Consciousness Online: The Cyber Consciousness Conference
February 20-27, 2009

Interdisciplinary graduate conference on consciousness
April 24-25, 2009
Deadline: Feb. 1

ASSC13 Berlin
June 5-8, 2009
Deadline: Feb. 15

Toward a Science of Consciousness, 2009 Hong Kong
June 11-14, 2009
Deadline: Feb. 15

ISHSPPB
July 12-16
Deadline: Feb.8
Student Aid Application: April 4

Special Topics:
Meeting near the Great Barrier Reef in the year of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the publication of Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s Philosophie Zoologique, we suggest some possible ideas for proposals, including:  (1) Darwinism from different perspectives, including future perspectives on Darwinism; (2) The history, philosophy, social studies, and theory behind current debates about the genetics of evolutionary change; (3) The history, philosophy, social studies, and biology of coral reefs-a subject that engaged Darwin and which is now the subject of much attention related to the global environmental crisis; (4) The nature of amateur participation in science, especially “citizen science” that encourages stakeholders of various kinds to protect the coastal environment, and the role of NGOs in shaping science policy; and (5) Topics such as biodiversity, biogeography, and systematics.  Submissions on other subjects that reflect an individual’s current area of research, however, are also welcomed.