[PCA] Call for Abstracts, Special Sessions and Affiliated Meetings for the 2016 Gene Conservation of Trees Workshop

[Murphy Westwood]

Call for Abstracts

Deadline: December 1, 2015



*Invitation to Submit Abstracts*



You are invited to submit presentation abstracts
<http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/abstract-template-final.pdf>
and proposals
for affiliated meetings or special sessions
<http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/affiliated-form-2016-gene-conservation-workshop.pdf>
for
the Gene Conservation of Tree Species workshop to be held at the Holiday
Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL, May 16 - 19, 2016.



All poster and oral presentation abstracts are due by December 1, 2015 and
should be submitted electronically following guidelines on the workshop
website* (**http://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/gene-conservation-workshop*
<http://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/gene-conservation-workshop>*).*



We encourage you to submit abstracts related to the following workshop
topics, although submissions dealing with any aspect of the conservation of
trees are also welcome.

·         In- Situ Conservation

·         Ex-Situ Conservation

o   Designing seed collections

o   Establishing and managing gene banks

o   Role of urban forests, arboreta and botanic gardens in tree genetic
conservation

o   Maintenance of sample health ex situ

·         Identification of ecosystems/species to be conserved

o   Threats and risk assessments

·         Restoration of species/ecosystems of conservation concern

o   Assessing long term Impacts of tree conservation projects

·         Tools and techniques for Tree Genetic Conservation

o   Databasing and managing information for germplasm (genetic conservation)



*Proceedings *

Presentation manuscripts will be reviewed, edited and published online as
proceedings, and possibly in a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal.
Authors who submit manuscripts should expect to provide reviews of
colleague’s contributions. *Manuscripts must be received before May 31,
2016.*



*Key Dates*

·         Abstracts due by December 1, 2015

·         Early registration cutoff date is December 31, 2015

·         Paper acceptance notice on or around February 15, 2016



Please pass this information on to others.



*Murphy Westwood, PhD*
Tree Conservation Specialist at The Morton Arboretum
<http://www.mortonarb.org/> &
Global Tree Conservation Officer for Botanic Gardens Conservation
International <http://www.bgci.org/>
Webpage: www.mortonarb.org/murphy-westwood-tree-conservation-specialist

T 630-719-7965  |  mwestwood at mortonarb.org  |  @MurphyWestwood
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