[Syrphidae] 11th International Symposium on Syrphidae

[Gabriel Neve]

Note :
73 of you have already preregistered, and 55 have registered so far.
As more registrations are possible, I send the announcement to this 
list, as some of you may have overlooked previous announcements.


Dear fellow entomologists,

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open on
https://syrphidae11.sciencesconf.org/ for the 11th International 
Symposium on Syrphidae!

The Symposium will take place from Monday 5 to Friday 9 September 2022 
at the Centre Séolane (https://seolane.org/) in Barcelonnette, Alpes de 
Haute Provence, France. We will welcome you on Monday 5 September 2022 
from 2 pm in Marseilles or directly in Barcelonnette. The symposium will 
start on Tuesday September 6th at 9 am, and will take place until 
Thursday September 8 at 5 pm. A gala evening dinner is planned on 
Wednesday September 7. On Friday 9th, we offer excursions led by Thomas 
Lebard on several sites of the Ubaye valley, or by Benoît Geslin at the 
Lake of Lauzanier. Finally, we will leave the Centre Séolane on Saturday 
10 September, with the possibility of taking the bus to Marseilles at 
9am.

on the following link you will find the registration fees (please note 
that financial support is available for students):
https://syrphidae11.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/8

For information, the key dates are:
     • 15 March 2022: opening of early registration
     • 15 May 2022: deadline for pre-registration
     • 15 June 2022: deadline for submission of abstracts.
     • 1 July 2022: deadline for late registration.

The registration process is as follows:
- Create an account and pre-register on the azur-colloque website for 
English speakers at :
   https://www.azur-colloque.fr/AMU/inscription/preinscription/184
  (or for French speakers : 
https://www.azur-colloque.fr/AMU/inscription/preinscription/184/fr).
- You will receive an e-mail from no-reply at azur-colloque.fr confirming 
your pre-registration.
- Please note that confirmation may take up to 72 hours.
- Follow the link provided in the e-mail to proceed to payment. Fill in 
the form and pay by credit card or bank transfer.
- You will receive an e-mail from "no-reply at azur-colloque.fr" confirming 
your registration.
Cash and cheques will not be accepted. Please note that NO refunds are 
possible.

Below you will find information on the plenary speakers and the 
provisional program. We are looking forward to this face-to-face 
meeting, after the restrictions of COVID19.

Gabriel Neve,
on behalf of the local organising committee

So far, 55 delegates have registered, and more are welcome (up to 100 
delegates).

The plenary speakers will be :
Myles Menz (Germany)
Augusto Leon Montoya Giraldo (Colombia)
Babak Gharali (Iran)
Roger Morris and Stuart Ball (UK)

The provisional program includes the following topics:
1.    Phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy
2.    Conservation and monitoring
3.    Faunistics and biogeography
4.    Functional and applied ecology
5.    Open topics on Syrphidae

A room equipped with ten binocular microscopes is located at Seolane, 
which allows for easy organization of workshops. This facility will also 
be available for informal discussions on specimen identification between 
delegates.

On behalf of the local organizing committee

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Gabriel Neve
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie (IMBE)
IMBE, Case 421
UMR AMU-CNRS-IRD-Avignon Université
Facultés St Jérôme
13397 Marseille cedex 20
France
gabriel.neve at imbe.fr
http://www.imbe.fr/~gneve
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We organize the 11th International Symposium on Syrphidae
Postponed to September 2022
https://syrphidae11.sciencesconf.org/
contact: syrphidae11 at sciencesconf.org
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