ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA XIX ESSA Congress AND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 37th ZSSA Congress The Joint XIX ESSA and the 37th ZSSA Congress will be hosted from 12 to 17 July 2015 at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Papers are invited to be presented at the 19th Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa and the 37th Congress of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa in July 2015. These congresses will be jointly hosted by the Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. The ESSA congress will be run on the 13th, 14th and 15th of July and the ZSSA congress on the 15th, 16th and 17th July 2015. The overlap day will focus on “Invasion Biology”, a theme common to both societies. Submitted

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topical

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current.

PAPER AND SPEED PRESENTATIONS & DATES 

Maximum time allowed for paper presentations will be 15 minutes (12 + 3 minutes discussion time).

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In a break with tradition there will be no poster sessions, but rather speed presentations of 5 minutes in duration at the end of the relevant sessions.

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Closing date for all oral and speed title submissions is 28 February 2015.

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Deadline for all abstract submissions is 31st March 2015.

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All abstract submissions will be done via an online system, the address of which will be announced in the second circular

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Please send any suggestions regarding symposia to: Martin Hill ([email protected])

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Dan Parker ([email protected]) ZSSA

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