ISB News September 2011: from the President and Secretary
We are pleased to announce the Phenology 2012 Conference. This second interdisciplinary international conference will be held at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, 10–13 September 2012. This conference aims to bring together experts from around the world in all sub-fields of phenology and related disciplines. The overall theme of the conference is Future Climate and the Living Earth. Conference products will include a set of peer-reviewed scientific papers in a special issue of the International Journal of Biometeorology. The conference will run over 4 days, starting on Monday 10 September 2012, and finishing on Thursday 13 September 2012. Main events will take place at the UWMilwaukee School of Continuing Education Conference Center located in the heart of Milwaukee's business and commercial district. The conference dinner will be held in the Pilot House at Discovery World and include access to the Reiman Aquarium. Keynote speakers will be Dr. Thomas R. Karl, Director of the USA National Climatic Data Center, and Regents Professor Steven W. Running, University of Montana. Field trips will be held on the last day of the conference and are under development. Please visit the conference website: to see more information and to register your interest in order to be included in future direct messages. The Chair of the Phenology 2012 Conference is Distinguished Professor Mark D. Schwartz, who is also Chair of the ISB Phenology Commission and Chair of the USA National Phenology Network Board of Directors. He hopes to see many of you in Milwaukee in September 2012!