1) FEE FOR ACCOMPANYING PEOPLE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 310 EURO

2) POSTER SIZE MUST NOT EXCEED 100 X 70

3) MANY PARTICIPANTS FROM NOT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE HAD PROBLEMS  WITH
BANK TRANSFERT, FOR THIS REASON WE ARE PROVIDING TO ACTIVATE THE PAYMENT
BY CREDIT CARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

HOWEVER, THE PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER SHOULD REMAIN  THE PREFERENTIAL
ONE.

THE ORGANIZING COMMITEE

DATES EVENTS AND DEADLINES

1 May – 30 September 2009 Pre-registration

30 September – 31 December 2009 Submission of abstracts. Please when submitting abstract you will be invited to indicate if you wish to publish your contribution into the Proceeding

31 December 2009 Third announcement

** 1 February 2010 (changed) Notification of acceptance of the submitted contributions.

** 1 February  – 26 April 2010 (changed) Official registration (online payment with credit card or paypal). Inscription and booking  of Hotel and Conference Excursion.

30 May 2010 Final remarks and conference program

26 June 2010 Submission of manuscripts for review and possible publication upon the end of the conference .

Second announcement MAY 2009.
You are cordially invited to attend the
10th INTERNATIONAL POLYCHAETE CONFERENCE to be held in LECCE, ITALY from JUNE 20th to 26th, 2010 sponsored by the International Polychaete Association and hosted by the University of Salento (DiSTeBA Department, Lecce). The venue will be the Grand Hotel TIZIANO, the major Hotel and Convention Center in Lecce.
All the participants and their families will be accommodated in the Grand Hotel TIZIANO, meaning that both housing and the Conference will be in the same building. However, Lecce is a small comfortable town offering a large array of other accommodation possibilities not far from the Congress Center.
The guide-line of the Conference will be: Polychaetes as Biological and Ecological Models: from taxonomy to applied research.
Development, Genetics and Physiology are included within the Biological issues. All the applied aspects are included within the Ecological issues. Obviously, Taxonomy is a basic topic for both. Contributions can be presented either as oral communications or as posters. Whenever possible, invited speakers will present and discuss the current status of different topics. Contributions of all aspects of polychaete research, spanning from taxonomy to applied issues, can be accepted for presentation.
Priority for oral presentations will be given to those contributions which address, through the use of polychaetes, more general scientific questions. Pure alpha-taxonomy papers will be accepted only as posters.

THEMES:
A- TAXONOMY
B- PHYLOGENY
C- EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY ( Development, Evo-Devo, Genetics, Phylogeography)
D- REPRODUCTION (including life-cycle, life history, physiology)
E- ECOLOGY (including distribution pattern, biogeography, and all applied aspects)

English will be the official language of the Conference, both for oral and poster communications and for the publications in the Proceedings.
The Proceedings of the conference will be published in the Italian Journal of Zoology (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/tizoauth.asp)
a well-known international journal, published by Taylor and Francis on behalf of the Italian Zoological Union (Unione Zoologica Italiana; UZI)

VENUE:
Lecce is a historic city, more than 2,000 years old, located in Southern Italy with a population of around 94,100 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Lecce as well as one of the most important cities of the Apulia Region. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula which is facing the Adriatic Sea on the east and the Ionian Sea on the west coast, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula.
Because of the rich Baroque architectural monuments, Lecce is commonly called the “The Florence of the South”. The city also has a long traditional affinity with Greek and Roman cultures going back to its foundation. In terms of industry the “Lecce stone”, a kind of limestone, is the city’s main export, due to it’s softness making it very appropriate for sculptures. Lecce is also an important agricultural centre, mainly for its olive oil and wine production, as well as an industrial centre specialising in ceramic production.
Lecce is about 6 km far from the South Adriatic Sea and 20 Km far from the Ionian Sea. Around the main town there is an array of tourist and historical villages and small towns, especially along the coast (Gallipoli, Ostuni, Porto Cesareo, Otranto etc). Lecce has a typical Mediterranean climate, warm all the year around. During the conference, we expect the weather to be sunny, warm and dry (temperature usually ranges around 25-30°C during June).

DATES EVENTS AND DEADLINES

1 May – 30 September 2009 Pre-registration

30 September – 31 December 2009 Submission of abstracts. Please when submitting abstract you will be invited to indicate if you wish to publish your contribution into the Proceeding

31 December 2009 Third announcement

1 February 2010 Notification of acceptance of the submitted contributions.

1 February  – 26 April 2010 Official registration (online payment with credit card or paypal). Inscription and booking  of Hotel and Conference Excursion.

30 May 2010 Final remarks and conference program

26 June 2010 Submission of manuscripts for review and possible publication upon the end of the conference .

The program will include invited key-lectures on the different congress themes and a few invited talks on specific relevant topics.
The web page of the conference is availableat the site:

http://www.polychaeta.it/

REGISTRATION FEES
The estimated fees are 450 € for senior researchers and 350 €  for students and accompanying persons. Depending upon the extra financial support from public and private institutions, the prices may be reduced. The registration fees include the abstracts book, the coffee-break, the lunches, the social dinner (and probably the mid conference tour) and proceedings.
ARRIVAL AND ACCOMODATION
The Brindisi Airport is directly connected by bus with the Hotel Tiziano Congress Centre. Daily flies connect Brindisi to Rome and Milano International Airports. The train Station is located in the city center, with bus lines well connecting all the city parts, although most of the places in Lecce are achievable by 20 minutes walk.
During the Conference, the price of Tiziano Hotel will be from 85 to 110 € for a single room, and from 115 to 135 € for a double room. Several different hotels and cheaper residences are offered in Lecce and the list will be available as soon as possible on the web site.
MID-CONFERENCE EXCURSION
The mid-conference excursion will be a travel along the Salento coastline, including the visit of the historic and tourist towns Otranto and Gallipoli.

ORGANIZING COMMITEE
Adriana Giangrande, University of Salento, DiSTeBA, Lecce (adriana.giangrande@unisalento.it) Maria Cristina Gambi, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Napoli (gambimc@szn.it).
Co-conveeners:
Margherita Licciano, Luigi Musco, Cataldo Pierri, Roberto Schirosi (University of Salento, DiSTeBA, Lecce), Loredana Stabili (CNR, IAMC, Taranto), Luisa Nicoletti (ISPRA, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Rome)
Scientific Commitee:
Carlo Nike Bianchi, Univerity of Genova; Grazia Cantone, University of Catania; Alberto Castelli, University of Pisa; Miriam Gherardi, University of Bari; Luisa Nicoletti, ISPRA Rome; Francesco Paolo Patti, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli; Daniela Prevedelli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Gabriella Sella, University of Torino; Margherita Licciano, University of Salento,  Lecce; Luigi Musco, University of Salento, Lecce; Loredana Stabili, CNR Taranto

1st announcement 1st May 2008

THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL POLYCHAETE CONFERENCE will be held in LECCE, ITALY from JUNE 20th to 26th, 2010.

We are pleased to announce that the 10th International Polychaete Conference will be held in Lecce, Apulia, Italy, June 20-26, 2010.  The Conference will be hosted by the University of Salento (DiSTeBA Department, Lecce).

The venue will be the Grand Hotel TIZIANO, a major Hotel and Convention Center serving in Lecce.
We anticipate that all of the participants and their families will be accommodated in the Grand Hotel TIZIANO, meaning that both housing and the Conference will be in the same building.

The Grand Hotel TIZIANO has the various exhibit and working halls that will be the location for our poster and communication sessions, and those exhibitors who will be at the Conference. The size of one of the exhibit hall is such that all posters can be exhibited for the entire Conference.

Adriana Giangrande, from DiSTeBA Lecce (gianadri@ilenic.unile.it) and Maria Cristina Gambi from the Stazione Zoologica “Anton Dohrn” of Naples (gambimc@szn.it) are the Organizers.

Organizing Committee:
Margherita Licciano, Luigi Musco, Cataldo Pierri, Loredana Stabili, Roberto Schirosi.

Scientific Committee:
Carlo Nike Bianchi, Grazia Cantone, Alberto Castelli, Miriam Gherardi, Luisa Nicoletti, Francesco Paolo Patti, Daniela Prevedelli, Gabriella Sella.

The guide-line of the Conference will be: Polychaetes as Biological and Ecological Models: from taxonomy to applied research.
Development, Genetics and Physiology are included within Biological issues. All the applied aspects are included within Ecological issues. Obviously Taxonomy is a basic topic for both. Contributions of all aspects of polychaete research, spanning from taxonomy to applied issues, can be accepted for presentation. Priority for oral presentations will be given to those contributions which address, through the use of polychaetes, more general scientific questions. Pure alpha-taxonomy papers (description of new species, genus or family revisions etc.) will be accepted only as posters.

We agreed to publish the Proceedings of the Conference in the Journal MARINE ECOLOGY an EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE,
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing (I.F. 2007 = 0.936).
For further information, you can go to the Journal web site www.blackwellpublishing.com/mae.
All the papers (oral presentations and posters) will be allowed to be submitted for publication in the Proceedings after a preliminary selection based on research general relevance, and after a peer review, as has been the practice in past Conference Proceedings.

Other announcements will be posted to the Annelida List this summer.  Updates will be at the Conference WWW site: http://www.polychaeta.it.

We send to everyone our best regards and hope each of you already would plan to come visit us for the Conference in Lecce in 2010, and maybe profit to stay longer for holidays…

Adriana Giangrande and Maria Cristina Gambi