Timeline to the meeting

Wilson’s Bird of Paradise,
Batanta, West Papua
(Tim Laman)
Key dates
- 15 December 2009: Call for public symposia proposals closes
- (
15 Feb) 1 March: Abstracts for oral and poster submissions due - 15 March 2010: Earlybird (base price) registration closes; Last date for registration payment for a presentation to be included in meeting
- Early April 2010: Target period for notification of acceptance of presentations.
- 30 June 2010: Last internet registration (onsite registration only now)
- 12 July 2010: Pre-meeting workshops and fieldtrips
- 19 July 2010: Council meeting, arrivals, welcome mixer
- 20-23 July 2010: Main meeting
- 24 July 2010: Post-meeting workshops and fieldtrips
- 25 July-14 August: LIPI Kalimantan Trans-border Expedition
Related events
- January 2010
- March 2010
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- 10-12: 4th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium (GEOSS-AP4), Bali
- 23-25: 11th Student Conference on Conservation Science, University of Cambridge
- April 2010
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- 7-9: British Ecological Society Tropical Ecology Group meeting and workshop
- June 2010
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- 11-11 July: (World Cup)
- 13-18: 5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal, Montpellier, France.
- 25-29: Evolution 2010
- 29-30: iEvoBio (at Evolution 2010)
- July 2010
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- 3-7: Conservation Biology meeting
- 19-23: ATBC 2010 meeting in Indonesia
- 31-4 Aug: Botany 2010
- August 2010
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- 1-4:II International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield, The Campus of Amapa State University, UEA, Macapa State, Brazil
- 1-6: 95th ESA meeting
- 1-6: 9th International Mycological Congress, The Biology of Fungi, Edinburgh
- 15-25: The `Ant course,’ Danum Valley, Sabah
- 23-27: Flora Malesiana meeting in Singapore
- September 2010
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- 7-9: BES Annual Meeting
- 10: Tools and techniques for effective creation and exploitation of biodiversity knowledge
- October 2010
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- Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Nagoya, Japan.
- December 2010
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- 31st: The deadline for the CBD 2010 Biodiversity Targets.
Meeting schedule
See here for timing of verbal and poster presentations
- Monday, 19 July 2010
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- 0700-2100: Shuttlebuses from airport
- 0900-1700: ATBC Council meeting
- 0900-1300: ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter committee meeting
- 1300-2000: Registration
- 1700-2100: Welcome mixer on beach
- Tuesday, 20 July 2010
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- 0830-0900: Welcome speeches
- 0900-0930: Plenary
- 0930-1000: Formal opening: Vice president of Indonesia
- 1000-1030: Coffee
- 1030-1230: Symposium I (8 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1230-1330: Lunch
- 1330-1530: Symposium II (8 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1530-1730: Tea and Posters
- 1900-2100: Evening events
- Wednesday, 21 July 2010
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- 0830-0930: Plenary
- 0930-1000: Coffee
- 1000-1230: Symposium I (10 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1230-1330: Lunch
- 1330-1600: Symposium II (10 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1600-1630: Tea
- 1630-1730: Plenary
- 1900-2100: Evening events
- Thursday, 22 July 2010
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- 0830-0930: Plenary
- 0930-1000: Coffee
- 1000-1230: Symposium I (10 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1230-1330: Lunch
- 1330-1530: Symposium II (8 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1530-1730: Tea and Posters
- 1900-2100: Evening event
- Friday, 23 July 2010
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- 0830-0930: Plenary
- 0930-1000: Coffee
- 1000-1230: Symposium I (10 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1230-1330: Lunch
- 1330-1600: Symposium II (10 talks x 15 min x 6 parallel)
- 1600-1630: Tea
- 1630-1730: Plenary (presidential address)
- 1900-2100: Farewell banquet and Association announcements