[NHCOLL-L:3602] American Malacological Society 2008 meeting

[Marla Coppolino]

Please excuse any cross-posting.

The American Malacological Society will hold its 74th annual 
meeting in Carbondale, Illinois from June 29 - July 3, 2008. 
The venue will be the Southern Illinois University Student 
Center, which houses an auditorium, several ballrooms and 
meeting rooms, and a number of restaurants and coffee shops. 
The conference will begin with an icebreaker on Sunday evening. 
Special events will include an outdoor reception at Blue Sky 
Vineyard (www.blueskyvineyard.com) on Monday night, a poster 
session and the AMS Auction of molluscan miscellany on Tuesday 
night and a barbecue banquet (with vegetarian options) at the 
17th Street Bar & Grill Warehouse, Southern Illinois' most 
unique banquet facility on Wednesday night. 17th Street Bar & 
Grill was recently recognized by Food Network and Bon Appitit 
as the home of the best ribs in the country.  The special 
sessions and symposia will include:   a land snail conservation 
symposium and workshop in honor of the late Leslie Hubricht, 
organized by Kathryn Perez (University of North Carolina  
Chapel Hill/Duke University), Jay Cordeiro (NatureServe), 
Jochen Gerber (Field Museum of Natural History) and Kevin Roe 
(Iowa State University); a symposium on molluscan taxonomy in 
the 21st century, organized by Benont Dayrat (UC Merced); a 
special session on cephalopod biology organized by Frank 
Anderson, Christine Huffard (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research 
Institute) and Elizabeth Shea (Delaware Museum of Natural 
History)  On Thursday, two field trips will introduce meeting 
participants to wonderful mollusk habitats in southern 
Illinois. Participants will be able to take a tour of the Larue 
Pine Hills/Otter Pond Research Natural Area, a fantastic area 
of limestone bluffs and outcrops (and home of Euchemotrema 
hubrichti, the conference mascot), or a trip to local aquatic 
habitats to search for freshwater bivalves and gastropods.  
Visitors to Carbondale usually travel through either St. Louis 
or Chicago, though Memphis is also an option. There is a 
convenient shuttle service from St. Louis Lambert International 
Airport to Carbondale. From Chicago or Memphis, you can take a 
train, The City of New Orleans, which stops in Carbondale on 
its Chicago-to-New Orleans route. Flights also arrive at the 
Williamson County airport (618-993-3353) several times daily. 
The airport is located 16 miles east of the SIU campus.  We 
look forward to seeing you in Carbondale, Illinois in 2008!

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Marla L. Coppolino
Graduate Research Assistant/ PROMPT Fellow
Department of Zoology, Mailcode 6501
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL  62901-6501
USA
http://mypage.siu.edu/mlcopp/
mlcopp at siu.edu
Telephone:  (country code 01) 347-495-9861
FAX:  (country code 01) 618-453-2806