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第五届世界植物化感作用大会召开的时间和地点确定.
第五届世界植物化感作用大会将于2008年在美国举行,现在大会召开的时间和地点已经确定.
孔垂华博士应邀作为a
member of the scientific program committee for the 5th
International Allelopathy Congress.现正在征集大会主题和分论坛.
有相关建议的中国同行请在近期与孔垂华博士联系(kongch@iae.ac.cn).
5th World Congress on Allelopathy
September 21- 25, 2008
Saratoga Hotel and Conference Center
Saratoga Springs, New York
We encourage all of you to begin planning for the next
allelopathy congress in 2008. Attending will allow you
to catch up on all that has happened in our field since
our last very successful congress in Wagga Wagga,
Australia.
Venue and Social Program
Leslie Weston and Prasanta Bhowmik traveled to Saratoga
Springs in late October 2005 to visit and tour
facilities associated with the Hotel Saratoga in
downtown Saratoga Springs, NY. We found the host hotel
to be attractive and undergoing renovation. Meeting
facilities are plentiful, and the hotel is within easy
walking access of shopping, restaurants and points of
interest. The hotel has a full service restaurant and
catering service, but many luncheons and dinners will be
included in the registration fee for meeting
participants. Hotel rooms at the Hotel Saratoga are
spacious and can be reserved as single or double
accommodations. Room rates will not be more than 150.00
US dollars in 2008. Other hotels are also located within
walking distance, but we will be encouraging all
participants to stay at the host hotel, for convenience
and to help IAS meet its room quota. The town of
Saratoga Springs has considerable historical charm, with
shopping, art galleries, museums, state parks, spas,
lakes and hiking within a few kilometers of town or in
the town center. Since the meeting will be held during
the 3rd week in September in 2008, from
Sunday through Thursday, we are expecting the weather to
be generally sunny and warm (ca. 20-24 C) during the
day, with low humidity.
We are planning an
optional half day of field trips with expeditions to
Lake George and the Adirondack Mountains to observe
plant, wildlife and bird ecology, as well as a tour of
the Adirondack preserve and study of invasive species
establishment in the protected parklands. One can
observe native forest species as well as lakes and
streams which support excellent fishing as well as
invasive non-native species. This area is a very popular
vacation destination in the summer and fall and offers
kayaking, fishing, camping, hiking, and boating as well
as golfing. Reasonable off season hotel rates are
available for those wanting to stay on and vacation in
the area, and the weather is generally very pleasant at
this time of year.
Travel
Saratoga Springs is a small but very pretty and culturally
diverse city located in upstate New York and bordering
on the beautiful Adirondack Mountains and the large
Adirondack State Preserve. It is home to Skidmore
College, the NY City Ballet in summer months, many spas
and medicinal springs. It is most famous for its
thoroughbred horse race held in August. Saratoga Springs
is easily accessible by flight to Albany NY from New
York City NY, Newark NJ or surrounding airports.
Saratoga Springs and Albany NY are also accessible
directly by train from these airports or from Boston,
Newark, Montreal, New York or Philadelphia. The hotel
has the capacity to pick up guests in Albany and deliver
them to the hotel, a distance of about 20 miles. The
train station is located within 0.5 miles of the Hotel
Saratoga. Both train stations in Albany NY and Saratoga
Springs are brand new. Trains arrive hourly in Albany
from surrounding areas and several times per day in
Saratoga Springs. We will make arrangements to pick up
most participants at the airport in Albany upon arrival.
Program
A program committee is being formed with representation
from all parts of the world. We have several suggested
congress themes including 1) "The Role of Allelopathy in
Integrated Chemical Ecology" and 2) "Allelopathy -
Organisms, Processes and Applications in Ecology". The
meeting will consist of 3.5 days of scientific program,
preceded by a welcoming reception on Sunday evening.
Several symposia, including one on the role of
allelopathy in the success of invasive species, are
planned along with poster sessions to compliment the
oral communications. Keynote speakers who have impacted
the field of chemical ecology research will be asked to
present the current state of art research findings. We
will be asking the International Chemical Society to
assist in planning and co-hosting or hosting selected
symposia. We will also soon be asking some of you to
participate in planning the scientific program. Please
send Steve Duke (sduke@olemiss.edu) any suggestions or
ideas that you have for the program, including your
views on a suitable theme.
Leslie Weston, Chair of Local Arrangements Committee
Steve Duke, Chair of Program Committee
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