Workshop Series on Evolution, Science, and Society, March and October 1996 to be held in Chicago at the Field Museum

9530292应各自学会主席的邀请，来自美国博物学家学会、进化研究学会、分子生物学与进化学会、美国生态学会、系统生物学家学会、美国遗传学会、动物行为学会和古生物学会的代表于1995年4月22日至23日在印第安纳波利斯举行会议，讨论编写一份界定进化研究面临的挑战和机遇的报告。代表们同意着手制定和传播一份文件，该文件将：1)描述进化生物学的内容和目标；2)记录它的一些成就，包括它对一般生物科学以及对健康科学、农业和环境科学等领域的社会需求的贡献；3)概述我们的科学未来对生物科学和社会需求的重要贡献；4)确定特别挑战和机遇的领域；5)提出可寻求这种挑战和机遇的机制。这份文件将向科学管理人员和社会的其他代表介绍进化生物学在基础生物科学的进步及其应用于社会需求方面的作用，并将确定未来工作的前景。一个由代表进化生物学主要学科的十八(18)名科学家组成的工作组已经成立，并将在未来两年举行会议，起草一份工作文件，提交给各自学会的成员。该系列讲习班将包括工作组为确定文件大纲而举行的一次会议、工作组为修订文件草案举行的一次会议、以及工作组举行一次会议以纳入科学学会的意见。在系列讲习班之后，将出版和分发定稿文件。

9530292 MEAGHER At the invitation of their respective Society Presidents, representatives from the American Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, the Ecological Society of America, the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Genetics Society of America, the Animal Behavior Society, and the Paleontological Society met in Indianapolis on April 22-23, 1995, to discuss the preparation of a report defining the challenges and opportunities facing the study of evolution. The representatives agreed to proceed toward the formulation and dissemination of a document that would 1) describe the content and aims of evolutionary biology; 2) document some of its accomplishments, including its contributions to biological science in general and to social needs in areas such as health science, agriculture, and environmental science; 3) outline important future contributions of our science to the biological science and to social needs; 4) identify areas of particular challenge and opportunity; and 5) suggest mechanisms by which such challenges and opportunities may be pursued. This document would inform science administrators and other representatives of society of the role of evolutionary biology in the progress of basic biological science and its applications to social needs, and would identify promising areas of future work. A working group of eighteen (18) scientists representing major disciplines in evolutionary biology has been established and will meet over the next two years to draft a working document to be presented to the memberships of their respective societies. The workshop series will include a meeting of the working group to establish an outline for the document, a meeting of the working group to revise a draft document, and a meeting of the working group to incorporate input from the scientific societies. The workshop series will be followed by publication and dissemination of the finished document.