The Chinese Academy of SciencesÂ’ and Kunming Institute of Botany are pleased to host the 5th International Barcode of Life Conference:
http://www.dnabarcodes2013.org The conference will consist of four days of plenary and parallel sessions. Preconference events, such as discussion meetings focusing on advances in sequencing and informatics techniques will be held on the Sunday before the conference. There is also a Training Course associated with the conference (max 30 delegates). Past conferences have brought together participants from over 60 countries, including researchers, students, government officials, and representatives of NGOs and private companies. This yearÂ’s conference hosts have provided a venue that can host up to 500 participants. The current list of invited speakers for the plenary sessions includes: Michael Balke, Zoologische Staatssammlung Munich Tania Bubela, University of Alberta Elizabeth Clare, Queen Mary University of London Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario Gerhard Haszprunar, Zoologische Staatssammlung Munich Paul Hebert, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario Pete Hollingsworth, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Da-Wei Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences John Kress, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Richard Lane, Natural History Museum, London De-Zhu Li, Kunming Institute of Botany Dario Litjmaer, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Scott Miller, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Bob Murphy, Royal Ontario Museum Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva Tomas Roslin, University of Helsinki Linda Santschi, Coastal Marine Biolabs Gary Saunders, University of New Brunswick Graham Stone, University of Edinburgh Michelle Van der Bank, University of Johannesburg Alfried Vogler, Imperial College London Zhu-Liang Yang, Kunming Institute of Botany Douglas Yu, Kunming Institute of Zoology Baoli Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences A detailed program can be found at http://www.dnabarcodes2013.org/dct/page/70039. It also lists the expected themes for the parallel sessions. Abstract (for parallel and poster sessions) submission deadline -15. August 2013 (http://www.dnabarcodes2013.org/dct/page/70044) Registration is already open: http://www.dnabarcodes2013.org/dct/page/65554 Further information on venue, accommodation etc. can be found at the conference website: http://www.dnabarcodes2013.org -- _______________________________________________ Dr. Dirk Steinke Director, Education and Outreach iBOL Outreach Biodiversity Institute of Ontario University of Guelph 50 Stone Road East Guelph, ON, N1G2W1 email [email protected] http://dna-barcoding.blogspot.ca http://www.educationandbarcoding.org/ http://malaiseprogram.ca *** Barcoding online course: http://www.dnabarcodingcourses.ca/ ***
