The deadline for submitting proposals for Symposia and Organized Oral Sessions for the 2008 ESA Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is NEXT FRIDAY, September 14, 2007. To begin the submission process, please visit http:/eco.confex.com/eco/2008/cfp.cgi. For more information, please visit www.esa.org/milwaukee/ or contact Program Assistant Aleta Wiley at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SYMPOSIA are the scientific centerpiece of the meeting. They will be assigned premium meeting space at the Midwest Airline Center and will serve as the cornerstone for assembly of the scientific program. Proposals addressing the meeting theme, Enhancing Ecological Thought by Linking Research and Education, are especially welcome, but any timely and coherent subject of broad interest will be considered. ORGANIZED ORAL SESSIONS are organized around a specific topic with most of the speakers invited by the organizer. These sessions are distinguished from Symposia in that 1) there is less emphasis on breadth of appeal and overall synthesis; 2) they may be comprised largely of related case studies; 3) talks are set at 15 minutes each, with 5 minutes following for discussion (as in contributed oral sessions); and 4) at least 2 time slots out of the 10 available in an Organized Oral Session are reserved for placing related talks from the contributed abstracts by the Program Chair. Proposals may be from any area of ecology, but those that relate to the overall theme, Enhancing Ecological Thought by Linking Research and Education, are especially encouraged. We also welcome proposals that explore interdisciplinary connections with areas of social and natural science outside of ecology or that relate to ecological education at any level. * Please note that a separate call will be announced later in September for Workshops and Special Session proposals for the 2008 ESA Annual Meeting.
