Evolution 2003 Call for Papers

[Schierenbeck, Kristina]

EVOLUTION 2003 - SSE/SSB/ASN   

Call for papers and meeting announcement       

Evolution 2003 represents the annual meeting of three professional
societies, the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of
Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists
(ASN).  The conference will be held on the campus of California State
University Chico from 20-24 June 2003. 

Presentations 

       Each society will sponsor talks, symposia, and poster sessions.
Presentations can be either talks or posters and can be submitted on a
first-come-first served basis to the meeting web site.  Addresses for
personal/lab web sites may be included to allow access to abstracts and
other presentation information.  

      Contributed papers, or oral/podium presentations, will be 15
minutes in length (inclusive of questions).  Preferred format is MS
Windows, PowerPoint on a CD.  Contributed posters will fit onto bulletin
boards that are 1.2 m x 1.2 m (4 ft tall and 4 ft wide).  Invited
symposium contributions and special lectures are arranged in advance and
coordinated by the symposium organizer(s), societies, and/or societal
sections. 

     Titles and the final program will be available online at the
Evolution 2003 web site prior to the meeting and hard copies will be
distributed at the conference to registrants. 

Presentation format:

Symposia

The following symposia will be presented:  The Evolution of Virulence
(M. Nishiguchi, organizer, SSE); The Evolutionary Consequences of Sexual
Conflict (R. Snook, organizer, SSE; Phylogenetic Supertree Construction
(O. Bininda-Emonds, organizer, SSB); Young Investigators (ASN).

Submission of Titles  (Deadline: 31 March 2003) 

       Submission of titles and other relevant information (e.g.,
keywords) for contributed papers and posters should be carried out
online at the Evolution 2003 web site: <http://www.evolution2003.org/>.
The submission site is now open and the deadline for receiving abstracts
is 31 March 2003.  You must register to submit a title.

Registration, Housing & Events - see webpage

 
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Kristina A. Schierenbeck, PhD
Associate Professor, Herbarium Director
California State University, Chico
Department of Biology
Chico, CA  95929-0515
 
email:  kschierenbeck at csuchico.edu
phone:  530-898-6410
web:  www.csuchico.edu/~kschiere
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