The International
Biogeography Society (IBS) and the Australian National University (ANU) would
like to invite you to the INTERNATIONAL BIOGEOGRAPHY SOCIETY EARLY CAREER
CONFERENCE 2014.
The conference will
take place in Canberra, ACT, Australia between the 7th and the 11th
of January 2014, and is jointly supported by the IBS (http://www.biogeography.org/), the ANU
Centre for Macroevolution and Macroecology (http://macroevoeco.com/), and the
ANU-CSIRO Centre for Biodiversity Analysis (http://cba.anu.edu.au/). The event aims to
bring together early career researchers, along with more experienced
scientists, working on many aspects of biogeography.
REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT
SUBMISSION WILL BEGIN IN JUNE 2013.
The schedule of the
conference is as follows:
-On the 7th
of January, we will offer workshops for a limited number of participants on
methods of phylogenetics and modelling species distributions.
-On the following
three days (8th-10th of January 2014), talks and posters
will be presented by attendees across three symposia:
1.SPECIES DISTRIBUTION ACROSS TIME AND SPACE (Dan Warren - ANU)
2.BIODIVERSITY TURNOVER ACROSS SPATIAL SCALES (Dan
Rosauer - ANU)
3.ADVANCES IN PHYLOGENETIC METHODS FOR
BIOGEOGRAPHY (Marcel Cardillo, Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis, Peter Cowman - ANU)
-On the
final day (11th of January 2014), several field trips will be
offered around the region of Canberra.
The conference will be held at ANU Commons (http://commons.anu.edu.au/), on the ANU campus. Workshops will be run at the teaching
facilities of the Research School of Biology, ANU, a new complex with purpose
build rooms for computer centric workshops. ANU is within a few minutes’ walk
to the main attractions and amenities of Canberra CBD, including restaurants,
bars and museums (http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/). Several accommodation options are offered near the
venue (http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Accommodation.aspx).
Additional budget accommodation options will be provided for students.
Canberra is the capital of Australia, and is surrounded by
beautiful nature, including several nature reserves, where visitors can see
many iconic Australian animals (the platypus, koalas, kangaroos, wombats,
wallabies), and plants (banksias, eucalypts), as well as cave systems. The
coast is only a couple of hours away and Sydney approximately a 3 hour drive.
Student participation
will be supported by awards offered by the IBS. More information to follow.
We look forward to
welcoming you to Canberra in January 2014!
The ANU Organising
Committee
Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis
Peter Cowman
Dan Warren
Dan Rosauer
Marcel Cardillo
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