Mark your calendars, Saturday October 28th, 2006.
| CETRoB Symposium Program-Click here for pdf |
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The CETroB meeting will be held in the Wertheim Conservatory WC 130 (not to be confused with the Wertheim Performing arts center). It is on the north side of the campus just south of Tamiami Trail (SW 8th St). The closest entrance on campus is the 109th Street entrance off of Tamiami Trail. The Red Parking garage and the parking lot on either side of 109th just after you enter campus are the best places to park. See a pdf of the campus map. On the bottom of the map (north side) you will see PGR (marking the Red Parking garage) just to the right of 109th street and then WC for the Wertheim Conservatory just above that. We will open the Conservatory by 7:30 for poster set up and breakfast snacks before the meeting starts at 8:30. For those of you presenting oral presentations please bring your talk on a memory stick or on a cd by the break before your session. For you Mac users we will have a Mac available, if you do not want to risk using the PC running the projector. We will have coffee and cookies at the two breaks and wine and cheese and beer afterwards. Lunch is on your own. We will provide a handout of places to eat on and near campus. |
CETroB Overview
Miami is home to one of the largest concentrations of prominent tropical biologists in the world working in universities, botanical gardens and museums. While not based in South Florida, The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History has a distinguished record in tropical biology research as well as outstanding specimens and library collections, with many researchers visiting and traveling through South Florida. Together, these institutions have formed the Coalition for Excellence in Tropical Biology (CETroB).
The rich collective resources in tropical biology - including libraries, collections, staff and students - provide a unique opportunity for creating formal mechanisms for collaboration and program development in research, training and education. The Miami-based resources are supplemented by ongoing travel through Miami among Smithsonian, Latin American and Caribbean scientists.
The formation of CETroB provides a framework for developing joint programs that bridge scientific disciplines and institutions, as well as research and education, with a high likelihood of support from funding agencies, foundations and private donors.
CETroB Goals
· to foster collaboration among tropical biologists of
Miami and the Smithsonian Institution in research, training, and
educational activities
· to publicize Miami in conjunction with the National Museum
of Natural History as a world class research, education and training
center in tropical biology, with enormous collective resources
to share with a wide audience
· to provide a formally recognized mechanism through which
local universities, museums, and research institutes along with
the Smithsonian can interact with one another on an ongoing and
regular basis
· to engage foreign scientists in educational and research
activities both in South Florida and at the Smithsonian Institution
CETroB Symposium
The biennial CETroB symposium is a primary activity of the organization with the goal to renew and foster new connections among Miami area and Smithsonian tropical researchers. The first CETroB symposium coincided with the opening of the permanent display, Smithsonian Expeditions: Exploring Latin America and the Caribbean, at the Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium.
The symposium location has alternated between Florida International University (FIU) and the University of Miami starting 2000. Because CETroB hosted the 2004 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation annual meeting in summer 2004, the symposium scheduled that year was delayed one year to 2005. Last year the symposium was to be hosted by FIU at the Wertheim Conservatory on Saturday, October 22nd, 2005, which of course was the weekend that Hurricane Wilma struck Miami. Despite the setback, we are persisting with a meeting this year on October 28 at the Wertheim Conservatory Case Study Room, WC 130.
The CETroB Symposium provides the opportunity for local tropical researchers and students to present aspects of their research as either in Oral Presentations or Posters in a friendly atmosphere and to meet with other local tropical biologists. Oral presentations will be 15 or 20 minutes long, depending on the total number of talks requested.
