical solutions to improve the Nation's aging water and wastewater infrastructure and advancements in water protection and security
Visit http://www.epa.gov/scienceforum for more information.
Online registration is now open. There is no registration fee to attend.
To register for the Science Forum visit https://www.seeuthere.com/register/m2c640-148663324673
Southeastern Environmental Flows Conference: ‘Environmental Flows: Water for People and Nature in the Southeastern U.S.’
Dates: October 27-29, 2008
Location: Athens, Georgia
Increasing demands for offstream water use and recent droughts have emphasized the need for establishing sustainable water use policies within the southeastern U.S. In 2006, a working group of hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and water policy and management experts formed the Southeastern Environmental Flows Partnership (SEEFP). The focus of the partnership is to gain needed perspectives regarding the sustainability of water supplies, restoring and protecting water quality and aquatic habitat, and providing information to planners and policy-makers. SEEFP is organizing an environmental flows conference with the theme of ‘developing a dialog for balancing human and environmental needs for water in a rapidly changing region’. The conference will have keynote sessions discussing: ‘Global Perspectives on Water Issues’, ‘Demographic Forces Affecting the Southeast’, ‘The Science of Environmental Flows’, and ‘Policy Issues Related to Environmental Flows’. Contributed sessions include: policy and economics of environmental flows, environmental flows and stream health, data and modeling needs, public and stakeholder involvement, and growth management and environmental flows. To submit an abstract or learn more about this conference please see the contact information below.
Contact:
Steve Golladay, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center, sgollada@jonesctr.org
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/seflows
Gordon Research Seminar in Ecology for Grad. Students and Post-docs.
Dates: July 5-6
Location: Biddeford, Maine
This message is to bring to your attention a Graduate Research Seminar (GRS) this July (5th and 6th) in conjunction with the Gordon Research Conference (GRC), Metabolic Basis of Ecology (July 6th-11th). This year’s conference looks to be outstanding; a list of speakers can be found at:
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=metbasis
The purpose of the GRS is to facilitate interaction among graduate students and postdocs the weekend prior to the GRC. Also, given the high caliber of many of the GRC conferees, grad student and postdoc involvement has been limited in the past. A key goal of the GRS is to prepare young scientists for greater participation during the GRC.
Eight grad students and/or postdocs will give talks during that weekend on topics ranging from dynamics at the cellular, organismal, and population levels to the flow of energy and materials in communities and landscapes in a format identical to the GRC.
Prepare 200-word abstracts and apply before April 1st 2008 to be considered for the eight speaker slots.
More information can be found here:
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=grad_metab
We have funds to partly defray the GRS registration fees. Moreover, IF YOU ALSO REGISTER TO STAY ON FOR THE MAIN GRC-METABOLIC BASIS OF ECOLOGY WE CAN PARTLY DEFRAY YOUR TRAVEL EXPENSES.
SPACE AND FUNDS ARE LIMITED – APPLY NOW! There is room for only 35!
We look forward to meeting you in beautiful Maine this summer!
Sincerely,
Puni Jeyasingh
&
Chuck Price
P.S: Please feel free to forward and/or post on other list-servers.
Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (EBIC) Gordon Research Conference
Dates: 15-20 June 2008
Location: Waterville Valley, NH, USA
“From Molecular Models to Global Cycles”
EBIC brings together those studying biotic-inorganic interfaces
from nanometers-nanoseconds to kilometers-gigayears,
mingling chemists, ecologists, geneticists, oceanographers,
computational biologists, and others. Topics range from
transport, enzymology, and homeostasis in single cells or
organisms to the environmental processes they experience and
influence. Distinct among metals meetings for its evolution and
geo- and aquatic-chemistry aspects, EBIC’s view of the Periodic
Table also includes radionuclides, metalloids, halides, silicon,
and non-metal nutrients so as to identify cross-cutting themes
in bioinorganic chemistry.
Rotifera XII
Dates: 16-21 August 2009
Location: Berlin
Rotifera XII is an international scientific symposium dedicated to rotifers from molecular to ecological science and from basic to applied research including aquaculture.
Rotifera XII will take place in Berlin, Germany from 16 to 21 August, 2009. It is hosted by the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, the Humboldt-University Berlin and the Natural History Museum Berlin
You will find further information on: rotifera-xii.igb-berlin.de
4th Congress of the Mexican Limnological Society
Dates: October 22-24, 2008
Location: Xalapa, State of Veracruz, México
Abstract submission deadline July 30th
More information contact and visit
congreso_limnologia2008@yahoo.com.mx
http://www.uv.mx/citro/congreso_limnologia2008
Laura Davalos-Lind, organizer (laura_davalos-lind@baylor.edu)
Alfonso Lugo, president of the Asociación Mexicana de
Limnología (lugo@servidor.unam.mx)
ICES Annual Science Conference
Dates: 22-26 September 2008
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Theme Session: Incorporating microbial dynamics in studies of shelf ecosystems
Conveners:
John Steele, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA (jsteele@whoi.edu)
Franciscus Colijn, GKSS Institute for Coastal Research, Germany (franciscus.colijn@gkss.de)
Carlo Heip, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, the Netherlands (C.Heip@nioo.knaw.nl)
Recent advances in marine microbial ecology have made us aware of the complexity of these processes and their importance for all stages of ecosystem productivity. In particular, the JGOFS program that focused on the open ocean, revealed the biogeochemical loops linking “new” and “recycled” production that determine the export to higher trophic levels. We need to transfer these general insights to the complicated environment of shelf and slope ecosystems, and link them to research on plankton, benthos and fish. We expect to bring together researchers from these new sub/disciplines with representatives of relevant ICES activities.
Specifically the Theme Session would explore:
1 ) The biogeochemical processes and their physical drivers;
2 ) The microbial ecology including the viral-bacterial/phytoplankton interactions;
3 ) The factors determining export of organic matter from the microbial web to higher levels.
Deadline for submission of abstract:
21 April, 2008
Information:
http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2008/index.asp
11th International Coral Reef Symposium
Dates: July 7-11, 2008
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Full Details can be found at
http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/
Crustacean Society Summer 2008 Meeting
Dates: 9-13 June 2008
Location: Galveston, Texas
The Crustacean Society 2008 Summer Meeting
Galveston, Texas – June 9-13, 2008
The Crustacean Society is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our Summer Meeting in 2008 to be held from June 9-13 at the Hilton Galveston Island located on the Gulf of Mexico beachfront in Galveston, Texas. Electronic registration and submission of abstracts is available through the conference website at www.crustaceans2008.info
The Meeting will be hosted by Texas A&M University at Galveston. Galveston offers 32 miles of relaxing beaches, superb restaurants, top resort hotels, marvelous downtown shopping, numerous antique stores, incredible art galleries, fabulous entertainment and one of the largest and well-preserved concentrations of Victorian architecture in the country. Galveston is a small romantic island tucked deep within the heart of south Texas possessing all the charm of a small southern town and just 40 minutes south of Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States. Galveston is served by Houston Hobby Airport, a thirty-minute drive from Galveston, and George Bush International Airport, a 90-minute drive from Galveston. Nearby attractions include NASA's Johnson Space Center, Moody Gardens Rainforest and Aquarium Pyramids, and the just completed Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Waterpark. Galveston Bay, 30 miles long and 17 miles wide, contributes important commercial fisheries for shrimp, crabs and oysters.
Highlights of the conference include open sessions, in addition to special symposia on Symbiosis and Commensalism, Neurobiology, Peracarid Phylogeny and Subterranean Ecology. Guided field trips will include tours of a local salt marshes and a bay cruise on the Seagull II. For further information, see our website at www.crustaceans2008.info or contact register@tamug.edu
Society of Wetland Scientists 29th Annual Meeting
Dates: 26-30 May 2008
Location: Washington, DC
TOPICS: SWS joins with the Association of State Wetland Managers and the Society for Ecological Restoration to produce a national election year program that will bring wetland issues and research to the forefront of media and congressional attention. This year's theme, Capitalizing on Wetlands, highlights the need for integrating the breadth of wetland science, encompassing biogeography, conservation, ecology, hydrology, management, nutrient cycling and contamination, and wildlife biology with economics, public policy, and education. Wetland functions and values confer upon them capital. Understanding and communicating the nature of this capital will be critical to making decisions at local to global levels about the management, protection, and fate of the world’s wetlands. The meeting provides a great opportunity for families to mesh the meeting with a Memorial Day Weekend in Washington DC.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Contact: Kel Wieder (Kelman.wieder@villanova.edu) or Terry Doss (tdoss@biohabitats.com), Meeting Co-Chairs
For more information, visit the meeting website, http://www.sws.org/2008_meeting/index.html
Coastal Environment 2008
Dates: 19 - 21 May 2008
Location: The New Forest, UK
Seventh International Conference on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions including Oil and Chemical Spill Studies
19 - 21 May 2008, The New Forest, UK
The Coastal Environment Conference deals with problems related to monitoring, analysis and modelling of coastal regions, including sea, land and air phenomena. An important part of the meeting is the discussion of ecological and environmental problems and the issues of water quality.
Organised by: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
Sponsored by: WIT Transactions on The Built Environment
Conference Topics
- Ecology and the coastal environment
- Water quality issues
- Sediment problems
- Erosion problems
- Coastal restoration
- Computational Modelling
- Wetlands
- Remote sensing and radiation
- Atmospheric aspects and Flooding
- Management of risk
- Automatic Integrated Modelling
- Coastal and Inland Environment
- Tourism Impact
To view futher details, submit an abstract or register for the conference please visit: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/coast08/index.html
Contact:
Jenna Solanki, Conference Secretariat, Coastal Environmental 2008
Wessex Institute of Technology
Ashurst Lodge,
Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK
Tel: 02380 293223
Email: jsolanki@wessex.ac.uk
Bioturbation: An update on Darwin´s last idea
Dates: 23-27 August 2008
Location: Renesse, the Netherlands
TOPICS: Bioturbation refers to the biological reworking of soils and sediments, and its importance was first realized by Charles Darwin, who devoted his last scientific book to the subject. In four sequential sessions, this conference will provide a multi-disciplinary update on the mechanism and importance of bioturbation in marine sediment environments.
DEADLINES: Registration deadline: 01/04/2008. Abstract submission deadline: 01/04/2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: filip.meysman@vub.ac.be
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: www.bioturbation.be
The VIII th INTECOL Wetland Symposium
Dates: 20-25 July 2008
Location: Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
TOPICS: The VIIIth INTECOL Wetland Symposium will be held
in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, from 20-25 July, 2006. The
host institution is the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso,
and the organizing committee is headed up by Prof. Paulo
Teixeira de Sousa Jr. This is the first meeting of the WWG in
South America, which is expected to stimulate international
and continental-scale interactions, promote wetland
education, research and management throughout the region,
and give rise to the largest wetland meeting in Latin America.
A major field attraction is the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, an
excellent example of international cooperation in research
and development of wetlands, bordered by three countries.
The city of Cuiabá is the gateway to the Pantanal as well as
being the state capital, and there is an adequate convention
center and modestly-priced housing available. A special
effort is being made to facilitate student participation and for
international exchanges. See http://www.cppantanal.org.br/
intecol/eng/venue_cuiaba.php.
DEADLINES: Abstracts by 1 May and 1 June for symposium
and workshops. Early registration end 1 April 2008.
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.cppantanal.org.br/
intecol/eng/venue_cuiaba.php
Water Pollution 2008
Dates: 9 - 11 June 2008
Location: Alicante, Spain
Water Pollution 2008 is the 9th International Conference in the series on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution. The Meeting’s chief objective is to provide a forum for discussion for scientists and managers working in different aspects of water pollution. The wealth of information exchanged in this international meeting will be of great benefit to all involved with water pollution problems.
Topics:
*Coastal areas and seas
*Lakes and rivers
*Groundwater and aquifer issues
*Oil spills
*Agricultural contamination
*Environmental monitoring and sensing
*Experimental and laboratory work
*Mathematical and physical modelling
*Wastewater treatment Pollution prevention
*Remote sensing applications
*Novel techniques for water treatment
*Low cost technologies
*Pharmaceutical and pesticides
*Remediation
*Bioaccumulation
*Micropollutant prevention in drinking water
Contact:
Alice Jones
enquiries@wessex.ac.uk
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/water08/index.html
Ocean Optics XIX
Dates: 6 - 10 October, 2008
Location: Via Castelvecchio Pascoli, BARGA (55100), Castelvecchio, Pascoli, Italy
Topics:
Use of Historical Optical Observations
Underwater Imaging and Photography
New Instruments and Platforms
Bio-optical and Biogeochemical Modeling on Global and Regional Scales
Operational and Observational Systems
Optical Remote Sensing
Benthic Optics
Interdisciplinary Topics of Air-Sea Interface
Experimental Optics
Radiative Transfer Theory
Optics of Thin Layers
Ocean and Coastal Optical Properties
Deadlines:
* 01 June 2008 - On-line Short abstract deadline
* 31 August 2008 - Extended abstract deadline
* 01 September 2008 - Accommodations deadline to ensure conference rates & availability
Conference Website: http://oceanopticsconference.org/
Contact Information:
Trudy D. Lewis, Meeting Coordinator, Lewis Conferences International, Inc. - E.mail: trudy.lewis@ns.sympatico.ca
Polar and Alpine Microbiology Conference
Dates: 11-15 May 2008
Location: Banff, Canada
INTRODUCTION:
The "3rd International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology" will be held in Banff, Alberta, Canada from May 11 - May 15, 2008, which coincides with the International Polar Year (IPY). The meeting sessions and official accommodation will be at The Banff Centre (http://www.banffcentre.ca/).
This meeting will be a continuation of the highly successful meetings recently held in March 2004 in Rovaniemi, Finland, and in March 2006 in Innsbruck, Austria, that brought together leading international researchers and students in this field. The objectives of the Banff meeting will be to again bring together scientists, students, and professionals to discuss all aspects of cold-adapted microorganisms and the roles they play in polar and alpine environments, to address recent developments and to exchange ideas and experiences on an international scale.
TOPICS:
Plenary sessions will allow all participants to experience the exciting breadth of cold regions microbiology, from genes to planetary systems. The topics for oral and poster sessions are:
Diversity in the cold
Alpine microbial systems
Extreme marine ecosystems
Astrobiology and Cryobiology
Mycological communities and processes
Viruses & genomics
Biodegradation & bioprospecting
Impacts of climate change
Cold biogeochemistry
Cold enzymes and physiology
The meeting will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy the scientific content of the conference as well as the natural beauty of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in Banff National Park. Optional excursions are tentatively planned to nearby sites of interest including Lake Louise, the Columbia Ice Fields, and Skiing at Sunshine Village, to give you an opportunity to explore and enjoy Banff National Park. An optional Conference Banquet is planned at the famous Banff Springs Hotel.
DEADLINE:
Abstract submission: 8 February 2008
Lowest registration and accomodation rate: 8 February 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION
Please visit the conference website at:
http://www.polaralpinemicrobiology.com/
Organizing committee:
Lyle Whyte, McGill University (lyle.whyte@mcgill.ca)
Julia Foght, University of Alberta (julia.foght@ualberta.ca)
Charles Greer, National Research Council (Charles.Greer@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca)
Warwick Vincent, Laval University (warwick.vincent@bio.ulaval.ca)
2nd Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology
Dates: Dates: 23-24 May 2008
Location: Location: Salt Lake Plaza Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
This two-day symposium will bring together scientists from around the world to discuss recent research advances in the field of urban stream ecology. We will present and refine an urban stream conceptual model that is being developed based on current scientific understanding. Feedback from scientists and local practitioners (engineers, regulators, planners, and developers) during the meeting will help to identify and prioritize future research needs. The format of the meeting will include presentations on the current understanding of urban impacts on stream ecosystems as well as interactive discussions.
The symposium will be held in the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel on May 23-24, just prior to the Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society (NABS). A welcome mixer on Thursday evening (May 22nd) is also planned. Registration is free, but advance registration (through the NABS website: <http://www.benthos.org/Meeting/>) is necessary. If you are not attending NABS, please register by emailing Allison Roy <roy.allison@epa.gov>. Discounted rooms ($90/night) are available at the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel via NABS lodging reservations (https://resweb.passkey.com/go/nabs). For those not attending NABS, reservations may be made directly through the hotel at the same rate using this meeting name (Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology).
Additional meeting details are forthcoming and will be posted on the urban streams website <http://www.rivercenter.uga.edu/research/urban.htm>.
RCN Denitrification Measurement Workshop: Advancing Methods for Measuring Denitrification in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems
Dates: 27-30 May 2008
Location: Cambridge, Maryland
Denitrification permanently removes reactive N from the environment and occurs in almost all terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and oceanic ecosystems. Denitrification is difficult to measure because of the analytical difficulty in detecting small increases in N2 concentrations against the large background in the environment. A number of recent advances in approaches to directly quantify denitrification in aquatic and terrestrial environments have been made, but few people are trained to use these newer approaches.
A Research Coordination Network (RCN) for denitrification, sponsored by NSF, with Co-PIs Sybil Seitzinger and Eric Davison, was established in 2005, with the overall objective to foster a community of denitrification scientists and to facilitate the sharing of recent methodological advances in denitrification measurement and modeling. This second workshop in the Denitrification RCN series will focus on recent advances in denitrification measurement techniques in terrestrial and aquatic environments. This workshop will include invited talks, discussion sessions, and hands-on, training demonstrations of three advanced techniques for measuring denitrification in aquatic and terrestrial systems: membrane inlet mass spectrometry, gas-flow soil core with N2 chromatography, and isotope pairing. The workshop is intended for those who have or anticipate having the resources to apply one or more of these methods, although previous experience or familiarity with these methods is not a prerequisite. The maximum number of attendees will be 35.
Steering Committee: Mark Altabet, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Jeff Cornwell, Eric Davidson, Anne Giblin, Todd Kana, Rosalynn Lee, Sybil Seitzinger
Additional information and application details will be available sometime in December 2007 on the Denitrification RCN website: www.denitrification.org
Managing Ecosystems Regulated Rivers and Watersheds
Dates: May 6-8th, 2008
Location: Cornwall, Ontario Canada
The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences in partnership with the Great Rivers Center at Clarkson University is pleased to host its 15th Annual International Conference on the St. Lawrence River/Great Lakes Ecosystem. Heralded as a marvel of engineering when it opened, 2008/2009 marks the 50th Anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway including the Moses-Saunders dam – an event that dramatically changed and impacted both the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes ecosystems. The seaway was first used on April 25, 1959, and was officially opened on June 26, 1959 by Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Our conference will focus on current issues regarding managing this and similar ecosystems, the ecological and social challenges that help describe what the future holds for regulated rivers and waters in Canada and around the world. Research contributions addressing environmental issues relevant to the St. Lawrence River or river ecosystems are also welcome.
We have received an invitation to publish the proceedings of the conference as a volume of an edited publication, and we are presently pursing this opportunity with the publisher.
This is the first call for papers and all are invited to participate. Final arrangement and number of session topics will depend on the abstracts received. Please submit your paper that emphasizes the following session topic.
For more information please contact: Christina Collard Conference Coordinator, St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, 2 Belmont Street, Cornwall, ON K6H 4Z1
Tel: 613-936-6620 ext 222 Fax: 613-936-1803 Email: ccollard@riverinstitute.ca
Conference on Salt Lake Research & Management
Dates: May 12-16, 2008
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
The International Society of Salt Lake Research (ISSLR) will hold its10th International Conference on Salt Lake Research in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, May 12-16, 2008 at the University of Utah which overlooks the Great Salt Lake, one of the largest and most ecologically important salt lakes in the world. The conference will showcase recent microbial research in saline environments, bird use of salt lakes, and an array of other topics. The biennial Great Salt Lake Issues Forum sponsored by the FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake will be held jointly with the ISSLR conference, providing a stimulating mix of scientists, environmental groups and managers with a common interest in the conservation and scientific management of saline lake ecosystems. The conference will include interesting mid-conference field trips in the local area and an optional post-conference exploration of saline lakes and national parks in the southwestern U.S. Co-sponsors of the meeting include Utah State University, The University of Utah, and U.S. Geological Survey. For more information see http://www.isslr.org/
Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium
Dates: Week of 23 June 2008
Location: Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA
TOPICS: We are pleased to announce that the Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium will be held during the week of June 23, 2008 at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A. The three to four day symposium is expected to bring together experts from around the world representing a broad spectrum of disciplines. Although the overriding theme of the symposium will focus on “chrysophytes” in a broad sense, we anticipate significant contributions representing allied heterokont groups and an infusion of ideas from other fields.
In addition to regular paper sessions, we are planning four mini-symposia: paleolimnology/paleobiology, taste and odor problems in drinking water, heterokont phylogeny and use of geometric-morphometric concepts in the study of algae. The symposium will include several keynote speakers who work in areas peripheral areas to chrysophyte biology, allowing for a cross fertilization of ideas. Our goal is to provide a forum to advance the study of chrysophytes. There will be a Proceedings volume published by Cramer under the Nova Hedwigia Beiheft series.
As has been the case in the previous six symposia, we will strive to have non-concurrent sessions and foster an environment that allows significant opportunities for people to interact in small groups. We also plan to take advantage of our local setting, including collecting opportunities in both freshwater and marine habitats, a traditional New England clambake and trips to Mystic Seaport (www.mysticseaport.org), Mystic Aquarium (www.mysticaquarium.org) and possibly a behind the scenes tour of the Peabody Museum at Yale University (www.yale.edu/peabody). In addition, tours of Pfizer’s Global research facility (www.pfizer.com) may be possible.
The organizing committee consists of:
Peter Siver (Department of Botany, Connecticut College, U.S.A.)
Anne Lizarralde (Department of Botany, Connecticut College, U.S.A.)
Jim Wee (Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University, U.S.A.)
Robert Andersen (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, U.S.A.)
Sue Watson (National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Canada)
Christian Kamenik (Institute of Plant Science, University of Bern, Switzerland)
Hwan SuYoon (University of Iowa, U.S.A.)
Contact Information: Since we are still in the planning stages of the symposium we welcome any and all ideas and suggestions. Please direct any comments, suggestions and special needs to Peter Siver via peter.siver@conncoll.edu with a copy to Anne Lizarralde via anne.lizarralde@conncoll.edu. All symposium information, including registration and abstract forms, will soon be posted on this website: www.conncoll.edu/academics/botany/ICS. If you would like to be included on the symposium mailing list in order to receive announcements please contact Anne Lizarralde at anne.lizarralde@conncoll.edu. We look forward to seeing all of you in 2008!