The first circular for the SVP 68th Annual Meeting - held October 15-18, 2008 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, - has been mailed out to all SVP members. The circular is also available on the SVP Web site. 
 
We hope to see you there!
 
 
Highlights of the Meeting

Special Events:
•       Neil Shubin speaking at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH)
A pre-meeting event sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and the CMNH in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.
•       Frans Lanting, a presentation on Life: A Journey Through Time
         Lanting is one of the greatest nature photographers of our time.
•       Global Climate Change: Past and Future (a forum)
•       Field trips: Classic Cleveland Shale Fossil-Fish Localities; The Laboratory of Physical Anthropology at the CMNH; Rocks and Fossils of Downtown Cleveland.
•       Workshops: Introduction to Basic Casting and Molding Techniques; Evolution Education; Communicating with the Media; Digital Media Basics for Publication.
•       "National Science Foundation Funding," as the topic for the Women in Paleontology Luncheon. Men are encouraged to attend.
 
 
Annual Events:
•       Welcome Reception (at the CMNH)
•       SVP Town Hall Meeting on Evolution VI
•       Symposia, regular sessions, Romer Session, Preparators' Session and poster sessions (including the Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award portion of one of the poster sessions, formerly known as the Student Poster Prize Session)
•       Annual Business Meeting
•       Press Conference
•       Student Roundtable Forum and Reprint Exchange
•       Annual Benefit Auction
•       Open Executive Business Meeting
•       Awards Banquet
•       After-Hours Party
 
And, NEW! Discounted flights to the SVP 68th Annual Meeting from Continental Airlines.