[Galileo] ISHPSSB 2009 Updates - including prize draw for registration

[Paul Griffiths]

International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of
Biology 2009 Biennial Meeting, Brisbane, Australia

 

Reminder to register by May 15 and other ISHPSSB 2009 updates

 

On-time registration

 

PLEASE NOTE:  You must register by May 15 in order to be retained on the
program.

 

Registrations after the May 15 deadline will incur a $25 late fee.  To
register, please visit: http://ishpssb.onefireplace.com/ .  Contact
Roberta Millstein at secretary at ishpssb.org if you experience any
difficulties with membership or registration.


ALSO:  Register by May 15 to be in the draw to win a one day visit to
Lady Elliott Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef for yourself and a
friend, courtesy of Brisbane Marketing! If you have already registered
you will automatically be entered in the draw.


Prize includes:-

 

Scenic flight from Brisbane

Buffet lunch including fresh prawns & beverages

Personal guide

Combined glass bottom tour/boat snorkel

Island tours

Snorkelling equipment & lesson if required

Reef walking (tides permitting)

Environmental Management Charge

Fish feeding

 

Accommodation

Rooms are still available at Emmanuel College, the conference venue, and
in the official downtown hotel, The Inchcolm. Note that many other
Brisbane hotels have a substantial surcharge for the night of Wednesday
15th when there is a major football match.  Details on the conference
website: http://ishpssb2009.org/

 

Travel

A full guide to ground transportation in Brisbane can now be downloaded
from the conference website http://ishpssb2009.org/. Delta and Virgin
have begun to fly from the US to Australia, so US delegates now have
even more choice of carrier.

 

Tourism Opportunities

Special touring opportunities have been arranged for ISHPSSB delegates
with Tangalooma Island Resort, Lady Elliott Island, and Bushwacker
Ecotours. Details of special offers and downloadable brochures are
available from the conference website:  http://ishpssb2009.org
<http://ishpssb2009.org/> 

 

 

Professor Paul E. Griffiths

Department of Philosophy and

Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science,

A14, University of Sydney, NSW 2006

Australia

&

ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society

Byrne House, 

University of Exeter

Exeter, EX4 4PJ, UK

 

http://paul.representinggenes.org <http://paul.representinggenes.org/> 

 

"Sufficient unto the day is the email thereof."

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/galileo/attachments/20090512/e7120a00/attachment.html