Registration open for "Biodiversity Resilience" symposium

The Oxford Biodiversity Institute will be holding its third symposium - "Biodiversity Resilience" - on the 2nd and 3rd of October, 2013.

The symposium will bring together over 30 international speakers, presenting the latest research and developments surrounding theresilience of populations and ecosystems.

Sessions will include:
What is the role of biodiversity in ecosystem function and resilience? • Policy Trade-offs for Biodiversity Resilience • How does genomicbiodiversity contribute to ecological resilience? • Landscape resilience and biodiversity in arid environments • Resilience in Oceans • What can long-term ecological studies tell us about the stability of populations, communities and ecosystem processes?

A formal poster session will also be held, please consider presenting one when you register.

Registration is open via the symposium webpage at http://bit.ly/OxBiosym2013

Registration costs (which includes lunches, refreshments and a wine reception):

Early Bird Registration (available to 1st September 2013) - £75.00
Standard Registration - £100.00
BCM Alumni or any student - £30.00

You can book accommodation in Oxford colleges by following links on the symposium website.

We will be posting updates of the symposium programme on Twitter at @bioinstituteox so please follow us and participate in the pre-symposium discussions with the hashtag #BioSymOx

Please feel free to forward this invitation to any of your colleagues who might find it interesting.

For further information, please contact oxbiodivsymp@zoo.ox.ac.uk