A Call for Symposia
The Program Committee for the SVP 69th Annual Meeting, to be held at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, September 23-26, 2009, is calling for symposia proposals.

Proposals should include a concise description of the symposium topic including its significance and specific relevance to the particular meeting time and location (if appropriate), and a list of speakers and preliminary titles.  Symposia are four hours in duration and include 16 presentation slots. Five or six poster presentations are also welcome. Proposals should not exceed two pages in length.

Example Symposia text can be viewed in the 2008 Second Circular at http://www.vertpaleo.org/meetings/documents/SVP2008SecondCircular.pdf

Please send proposals to Jason Head, program committee chair at: jason.head@utoronto.ca .

The deadline for proposal submission is Monday, December 1, 2008.

Jason J. Head
SVP Program Committee Chair

A Call for Field Trips and Workshops
The Host Committee for the SVP 69th Annual Meeting, is calling for workshop and field trip proposals, including pre- and post-meeting events. 

The Proposal Outline contains a list of all of the information you must provide to the host chair in order for your proposal to be considered.  Examples of previous field trips and workshops can be viewed in the 2008 Second Circular at http://www.vertpaleo.org/meetings/documents/SVP2008SecondCircular.pdf.

Proposals and questions should be submitted to 2009 Host Committee Member Paul Barrett at: p.barrett@nhm.ac.uk . 

The deadline for proposal submission is Monday, December 1, 2008.

Michael Benton and Emily Rayfield
2009 SVP Host Committee Co-Chairs