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Registration dates: | SCB Members: You must be Logged In to receive member rates! |
| Earlybird registration dates: closes 25 April 2010 | |
| Regular registration dates: 26 April to 30 May 2010 | |
| Late registration and on-line registration dates: 31 May to 17 June 2010 | |
| On-line registration closes: 17 June 2010 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time | |
After June 17, only on-site registration will be offered; no boxed lunches, fieldtrips or Fort Edmonton picnic tickets will be sold on-site. To add items to your registration, please follow the link provided on your confirmation email (with confirmation code).
Please note that delegates will be offered the choice to pay for the registration fees in Canadian funds ($CAD) or American funds ($USD) in the same denominations i.e. $325 CAD = $325 USD.
Registration fees
Countries defined as developed (high income) – SCB members
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Without carbon fee |
With carbon fee |
Early |
$325 |
$351 |
Regular |
$375 |
$401 |
Late/on-site |
$425 |
$451 |
One-day fee – late/on-site |
$220 |
Optional |
One-day registration – Alberta residents only* |
$150 |
Optional |
*must provide proof of Alberta residency at registration
Countries defined as developed (high income) – non-SCB members
|
Without carbon fee |
With carbon fee |
Early |
$460 |
$486 |
Regular |
$510 |
$536 |
Late |
$560 |
$586 |
One-day fee – late/on-site |
$320 |
Optional |
One-day registration – Alberta residents only* |
$175 |
Optional |
*must provide proof of Alberta residency at registration
Countries defined as developing (low income) – SCB members
|
Without carbon fee |
With carbon fee |
Early |
$140 |
$147 |
Regular |
$160 |
$167 |
Late |
$180 |
$187 |
One-day fee – late/on-site |
$105 |
Optional |
Countries defined as developing (low income) – non-SCB members
|
Without carbon fee |
With carbon fee |
Early |
$240 |
$247 |
Regular |
$260 |
$267 |
Late |
$280 |
$287 |
One-day fee – late/on-site |
$155 |
Optional |
To determine if you live in a country defined as low income, go to: http://www.conbio.org/help/DevelopingCountries.cfm
SCB student members
|
Without carbon fee |
With carbon fee |
Early |
$140 |
$147 |
Regular |
$160 |
$167 |
Late |
$180 |
$187 |
One-day fee – late/on-site |
$105 |
Optional |
Students - non-SCB members
|
Without carbon fee |
With carbon fee |
Early |
$240 |
$247 |
Regular |
$260 |
$267 |
Late |
$280 |
$287 |
One-day fee – late/on-site |
$155 |
Optional |
SCB NON-MEMBERS, SAVE ON YOUR REGISTRATION FEES NOW!
Non-members, save on your Congress registration fees by becoming an SCB member now! An SCB membership can cost as little as $10; you could also receive the SCB peer-reviewed journal Conservation Biology and the award-winning magazine Conservation. For more information: www.conbio.org/join.
*Carbon fees
Please note that during the registration process, the registration price will include the carbon fee. If you wish to not contribute to the carbon fee program, you can opt out by clicking on the “opt out” box at the end of the registration fee section.
Cancellation policy
Congress registrations: cancellations received on or before 3 June 2010 will be refunded in full, minus a $50 processing fee. No refund of any kind after 3 June 2010
Field trips must be booked by 3 June. A 10% processing fee will apply to fieldtrip cancellations after 25 April. No refunds are available after 3 June.
Authors registration deadline
All accepted proposal organizers, symposium, workshops, discussion group and short courses speakers, as well as invited participants must register by the early deadline of 25 April 2010.
Carbon Fee
Climate scientists unanimously agree that human activities, especially emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, are altering the earth's climate in ways that will profoundly affect our lives. Over 95% of SCB's contribution to global warming derives from jet fuel burned to take people to our annual meeting. Each passenger on a fully-booked London-New York flight, for instance, is responsible for about 1.2 tons of carbon.
At the 2006 Board of Governors meeting in San Jose, California, USA, the decision was made to take responsibility for the carbon impacts of travel to our Annual Meetings. By becoming 'carbon neutral,' we will neutralize the effect of our greenhouse gas emissions, so that our activities no longer contribute to global warming.
The first Annual Meeting to be offset was the 2007 Meeting in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. A small voluntary fee could be added to each attendee's registration fee to offset the carbon of the overall travel to the meeting. 98% of attendees voluntarily paid an extra $20 on their registration to offset their carbon emissions. The money will be used at the Baviaanskloof Megareserve, where invasive and degraded vegetation will be replaced with Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra), a plant known to sequester large amounts of carbon. SCB is the first professional organization to take responsibility for the carbon footprint of its meetings. Further information will soon be available about the success of this effort and future plans for offsetting the carbon output of SCB.
Funds received from the 2010 carbon fee will be contributed to a carbon sequestration project at the Wild Rose Ranch in Southern Alberta.
