The program for the
Annual Meeting of the Research School for Biosystematics: Biogeography & Biodiversity
is now available on http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/meeting/2012/index.html
Only six days left for registration and abstracts, deadline: Februari 1st, 2012!
This year the ForBio meeting will be held 8 and 9 March 2012. The event will take place in Trondheim, Norway.
Our meeting is meant to bring together scientist from a variety of backgrounds, all working with biosystematics. You will get the opportunity to listen to talks from the leaders in the field and discuss your own research at the many opportunities for social interactions during the meeting. The ForBio meeting is free to anyone interested in biosystematics, but please register your attendance before the 1st of February.
We would be grateful if you could distribute this invitation among interested colleagues. Any questions can be directed to forbiomeeting@vm.ntnu.no. We hope to see you there.
Confirmed invited speakers:
Prof. Jonathan Shaw, Duke University, USA
Prof. Kenneth M. Halanych, Auburn University, USA
Prof. Reidar Elven, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. Fredrik Ronquist, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Sanne Boessenkool, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
Dr. Anna Karlsson, ArtDatabanken, SLU, Swedish Species Information Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
Dr. Torkild Bakken, Museum of Natural History and Archeaology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Accommodation
Accomodation will be arranged for members. All others (including associates) have to arrange their own accommodation, but can get a discount at the conference hotel. See http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/meeting/2012/index.html for hints and advice.