Dear colleague, We are organizing a symposium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Biodiversity and Health in November 2014 and we invite you to join us. Below, some practical information about this event: What? A symposium entitled Biodiversity & Health that joins scientific expertise and stakeholders in order to identify research priorities in several domains that link biodiversity and human health: 1. emerging diseases and biodiversity loss, 2. drug and insecticide resistance, 3. pharmacognosy and plant biodiversity, 4. contaminants in the food web, 5. ethics and laws for biodiversity and health 6. ecosystem services and health 7. the One Health concept. Why? - To share knowledge and experiences acquired with partners, projects and authorities. - To improve training capacities of students. - To enhance further collaborative projects. Where? In Phnom Penh at the University of Health Sciences. When? Between the 17th and the 19th of November 2014 . So, reserve those days! We are looking forward to meeting you in Cambodia. How? Participation is free but limited to about 100 participants and it is going to be on a first come first serve basis. Please mention in your message your name and contact details. If are a PhD or a Master student and if you are willing to do a short communication or a poster presentation, please give us a title, a short summary and a list of authors. Registration is going to open on July, 15 and close on September, 15. It can done by sending an email to [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] You'll be informed of your registration by the end of September. In the meantime feel free to contact us if you have any question and follow the twitter account @biodivhealth for updates. Best regards, On behalf of the organizing committee, Christophe Boëte Organizing committee: Monidarin Chou (Lab. R. Mérieux, Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Youlet By (Fondation Mérieux, Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Tan Boon Hua (NUS, Singapore), Aurélie Binot (CIRAD, Kasetsart University, Thailand) Serge Morand (CNRS-CIRAD, CICM Laos) Christophe Boëte (IRD/ Aix-Marseille Université, France)
