The organizing committee of the first Mediterranean Conference of Zoology, to be held in Egypt from 19 th to 26 th of November 2013, is pleased to announce that this scientific event will take place in the floating hotel of one of the luxurious Nile cruises as it travels from the Thebes, Luxor to Aswan. The topics of the conference include: Climate change and Mediterranean Fauna; Biodiversity in Limnic Ecosystems; Fauna of Economical Value: Vulnerability to Stress and Pathology; Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 5th MEETING OF NEOTROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA (V ELEN) will be held at the “Horco Molle university residence” (Tucumán, Argentina) from November 16 to the 20th, 2015. The residence belongs to the National University of Tucuman, and it is located 15 km from San Miguel de Tucuman city. It has rooms for three and four people, with a total capacity for 150 people and it is surrounded by the beautiful Yungas (cloudforest), one of the most diverse forests on the world. There are other places for the participants to stay (contact details will be provided soon). ... [Information of the supplier]
Nach der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg und der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ist im Jahre 2013 die Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg der Ausrichter der Sammlungstagung der deutschsprachigen Universitätssammlungen. Die Vorgängertagungen wurden viel beachtet und haben viel bewirkt. Die Umsetzungspraxis der Empfehlung des Wissenschaftsrates zu „Wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen als Forschungsinfrastrukturen“ wurde vorangebracht und neue Forschungen und Förderungsmöglichkeiten initiiert. Eine sehr aktive Koordinierungsstelle für wissenschaftliche Universitätssammlungen in Deutschland ist eingerichtet worden. Die Gesellschaft für Universitätssammlungen wurde gegründet und ein Netzwerk für Universitätsmuseen und –sammlungen etabliert, das auch eine offene Mailing-Liste betreut. Ziel der kommenden Arbeitstagung ist es nun, in vier sammlungsrelevanten Bereichen konkrete Vorgaben auszuarbeiten. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The 36th General Meeting of CETAF that will take place in Vienna, Austria, on the 14th-15th October 2014 at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. This meeting will constitute an ordinary General Meeting of the CETAF AISBL. CETAF 36 will focus on the finalisation of CETAF strategy and strategic development plan, and discussion of the role of CETAF in European Cultural Heritage initiatives and common European infrastructures. In this context, the new work plan of the General Secretariat has been drawn up, following the recent developments in the Consortium, to support and underpin the global CETAF strategy that is to be presented during CETAF 36. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Florida Museum of Natural History and partners are honored to host the 30th Annual SPNHC General Meeting. The meetings will be a week long and are scheduled for May 17, 2015 to May 23, 2015. Traditional symposia, general sessions, tradeshow, demo camps and workshops are currently being planned. These will be held at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center across from the UF campus and the Florida Museum of Natural History. In addition to the above conference events, we will have various fieldtrips, a plenary session and social events culminating in the 30th Annual SPNHC gala. The overall theme of the conference will be Making Natural History Collections Accessible through New and Innovative Approaches and Partnerships, which we hope will be an opportunity to link the collections at the heart of our institutions to the demands and uses these collections are addressing in the 21st century. ... [Information of the supplier]
Gemeinsam mit der Gesellschaft für Universitätssammlungen e.V. werden die TU Bergakademie Freiberg und die TU Dresden die 7. Sammlungstagung der Universitätssammlungen ausrichten. Der Nutzen historischer Sammlungen als Datengrundlage für aktuelle wissenschaftliche Fragestellungen wird ein Schwerpunkt der Tagung sein. Ebenso werden praktische Fragen des Erhalts, der Erschließung, Deponierung und Präsentation von Sammlungen thematisiert. Traditionell stehen Sammlungsbesuche vor Ort auf dem Programm, um sich an konkreten Beispielen über Probleme der Universitätssammlungen und Lösungsansätze auszutauschen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin are glad to welcome you to the 2016 SPNHC conference, held from June 20 through 25, 2016, in Berlin, Germany. Under the heading “Green Museum – How to practice what we preach?” this 4th meeting of the society evaluates green thinking in collections, museums and botanical gardens. In a world of climate change and ever decreasing biodiversity, sustainability should be the criterion that ideally determines all planning and decisions, ranging from field work to construction projects, from ethical aspects to cost-benefit analyses. In practice this often is compromised by constraints beyond the control of the institution, be it monetary, legal or other. The conference will offer a forum to discuss possible ways of reconciling the seemingly opposing requirements. We welcome your contributions to this or other topics and look forward to hosting you in 2016. ... [Information of the supplier]
The theme of the meeting is “The Next Generation in Best Practices.” This broad theme is intended to reflect the core aim of SPNHC to codify and disseminate best practices for the development, management, and care of natural history collections and their associated data. A number of workshop opportunities will be featured on June 18 and 19. Those currently in development include care of historic mammalian taxidermy, disaster preparedness, natural history biodiversity informatics, and a directors’ summit on digital data. A variety of interesting and engaging speakers are being lined up for the plenary session on June 20. The goal for the technical sessions on June 21 and 22 is to highlight best practices, new solutions, and the use of technology as it relates to the session themes. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 1st Joint Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) also known as the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, will take place from August 25th to September 2nd 2018 in Dunedin, New Zealand. The theme of the conference is: Collections and Data in an Uncertain World. The destructive forces of nature were never more evident than with the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami in Japan or the earthquakes that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011. The damage to museums and collections, and data loss were staggering. As reconstruction is now well underway, what have we learned from these catastrophes and how can we mitigate damage to our "libraries of life" in the future? ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Since the Field Museum last hosted the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) Annual Meeting in 1990, the value and relevance of natural history collections has become considerably clearer. We recognize that SPNHC has become an influential voice on behalf of the specimens and objects that document the history of life on our planet. Our theme for 2019 will be Making the Case for Natural History Collections. We hope to encourage a more outward facing concept that engages the public and explains what we do and why it has importance in local and global communities. ... [Information of the supplier]
