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Information for Presenters

2012 abstracts are due June 15.

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Posters feature research and management results.
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The California Invasive Plant Council invites abstracts for contributed papers and posters for our 21st Annual Symposium in Sonoma County! Our 2012 theme is "Bay to Basin: Coordinating Response to Invasive Plants across California". Paper sessions will be Thursday, October 11, and Friday, October 12.

Contributed papers receive a 20-minute time slot (paper plus questions). A designated poster session will allow poster presenters to interact with attendees. Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to enter our Student Paper and Poster Contest.

Suggested topics include:

  • Invasive plant biology and ecology
  • Control techniques
  • Mapping and monitoring
  • Habitat restoration as part of invasive plant control
  • Early detection and rapid response
  • Outreach programs
  • Social issues or policy

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Three hundred people attend the Symposium each year.
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Presentations at the Cal-IPC Symposium are selected to provide a useful and diverse educational forum, without endorsing any particular organization's products or services. For oral presentations, we look for new findings on important topics, and do not allow promotion of products or services. Posters can describe particular products or services, but need to present useful new findings. Materials that primarily promote a product or service are appropriate at a sponsored exhibit.

To Submit an Abstract

  1. Read the Instructions for Presenters.
  2. Download the abstract form (Word).
  3. Send to Elizabeth Brusati (edbrusati@cal-ipc.org) by Friday, June 15, 2012, using the abstract form.
  4. If we receive more abstracts than we can accommodate in the paper sessions you may be asked to give a poster instead.
  5. The Society for Conservation Biology has tips on preparing conference abstracts and presentations.

More Information

  • Student Contest: Undergraduate and graduate students, or those who graduated within six months of the Symposium, are encouraged to enter the student contest. First place paper and poster receive a cash prize. See information in the Presenters' Instructions above.
  • Registration: All presenters should register by the early registration deadline. We offer discounts to students and Symposium volunteers. Registration will open in June. Go to registration page...
  • Proceedings: Proceedings instructions will be posted soon. The Symposium Proceedings are a valuable record of information presented at the Symposium and are especially useful for projects that will not be published in scientific journals. Previous years' Proceedings are available in the symposium archive.
  • Return to main symposium page.



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