SPNHC and NSCA 2006 joint annual meeting

[Cindy A Ramotnik]

“The Road to Productive Partnerships”
SPNHC-NSCA 2006 Joint Annual Meeting
May 23-27, 2006
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico
http://www.msb.unm.edu/meetings/SPNHC-NSCA2006

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History
Collections and the Natural Science Collections Alliance
will hold a joint annual meeting in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, May 23-27, 2006 at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old
Town, in the heart of Albuquerque’s historical district
and just off Route 66.  “The Road to Productive
Partnerships” theme will focus on collaborations of
scientific collections with partners such as government
agencies, local and international agencies, and non-profit
groups.  Your co-hosts will be the University of New
Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology and the U.S.
Geological Survey Arid Lands Field Station.

In addition to invited speakers and oral and poster
presentations, our program will feature a series of
special sessions with relevant and wide-ranging topics of
interest for today’s museum professional. A series of
workshops will be offered on May 27 and will highlight
recent advances in georeferencing, digital imaging, data
sharing, and bioinformatics. Several pre-meeting full-day
and half-day field trips will be available, as well as
museum tours on the University of New Mexico campus, a
reception and banquet with live music, Trade Show, and
unsurpassed networking opportunities.

Meeting registration will open in January, but you can
begin making your hotel reservations now. See the "hotel
information" link at the web site for details about the
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town.

Deadlines to remember:

     Abstract submission: March 15, 2006
     Early Registration: March 24, 2006
     Hotel reservation: April 23, 2006

Information on abstract submission, registration, and
housing is available on the meeting website at
http://www.msb.unm.edu/meetings/SPNHC-NSCA2006

Please join us in Albuquerque next May. You won't want to
miss this meeting that combines the best of both
organizations’ meeting styles!

Cindy Ramotnik
U.S. Geological Survey
Department of Biology
MSC03 2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505-277-5369