The final programme of talks is now available, as well as the abstract book. If you had checked the schedule earlier, please check this version, as some sessions and the order of talks were rearranged to avoid conflicting topics. Also please note that there had been an error in the previous versions: all slots are for 20 min (the 10:50) slot had erroneously been listed as 30 min). The last speaker in each session will be assigned as the chair; if for any reason you are unable to act as chair, please email pgg@populationgenetics.org. Please note that the affiliation is only provided for the presenting author.

All talks, the poster session, and the conference dinner will take place on the Gilmore Hill Campus of the University of Glasgow. The NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) will be holding an information session before the opening reception on Dec. 18, at 5 pm at the Jurys Inn in central Glasgow. Registration will be available from 4 pm at the Jurys and will start at 8:30 am in the Wolfson Medical School Building at the University of Glasgow on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20.

Oral Presentations:  Contributed sessions will take place in the West Medical School Building (C8 on the UG map), in one of three rooms located to the right of the open atrium area (where the coffee breaks will take place).  Talks will last 19 minutes (including questions), to allow 1 minute to change rooms and change over speakers.  The standard option will be PC computers but if you wish to use a Mac laptop or Ipad, please check with the AV attendant before your session to make sure that a smooth transition will work.  Please upload your talks in the break before your session at the latest.

Session Chairs: The last speaker in the session will be assigned as the session chair.  If you are not able to act as chair, please contact the conference organisers.  Chairs should signal to the speakers when 15 minutes has passed, then again at 17 minutes, and then stand up at 18 minutes to let the speaker know that the room changeovers will be in one minute.  Questions should be finished by 19 minutes.

Posters:  Posters will be displayed in the Glasgow University Union (GUU), which is at the bottom of University Avenue (just before Gibson Street, E8 on the campus map).  The size of the display boards is A0 portrait, so please ensure that your poster will fit that space.  Posters can be put up at the beginning of the lunch session on Wednesday and should be taken down at the end of the lunch session on Thursday.  There will be a storage area available in the GUU; posters can be picked up on Friday morning if you don’t want to carry them around on Thursday evening.

Prizes: Following the tradition started in Nottingham last year, there will be prizes for the best student talks, the best student posters and the best nonstudent talk.  Cash prizes (and journal subscriptions) have been generously donated by Nature Reviews Genetics and books have been donated by Oxford University Press and Roberts & Company.  All delegates will be asked to vote; you will receive a hard copy in your registration package or you can download an electronic version of the evaluation forms.  Please return your voting forms by hard copy at the registration desk or return by email to: Barbara.mable@glasgow.ac.uk by 17:30 on Thursday, Dec. 20.  Awards will be presented at the conference dinner.  We will have a separate competition for the best student talk given on the last morning; those awards will be presented at lunch on Dec. 21^st.

 

 

Preliminary Schedule

Dec. 18   

Registration:  16:00-23:00, Jurys Inn, Central Glasgow

NBAF Information Session: 17:00-18:00 pm, Jurys Inn

Opening Reception: 18:00– 1:00, Jury’s Inn (finger food buffet available 19:00-21:00)

 

Dec. 19

8:30 – 17:30 Registration, Wolfson Medical School Building (WMSB)

9:00-10:00 Plenary Talk 1: Mike Arnold, University of Georgia “Reproductive Isolation and Introgression: Lessons learned (and being learned) from the Louisiana Irises”,  Boyd Orr Building (BOB)

10:00-10:30 Coffee, WMSB

10:30 – 12:20 Contributed sessions, WMSB

12:30 – 13:50 Lunch, Glasgow University Union (GUU); posters can be put up at lunch time or before plenary session (from 8:30 am)

14:00 – 15:20 Contributed sessions, WMSB

15:20-15:50 Coffee, WMSB

15:50 – 17:30 Contributed sessions, WMSB

17:45-19:15 Poster Session/ Reception with mulled wine and mince pies (cash bar available), GUU

Dinner/Drinks: 19:30 – 0:00, Curler’s Rest Pub (buffet) or sit-down dinner at Italian tapas restaurant (La Vita Spuntini’s)

 

Dec. 20

8:30 – 17:30 Registration, WMSB

9:00-10:00 Plenary Talk 2:  Charlie Baer, University of Florida, “Exploring the mutational landscape of Caenorhabditis”, BOB

10:00-10:30 Coffee, WMSB

10:30 – 12:20 Contributed sessions, WMSB

12:30 – 13:50 Lunch, GUU; posters can viewed over lunch but should be taken down before the evening drinks reception; storage will be available until Friday morning at the GUU

14:00 – 15:20 Contributed sessions, WMSB

15:20-15:50 Coffee, WMSB

15:50 – 17:10 Contributed sessions, WMSB

17:15 – 18:15 Annual Meeting (Yudowitz)

19:00 – 20:00 Civic Drinks Reception, Hunter Halls (HH) (Main Building)

20:00 – 21:30 Conference Dinner, HH

21:30 – 1:00 Ceilidh, HH

 

Dec. 21   

9:00-10:00 Plenary Talk 3:  Rod Page, University of Glasgow, “Why I blog instead of writing papers”, BOB

10:00-10:30 Coffee, WMSB

10:30 – 12:20 Contributed sessions, WMSB

12:20 – 13:00 Lunch, WMSB

13:00 Optional Field trip to SCENE on Loch Lomond