International Congress for Conservation Biology, Conservation for a Changing Planet
Jorgelina Marino
SCB is now accepting abstracts for oral, poster, and speed presentations for the 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2010), Conservation for a Changing Planet which will be held 3-7 July 2010 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Abstracts must be submitted electronically by 20 January 2010. The call for proposals for symposia, workshops, discussions groups, and short courses was issued previously; the deadline was 14 October 2009.
SCB expects to make decisions on the abstract selections by 10 March 2010. Notifications will be sent by email only. Please make sure that the ONE email address you are providing is your primary email address and is entered correctly. We encourage you to carefully think about the presentation format that best meets your goals (oral, poster or speed presentation).
The scientific program will include plenary sessions, invited symposia, workshops, discussions groups, short courses, poster sessions, and concurrent sessions of oral presentations and speed presentations. Due to the high level of attendance expected at the meeting and, consequently, limited time and space for oral presentations, poster presentations are strongly encouraged.
MEETING THEME
Conservation for a Changing Planet
Humans are causing large changes to the ecology of the earth. Industrial development and agriculture are changing landscapes. Carbon emissions to the atmosphere are changing climates. Nowhere on earth are changes to climate having more drastic effects on ecosystems and human cultures than in the north.
Circumpolar caribou and reindeer populations are declining with huge consequences for indigenous peoples of the north, motivating our use of caribou in the conference logo.
Developing conservation strategies to cope with our changing planet is arguably the greatest challenge facing today’s world and its biodiversity.
Criteria for selection
Reviewers have access to
the entire abstract except the names of the presenters. To
increase the probability that your abstract will be accepted, and in your
preferred format, please consider the following criteria carefully:
- scientific merit
- application to conservation science, management, policy and education
- clarity of presentation (e.g. abstract begins with a clear statement of an issue and ends with a substantive conclusion)
Author registration
In order to be included in
the program of the 2010 ICCB all presenters of accepted presentations must be
registered and paid in full by the early deadline of 6 April 2010. Authors
failing to comply with this rule will not be included in the Congress
program.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral
presentations will be grouped by topic and limited to fifteen (15) minutes:
twelve (12) minutes for presentation and three (3) minutes for questions. Please
choose from the list of general topic areas below this will assist us in
selecting an appropriate session for your presentation. If your abstract
is accepted but cannot be accommodated as an oral presentation, you may be
offered the opportunity to present a poster. All oral presentation rooms
will be equipped with a computer and a data projector. Detailed information and
instructions on presentations at the meeting will be available to presenters
several months before the meeting.
SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS
All
individual symposium speakers need to submit an abstract following the
instructions of the oral presentation format. A tracking number will be provided
to all symposium organizers. If you do not have this number, please contact the
organizer of your symposium. Do not submit an abstract for an invited symposium
presentation without this number. It is the responsibility of the symposium
organizer to make sure that all speakers register within the deadline and
according to the instructions provided.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Poster presenters will receive general instructions on poster format in the email notification of acceptance. Advice on designing conservation science posters is available at http://www.conbio.org/studentaffairs/posters . Posters will be displayed prominently and for the entire meeting; special sessions dedicated to posters will allow in-depth discussion between authors and attendees.
SPEED PRESENTATIONS
If your paper
topic would be of interest to a wide range of people and you would like your
presentation to lead to an extended conversation with colleagues who are
specifically interested in your work, you may wish to submit an abstract for a
speed presentation. In the first hour of a speed presentation session, 15
speakers will be given four (4) minutes each to present their key ideas and
results. In the second hour, presenters will station themselves at separate
tables where they can interact with people who are interested in learning more
about their work.
The 4-minute time limit will be strictly observed. You
will be given warnings when you have 30 seconds and 10 seconds left. Some
presenters ask a question as a starter for the discussion hour to their audience
i.e. "my question to you is … ". If you like this idea, please do ask a
question, however it is not a requirement of the format of the speed
presentation.
To participate in the speed presentations, simply submit an
abstract according to the standard guidelines and indicate that you would like
your abstract to be considered for a speed presentation. If your abstract is
accepted for a speed presentation, you will be notified by the Steering
Committee and asked to prepare a four-minute presentation instead of a
traditional (15-minute) presentation. If your abstract is not accepted for a
speed presentation, it still will be considered for a traditional oral
presentation or poster.
STUDENT AWARD CANDIDATES
The
SCB Oral Presentation Student Award is managed by the SCB Education and Student
Affairs Committee. For all questions about the SCB Student Award, please
contact: studen...@conbio.org
Student award candidates (restricted to
15-minute oral presentations, no posters, no speed presentations) must submit
two (2) abstracts.
BOTH abstracts should be submitted online by 20 January
2010 and formatted according to the instructions provided. Both abstracts should
be of the same study and share the same title and authors.
The extended
abstract should have a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 800 words. Word
limits apply only for the abstract body and do not include: title, figures and
all other requested information on authors. The extended abstract must include a
maximum of three (3) figures or tables total i.e. not three figures and three
tables.
Abstracts that are not submitted according to these guidelines (and
below) will not be accepted. In recent years, the rejection rate has been
approximately 85%. Many abstracts have been rejected simply because these
instructions were not followed.
Your extended abstract submission should
include:
- Presentation title (regular abstract)
- Abstract body (between 500-800 words, extended abstract)
- Authors of abstract (regular abstract authors)
- Maximum of three (3) figures or tables
- Roles of each author if you have two or more authors on the abstract you are submitting
- The student must be the primary author and must submit the abstract under that name. In other words, please make certain that the name of the student applying for the award and the name of the primary author are identical.
- Degree pursued or date of defense, for those who already
have received a Ph.D.
Current students and students with a graduation date of July 11 2009 or later are eligible to apply.
Criteria of finalists’ selection
Review of abstracts for selection of finalists
1. The regular abstract will go through the overall meeting review process. Abstracts will be selected according to the same criteria as non-SCB Student Award candidates.
2. The extended abstract will go through a review process
reserved to SCB Oral Presentation Award Candidates with selected
reviewers.
The criteria of selection of this panel are:
- relevance to conservation
- scientific merit
- presentation
The Student Awards Subcommittee selects 12 finalists to
present their oral papers at the ICCB. These presentations are judged on the
three (3) criteria listed above. Each judge attends all the presentations.
Monetary awards are provided to all finalists.
3. To be accepted as a
student finalist and present as a Student Award Finalist at the 2010 ICCB both
abstracts need to be accepted.
Criteria of selection of award winners during the special student session
- How scientifically rigorous is the research?
- How novel is the research?
- How creative is the approach?
- Does the study have explicit relevancy to conservation?
- How clearly presented is the study in the text of the abstract?
- Are the figures appropriate and informative?
MENTORING PROGRAM
To encourage
participation of members whose first language is not English, SCB’s Student
Affairs Committee offers a mentoring service for students who wish to submit
abstracts for oral or poster presentations.
If you wish to take advantage of
this mentoring program, simply submit an abstract according to the standard
guidelines; indicate that you are a student, that English is not your first
language, and that you would like your abstract to be mentored.
Instructions
will be sent to your email address after you submit your abstract online.
A
mentor will contact you and provide guidance on grammar and clarity of writing.
The mentor will also ensure that the abstract meets the technical criteria for
submission. Note that it is NOT the role of the mentor to
provide scientific guidance or to write the abstract.
The mentoring program
will be closed two weeks before the deadline to allow the mentors time to
suggest edits and for the submitter to be able to edit the abstract.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be submitted for oral, speed and
poster presentations and for papers of accepted symposia. Abstracts for
symposium presentations are by invitation only.
Please follow the
instructions carefully, including all requested information and formatting.
After you submit your abstract, you will receive a confirmation email. If you do
not receive an email, your abstract has not been received. It is your
responsibility to verify that ALL information submitted is complete and correct.
If you notice errors or omissions, please contact the Steering Committee at
[20...@conbio.org]. No changes will be made after the abstract submission
deadline and the abstract will be printed in the Congress program as submitted.
Early notification of acceptance will give you ample time to take advantage of
the early registration rate. Early registration (paid in full) is mandatory to
be included in the Congress program. Please include the following information in
your submission:
- Your preferred presentation format (traditional oral, speed, or poster presentation).
- Whether your presentation has been invited for a symposium. If no, check "Unassigned." If yes, check "Assigned" and enter the session tracking number provided to you by the symposium organizer. If you do not have this number, please contact the organizer of your symposium. Please help the meeting organizers by submitting your abstract for an invited symposium presentation with this number.
- Abstract title: List the title in CAPITAL LETTERS. Titles are limited to 150 characters
- Abstract: Abstracts may not exceed 1,500 characters (approximately 200 words). Begin with a clear statement of the topic or objectives, give brief methods and major results, and end with a substantial conclusion. Do not use vague statements such as "results will be discussed." It is the responsibility of the author to verify the information submitted and to correct any errors or omissions before the submission deadline.
- Student presentation: Indicate whether the presentation will be given by a student (regardless of whether the student is a candidate for a Student Award).
- Topic areas: Choose the topic areas pertaining to your abstract. Topics are listed below.
- Mentoring program: Indicate whether you would like to request assistance from the mentoring program for students, described above.
- Presentation format: If you wish your abstract to be considered for another presentation format if your preferred format cannot be accommodated, please indicate your second and third choices.
- Comments, if relevant e.g. please schedule after related presentation by Jones and Smith
- Student Award candidate: Check "yes" if relevant
- Student Poster Award: Check “yes” if relevant.
- Travel Reimbursement applications: Check “yes” if relevant
- Click on Continue
- NEXT STEPS for extended abstract and travel application
Abstracts should be submitted electronically. Web submission is the only format of submission. To submit your abstract, please click here and complete the form Thank you.
TOPIC AREAS
Disciplines:
Biogeography
Communications,
outreach and education
Community-driven conservation
Conservation
genetics
Conservation medicine
Restoration Ecology
Environmental or
ecological economics
Environmental anthropology
Environmental
geography
Environmental history
Environmental politics and
policy
Environmental sociology
Conservation psychology
Indigenous
knowledge and conservation
Landscape ecology
Population
dynamics
Scotobiology
Social
Science
Ecosystems
Freshwater
conservation
Conservation at the land-water interface
Urban area
conservation
Disturbance ecology
Grassland conservation
Rangeland
conservation
Marine conservation
Savanna conservation
Sustainable
agriculture
Wetland conservation
Forest
conservation
Issues
Alien and invasive
species
Climate change
Conservation in hotspots
Institutional and
organizational issues
Applied ethics and
values
Integrative/interdisciplinary approaches to
conservation
Methods
Adaptive management and
monitoring
Protected area planning and design
Conservation capacity
building
Conservation GIS
Conservation on private lands
Ecological
restoration and reconstruction
Ecosystem/conservation area
management
Inventory and monitoring
Land use planning for
conservation
Population viability analysis
Conservation
modeling
Recovery of endangered species
Risk assessment and
uncertainty
Scientists and managers: bridging the gap
Spatial Ecology and
Conservation
ABSTRACT EXAMPLE
Abstract title
LOCAL
PERSPECTIVES ON THE IMPACT OF IVORY HUNTING ON BIODIVERSITY
Abstract:
Traditionally hunting for ivory was
undertaken at a low scale due to the lack of demand among local cultures of the
Eastern Cape, South Africa. During the 1700s the arrival of modern fire-arm
technology and access to markets elsewhere in Africa and in Europe led to a
large increase in demand and hence hunting for ivory. A consequence of this was
that hunters also harvested antelope species for meat while draft oxen had
localized impacts on grass species composition. This combined with increased
ox-wagon traffic lead to accelerated erosion. We conclude that the demand for
ivory therefore impacted on other elements of biodiversity.
Student presentation:
Yes/No
Mentoring program: Yes/No
Topic
areas:
1. Spoof
abstract
2. Synecological
conservation
3. Mammal conservation
Alternate
presentation format:
1- Poster
2- Speed
3- I do not wish to
select another option
Comments:
Please schedule after
talk by C. Mollis
Authors (enter presenting author in
CAPS)
FAKU, JANE, Tandi Q. Myoli, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa ),
jane...@nmmu.ac.za
Student Award Candidate:
Yes/No
Extended student award candidate abstract
uploaded
Click here to start the abstract submission process.
