[APWG] CONFERENCe: Call for Abstracts: Minn-Wisc Invasive Species Conference Nov 8-10, 2010 (fwd)

[Olivia Kwong]

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MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN INVASIVE SPECIES CONFERENCE 2010 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUGUST 18, 2010

MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN INVASIVE SPECIES CONFERENCE 2010:
Working Together to Control Invasive Species http://www.minnesotaswcs.org/
November 8-10, 2010; St. Paul, Minnesota

Those wishing to make an oral presentation or display a poster must e-mail
the title and abstract to laura.vanriper at state.mn.us no later than August
18, 2010.  Details below.

The first collaborative Minnesota-Wisconsin conference on invasive species
will be held for the purpose of exchanging information on invasive species
topics. This is an all-taxa conference covering invasive aquatic and
terrestrial plants, animals, pests, and pathogens. The focus is to
strengthen awareness of invasive species issues, prevention, and
management. Expected audiences include researchers, land managers, natural
resource professionals, university personnel, landscapers, nursery,
agricultural or forestry employees, environmental specialists, lake
association members, and agency and non-governmental organizations.

The hosting organizations are the Minnesota Invasive Species Council
(www.mda.state.mn.us/misac/), the Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin
(www.ipaw.org), the Midwest Invasive Plant Network (www.mipn.org), and the
Soil and Water Conservation Society - Minnesota Chapter
(www.minnesotaswcs.org).

The hosts are announcing a CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for this invasive species
conference.
You are invited to share your projects or research as oral presentations or
posters.

Presenters may be affiliated with universities, municipal, state or federal
agencies, tribes, local governmental units, non-governmental organizations,
industry, or other organizations involved with management and protection of
natural resources. The conference will include concurrent sessions with
topics on both aquatic and terrestrial invasive species. Sessions will be
organized under five themes: 1) Invasive species; 2) prevention,
containment, and preparedness; 3) early detection and rapid response; 4)
control and management; and 5) restoration. Please review the themes and
consider where your presentation would be most relevant when submitting an
abstract. If you don't feel your presentation fits into one of these
categories, we still welcome your submission.

1. Invasive Species Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Distribution Biology,
Ecology, Impacts and Distribution of Invasive Species (terrestrial and
aquatic animals, plants, and pathogens).

2. Invasive Species Prevention, Containment, and Preparedness Pest Risk
Assessment (process, results, use), Outreach and Education (methods,
effectiveness, examples), Regulation (efforts, types, successes),
Technology (examples, evaluation, use); Containment of Established Invasive
Species (methods, effectiveness, examples); Proactive Industry and Agency
Procedures (applications of HACCP); Proactive Land Management Practices
(forest, prairie, or managed landscape examples, Emerald Ash Borer
preparedness, silvicultural research).

3. Invasive Species Early Detection and Rapid Response Early Detection
Survey (design, results, modeling, outreach), Response Planning (plans,
exercises, lessons learned), Responses (examples), Eradication (examples).

4. Invasive Species Control and Management Integrated Pest Management
(research, outreach, successes), Biocontrol (research, releases, results),
Management Tactics: chemical and non-chemical (forest, prairie, aquatic, or
managed landscape examples), Cooperative control efforts (Cooperative Weed
Management Areas).

5. Post-Invasion Restoration
Vegetation Replacement (need, funding opportunities, policy), Monitoring
(design, plans, successes), Limitations (examples, research).

Presentations should be relevant in some way to the
Minnesota-Wisconsin-Midwest region. Members of the program committee will
review abstracts. Acceptance will be based on relevance to the conference's
session topics and the receipt of the abstract by the deadline. The number
of oral presentations may be limited and some submissions may be requested
as poster presentations instead.

Guidelines
Abstracts may be submitted for oral presentations, posters, topical
seminars or as case studies. Abstracts for both papers and posters should
not exceed 250 words. Abstracts should be typed in 12-point Arial font, no
indents or tabs, with a one inch margin. We will not retype or make
typographical corrections on submitted abstracts, so please submit the
abstracts ready for publication following the guidelines below.

1. Title: Submit the title exactly as you would like it to be in the
program (maximum 12 words, bold). Leave one line blank after the title and
list all authors, including affiliation. If there are multiple authors,
please place an asterisk (*) after the name of the presenter of the paper
or poster. Full contact information (affiliation, address, phone number,
email address in this order) should be included for the author who will be
presenting.

2. Body of abstract: Leave a blank line after the authors' names and
affiliations and begin with the text. Type the text single-spaced,
justifying only the left margin.
The abstract should be written as a single paragraph and provide a brief
description of the project, methods, results and conclusions as appropriate
to the topic.

3. Names of organism: All organisms must be listed first by their common
name with scientific names in parenthesis. Subsequent references to the
organism may be by common name.

4. Names and application rates of pesticides: When referring to pesticides,
initial reference should be to their common names (e.g., in Herbicide
Handbook, Weed Science Society of America). Trade names can be used
subsequently. Rates and units of measurement should be clear.

5. Numbers and units: Use either English or metric units, but do not mix
them.

Guidelines for Presentations

Oral presentations will be 20 or 30 minutes in length depending upon the
number of abstracts accepted. Authors will be notified of the desired
length of their presentation.

All oral presentations will use LCD projectors. Neither slide projectors
nor overhead projectors will be available. All presentations must be in
PowerPoint (any version).

The presentation must be saved as a PowerPoint show file. Presenters must
submit their presentation files and audio clips at the time of conference
check-in. This will allow the session chairs to load the files onto their
laptop computers prior to the sessions to ensure that the files will run
properly before your session.

Presentation files will be deleted from all computers immediately after the
meeting and will not be shared without author permission.

Posters may not exceed a maximum size of 48 x 48 inches.

Authors are strongly encouraged to discuss and interpret how their work
benefits invasive species management at local, state, or regional levels.

Questions: Contact Laura Van Riper at 651-259-5090 or
laura.vanriper at state.mn.us.

Example abstract submission:
Presentation
Invasive Species Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Distribution Population
Biology of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in Minnesota Forests Laura
Van Riper*, MN Department of Natural Resources 100 Main Street St. Paul MN
55555 651-259-5090 laura.vanriper at state.mn.us Roger Becker, University of
Minnesota - Twin Cities

Garlic mustard, a biennial forb native to Europe, has invaded native
ecosystems in forested regions in the United States. In anticipation of a
biological control program being implemented in the United States for this
plant, a garlic mustard monitoring program was initiated..... (limit 250
words)