Further Information

Lectures and Posters

Plenary lectures will be presented by invited speakers. Speakers for the parallel sessions will be selected on the basis of scientific quality, information content and clarity of the submitted abstracts. Additionally, some lectures in parallel sessions will be given by invited speakers.

Time for presentations:
Plenary sessions: 30 min. presentation (no discussion)
Parallel sessions: 15 min. presentation + 5 min. discussion
All speakers must keep strictly to the time schedule and should not use the discussion time for completing their presentations. The lecture rooms will be equipped with overhead projectors, computer projectors (beamers), and slide projectors for 50 x 50 mm frame slides. Speakers requiring film projectors, video equipment (VHS) or double slide projection must indicate this when submitting their abstracts.

Only one presentation as first author can be made (lecture or poster). Co-authorship is unlimited. For poster presentations at least one of the authors has to participate in the Symposium.

Posters should be prepared as follows:
Maximum height: 120 cm, maximum width: 80 cm (not more!).
The title should be indicated at the top with letters more than 4 cm high.
Under the title the full name(s) of the author(s) should be given. A photograph of the presenting author(s) should be attached next to the title.
Poster text should be short with letters which are more than 0.5 cm high (< 20 pt). Instead, diagrams, maps, photographs, drawings, graphics and summarizing tables should be used as far as possible.

Abstracts

For all lectures (plenary and parallel) and posters, an abstract must be submitted in English before 15 January 2001. We will send notifications about acceptance of abstracts by 15 March 2001. Please use our registration form in order to submit your abstract.

If you have technical problems with the online submission please send us your abstract as text-only (ASCII) file, both as part of the e-mail and as attached file (send to: iavs44@weihenstephan.de ). The attached file should be named with the first eight letters of the name of the first author. If it is not possible to send an e-mail, you may send a diskette with a text-only (ASCII) file or ask for advice.

Abstracts should be submitted in the following format:

Title: not more than 15 words
Author's full name(s), with a * behind the name of the corresponding author
Author's address(es)
Abstract text: not more than 1200 characters (200 words).

Publications

It is intended to publish a selected number of papers as Special Features in refereed international journals (e.g. Journal of Vegetation Science , Applied Vegetation Science ). Details on the submission of papers will be given during the Symposium.

Language

The Symposium language will be English.

Awards

Outstanding posters presented by student delegates will be considered for student poster awards. Students who wish to be considered for an award should indicate this on the registration form.

Travel

Accommodation

Lunch

The university canteen which is located at the campus of Weihenstephan near the lecture halls will offer lunch for the four lecture days at 50 DEM / 26 per person in total, including beverage. Vouchers have to be payed in advance together with the Symposium fee. For those who wish to have meals in restaurants a list of restaurants in the city (20-30 min. walking) will be available at the registration desk.

Personal Invitation

Delegates who need a personal invitation letter (for visas e.g.) should indicate this as early as possible to the organizers. The personal invitation does not include financial support. Please contact the Symposium president Wolfgang Haber via this address .

Passport and Visa

EU-citizens can enter Germany with their Identity Card. Visitors from all other countries need a valid passport. For visitors from several countries visas are required. Please contact your travel agent or the local German Embassy or Consulate .

Financial Support

We will have only limited funds available for financial support of delegates from countries with currency exchange problems. Therefore, it is necessary that delegates apply for financial support in their own country first. Those who need funding may apply for a reimbursement of the Symposium fee and for part of the accommodation costs. Travel costs will not be funded.
Delegates who wish to apply for financial support should send a letter before 15 January 2001 to the Symposium secretariat explaining what kind of support is needed. Delegates from countries with currency exchange problems who are dependant on national funds, and do not know before 15 January whether or not they will get support, must indicate this to the Symposium secretariat . The organizing committee will inform the applicants as soon as possible. Funds will be payed at the conference.

Weather / Clothing

Program for Accompanying Persons