Museums, Universities, and Biodiversity in the 21st century

[Anne Marie Malley]

Announcement of Spring 1999 Symposium

Museums, Universities, and Biodiversity in the 21st century

California Academy of Sciences and Stanford University
Friday, 7 May 1999 to Sunday, 9 May 1999

Purpose of symposium:
Catalyze new thought about, and, hopefully, reintegration and mutual
invigoration of museum-based and university-based studies of
biodiversity, pattern and
process, systematics and ecological/evolutionary dynamics

Poster session(s):
Attendees, senior scientists or research students alike, are invited to
present professional posters on Friday and/or Saturday evenings; details

in next mailing

Publication:
An edited book will result from this meeting. The California Academy of
Sciences will do the actual publishing; we will seek a marketing
agreement with a major press to distribute it.
The Editors may invite the authors of particularly suitable posters
(judged on excellence and on fit to the book's topics) to convert them
into short chapters as well.

Response Form:
Please return to:
                  Arden Yingling
                  Research Division
                  California Academy of Sciences
                  Golden Gate Park
                  San Francisco, CA 94118



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 (The following are anticipated registration costs; payment is not
required immediately)

 Check applicable box(es) below
 ____ Graduate student $15
 ____ Senior scientist $35
 ____ Other personnel $35

 ____ Interested in banquet Friday night ($65)?

 ____ Need transportation to California Academy of Sciences from
Stanford area Friday
 afternoon?
 ____ Need transportation from California Academy of Sciences to
Stanford Friday night?


If you have questions, please contact:
Terrence Gosliner, California Academy of Sciences
email: tgosliner at mail.calacademy.org
phone: (415) 750-7277
fax: (415) 750-7346

Ward Watt, Stanford University
email: ward.watt at forsythe.stanford.edu
phone: (650) 723-4297
fax (650) 723-6132

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
(presentation titles and perhaps 1 or 2 additional participants or other

events to be added):

FRIDAY, 7 May
4:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences

Welcoming remarks on behalf of CAS and Stanford, Patrick Kociolek,
Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences
Short talks to set challenges and themes of the meeting
                Ward Watt, Prof. of Biology, Stanford University
                Terrence Gosliner, Director of Research, California
Academy of Sciences
Tours of collections and other research facilities
Social hour with posters/displays
Dinner in African Hall
Keynote talk in Auditorium
                Peter H. Raven. Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
Transportation to housing in Stanford area

SATURDAY, 8 May
Stanford University
Welcoming remarks
 Early morning: Motivations for the study of biodiversity: professional
and personal alike
                Michael Donoghue, Director, Gray Herbarium, Harvard
University
                Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies,
Stanford University
Break
Late morning: Observable patterns of biodiversity: biogeography and
systematics
                Brent Mishler, Director, Jepson Herbarium, Univ. of
California, Berkeley
                Lynne Parenti, Curator of Ichthyology, Smithsonian
Institution
                Terrence Gosliner, Director of Research, California
Academy of Sciences
Lunch
Early afternoon: Ecological and evolutionary processes which affect
biodiversity
           DAVID STARR JORDAN PRIZE LECTURES:
                Jonathan Losos, Professor of Biology, Washington
University
                Loren Rieseberg, Professor of Biology, Indiana
University
Break
Late afternoon: Biodiversity in applications: conservation and
environment
                Deborah Brosnan, President, Sustainable Ecosystems
Institute,
                Portland OR Jose Sarukhan, Prof. of Biology and former
Rector,
                Univ. N. A. de Mexico
Social/professional evening:
 Dinner
 Posters/displays

SUNDAY, 9 May
Stanford University
Early morning: Education about biodiversity, its origins, and its
meaning: general public to advanced professionals
                Samuel Taylor, Curator of Education, California Academy
of Sciences
                Carol Boggs, Director, Center for Conservation Biology,
Stanford
Break
Late morning: New technical approaches to biodiversity and its
documentation
                Nina Jablonski, Irvine Curator of Anthropology,
California Academy of           Sciences
                Joe Slowinski, Assistant Curator of Herpetology,
California Academy of Sciences
                Barbara Block, Associate Professor of Biology, Hopkins
Marine Station
Lunch
Early afternoon: Roundtable Discussion: Institutional implementations
          (moderated by W. Watt)
                Alison Richard, Provost, Yale University
                David Ackerly, Assistant Professor of Biology, Stanford
University
                David Wake, Professor of Integrative Biology, Univ. of
California, Berkeley
                David Williams, Assistant Curator, British Museum of
Natural  History
Wrap-up: Integration of pattern and process studies in museums and
universities, a discussion:
                Richard Klein, Professor of Anthropological Sciences,
Stanford University
                Patrick Kociolek, Executive Director, California Academy
of Sciences

The program will be concluded by 3:30-4:00 pm. There will be a "break"
at conclusion for those who don't have to leave immediately.


Contents of next mailing:
Names, price ranges, contact phone numbers of housing options near
Stanford (it's term
time, so centralized housing as in dorms is not possible)
     Possible special low-cost arrangements for graduate students
     Details on poster size and format
     SuperShuttle contact information for access from airports
     Titles of major presentations and further details of all activities

http://www.calacademy.org/research/biosymp.htm