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Please contact us if have an event which you wish to promote. If we feel it is appropriate to the Association then it will be listed here. Send details to Dr. James Cotton, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Sulston Building, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
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If you would like to organise your own conference, with Systematics Association funding, you need to complete a Conference Proposal form and submit it to Dr. James Cotton, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Sulston Building, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Events for 2009
| Date | Event | Contact |
| 12 - 30 January 2009 | Workshop on Molecular Evolution
Český Krumlov, Czech Republic Further details |
Course Co-Directors Michael P. Cummings and Scott A. Handley |
| 15-19 March 2009 | Evolution 150
Cuenca, Spain Further details |
Primary contact: Peter Holland |
| 16 April 2009 | Biodiversity in a Changing World
6:00pm, Linnean Society, London Speaker: Professor John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser Further details To register contact: |
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| 3-4 July, 2009 | Niche Evolution
Zurich, Switzerland Further details |
Primary contact: Dr Alexandre Antonelli |
| 8 July 2009 | The Sir Julian Huxley Lecture
Speaker: Mike Sanderson, Phylogenetics, Plant Systematics, and Computational Biology, University of Arizona Title: Phylogenetic Analysis of Clade Diversification: Is Robust Inference Possible? Starts: 6pm Linnean Society Further details |
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| 10-14 August 2009 | 7th Biennial Meeting
National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden and National Museum of Natural History, Leiden Further details |
Primary contact: Peter Hovenkamp |
| 14-17 September 2009 | Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution (SAGE)
Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Further details |
Primary contact: Lukas Ruber |
| 16 September 2009 | Darwin and Wallace: the true story
Dr John van Wyhe Special Guest Lecture Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution (SAGE) Windsor Building Auditorium, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Further details |
Request a free ticket: (limited) |
| 12-16 October 2009 | Plant conservation for the next decade: a celebration of Kew's 250th anniversary
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Further details |
To register contact: |
| 16 October 2009 | 'Taxonomy, Systematics and Conservation Biology'
Professor Lord Robert May of Oxford, past President of the Royal Society Further details |
Free admission but booking is essential |
| 23 October 2009 | 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind: our lives depend on the hidden kingdom - Fungi'
Professor Lynne Boddy, President of the British Mycological Society Further details |
Free admission but booking is essential |
| 30 October 2009 | 'Control of Illegal Use of Endangered Species and Incorrectly Identified Species'
Professor Monique Simmonds, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Further details |
Free admission but booking is essential |
| 6 November 2009 | 'Botany, palynology, and mycology: powerful weapons in the forensic armoury'
Patricia Wiltshire, Forensic Ecologist Further details |
Free admission but booking is essential |
| 13 November | 'Taxonomy, Natural History and the Digital World'
Dr Malcolm J. Scoble, Keeper of Entomology, Natural History Museum Further details |
Free admission but booking is essential |
| 20 November 2009 | Panel Presentation and Discussion: 'Inspiring New Naturalists and Taxonomists'
Working with Children: Gail Bromley, Education Development Manager, RBG, Kew Higher Education: David Streeter, Reader in Ecology, University of Sussex Professional Taxonomy: Dr Mike Fay, Head of Genetics, Jodrell Laboratory, RBG, Kew Further details |
Free admission but booking is essential |
| 2 December 2009 | 11th Young Systematists' Forum,
Flett Lecture Theatre, The Natural History Museum, London, UK Further details |
David Bass |
| 9 December 2009 | Annual General Meeting
The Linnean Society, Burlington House, London, UK |
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| 9 December 2009 | The President's Talk
Professor Richard Bateman, RBG Kew Gradualism: Darwin's greatest mistake? The Linnean Society, Burlington House, London, UK |
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