> From: Carissa Wong <scbtochapter@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: January 29, 2005 5:07:27 PM EST > To: Toronto Chapter <scbtochapter@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Call for Abstracts: Society for Conservation Biology Symposium > > First Annual Research Symposium of the Toronto Chapter > for the Society for Conservation Biology Presents: > > Lessons and Successes for Biodiversity Conservation in > the GTA and southwestern Ontario > > CALL FOR ABSTRACTS > > The 1st Annual Research Symposium of the Toronto > Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) > will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2005 in downtown > Toronto. The program will include a plenary session, > poster session, and concurrent sessions of contributed > oral presentations. > > The local organizing committee is now accepting > abstracts for Oral and Poster presentations until > Monday Feb 21st, 2005. > > The following guidelines will help when preparing your > abstract: > 1.Oral presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, > and 10 minutes for questions. > 2.The abstract should have a clear connection to or > implication for conservation biology in the Greater > Toronto Area (GTA) or Southwestern Ontario or be by a > resident of this area. > > Presenting authors (oral and poster) must register for > the meeting prior to Friday, March 25, 2005 or their > presentation will be dropped from the program. > > Please email your abstract to Michelle Herzog at > mherzog@xxxxxxxxxxx The abstract should be attached as > a Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf), > and the subject line of the email should read > "Abstract for SCB 2005". Or, please mail a CD along > with a hard copy of your abstract to the address given > below. > > For more information contact: > Michelle Herzog, Department of Zoology > University of Toronto > 25 Harbord St. Room 503 > Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5 Canada > Phone: 416-978-7774; Email: mherzog@xxxxxxxxxx > Feel free to visit our website: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scbtochapter/, > or our parent society www.conbio.org. > > Regardless of the method of submission, all abstracts > must be received by Friday, February 21, 2005. The > local organizing committee will attempt to notify all > authors by Monday, March 14, 2005. > > Key Instructions for Preparing Abstracts: > 1. Indicate whether the abstract is intended for an > Oral, Poster, Either Oral or Poster; > 2.Author(s). List name of the presenting author in > CAPITAL LETTERS. > 3.Addresses. List the institutional affiliations and > addresses for each author in the same order as given > above. For the presenting author please include email > address. > 4.Title. Please include the title in CAPITAL LETTERS. > 5.Abstract. The body of the abstract is limited to 200 > words and should not exceed one paragraph. Abstracts > that exceed 200 words will not be accepted and will be > returned to the author for revision. > 6.Visual aid(s) needed. PowerPoint projector, carousel > projector, overhead projector, other and whether you > are providing your own equipment. > > The local organizing committee thanks all parties for > their submissions. > > Stay tuned for more symposium details! > > Carissa > > --- > Carissa Wong > President > Toronto Chapter > Society for Conservation Biology > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > *********************************** Check our webpage for more information: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=cseblist