Please excuse any cross-posting.

     The American Malacological Society will hold its 74th
annual meeting in Carbondale, Illinois from June 29 - July 3,
2008. The venue will be the Southern Illinois University Student
Center, which houses an auditorium, several ballrooms and
meeting rooms, and a number of restaurants and coffee shops.
The conference will begin with an icebreaker on Sunday evening.
Special events will include an outdoor reception at Blue Sky
Vineyard (www.blueskyvineyard.com) on Monday night, a poster
session and the AMS Auction of molluscan miscellany on Tuesday
night and a barbecue banquet (with vegetarian options) at the
17th Street Bar & Grill Warehouse, Southern Illinois' most
unique banquet facility on Wednesday night. 17th Street Bar &
Grill was recently recognized by Food Network and Bon Appitit
as the home of the best ribs in the country.

     The special sessions and symposia will include:   a land
snail conservation symposium and workshop in honor of the late
Leslie Hubricht, organized by Kathryn Perez (University of
North Carolina Chapel Hill/Duke University), Jay Cordeiro
(NatureServe), Jochen Gerber (Field Museum of Natural History)
and Kevin Roe (Iowa State University); a symposium on molluscan
taxonomy in the 21st century, organized by Benont Dayrat (UC
Merced); a special session on cephalopod biology organized by
Frank Anderson, Christine Huffard (Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute) and Elizabeth Shea (Delaware Museum of
Natural History)  On Thursday, two field trips will introduce
meeting participants to wonderful mollusk habitats in southern
Illinois. Participants will be able to take a tour of the Larue
Pine Hills/Otter Pond Research Natural Area, a fantastic area
of limestone bluffs and outcrops (and home of Euchemotrema
hubrichti, the conference mascot), or a trip to local aquatic
habitats to search for freshwater bivalves and gastropods.

     Visitors to Carbondale usually travel through either St.
Louis or Chicago, though Memphis is also an option. There is a
convenient shuttle service from St. Louis Lambert International
Airport to Carbondale. From Chicago or Memphis, you can take a
train, The City of New Orleans, which stops in Carbondale on
its Chicago-to-New Orleans route. Flights also arrive at the
Williamson County airport (618-993-3353) several times daily.
The airport is located 16 miles east of the SIU campus.  We
look forward to seeing you in Carbondale, Illinois in 2008!

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Marla L. Coppolino
Graduate Research Assistant/ PROMPT Fellow
Department of Zoology, Mailcode 6501
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL  62901-6501
USA
http://mypage.siu.edu/mlcopp/
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Telephone:  (country code 01) 347-495-9861
FAX:  (country code 01) 618-453-2806

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