[Coral-List] ICRS registration deadlines
David Glassom
davidg at ori.org.za
Mon Feb 23 05:07:03 EST 2004
Dear Coral Listers
I wonder if I am the only person feeling frustrated by the early registration
deadline for this year's ICRS in Japan? Especially in view of the lack of
formal notification of which abstracts have been accepted for oral / poster
presentations.
For many researchers, funding for international conferences must be applied for
as each conference approaches. Often funding depends on confirmation in writing
that the researcher will present a paper at the conference. It usually takes
several weeks to a couple of months to hear whether funding has been granted or
not. Under these circumstances, meeting the registration deadline for 10ICRS
was extremely difficult - impossible, in my case. I suspect the same is true
for many other coral researchers, especially young researchers without large
research grants and those from developing countries, to whom the registration
fee, converted to local currencies, is a substantial sum.
Funding issues aside, the early registration deadline also denies researchers
the chance to consider their attendance if their submissions
are accepted as poster presentations rather than talks, which are often
preferred. This is especially pertinent since each researcher is limited to
submission of only 1 oral presentation.
No doubt the early deadline will ensure that the program will run more smoothly
than in Bali, with fewer late withdrawals. But if the price of a better program
is a less inclusive conference, will it have been worth it? I doubt it, but am
interested in what other coral reef scientists think.
David Glassom
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