[Pollinator] pollinator conference in August

[David Inouye]

CONFERENCE ON THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS

A two-day conference on the Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Pollinator 
Interactions will be held on August 2-3, 2008, immediately prior to 
the Ecological Society of America Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

The goal of this conference is to highlight the most exciting recent 
advances in community and evolutionary pollination biology, and 
foster interaction among pollination biologists. We aim to encourage 
a unified framework to the study of community and evolutionary 
approaches, and to draw attention to largely unexplored questions at 
the intersection of these disciplines. This two-day conference will 
feature 23 speakers from five continents, as well as a poster session.

Conference speakers and topics have been selected to complement, 
rather than repeat, the major themes covered at the 2007 
International Pollinator Symposium. The 30 minute symposium 
presentations will be scheduled throughout the day on Saturday, 
August 2 and Sunday, August 3. To promote interaction between 
symposium speakers and participants, there are planned breaks with 
time for discussion as well as a two-hour poster session and 
reception on the evening of Saturday, August 2. The poster session 
will provide an outstanding opportunity for pollination ecologists at 
all levels to share ideas. We encourage all conference attendees to 
present a poster. Note that individuals presenting a talk or poster 
in this Pollination Conference are also welcome to present a 
contributed paper or poster (even the same poster) at the Ecological 
Society of America meeting.

REGISTRATION: Individuals planning to attend the Pollination 
Conference must register online at the ESA website: 
_http://www.esa.org/milwaukee/_ 
<blocked::http://www.esa.org/milwaukee/> Registration begins in early 
April, 2008 and must be completed by June 2, 2008. There are two 
registration options:

a) If you plan to attend BOTH the Pollination Conference and the Main 
ESA meeting, you should pay the ESA annual meeting fee (approx. $ 140 
for student members; $ 285 for regular members) PLUS the Pollination 
Conference fee of $ 50.

b) If you plan to attend the Pollination Conference, but will NOT be 
attending the Main ESA meeting, you should pay the "ESA one-event 
registration fee" of $ 45 PLUS the Pollination Conference Fee of $ 
50. Note that the total cost of registration for this option would be $95.

POSTER PRESENTATION: All participants in the Pollination Conference 
are encouraged to present posters. Poster titles should be submitted 
to Jeff Karron by June 2, 2008 at: karron at uwm.edu. In the subject 
line of the email, list "pollination ecology poster". Due to space 
limitations, we will only be able to accommodate 150 posters. Titles 
will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Note that poster 
presenters do not register their posters for the Pollination 
Conference on the ESA website; they can only do so by emailing Jeff Karron.

POSTER DIMENSIONS: ESA poster boards are approximately 2.4 m wide x 
1.2 m tall (8 x 4 feet). Please design your poster to be at least 5 
cm (2 inch) smaller on each margin.

HOUSING: ESA has reserved a limited number of hotel rooms and dorm 
rooms for Friday and Saturday evenings. See the ESA housing link for 
more information:

ESA MEETINGS: We encourage participants to stay throughout the week 
and attend the ESA annual meeting (August 3-8) that follows the 
Pollination Conference. Participants in the Pollination Conference 
can present a talk and/or poster at the ESA meeting as well. Titles 
of talks and posters for the ESA meeting should be submitted online 
between December 17, 2007 and February 28, 2008. The link for the ESA 
meeting page is: _http://www.esa.org/milwaukee/_ 
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CONTACT: If you have questions about this Pollination Conference, 
please contact Jeff Karron (karron at uwm.edu), Randy Mitchell 
(rjm2 at uakron.edu), or Rebecca Irwin (Rebecca.Irwin at Dartmouth.edu).

The Pollination Conference is being generously supported by the 
Ecological Society of America.