E v o l D i r

December 1, 2012 EvolDir 5
INVITED SPEAKERS
Laurent Excoffier, University of Bern
Andrea Pilastro, Università diPadova
Dan Rabosky, University of Michigan
Michele Morgante, Università di Udine
Lino Ometto, Fondazione E.Mach, Trento
Johannes Krause, University of Tubingen
MEETING OF SIBE MEMBERS
The morning of December 16th will host the SIBE business
meeting and with the election of the new President
and Council Members . If you are not already a SIBE
member, you can become one directly at the meeting by
submitting the registration form and paying the annual
dues of 30 euros (15 euros for students)
REGISTRATION
Attendance of the scientific sessions of the symposium
is free. We do, however, ask that all people interested
in attending notify by email sibe2012@unife.it.
SUBMITTING ABSTRACT - DEADLINE
Non-tenured researchers of 40 years or younger can send
(before November 18th) an abstract, with an indication
of the theme most pertinent to their research. For each
theme one abstract will be chosen for an oral presentation.
It is possible to submit an abstract not directly
related to the themes of the symposium, but selection
for a presentation is not guaranteed.All abstracts will
be published on the meeting website.
TRAVEL GRANTS
Young participants (not faculty) who intend to participate
in SIBE2012 and who submit an abstract can request
a small financial contribution to cover travel costs
and accommodation. These will be awarded on a first
come-first served basis.
WEBSITE
More information (including logistics) can be found
at www.sites.google.com/a/unife.it/sibe2012/ Giorgio
Bertorelle, Università di Ferrara
Francesco Santini, Università di Torino
The SIBE council
– **** NEW ADDRESS ****
Francesco Santini
I.S.I. - Lagrange Visiting Fellow
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Università degli
Studi di Torino
Via Valperga Caluso 35 10125 Torino
Italy Phone: 0039-3391215011 E-mail:
francesco.santini@alumni.utoronto.ca
Francesco Santini
Innsbruck Austria AntEvolution
Sep5-8
Dear evoldir member,
The 5th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology
(CEWM) will be held in Innsbruck, Austria, in autumn
2013 - click here < http://cewm2013.org/ > for the
meeting’s website and here < http://cewm2013.org/nl.php
> for subscribing to our newsletter!
The most important CEWM facts in a nutshell:
- Scope: All fields of ant research, including social evolution,
behaviour, cognition and learning, population
biology, systematics and phylogeny, biogeography and
faunistics, ecology, and conservation biology. The techniques
presented will range from molecular genetics and
genomics to microscopy and ecological-niche modeling
and from behavioural to chemical assays.
- Participants: people and topics will be warmly welcome
from all over Europe - and beyond!
- Timeline: 5-8 September 2013.
- Venue: University of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25,
6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
- Registration fees: To be announced early 2013; we
are currently completing a fundraising campaign in order
to offer reduced fees comparable to the fees of the
4th CEWM in Cluj, Romania.
- Important dates: Click here < http://cewm2013.org/-
08-dates.php >.
Please forward this email to others who you think are
interested.
Looking forward to seeing you in Innsbruck,
Warmest, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Wolfgang Arthofer,
Florian M. Steiner
P.S. We apologise if you receive multiple copies of this
posting.
5th CEWM - Central European Workshop of Myrmecology
Organising Committee