Learning From Plants Austin, Texas August 12 - August 17, 2005

Call for Field Trips

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

The Botanical Society of America (BSA) will hold its annual meeting in Austin, Texas from August 12-17, 2005. In addition to the BSA, other societies participating in the BOTANY 2005 conference will include: the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS), the American Fern Society (AFS), and American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT). The theme for BOTANY 2005 will be Learning from Plants. 

Members of all participating societies are encouraged to organize and lead scientific field trips at the annual meeting. Scientific field trips can be either theme-based or more general in scope. In addition, field trips can be single-day or multi-day events and typically take place on the days before or after the paper, poster, and symposium sessions.

Field trips are ticketed events and generally have limited enrollments. Careful consideration must be given to logistical issues. Field trip organizers will work closely with a Local Field Trip Coordinator, who will also solicit field trip ideas from local and regional botanists.

Submission of Field Trip Proposals
(Deadline: October 16, 2004)

Submission of Field Trip Ideas (Deadline: October 16, 2004)

Proposals for field trips should include the following: 1) title of the field trip, 2) name(s) and contact information for all organizers, 3) a brief description of the field trip, 4) preferred day(s) of the field trip, 4) special needs and enrollment limit, 5) tentative budget (e.g., travel and food items; estimated cost per participant).

Submission of field trip proposals should be carried out on-line using this “Electronic Field Trip Proposal Submission Form” Copies of the proposals will be sent electronically to the sender, the BSA Meetings Manager, and the BSA Program Director. The deadline for receiving field trip proposals is: October 16, 2004.

For your Convenience

• Call for Field Trips as a pdf

Electronic Field Trip Proposal Submission Form
Deadline: October 16, 2004

 

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Questions about the Meeting program should be directed to the
BSA Meetings Manager:
Johanne Stogran
Botanical Society of America Meetings Office
2813 Blossom Ave
Columbus, OH 43231
Tele: (614) 899-9356
Fax: (614) 895-7866
E-mail: johanne@botany.org