Presenter Information

Information for Conference Presenters

Presenter Instructions

Conference participants intending to present either a talk or a poster at Evolution 2008 will be required to register for the conference and submit details of their intended presentation with their registration. The deadline for submission of presentation titles is April 1, 2008. 

Please note that presenters will be limited to one presentation, due to the large number of presenters accepted in the program.

For all general presentations (oral or poster), presenters will be asked to select their preferences of the session topic relevant to the subject matter of their presentation – see the list of topics below. These options will be displayed as a drop-down menu on the registration site.

Those making presentations as part of a symposium or special session are also  required to register and submit the title of their presentation.

Oral Presentation Details

Contributed presentations will have 15 minutes, which includes discussion and Q & A time. 

Every conference room will have a computer projector and a PC laptop with Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003. Presenters are required to bring their presentation on a flash drive or a CD ROM. Presenters will load their presentation on the session laptops at the conference break before their session (or earlier if possible).

A presenter preparation room will be available to test or run-through your presentation. 

NEW STUDENT AWARD FROM SSE
The Society for the Study of Evolution is launching a new award: "The W.D. Hamilton Award" for an outstanding student presentation. The prize will be given to a student who has given an outstanding oral presentation at the annual meeting. Presentations will be judged by a committee of SSE members during the annual meeting. Applicants will present their papers during regular sessions appropriate for their topic. The winner will receive an award of $1000, membership to the Society for the Study of Evolution, and one year's free subscription to the journal Evolution.  Up to two runners- up will each receive one year of membership to the Society for the Study of Evolution, plus one year's subscription to the journal Evolution.
Eligibility: Only oral presentations will be considered. Students should be currently enrolled in a M.S. or Ph.D. program, or should have acquired a degree in 2008.
If you would like your paper to be considered by the judges of the Awards Committee, please send an e-mail with the header "SSE STUDENT AWARDS" to kdonohue@oeb.harvard.edu
Deadline for indicating your intention to be considered for this award is May 23, 2008.

Symposia presenters should contact their symposium coordinator for guidelines and further details about their symposium.

Poster Board Details

Dimensions for poster display panels are 4 feet wide by 4 feet high (1.2 meters long by 1.2 meters high). Poster presenters will be assigned to one of the two poster sessions. T-Pins, masking tape, and removable transparent tape supplies will be provided on site for each poster session.

Conference Session Topics:
Adaptation
Animal Mating/Breeding Systems
Behavior/Social Evolution
Biogeography
Bioinfomatics/Phyloinfomatics
Coevolution
Community Ecology
Community Genetics
Comparative Biology
Conservation Biology
Development and Evolution
Ecological Genetics
Ecology and Evolution of Disease
Education
Empirical Population Genetics
Ernst Mayr Award Competition
Evolution of Sex
Evolutionary Theory
Experimental Evolution
Gene Structure and Function
Genomics/Proteomics
Hybridization
Inbreeding
Interaction Networks
Invasive Species
Landscape Ecology
Life History Evolution
Macroevolution
Molecular Evolution
Natural Selection and Contemporary Evolution
Phenotypic Plasticity
Phylogenetic Theory and Methods
Phylogeography
Plant Mating Systems
Population Dynamics
Population Ecology
Quantitative Genetics
Sexual Selection
Speciation
Species Interactions
Systematics
Theoretical Population Genetics
Undergraduate Research