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2005 ANNUAL MEETING: CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, AND ORGANIZED DISCUSSIONS

The 19th annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Conservation Biology Capacity Building and Practice in a Globalized World, will be held 15-19 July 2005 at the Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil. The Local Organizing Committee invites you to submit proposals for symposia, workshops, and organized discussions. All proposals must be submitted by 31 October 2004 to scb2005@unb.br. The Committee will complete the selection of symposia, workshops, and organized discussions by 15 December. Proposal authors will be notified by the end of 2004 so that organizers can acquire funding for their activity.

Symposia

There will be opportunities for 2-hour (8 presentations), 4-hour (16 presentations), and 6-hour (24 presentations) symposia. The last 15 minutes may be left open for discussion, thereby reducing the number of presentations by one. Symposium presentations must be in multiples of 15 minutes so that the timing of the symposium can be coordinated with the contributed paper sessions. Symposia must either be related to the meeting theme or address newly emerging topics or significant syntheses. Symposium proposals should differ from those addressed at recent SCB annual meetings (see www.conbio.org/2005 for listings). All symposium organizers and speakers must register for the meeting.

Proposals should be as brief as possible and include the following explicit headings:
1. Symposium title
2. Organizer(s) complete contact information
3. Length (2, 4, or 6 hours)
4. Proposed theme and justification (why the topic is appropriate and significant for presentation at the SCB annual meeting)
5. A tentative list of speakers, presentation titles, and whether they have agreed to participate

Workshops and organized discussions

Workshops facilitate the presentation and application of new concepts or methods. Discussions allow audience participation for exploration of new or controversial issues. Proposals must include the following:
1. Workshop or discussion title (specify whether workshop or discussion)
2. Organizer(s) complete contact information
3. Length and location in schedule (lunch, evening, pre-meeting)
4. Proposed theme and justification (why the topic is appropriate and significant for presentation at the SCB annual meeting)
5. Format of workshop or discussion
6. Expected number of participants

Dates and times of workshops and organized discussions will be structured to have minimal conflict with paper sessions (evenings, days immediately before the meeting, and lunches are preferred). All workshop and discussion organizers and speakers must register for the meeting.

For more information, contact
SCB 2005 Local Organizing Committee
Departamento de Zoologia, IB
Universidade de Brasília
Brasília, DF, Brazil
70.910-900
Telefax + 55 61 3073366
2005@conbio.org
www.conbio.org/2005

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