Conference Proposal: 7th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, Florida, July 2004

第七届国际脊椎动物形态学大会（ICVM）将在佛罗里达博卡顿的佛罗里达大西洋大学举行。 本届大会延续了前几届ICVM所确立的国际合作、合议和卓越的传统。 以其覆盖面的广度和深度而闻名，大会汇集了当今最优秀和最聪明的形态学家，并鼓励形态学的学生现在做出贡献，并在未来几年与该领域一起成长。 大会鼓励400多名与会者倾听，讨论，学习，并将新的想法带回家教室，现场和实验室。 这种学院氛围创造了丰富思想和建立合作的机会。 ICVM-7是近十年来在美国举行的第一次大会，每天包括一次全体会议，每次会议都强调该领域的不同关键方面。 将有贡献的口头报告，研讨会会议和研讨会每日并行会议。 海报展示会，包括四个海报研讨会，将在晚上举行。 一个国际组成的科学计划委员会（SPC）从39个提案中选出了15个口头形式的专题讨论会，4个海报形式的专题讨论会和4个讲习班。 鼓励研讨会组织者编制发言者名单，以反映各自领域研究人员的多样性，特别是国籍、性别和职业阶段。 他们做出了特别的努力，以确定和邀请研究生和博士后谁带来了新的想法，强大的，充满活力的方法和热情的脊椎动物形态学。 这种成熟和年轻研究人员的结合是ICVM的基础。 NSF奖励资金将按以下优先顺序分配：（一）研究生、博士后（大多数专题讨论会由6名发言者组成，其中至少包括一名研究生或博士后），（2）来自经济落后国家的参与者，（3）其他有经济需要的人，如担任无薪研究/教师职位的参与者，（4）专题讨论会和讲习班的组织者，以表彰他们的贡献，以及全体会议的发言者。

The 7th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM) will be held at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. This Congress continues the tradition of international cooperation, collegiality, and excellence established in the previous ICVMs. Known for its breadth and depth of coverage, the Congress brings together the best and brightest morphologists of today, and encourages students of morphology to contribute now and to grow with the field for years to come. The congress encourages its more than 400 participants to listen, discuss, learn, and take home new ideas to the classroom, field, and lab. This collegial atmosphere creates opportunities to enrich ideas and build collaborations. ICVM-7, the first Congress to be held in the USA in nearly a decade, includes one plenary lecture per day, each highlighting a different key aspect of the field. There will be daily concurrent sessions for contributed oral presentations, symposium sessions, and workshops. Poster presentation sessions, including four poster symposia, will be held in the evenings. A Scientific Program Committee (SPC) of international composition selected 15 symposia in oral format, 4 symposia in poster format, and 4 workshops from a field of 39 proposals. Symposium organizers were encouraged to develop speaker lists reflecting the diversity of researchers in their area, particularly with respect to nationality, gender, and career stage. They made special efforts to identify and invite graduate students and postdocs who bring novel ideas, robust, energetic approaches and enthusiasm to vertebrate morphology. This combination of established and younger researchers is a foundation of the ICVM. NSF award funds will be distributed in the following order of priority: (1) graduate students and post-doctoral scholars (most symposia, consisting of 6 speakers, include at least one graduate student or post-doc), (2) participants from economically disadvantaged countries, (3) others with demonstrated financial need, such as participants holding unpaid research/faculty positions, (4) symposium and workshop organizers, in recognition of their contributions, and plenary speakers.