INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONSERVATION
CONGRESS (20-24 May 2009)
CALL FOR PAPERS
SCOPE:
The Marine Section of
the Society for Conservation Biology will be hosting its first stand-alone
meeting, the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC), from 20-24 May
2009 at
IMCC encourages authors to submit papers that apply to the
major themes and tracks below, describing original work, including methods,
techniques, applications, tools, issues, reporting research results and/or
indicating future directions.
Major themes that will
be addressed include:
·
Global
Climate Change,
·
the
Land-Sea Interface,
·
Ecosystem-based
·
Poverty
and Globalization
Cross-cutting issues encompass topics of global relevance
and importance to marine conservation that relate to the major themes.
Cross cutting issues include:
We anticipate that cross-cut issues will result in proposals
on a variety of sub-topics.
Potential topics include but are not limited to: networks and system development, MPA and
MPA network monitoring and evaluation, high seas impacts, ocean resource use
and planning, international instruments and trans-boundary relations,
human/animal impacts, ecological impacts of ocean acidification, technology,
stakeholder involvement, indigenous issues, improving public ocean knowledge,
incorporating traditional and local knowledge into decision making, and valuing
marine ecosystem services.
In an attempt to tackle the most pressing issues
currently facing marine conservation, IMCC will host exciting plenary talks and
solicit creative submissions for interactive symposia and workshops. The
conservation community will be challenged to go beyond the typical communication
of data and propose symposia and/or workshops where talks will be followed by
lively, participatory discussions to address a controversial topic or develop
innovative solutions to a current conservation challenge. Individuals are limited to presenting
only one symposium, workshop, oral, speed, or poster presentation. If your name
appears on more than one abstract, make sure you are listed as the presenter
for only one of them.
SYMPOSIA ORGANIZERS will be encouraged to invite a select group of speakers and to
devise creative ways to facilitate discussion both within invited group and the
audience.
WORKSHOPS will be held to bring together
people with diverse expertise with the goal of developing a list of
recommendations, outlining a publication, co-writing a policy briefing or white
paper on a specific topic. Workshops can be held for up to 4 consecutive days.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS will be limited to
POSTER
PRESENTATIONS
Poster presenters will receive general instructions on poster format in the
email notification of acceptance. 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.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Dr. Daniel
Pauly, Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee, Dr. Rod Fujita, Dorothy Childers and Alexandra
Cousteau.
Dr. Callum
Roberts will be giving the Dr. Ransom A. Myers Memorial Lecture at the evening
banquet on May 24th.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Please go to www.conbio.org/IMCC
IMPORTANT DATES
1
April -
1
August -
1
September -
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
We
encourage proposals from individuals or groups involved in cutting edge
conservation science or practice who can demonstrate an alignment with the
goals of the Society for Conservation Biology and the SCB Marine Section, which
are:
Individuals
may submit more than one proposal; however, no individual may give more than one
presentation in the following categories: symposium, workshop, oral
presentation, speed presentation, or poster.
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:
TRAVEL GRANTS
To
encourage international and student participation, we will offer the
opportunity to apply for grants to offset travel and other expenses. Please monitor the website for further
information.
MENTORING PROGRAM
To encourage
participation of members whose first language is not English, we will offer a
mentoring service for participants who wish to submit abstracts for oral, speed
or poster presentations.
If you want to take advantage of this mentoring program, simply submit an
abstract according to the standard guidelines; indicate 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 also will 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Please email IMCCprogram@conbio.org
Sincerely,
Sarah Wilson
IMCC Communciations Committee
Sarah Wilson
Ocean Institute
Manager, Cooperation in Research and
Education
(949) 496-2274 ext. 337
and
Web Coordinator
Thank You Ocean Campaign
National Marine Sanctuaries Foundation
sarahw-thankyouocean@hotmail.com
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