First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology
The Ottawa Convention Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
July 6-10, 2012
Welcome to the site of the First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology (aka ‘Evolution 2012’), to be held in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. This landmark event will bring together five of the world’s largest academic societies devoted to the study of ecology and evolutionary biology: the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). This event merges the traditional ‘Evolution’ meeting, the joint annual meeting of the ASN, SSE and SSB, with both its European and Canadian counterparts (the biennial ESEB congress and annual CSEE meeting). This will be the first time that these five societies have met together, creating a truly international event that spans the fields of ecology and evolution. The meeting will be the premier showcase in 2012 for the presentation and discussion among peers of the latest, leading-edge research in ecology and evolution, and will also be an important forum for outreach and education.
The congress will follow the traditional format of an ‘Evolution’ meeting, meaning that all attendees will have an opportunity to present their research as a talk or a poster. These are scheduled during regular ‘contributed talks’ sessions or general poster sessions (sorted by topic using keywords chosen at the time of talk or poster registration). Although each society does sponsor two symposia, speakers for these were prearranged by the organizers and, unlike the tradition of ESEB meetings, one cannot apply to speak in one of these.
The third annual meeting of iEvoBio (Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution and Biodiversity) will be held jointly with Evolution 2012, on July 10–11. Consult the iEvoBio website for more information. iEvoBio brings biologists working in evolution, systematics, and biodiversity together with software developers and mathematicians. Once again there will be a Challenge Prize.
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Registration is now open and can be accessed via the ‘Registration & Accommodation’ link in the main menu above. On this site you will also find detailed information on accommodation options and registration fees. Registration for the main meeting, satellite events, talk/poster submission, accommodation booking, and daycare sign-up, are all done via a single registration process. Detailed travel information can be found under the ‘Travel’ menu above.
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