The scientific committee invites proposals for symposia for the meeting in Paris, 6-9 July 2010.

It is the aim of EED to stimulate the communication between subdisciplines. We therefore particularly encourage submission of symposia on broad and integrative topics of potential interest to researchers from different fields (e.g. developmental biology, genetics, palaeontology, genomics, theoretical biology). Symposia that combine animal and plant studies are also welcome.

Symposia should, if possible, accommodate 8 invited speakers and allow 25 minutes for each speaker (20 min.talk and 5 min. discussion). A small number of mini-symposia with 3 speakers (also 25 min.) will also be considered. Please note that invited speakers can only present in a single symposium. To facilitate selection of symposia for the program, please include the following in your proposal:

(1) Title of symposium

(2) Provisional list of proposed speakers

(3) Brief (abstract length) description of the symposium, including a short indication of what the different speakers are expected to contribute

(4) Brief justification of why the symposium is appropriate for an EED
meeting (e.g. timeliness, general interest, interdisciplinarity)

(5) Contact information of all symposium organizers

Proposals should be sent to me by June 30th, 2009
(Gerhard.Schlosser@nuigalway.ie).

We look forward to receiving your suggestions.

On behalf of the Scientific committee,

Gerhard Schlosser
Program Officer