CALL FOR ORAL, SPEED AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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SCB is accepting abstracts for oral, poster, and speed presentations for the first North America Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB 2012), to be held July 15-18, 2012 in Oakland, California in the United States of America. The conference theme is Bridging the Gap: Connecting people, nature, & climate.
Abstracts must be submitted electronically by January 30, 2012. Decisions regarding abstract selections are expected by March 2, 2012. Notifications will be sent by email only so please make sure that you enter your primary email address correctly. We encourage you to think carefully about the presentation format that best meets your goals (oral, poster or speed presentation). Individuals may only be first author on one abstract and, as a general rule, no individual may give more than one presentation of any type.
The scientific program will include plenary sessions, invited symposia, workshops, discussions groups, short courses, poster sessions, and concurrent sessions of oral presentations and speed presentations. Due to the high level of attendance expected at the meeting and limited time and space for oral presentations, poster presentations are strongly encouraged.
Please note that the call for symposiums, workshops, and short courses has already been issued and these proposals were due November 7, 2011
MEETING THEME - Bridging the Gap: Connecting People, Nature, & Climate
The greatest challenge to conservation science today is addressing gaps in information, understanding, and on-the-ground implementation. These gaps require bridging our efforts across multiple scales through inter-disciplinary study and effective practice. By sharing our conservation experience we can benefit from information about how effective our practices are, advance our understanding, and foster useful lines of inquiry.
We are facing many environmental and social challenges that have common underpinnings and mutually desirable outcomes, justifying a clear need to integrate biological, physical, and social sciences into the environmental problem solving process. Global change is affecting our climate, population, and natural capital. Fostering a stronger connection between conservation science and practice that addresses people, nature, and climate will improve the utility of our science in addressing the forecasted changes.
North America will see changes that are likely to influence biodiversity at multiple scales from large migratory routes to locally adapted species. Our fresh water supplies will be stretched to accommodate population growth and infrastructure development, and may become seasonally less predictable. Changes such as these have implications for human communities, protected areas, working landscapes, and functioning ecosystems.
Developing conservation strategies to cope with our changing planet is arguably the greatest challenge facing the world and its biodiversity. Convening at NACCB 2012 will allow us to pool our collective experience and expertise in order to bridge knowledge and implementation gaps that impede our progress in conservation.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
All presentations at the Congress are subject to review before acceptance. Reviewers will have access to the entire abstract except the names of the presenters. To increase the probability that your abstract will be accepted, in your preferred format, please consider the following criteria carefully:
- scientific merit
- application to conservation science, management, policy and education
- clarity of presentation (e.g. abstract begins with a clear statement of an issue and ends with a substantive conclusion)
AUTHOR REGISTRATION DEADLINE
All presenters of accepted abstracts must be registered and paid in full by the early deadline of April 27, 2012 in order to present. Authors failing to comply with this rule will not be included in the Congress program.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral presentations will be grouped by topic and limited to 15 minutes: 12 minutes for presentation and three minutes for questions. Please choose from the list of general topic areas below; this will assist us in selecting an appropriate session for your presentation. All oral presentation rooms will be equipped with a computer and a data projector. Detailed information and instructions on presentations will be available several months before the meeting. If your abstract cannot be accommodated as an oral presentation, you may be offered the opportunity to present a speed talk or a poster.
SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS
All individual symposium speakers must submit an abstract following the instructions for the oral presentation format. A tracking number will be provided to all symposium organizers. You must use this number when submitting your abstract if you are part of an accepted symposium. If you do not have the number, please contact the organizer of your symposium. It is the responsibility of the symposium organizer to make sure that all speakers register within the deadline and according to the instructions provided.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Poster presenters will receive general instructions on poster format in the email notification of acceptance. Each poster presenter will be provided with a surface on which to mount their poster. In order to accommodate two posters on each side of the board, each poster is limited to a rectangle 46" (116 cm) tall by 42" (105 cm) wide. Poster materials must be legible from a distance of 6.5 feet (2 meters). Please see http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/posterdesign for tips on designing conference posters. The title of the paper, the authors, and author affiliations should appear near the top of the poster in letters approximately 1" (25 mm) high.
Posters will be displayed during the Congress in the exhibit halls of the Oakland Marriott/Convention Center. One dedicated poster session will be held the evening of Monday, July 16 to allow in-depth discussion between authors and attendees. Presenting authors are requested to attend this session to take advantage of opportunities to discuss their work with Congress participants. You will receive detailed instructions for setting up posters prior to the poster session.
Everyone who presents a poster will be a candidate for a poster award.
SPEED PRESENTATIONS
If your topic would be of interest to a wide range of people and you would like your presentation to lead to an extended conversation with colleagues who are interested in your work, you may wish to submit an abstract for a speed presentation. Speed presentation sessions consist of one-hour blocks: for 50 minutes, 10 speakers will each be given four minutes to present their key ideas and results (the fifth minute of each presentation is reserved to allow the next speaker to approach). The last 10 minutes of each hour will consist of discussion between audience and presenters.
The 4-minute time limit will be strictly observed. Some presenters pose a question to their audience for the discussion time that follows i.e. "my question to you is … ". If you like this idea, please do ask a question, however it is not a requirement of the format of the speed presentation.
To participate in the speed presentations, simply submit an abstract according to the standard guidelines and indicate that you would like your abstract to be considered for a speed presentation.
STUDENT AWARD CANDIDATES
Student award candidates must request and be approved for a 15-minute oral presentation (no speed presentations) in order to be a candidate for these awards. The name of the student applying for the award and the name of the primary author must be identical. You must select the box indicating interest in the student award and enter graduation year (no earlier than 2011) and expected degree (MS or PhD).
There will also be poster awards for which everyone presenting a poster will qualify.
For all questions about the SCB Student Award, please contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ABSTRACTS
Abstracts must be submitted for oral, speed, and poster presentations and for papers of accepted symposia by January 30, 2012. Abstracts for symposium presentations are by invitation only and require a symposium code from the symposium leader.
Abstracts may only be submitted electronically using the web submission form.
To submit your abstract, please create a new account or login to existing account by clicking here.
It is your responsibility to verify that all information submitted is complete and correct. No changes will be made after the abstract submission deadline of January 30, 2012 and the abstract will be printed in the Congress program as submitted. After you submit your abstract, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive an email, your abstract has not been received. Early registration (paid in full) is mandatory to be included in the Congress program. Please include the following information in your submission:
- Your preferred presentation format (traditional oral, speed, or poster presentation).
- Whether your presentation has been invited for a symposium.
- Abstract title: List the title in title case i.e. upper and lower case. Titles are limited to 150 characters.
- Abstract: Abstracts may not exceed 1,500 characters (approximately 200 words), including spaces. Begin with a clear statement of the topic or objectives, give brief methods and major results, and end with a substantive conclusion. Do not use vague statements such as "results will be discussed." It is the responsibility of the author to verify the information submitted and to correct any errors or omissions before the submission deadline.
- Student contest: Name, field, type of degree (MS/PhD), and graduation year.
- Topic areas: Choose the topic areas pertaining to your abstract. Topics are listed below:
TOPIC AREAS
Disciplines
Agroecology
Biogeography
Communications, outreach and education
Community ecology
Community-driven conservation
Conservation genetics
Disturbance ecology
Environmental or ecological economics
Environmental planning
Environmental politics and policy
Global change
Landscape ecology
Political ecology
Population dynamics
Restoration Ecology
Traditional ecological knowledge
Urban ecology
Watershed science
Wildlife
Ecosystems
Agricultural
Forest
Freshwater and Wetland
Grassland and Savanna
Land-water interface
Marine
Polar and alpine
Rangeland
Urban
Issues
Alien and invasive species
Applied ethics and values
Climate change
Conservation in hotspots
Institutional and organizational issues
Integrative/interdisciplinary approaches to conservation
Land use
Methods
Adaptive management and monitoring
Conservation capacity building
Conservation GIS
Conservation modeling & population viability
Conservation on private lands
Ecological restoration and recovery of endangered species
Ecosystem/conservation area management
Inventory and monitoring
Land use planning for conservation
Protected area planning and design
Risk assessment and uncertainty
Scientists and managers: bridging the gap
Spatial Ecology and Conservation