FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NORTHEASTERN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION CONFERENCE

[Andrew Doran]

FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

NEEC 2004
NORTHEASTERN ECOLOGY AND
EVOLUTION CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
STORRS, CONNECTICUT, USA
26-28 MARCH 2004

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 13 February, 2004

We invite all undergraduate, graduate, and
postdoctoral researchers in ecology, evolution,
environmental sciences, limnology, natural resource
management, marine sciences, and other related fields
to submit abstracts for either oral or poster
presentations at the second Northeast Ecology and
Evolution Conference (NEEC) to be held 26-28 March,
2004, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.
NEEC, like its sister conferences in the Midwest
(MEEC) and Southeast (SEEC), is a professional meeting
intended for students to present their research (in
all stages of development) to their colleagues. These
events are designed to encourage new personal and
professional relationships within our field and to
share research ideas and projects in all stages of
development. While we anticipate most NEEC
participants to be from the northeastern region of
North America, we encourage and welcome all
individuals to submit abstracts and/or attend.

NEEC 2004 homepage:
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/NEEC/NEEC_main.html

REGISTRATION: $25
(price includes Friday reception, all conference
proceedings, and Saturday banquet)

ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL:

Abstracts for both posters and oral presentations are
due by 5 pm, Friday, 13 February 2004.  IF YOU SUBMIT
AN ABSTRACT YOU MUST ALSO REGISTER BY 13 FEBRUARY.

Call for abstracts and on-line submittal:
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/NEEC/papers.htm

We are please to announce our two keynote speakers,
Dr. Michael Soule and Dr. Kel Wieder. Dr. Soule is
Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies,
University of California, Santa Cruz and is a founder
of the Society of Conservation Biology and the
Wildlands Project. His talk (Towards Effectiveness:
New Paradigms in Ecology and Action) will follow the
Saturday evening banquet. Dr. Wieder is the current
NSF Program Director for Ecosystem Studies. His talk
(Writing Suce$$ful Grants) will be the opening event
of the conference, and will be followed by a reception
and mixer.

The University of Connecticut's main campus is located
in rural northeastern Connecticut, 1/2 hour drive from
Hartford, 11/2 hours from Boston and 21/2 hours from
New York City. The UConn campus is an ideal site for
NEEC 2004 for many reasons, including the university's
central location in the northeastern region. The
campus is the heart of the village of Storrs, a
section of the town of Mansfield with a growing
downtown area consisting of several restaurants and
retail stores. UConn is situated in an attractive
landscape of forested hills interspersed with pastoral
farms and small colonial New England villages.


Andrew S. Doran
Herbarium Collections Manager
George Safford Torrey Herbarium
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Box U-43
75 North Eagleville Road
Storrs, CT  06269-3043

Office phone: (860) 486-1889
FAX: (860) 486-6364
Web: http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/