10^th International Congress of Ecology to be held in 2009

The INTECOL Board are seeking offers to host the 10^th International Congress of Ecology. The International Congresses of Ecology are usually held every four years. The last congress was held in Seoul, South Korea in 2002 and the 9^th Congress will be held in Montreal, Canada in 2005.

The Board is seeking outline bids which should be sent by e-mail to the Secretary General, Professor Eun-Shik Kim ([email protected]) to arrive not later than December 14^th, 2004.

The outline bids should contain the following information:

(a) the proposed location and its convenience for international travel;

(b) the infrastructure to hold a conference for 1000 to 2000 participants, and in particular the ability to house plenary lectures, concurrent oral and poster sessions;

(c) the availability of hotel and hostel accommodation with approximate price ranges;

(d) any experience of organising previous large meetings;

(e) whether or not the proposal is supported by, or comes from, the appropriate national ecological society;

(f) the estimated cost per head for providing the conference venue, projection facilities, poster boards, printed conference programme, book of abstracts and any projected staffing costs based on 1500 participants;

(g) the potential for obtaining sponsorship to reduce costs;

(h) the proposed structure of the local organising committee;

(i) a proposed potential theme for the congress;

(j) any other information which may be useful to the Board in considering the bid.

The bids will be considered by the Board during early 2005 with a view to making a decision, possibly involving further discussions with bidders, in May 2005.