The International Biogeography Society

The International Biogeography Society will hold its 6th International Conference from 9th to 13th January, 2013, in Miami, Florida (USA). More information will be forthcoming as details are finalized in the run-up to the official meeting announcement. Based on prior years, we expect registration will open July-September 2012. This information is provided simply with the intent of helping members plan to attend the conference. Please check back every now and again for details; please note that some details may be subject to change up until the official announcement of the meeting.

9th January : workshops & field trips

10th to 12th January : symposia & contributed sessions

13th January : field trips

The hosts for the 2013 IBS meeting are the Florida International University Department of Biological Sciences (http://casgroup.fiu.edu/Biology/) and the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (http://www.fairchildgarden.org/).

The main conference venue is Koven's Conference Center at Florida International University (http://kovens.fiu.edu/) located on the Biscayne Bay Campus of FIU. For more information, see http://bbc.fiu.edu/

Pre-conference workshops will be at the FIU University student center (http://bbc.fiu.edu/visitors.html)

The preliminary program includes the following events.

Four plenary symposia on January 10th and 11th (titles tentative).
- Beyond Bergmann: new perspectives on the biogeography of traits
- Island Biogeography: new syntheses
- Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good job?
- The convergence of conservation paleontology and biogeography

Contributed sessions for posters (Jan 10th and 11th) and talks (Jan 12th).
- Neotropical biogeography
- Phylogeography
- Quaternary and pre-Quaternary biogeography
- marine environments
- disturbance biogeography,
- climate change
- and more ...

REGISTRATION
Registration will open mid-2012. Please check back for details.

LODGING
The principal partner hotel is Newport Beachside Resort in Sunny Isles Beach
16701 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33160
Phone 305-949-1300, 1-800-327-5476
http://www.newportbeachsideresort.com/

Standard Room (single occupancy): $170 x 1
1 Bedroom Suite (double occupancy): $94 per person x 2
2 Bedroom suite (triple occupancy): $68 per person x 3
2 Bedroom Suite (quadruple occupancy): $53 per person x 4
Rates are inclusive of taxes, resort fees, gratuities, daily transfers to and from hotel to conference center and breakfasts. Parking fees are not included.

GETTING THERE
Meeting is located equidistant from two major international airports:
Miami International Airport (http://www.miami-airport.com/) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (http://www.broward.org/airport/Pages/Default.aspx)
Public Bus service: http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/bus.asp
MIA to hotels by bus: MIA_buses
Fort Lauderdale to hotels by bus: FL_buses