Dear Forest Tree Genomics Community:
As the coordinators of the Forest Tree Workshop and deputies of IUFRO Working Party 2.04.10 -Tree Genomics, we carry on the tradition of organizing the Forest Tree Workshop at the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG 30; https://www.intlpag.org/30/), which is held on Sunday, January 15, 2023 from 8 am – 12:40 pm in Palm 1&2 at the Town and Country Resort, San Diego, CA.
As in previous years, we will solicit draft abstracts for consideration for oral presentation at the Workshop. We review abstracts and take into account the quality of the science, novelty of the results, the organismal, geographic, and research group diversity, and the career status of presenters. This allows interested parties to submit abstracts for consideration for an oral presentation without having to register for the conference in advance.
If you want your abstract to be considered for an oral presentation at the Forest Tree Workshop, you MUST submit an abstract (250 word maximum) to this site (http://bioinformatics.uconn.edu/forest-tree-workshop-abstract-submission/) NO LATER than Friday, October 21, 2022. That gives organizers a few days to review submissions, select speakers, and inform authors so that they can submit their titles. Abstracts selected for oral presentation will be given additional information for how to submit abstracts prior to the deadline (which is Friday, December 9th).
Abstracts not selected for an oral presentation can still be presented as a poster by submitting the abstract directly to PAG (https://pag.confex.com/pag/30/cfp.cgi). The deadline for poster abstract submissions is Friday, November 4, 2022; note that this is a different date than is shown on their web site (date was just confirmed by email). At the workshop, we will try will invite a small number of poster presenters to give a short “elevator talk” (brief synopsis of their poster).
Be aware that PAG early bird registration deadline is October 31 and rates go up on November 1. Rates for workshop speakers are the same as attendees. Workshop speakers are protected from paying the increased rates starting November 1 by requesting a discount code from PAG (details provided later).
Finally, PAG has modified their COVID-19 policies and procedures: https://www.intlpag.org/30/attend/covid-protocol.
Thanks for your interest and participation in the workshop. We look forward to receiving your abstracts.
Questions? Let us know!
Amanda De La Torre (Amanda.de-la-torre@nau.edu)
Richard Cronn (richard.cronn@usda.gov)
Gancho Slavov (Gancho.Slavov@scionresearch.com
