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Conference Overview

We invite presentations, in the form of 5 min. talks, in any area relating to Herpetology. Presentations need not focus on herps of the Southwest. Undergraduate and graduate students are particularly encouraged to attend and/or contribute oral presentations relating to proposed, preliminary, or completed projects as this is an excellent opportunity to receive feedback and share new ideas. To that end, attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite student presentation and an award will be presented to the winner at the end of the conference.

We are particularly excited to announce that Dr. Lee Grismer will be delivering this year's plenary lecture

Presentations

All talks should last 5 minutes, providing time to transition between talks. There will be a question period AFTER the 5-minutes, so you do NOT need to build that time into your 5 minutes. We suggest limiting the talks to 5-6 slides as we want to discourage people from trying to fit a longer talk into a short period of time. Regardless of the format, keep in mind that key ideas (or questions) should be presented, and this can be very preliminary. This is a great opportunity to receive feedback on your project, including results that are somewhat puzzling!

You are free to use your own computer, but you can also use one of the computers that we will have set up. Presentations should be loaded onto the computer during registration. We will have a couple of people stationed in there between 8am and 9am to help upload talks onto one of our machines or to help hook up personal laptops. The room is equipped with a microphone (wireless), but we encourage you to bring a pointer and anything else that you might need.

Directions and Parking

From Los Angeles/Ontario areas: Take CA-60 East (will merge with I-215 South) to the University Ave exit (keep left at fork), turn left onto University Ave, and turn right onto W. Campus Dr.

From Pasadena area: Take Hwy I-210 East, exit onto CA-57 South, exit onto CA-71 South, exit onto CA-60 East (will merge with I-215 South), take the University Ave exit (keep left at fork), turn left onto University Ave, and turn right onto W. Campus Dr.

From San Bernardino area: Take I-215 South (will merge with CA-60 East) to the University Ave exit (keep left at fork), turn left onto University Ave, and turn right onto W. Campus Dr.

From Irvine/Orange County areas: Take CA-91 East, merge onto CA-60 East/I-215 South, take the University Ave exit (keep left at fork), turn left onto University Ave, and turn right onto W. Campus Dr.

From San Diego area: Take I-15 North, merge onto I-215 North, take the University Ave exit, turn left onto University Ave, and turn right onto W. Campus Dr.

Parking: Free parking for the event will be made available for a limited number of spots in Lot 6 (highlighted in red on the campus map, below). Registered attendees will be met by a parking official at this lot and directed to a parking spot. In order to obtain a free parking pass, registered attendees must arrive at Lot 6 between 7:45am and 9:00am. Arrival outside of that time slot will require drivers to purchase their own parking pass in the the pay-by-space section in the back (south) area of Lot 6.

Meeting Location and Campus Map: The meeting will be held in the Genomics Auditorium, located on the ground floor of the Genomics building (highlighted in red on the campus map, below). Click the map to open a printable pdf in a new tab.

Questions?

Please contact Tim Higham at thigham(at)ucr.edu with any questions