<div dir="ltr">Hi Folks,<div><br></div><div>FYI. Looks like an interesting meeting. I am planning to attend.</div><div><br></div><div>jess</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jess K. Zimmerman<br>Professor</div><div>Lead PI, Luquillo LTER Program<br>Department Environmental Sciences<br>University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras<br>Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico</div><div><br></div><div>Tel: 787-764-0000 ext. 1-XXXX-# where XXXX is:<br> LTER Program Office: 88233<br> El Verde Field Station: 80903<br></div><div></div><div>Mobile: 787-380-3311</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Island Biology</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:islandbiology2016@gmail.com">islandbiology2016@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 3:53 PM<br>Subject: Island Biology 2016<br>To: <br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);margin:0px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);margin:0px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear,</font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);margin:0px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span lang="en-US" style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:11pt">We are approaching the deadline (15</span><font size="-1" style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><sup>th</sup></span></font><span lang="en-US"><font color="#282828"><span style="font-size:11pt"> March 2016) for </span></font><font color="#282828"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">subbmitting</span></font><font color="#282828"><span style="font-size:11pt"> the abstracts and finalize de registration in the Island Biology 2016 Conference.</span></font></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">Some important information:</span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">1)</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">Your registration will be </span></span></font><span style="font-size:14.6667px">finalized, </span><span style="font-size:11pt">only, when the payment is made and the Abstract is submitted. In case of not presenting a Talk or a Poster, only the general registration with payment is needed.</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">2)</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">Payment with VISA is not yet available but we are working on this important alternative that we hope can be available later this month.</span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">3)</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">Concerning accommodation, the prices in the webpage are only possible if you book the Hotels contacting the Travel Agency of the </span></span></font><span style="font-size:14.6667px;text-indent:0px">Conference</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">. If you book directly with your Travel Agency we cannot guarantee those prices. It is important to contact the </span></span></font><span style="font-size:14.6667px;text-indent:0px">Conference</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"> Official Travel Agency and book the rooms before the end of March.</span></span></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"> </span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt">Maria João Manaças – <a href="mailto:mjmanacas@angratravel.pt" target="_blank">mjmanacas@angratravel.pt</a> or </span></font><span style="font-size:11pt">Marco Peixoto -</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><a href="mailto:mpeixoto@angratravel.pt" style="font-size:11pt" target="_blank">mpeixoto@angratravel.pt</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">4)</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">Accommodation in the Students University Residency is at low price and restricted to Master, Ph.D and Post-Docs. To reserve a room that has to be shared, please send a message to the Organization at “Contacts” section of the Website.</span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">5)</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">The Pre-</span></span></font><span style="font-size:14.6667px;text-indent:0px">Conference</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"> and Post-</span></span></font><span style="font-size:14.6667px;text-indent:0px">Conference</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"> trips are already available on the webpage with the program and prices. Book directly with the Travel Agency.</span></span></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">6)</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">The Workshop on Digitized Natural History Collections is looking are including a section for student speakers – and have put a call out for relevant abstracts. iDigBio will help several students with their registration costs if they participate in the workshop - Abstracts are due by Feb 28.</span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US"><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/call-student-abstracts-idigbio-workshop-island-biology-2016" target="_blank">https://www.idigbio.org/content/call-student-abstracts-idigbio-workshop-island-biology-2016</a></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span lang="en-US">The submission form is here: </span><span lang="en-US"><a href="http://goo.gl/forms/vZWG1t34sw" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/forms/vZWG1t34sw</a>.</span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt">Cheers,</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><pre dir="ltr" style="font-family:inherit;border:none;padding:0px 0.14em 0px 0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;overflow:hidden;width:237.5px;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(33,33,33);min-height:36px;line-height:36px!important"><span lang="en"><b><font size="2">Island Biology 2016 Secretariat,</font><font size="1"> </font></b></span></pre><pre dir="ltr" style="font-family:inherit;border:none;padding:0px 0.14em 0px 0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;overflow:hidden;width:237.5px;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(33,33,33);min-height:36px;line-height:36px!important"><br></pre>
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