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Upcoming ALM meeting - Costa Rica 2011
The VII Latin American Mycological Congress will take place in the city of San José, Costa Rica in July 2011. The specific dates and place will be announced in the near future. The conference is currently organized on the basis of previous ALM meetings and will include activities such as conferences, oral presentation sessions, poster sessions and organized symposia. The tentative schedule for these activities is presented below.
 
First day
8:00 - 9:00 AM   Poster session set up
9:00 - 9:30 AM   Opening ceremony
9:30 - 10:00 AM   Break time
10:00 - 11:00 AM   Opening conference (Dr. Julieta Carranza)
11:00 - 12:00 AM   Conference
12:00 - 1:30 PM   Lunch time
1:30 - 2:30 PM   Conference
2:30 - 3:30 PM   Oral presentations Part 1 / Organized symposia
3:30 - 4:30 PM    Break time / Poster session
4:30 - 6:00 PM    Oral presentations Part 2 / Organized symposia
6:30 - adelante    Cocktail

Second day
8:00 - 8:30 AM   Poster session set up
8:30 - 9:30 AM   Conference
9:30 - 10:00 AM   Break time
10:00 - 12:00 PM   Oral presentations Part 1 / Organized symposia
12:00 - 1:30 PM   Lunch time
1:30 - 2:30 PM   Conference
2:30 - 3:30 PM   Oral presentations Part 2 / Organized symposia
3:30 - 4:30 PM   Break time / Poster session
4:30 - 6:00   Oral presentations Part 3 / Organized symposia
6:30 - adelante   Social activity

Third day
8:00 - 8:30 AM   Poster session set up
8:30 - 9:30 AM   Conference
9:30 - 10:00 AM   Break time
10:00 - 12:00 PM   Oral presentations Part 1 / Organized symposia
12:00 - 1:30 PM   Lunch time
1:30 - 2:30 PM   Conference
2:30 - 3:30 PM   Oral presentations Part 2 / Organized symposia
3:30 - 4:30 PM   Break time / Poster session
4:30 - 6:00 PM   Oral presentations Part 3 / Organized symposia
7 - adelante   Dinner/Party

Fourth day
8:00 - 8:30 AM   Poster session set up
8:30 - 9:30 AM   Conference
9:30 - 10:00 AM   Break time
10 - 12:00 AM   Oral presentations Part 1 / Organized symposia
12 - 1:30 PM   Lunch time
1:30 - 2:30 PM   Conference
2:30 - 3:30 PM   Discussion session: Advances and future of micology in Latin America
3:30 - 4:00 PM   Break time
4:00 - 5:00 PM   Closing session (Includes award ceremony to best student poster and oral presentation)

Conferences
The list provided below correspond to the people that tentatively, will be in charge of giving the conferences. The specific topics of each one of the talks will be defined in the near future.

Julieta Carranza (Costa Rica)
Marc Stadler (Germany)
Sharon Cantrell (Puerto Rico)
José Alberto Sáenz (Costa Rica)
Laura Guzmán-Dávalos (Mexico)
Alina Greslebin (Argentina)
Victor Olalde-Portugal (Mexico)
Harry Evans (England-Brazil)
Priscila Chaverri (Costa Rica-United States)

Topics for oral sessions
The topics for the oral presentations have not been defined yet. However, possible subjects include

Taxonomy and phylogeny of ascomycetes
Taxonomy and phylogeny of basidiomycetes
Taxonomy and phylogeny of "zygomycetes", chytridiomycetes and other groups (myxomycetes, oomycetes)
Phytopatogenic fungi
Fungi in biological control
Medical mycology
Fungal ecology
Fungal chemistry and biotechnology
Mycorrhizae
Endophytic fungi
Cultivation

Symposia
You can organize a symposium about a particular topic if you have the collaboration of other people. Proposals for symposia are currently being accepted. Please indicate in your proposal the topic and confirmed speakers. You can send this information to pchaverri@almic.org or pchaverr@umd.edu.

Pre-congress workshops
A series of workshops/field courses will be organized for students interested in strenghtening their skills. These courses will take place in the previous days to the congress. The topics will be defined in the near future.

ALM member registration
All ALM members have to update their personal information before the date of the congress by using the online form on this website (click here). This system is independent of the congress registration and abstract submission platforms.

If you are an active member, please update your information here