11th Annual Meeting of CARCNET
Friday October 27 to Sunday October 29, 2006.
Victoria, British Columbia
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FOR PLANNING PURPOSES PLEASE ADVISE US IF YOU INTEND TO ATTEND THE BANQUET NO LATER THAN THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 26
Note the revised times for the Banquet - 19:30 - 22:30 and updated poster list
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The 11th Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network / R�seau Canadien de Conservation des
Amphibiens et des Reptiles will be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Friday October 27 - Sunday October 29, 2006.
The program will consist mainly of contributed 15-minute talks on Saturday and Sunday, 28-29 October but two invited keynote speakers will also be featured:
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Dr. Richard Griffiths, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of
Kent, UK � Captive Breeding of Amphibians: Conservation or Cosmetic Surgery?
Dr. Tony Russell, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary � The Way
of a Gecko on a Rock: Why the Animal�s Real Environment Matters
There will be a combined opening reception and poster session on the evening of Friday,
27 October, with assorted hors d�oeuvres and no-host bar. The meeting banquet (buffet,
plus no-host bar) will be on the evening of Saturday, 28 October, followed by the
traditional herpetological quiz. Both reception and banquet will be held at the Harbour
Towers Hotel. Tan-coloured T-shirts with the meeting logo will be available for sale at the registration
desk. The Royal British Columbia Museum, just a few blocks from the Harbour Towers,
will offer meeting attendees a 10% discount on purchase of �Amphibians and Reptiles of
British Columbia� by Matsuda et al., upon presentation of a meeting badge. Finally,
although no conference field trips are planned, we will be pleased to offer whatever help
and information we can for those planning their own sightseeing trips while in the
Victoria area (see also www.tourismvictoria.com).
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Dr. Patrick T. Gregory
Department of Biology
University of Victoria
PO Box 3020
Victoria, BC
Canada, V8W 3N5
Phone: (250) 721 7103
Fax: (250) 721 7120
E-mail: [email protected]
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Call for papers
- Advance registration deadline: 15 September 2006
- Deadline for abstracts : 15 September 2006.
- Abstracts submission: Submit Abstract
or for Information about submitting abstracts contact: [email protected]
Pre-registration (late registration) fees, in Canadian dollars, are as follows:
- Regular (i.e. non-student) members - $70 ($85)
- Regular non-members - $95 ($110)
- Student members - $55 ($70)
- Student non-members - $75 ($90)
- Cost for banquet, 28 Oct. - $35
Registration will begin in the late afternoon on Friday, 27 October, and the registration desk will remain open through the duration of the conference. Full registration/abstract submission/accommodation and other information will be posted on the CARCNET website when finalized.
Tan-coloured t-shirts adorned with the conference logo will be available for sale at the CARCNET meeting for $10-12 each. To help us determine how many t-shirts to order, please indicate whether you want one (or more), along with size(s), on your registration form.
Accommodations: Conference Hotel
Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites
345 Quebec Street,
Victoria BC V8V 1W4 Canada
PH: 250-385-2405 Toll Free: 1-800-663-5896
FAX: 250-385-4453
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.harbourtowers.com/index2.htm
The Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites offers excellent facilities for the CARCNET conference. It is a block away from Victoria's inner harbour and close to downtown. The hotel also is offering favourable room rates for this meeting, as follows (all rates in Canadian dollars, plus 10% Provincial Room Tax and 6% Federal GST):
- $79.00 - Standard Room (Residential View)
- $89.00 - Standard Room (View - Mountain & Ocean or Inner Harbour)
- $99.00 - One Bedroom Suite
- $119.00 - Two Bedroom Suite
- $299.00 - Penthouse Suite
To obtain these group rates, reservations must be made no later than thirty (30) days prior to 27 Oct. The hotel will continue to accept reservations after this date on a space-and-rate-availability basis only. Conference attendees are expected to make their own reservations and must quote the CARCNET Conference in order to obtain the group rate; a valid credit card number will be required to guarantee reservation. Reservations can be made by telephone (1-800-663-5896 or 1-250-385-2405) or via the internet.
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Alternative Accommodation
For links to other Vancouver Island hotels, please see www.bctravel.com/hotels.html
Airport Shuttle
For information about transportation between Victoria and the Victoria
airport, please contact AKAL Airport Shuttle
(www.victoriaairportshuttle.com)
City of Victoria - www.city.victoria.bc.ca/
For General Information about Annual
Meetings:
Follow this link for general information About Annual Meetings.
If
you would like more information on the annual meetings and are not on the CARCNET
mailing list, please send your name, address, e-mail, fax, and telephone number
to:
David Cunnington
414-288 8th Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V5T 4S8
E-mail: David.Cunnington(at)ec.gc.ca
When emailing, please replace the expression "(at)" with @
TEL: (604) 940-4687
Annual Meetings are usually held at the end of September
or the beginning of October. We try to alternate each year between eastern and
western Canada. Each year students are eligible for the best poster or best presentation awards.
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Past Annual Meetings
Follow this link to view to our Past Annual Meetings
summaries, abstracts and photos.
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