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V Symposium of Natural History Museums

Enviado por alf.avila el Mar, 2014-08-12 11:31.
Convocante: 
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba
Tipo de convocatoria: 
Ponencia
Fecha límite: 
Sáb, 2015-02-28
Texto de la convocatoria: 
V SYMPOSIUM OF NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS
(Havana, Cuba, July 6-10th, 2015)
 
 
The Cuban National Museum of Natural History (MNHNC) calls for participation in its V Symposium of Natural History Museums, to be held as part of the Environment Convention, with the purpose of providing a space for the updating, analysis, and discussion of issues related to natural history and its museology, as well as to promote exchange of experience and joint efforts among participating institutions.
 
Honorary President: Gilberto Silva Taboada, Curator Emeritus of the MNHNC.
 
Organizing Committee: President, Lic. Esther Pérez Lorenzo (MNHNC Director); VicePresident, Lic. Yaima Zulueta Muñoz (MNHNC ViceDirector for Museology and Communication); Secretary, Regla Balmori Álvarez; other members, Layne García Castellanos, Yasmín Peraza Diez, Silvia Fernández Montoya, Yailín Pedroso and Surinay Betancourt.
 
Scientific Commitee: Dr. Luis M. Díaz Beltrán, Dr. Reinaldo Rojas Consuegra, Dr. Antonio López Almirall, MSc. Iván Borroto Rodríguez, MSc. Frances García Jiménez, Lic. Yamilé Luguera Hdez, Lic. Dinorah Valle Quiñones, Lic. Laura Aguilar Veloz, and Lic. Esteban Gutiérrez Cubría.                
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Themes:
  • Development, documentation, conservation, restoration, and management of natural history collections.
  • Present challenges of natural history museums.
  • Communication with the public through exhibits.
  • Natural history museums as vehicles for education and promotion of scientific culture about nature.
  • Social research in museums: studies and characterization of museum visitors; demographic studies; social representation studies; historical and motivational studies.
  • Typological research in natural history: geology, botany, zoology, paleontology, and biogeography.
  • Evolution and species.
  • Speciation on islands.
  • Species in paleontological research.
 
PARTICIPANTS
Museologists, curators, researchers, conservators, social communicators, or any other type of specialist working at cultural, educational, or scientific institutions.
 
INFORMATION
For further information, contact: Esther Pérez Lorenzo,
President of Organizing Committee V Symposium of Natural History Museums,
Obispo no.61 e/ Oficios y Baratillo, Plaza de Armas, Habana Vieja, Cuba, CP. 10100.
 
Types of participation
The Convention includes several types of meetings: congresses, colloquies, symposia, and work-shops. Those interested may contribute by means of oral presentations and posters.
 
Oral presentations will be limited to 15 minutes, and organized as approved for panel discussions, round tables, or special thematic sessions.
 
Posters must be designed in a 95 x 150 cm (width x height) format, and their date and hour of presentation will be shown in the scientific program. Authors must attend their posters at the indicated time in order to answer possible questions from participants.
 
Authors may indicate their preferred type of presentation (oral or poster) to the Scientific Committee; but the Committee has the right to decide and will inform authors accordingly.
 
Abstract and publication of papers
Participants interested in contributing oral presentations or posters must send an abstract in Spanish, English, or Portuguese toconvencion@ama.cu (with copy to the contact person of the specific meeting where they intend to present their work), indicating the corresponding congress or colloquy and their choice for type of presentation. Abstracts must be sent to the Organizing Committeebefore February 28th (2015) by Cuban participants, and before March 31st (2015) by foreign participants. Before April 15th (2015) the Organizing Committee will inform authors about acceptance of their abstracts and type of presentation decided.
 
Once the abstract is accepted, authors willing to have their whole papers published in the proceedings of the meeting (in electronic format with ISBN) must send them to the Organizing Committee before May 20th(2015). Publication of papers received after that date is not guarantied.
 
Specifications for abstract presentation
·         Abstracts (electronically edited) must clearly and briefly express the objectives and scope of the study, basic procedures, methods, main results, and conclusions. Images, tables, graphs, formulas, complex symbols, and acronyms must not be included. Do not write the word “Abstract”.
·         Presentation as a single block in Microsoft Word, using Arial 12 points with simple interlining, on size A4, with 2.5 cm margins on both sides; not exceeding one page (250 words), saved in Word Document 97-2003.
·         Title in upper case bold face, left flushed, and not longer than 20 words; with numerical reference to foot-note in italics, as follows:Presented at the V Symposium of Natural History Museums, as part of the IX International Convention on Environment and Development, held in Havana, Cuba, July 6-10th, 2015.
·         Name of author (in Arial 12 points) left flushed and 12 points below title. More than one author must follow each other separated by commas. For each author, a numerical reference to foot-note indicating institutional affiliation, country, and email.
·         From 3 to 5 key words at 12 points below end of abstract.
Specifications for the presentation of whole papers
·         Microsoft Word edition (minimum 10 pages; maximum 20 pages, 1 megabyte) using Arial 12 points, size A4, with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides.
·         Text with simple interlining and 12 points between paragraphs. Paragraphs without first line indentation (including tables, graphs, figures, maps, foot-notes, and bibliographic references). Page numbers centered on bottom.
·         Abstract (as indicated above) on page 1, title and authors on page 2, and then the rest of the document, which must include an introduction, results, conclusions, and bibliographic references, among other sections.
·         Tables and figures must be consecutively numbered and inserted closest to the place in text where they are mentioned for the first time.
 
Contributions not complying with the above specifications will be rejected. The Organizing Committee is not responsible for contents of presentations.
 
AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA FOR PRESENTATIONS
Data-show, video, and computer, requested ahead of time to the Scientific Committee. CDs, DVDs, and the like must be handed by authors to the Audiovisual Media Reception Office 24 hours ahead of presentation. Digital files must adjust to the following:
·         Operating system: Windows XP.
·         Presentations in Power Point 2003.
·         Storage support: CD, DVD, USB.
·         Compressing file support: WinZip 8.0, Winrar 2.5, Arj.
·         Support for vector images: Corel design 9 or 10. Applications that need associated programs must come with their installations (Quicktime, Adobe Acrobat, etc.).
 
REGISTRATION FEES
 
Categories
Online  payment  (CUCs)
 
 
 
 
 
Up to June 5th
(2015)
After June 5th
Delegates
180.00
 
210.00
Companions
70.00
 
70.00
Pregrade students
 
 
150.00
 
 
 
 
 
Registration includes:
Delegates and Students
·         Credentials, portfolio, electronic memory (CD), notes block, ball pen, scientific program, and information about the Convention.
·         Participation in scientific sessions, opening and closing activities, conferences, fairs, and social activities in the official program.
·         Participant certificate and (in case of presentation) author certificate.
 
At registration, students must show an official certificate of that condition.
 
Companions
·         Participation in opening and closing activities.
·         Social activities in official program.
 
Options for registration and payment of fee
·         Request by fax (537) 204-5956 or by info@cubambiente.com
·         Online through web site www.cubambiente.com
·         Online through web site www.eventospalco.cu of the Conventions Palace, which offers a special single transaction of lodging at Hotel Palco (its official hotel), registration payment, transfer in/out, and personalized assistance.
·         Directly at the Registration Center of Conventions Palace in Havana (site of the meetings), in Cuban Convertible Pesos (CUCs), the country’s official currency.
 
EXPOSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FAIR
Entities committed to sustainable development (international organizations, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, universities, research centers, protected areas, service centers, and tourist agencies) may participate in this fair to promote pertinent products, services, technologies, and projects. The fair will be located at the main lobby of the Havana Conventions Palace during July 6-10th, 2015. Those interested may contact:
 
 
Lic. Aliette García Casanova
Environmental Agency (Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment)
Phone: (537) 206-6760
Fax: (537) 204-0852
 
 
Lic. Raúl González Castro
Conventions Palace
Phone: (537) 208-7541,
(537) 202-6011 to 19, ext. 1507
Fax: (537) 202-8382
E-mail: raul@palco.cu
 
LODGING RESERVATIONS
The official receptor for the meetings will be Cubanacan Travel Agency, which offers the possibility of a tour package in CUCs:
 
Hotels
Single bed
Twin beds
 
 
 
Meliá Habana
130.00
91.00
Palco
75.00
62.00
Acuario
73.00
61.00
Neptuno
50.00
42.00
 
 
 
This package includes:
·         Reception at “José Martí” Airport in Havana.
·         Transportation from airport to hotel.
·         Lodging with breakfast included. In case of Hotel Acuario, All-included plan without lunch.
·         Collective transportation hotel - meeting site - hotel.
·         Collective transportation to a social activity of the meeting.
·         Transportation from hotel back to airport.
·         Assistance at airport.
·         Specialized guide service.
 
In order to prompt your hotel reservations and access to preferential fees, you may contact:
 
·         Lic. Niurka Remedios Ballesteros
   Sales Executive / Professional Congress Organizer
   Cubanacan Travel Agency
   Phone: (537) 204-4867 / 208-9920 extension: 214
   Fax: (537) 204-4791
   E-mail: ventas10@avc.ei.tur.cu
·         For online payment of registration plus information on lodging, you may visit Solways Cuba web site.
·         For information and lodging you may directly contact Cubanacan Travel Agency in your country.
 
GENERAL CONTACTS
 
 
MSc. Isabel Torna Falco
Organizing Secretary
Environmental Agency
Calle 20 esq. a 18-A, Miramar, Playa, CP 11300, La Habana, Cuba
Phone: (537) 203-0777
Fax: (537) 204-0852
 
Lic. Alicia García González
Congress Professional Organizer
Havana Conventions Palace
Avenida 146 e/ 11 y 13, Playa
Phone: (537) 208-5199, 2020-6011 to 19
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lic. Regla C. Balmori Alvarez
Especialista en Comunicación
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Obispo No.61, Plaza de Armas, Habana Vieja
Teléfonos: 8632687, 6477530