Systematics and evolution conference - Melbourne July 2001

[Wilson, Robin]

SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION CONFERENCE - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT - REGISTRATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The Society of Australian Systematic Biologists (SASB) and the Australasian
Evolution Society (AES) will hold a joint conference at the University of
Melbourne and Museum Victoria, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA, 16-18 July 2001.
Highlights will include:

* Symposium on Short-range endemism in the Australian biota
* Workshop on Opportunities for digital publishing of systematics in
Australia
* Discussion session on the Phylocode
* Conference dinner at the new Museum Victoria including viewing of the
forthcoming Darwin to DNA exhibition and Gareth Nelson speaking as "When I
was alive, by Alfred Russel Wallace"

Plenary speakers will occupy each morning session, followed by concurrent
sessions with ample opportunity to accommodate special themes or the
interests of research groups.  A training workshop in the basic techniques
for preparing scientific illustrations for publication will also be offered
on the weekend preceding the conference.  The organisers hope for the widest
possible participation and until 1 May 2001 registration fees in AUD are
$180 or $80 for students (not including conference dinner).

The conference websites
(http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/about/conferences/sasb2001.htm or
http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aes/aes_2001.html) have now been updated
with further details, including downloadable registration form and call for
papers.  With the Fifth International Crustacean Conference
(http://www.unihouse.org.au/ICC5/index.htm) also at The University of
Melbourne in the preceding week there is good reason to come to Melbourne in
July.  Please contact the organisers with your ideas for special sessions,
and watch the conference websites for updates as the scientific program is
finalised.  We look forward to seeing a wide representation of systematic
and evolutionary biologists in Melbourne.

Robin Wilson
Society of Australian Systematic Biologists
http://www.science.uts.edu.au/sasb/

and







Museum of Victoria
GPO Box 666E
Melbourne Vic 3001
AUSTRALIA

rwilson at museum.vic.gov.au
telephone 03  8341 7429
fax 03 8341 7442
[international 613 replaces 03]




*************************************************************************
Museum Victoria, Australia's International Museum.          This e-mail is
solely for the named addressee and may be confidential.  You should only
read, disclose, transmit, copy, distribute, act in reliance on or
commercialise the contents if you are authorised to do so.  If you are not
the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify
postmaster at museum.vic.gov.au by e-mail immediately, or notify the sender and
then destroy any copy of this message.  Views expressed in this e-mail are
those of the individual sender, except where specifically stated to be those
of an officer of Museum Victoria.  Museum Victoria does not represent,
warrant or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been
maintained nor that it is free from errors, virus or interference.