Progress 03/15/10 to 03/14/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Gordon Research Conference on PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION was held at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, TX, February 21-26, 2010. The Conference was well-attended with 163 participants (attendees list attached). The attendees represented the spectrum of endeavor in this field coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories, both U.S. and foreign scientists, senior researchers, young investigators, and students. Of the 163 attendees, 93 voluntarily responded to a general inquiry regarding ethnicity which appears on our registration forms. Of the 93 respondents, 4% were Minorities - 2% Hispanic ,and 2% Asian. Approximately 42% of the participants at the 2010 meeting were women. In designing the formal speakers program, emphasis was placed on current unpublished research and discussion of the future target areas in this field. There was a conscious effort to stimulate lively discussion about the key issues in the field today. Time for formal presentations was limited in the interest of group discussions. In order that more scientists could communicate their most recent results, poster presentation time was scheduled. Attached is a copy of the formal schedule and speaker program and the poster program. In addition to these formal interactions, "free time" was scheduled to allow informal discussions. Such discussions are fostering new collaborations and joint efforts in the field. PARTICIPANTS: Organizing a Gordon Research Conference involves extensive communication with the research community to identify important issues at the frontiers of the field, and solicit suggestions for speakers and discussion leaders to participate in the conference. The Chair then contacts prospective participants to invite them to talk and discuss the nature of their contributions. The Chair then communicates the topics and aims of the conference through web pages, contact with relevant international professional bodies and email to members of the research community around the world to encourage applications for participation in the conference. The Chair is then responsible for assessing and accepting the applications and fielding a host of questions both concerning the technical content and practical aspects of conference participation. TARGET AUDIENCES: The attendees represented the spectrum of endeavor in this field coming from academia, industry, and government laboratories, both U.S. and foreign scientists, senior researchers, young investigators, and students. Of the 163 attendees, 93 voluntarily responded to a general inquiry regarding ethnicity which appears on our registration forms. Of the 93 respondents, 4% were Minorities - 2% Hispanic ,and 2% Asian. Approximately 42% of the participants at the 2010 meeting were women. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Plant Herbivore Interactions will be held Feb 21-26 2010 at a new venue in Galveston, TX. Hotel Galvez is located on the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles from Houston. The 2010 meeting will be the 11th Gordon Research Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions. For over 25 years, the GRC series on Plant-Herbivore Interactions has served as a premier forum for scientists investigating the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore interactions. In addition to being an important venue for sharing late-breaking results, its broad influence makes the conference series an influential determinant of research directions in the field. The 11th GRC on Plant-Herbivore Interactions will bring together an outstanding group of junior and senior scientists. Sessions will range from genetic and biochemical mechanisms to populations, communities and ecosystems, embrace mechanism and theory, and link chemistry, ecology and evolution. To complement the diverse themes of the session presentations, three poster sessions are scheduled for the evenings and all attendees are encouraged to contribute a poster. The collegial atmosphere of this Conference and breadth of research areas represented, with programmed morning and evening discussion sessions and informal gatherings in the afternoons, provides an exciting venue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and debate across disciplinary boundaries.
Publications
- Gordon Research Conferences maintains a Web site which lists the conference title, date of conference, location of conference, and a tentative program for the conference. It is an informational tool for scientists who wish to see our up-coming schedule and determine which conferences they wish to apply to. Gordon Research Conferences does not permit publication of meeting proceedings (2010).
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