November 17-20, 2008

Hot Springs Convention Center

Hot Springs, Arkansas

 

Student Competition:

We will be having a student competition for best paper and best poster, with prizes awarded to the winners. To enter this contest, please identify yourself as a willing participant in the student competition in the check-box on the registration form. To be eligible, the student must be presenting and should not have won this prize in any previous year.

Abstract submission:

Papers and posters will be selected based on a submitted abstract.

Example in html (3 kb) Example in pdf (57 kb)

For abstracts use a 12 point Arial font, 1 inch margins, single-spaced, and keep the text no more than 250 words long. Title and abstract must be electronically sent or postmarked no later than March 15, 2008.

Accepted abstracts will be published in a book of abstracts and can be submitted (1) via mail [hardcopy and diskette] to Nancy Koerth, USDA Forest Service, 506 Hayter Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961, or (2) as an email attachment to nkoerth@fs.fed.us. Please use MS Word (preferred) or WordPerfect-NO faxed abstract submittals will be accepted. A notice confirming receipt of the abstract will be sent by Nancy Koerth within 2 weeks of its arrival. If you do not receive confirmation, call 936-569-7981 to report the difficulty. A notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent no later than August 15, 2008. Because of time slot limitations, some papers submitted for oral presentation may be accepted instead as a poster presentation.