Deadline Extension: NACCB 2016 Call for Proposals for Symposia, Workshops & Short Courses New Deadline: November 13 The deadline to submit your proposal for symposia, workshops and short courses for the 3rd North America Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB) has been extended by one week until Friday, November 13 (submit your proposal here.) The theme for NACCB 2016, to be held next July 17-20 in Madison, Wisconsin, is Communicating Science for Conservation Action. The congress will highlight advancements in many conservation disciplines, from the biological to social sciences. NACCB will especially focus on the theme of developing skills and solutions for effective science communication. These skills can play an important role in advancing science and stimulating conservation action through effective dialogue and engagement. They can help us communicate across boundaries to involve diverse communities working to sustain the Earth's biological and cultural diversity, and to implement the policy changes that make this possible. Through numerous plenaries, symposia, concurrent sessions, workshops, short courses and field trips, NACCB 2016 will provide an open platform to foster collaborative partnerships, and to create and adapt emerging ideas, technologies, and methods in conservation science. We are excited to host the Congress in Madison, Wisconsin. The "city between the lakes" is the capital of Wisconsin, and home to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a campus rich in environmental history and that has been home to conservation leaders like Aldo Leopold and John Muir. We have blocks of rooms booked at local hotels that are within walking and biking distance to the meeting and downtown Madison and easily accessible by bus. For those on a tighter budget, dorm options are available until filled. UW-Madison dorms are also a short walk, bus, or bike ride away from the Monona Community and Convention Center, where the conference will be held. Visit the Congress website to learn more about the meeting. We're also on Facebook, Twitter and the North America Section Blog offers Congress and North America Section related news and announcements. Coming announcements include a Call for Abstracts later this fall and conference registration, which will open in early winter. See you in Madison!
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