[bcn_evodevo] Fwd: Workshop: NESCent.EvoDevo.Dec11-13

Dear Bcn EvoDevo Community, This email list has been dead for too long! Here's my feeble attempt to revive it ;-) I am traveling to the NESCent Workshop on the future of EvoDevo in Durham, NC, USA today. The workshop is small but has an online component through which you can contribute and participate in the discussion. If you are interested, please check out the email from Cassandra below. Best, Yogi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <evoldir(a)evol.biology.mcmaster.ca> Date: Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM Subject: Workshop: NESCent.EvoDevo.Dec11-13 To: yoginho(a)gmail.com Dear Colleague, This email is to invite you to contribute your ideas to upcoming Evo-Devo community workshop supported by the National Science Foundation of the USA. The meeting will take place from 11-13 December 2013 at NESCent in Durham, North Carolina. Although over 300 members of the international Evo-Devo community have expressed interested in attending the meeting, because of funding and infrastructure limitations, unfortunately we could ask only a small number of people to attend the meeting in person. However, due to the level of interest in this workshop, we have tried hard to find ways to get as much community input as possible, and so would like to invite you to ¡§participate virtually¡¨ in the meeting, You can do this in a number of ways: 1. Set up an account for yourself on the meeting website at http://evodevo.ning.com. On this website, you will find an agenda for the program, list of participants who will be physically present at NESCent, be able to view and participate in wiki-style discussions, and keep track of what is happening at the meeting. This website will be updated to document the proceedings of the meeting in real time. 2. Watch some of the presentations and discussions that will take place during the meeting via Webinar. You can also contribute to the discussions at NESCent in real time by sending in your comments and questions via the Webinar interface ¡V these will be communicated to the participants at NESCent by a designated moderator. Instructions on how to access the Webinar can be found on the website indicated in (1) above. 3. Join conference call discussions that will be considering the same issues as those discussed by participants at NESCent during parallel ¡§virtual breakout groups.¡¨ The moderators of these calls will summarize the ideas generated during the call to the group at NESCent. Instructions on how to call in to these conference calls can be found on the website indicated in (1) above. The times and discussion topics for these conference calls are as follows: What distinguishes the field of Evo-Devo, and what unique contributions has it made? Wednesday December 11 at 12:00 EST. Moderated by Paula Mabee. What infrastructure is needed to ensure the continued success of Evo-Devo? Wednesday December 11 at 15:00 EST. Moderated by Jeffrey Marcus. What is the future promise of Evo-Devo, and how can we obtain the resources necessary to realize this promise? Thursday December 12 at 11:30 EST. Moderated by Trisha Wittkopp. What new teaching and training initiatives/materials are necessary for preparing the next generation of Evo-Devo scientists? Thursday December 12 at 15:30 EST. Moderated by Joel Smith. We hope you will ¡§join us¡¨ in as many of these ways as possible. We look forward to your contributions! Sincerely, Cassandra Extavour Allen Rodrigo Dr. Cassandra Extavour extavour(a)oeb.harvard.edu Associate Professor Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University 16 Divinity Avenue, BioLabs 4103 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA http://www.extavourlab.com Office Tel. 1 617 496 1935 Lab Tel. 1 617 496 1949/1200 Fax. 1 617 496 9507 Extavour Lab Administration: Mimi Velazquez Tel. 1 617 496 2132 nvelazquez(a)oeb.harvard.edu EDEN: Evo-Devo-Eco Network http://www.edenrcn.com edenrcn(a)fas.harvard.edu EDEN Administration: Barbara Perlo perlo(a)fas.harvard.edu "Extavour, Cassandra" <extavour(a)oeb.harvard.edu>