2006 ESA-NCB Annual Meeting

The 61st annual ESA-NCB Meeting was held March 26-29, 2006, at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center. Dr. Rick E. Foster (Purdue University) was Program Chair, and Dr. Marianne Alleyne (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was Local Arrangements Chair.

Minutes

• Minutes of the 2006 Preliminary Business Meeting
• Minutes of the 2006 Final Business Meeting

Meeting Registration

If you have questions about the registration procedure, please contact Illinois State University Conference Services at (800) 877-1478 or (309) 438-2160.

The early registration deadline is March 1, 2006. The early registration fees (before March 1) and the late (on-site) registration fees will be:

	Through March 1st	After March 1st
ESA member	140	170
Non-ESA member	190	220
ESA student member	40	60
Emeritus member	40	60
Guest	40	60
One-day	70	85

Other deadlines:

• Symposia submission deadline – December 1st.
• Paper/Poster submission deadline – February 10th.

Meeting Program

Submitting Presentations/Posters

This year we will again exclusively use PowerPoint presentations for the talks. All the computers that will be used at the meeting will be PC’s, so presenters who use Macintosh computers are encouraged to test their presentation on a PC prior to the meeting. With the advent of flash drives, we will not be uploading presentations this year. Presenters should bring their PowerPoint file to the meeting on a USB memory stick/flash drive. Presenters are encouraged to contact the moderators of their sessions to arrange for the files to be loaded on a computer in the Preview room or prior to the start of the session. The contact info for the moderators will also be available in the program.

• Tips for Moderators
• Tips for Oral Presentations

Hotel Information

Everyone registered for Monday is invited to attend a lunchtime preview of the 2007 Winnipeg, which will feature plans for special logistics to encourage student attendance. NCB will provide a free box lunch to all who attend this presentation.

All Tuesday registrants are invited to attend the a buffet-style awards dinner on Tuesday evening, preceded by a cash bar. The dinner will be formatted to encourage mingling.

Coffee, tea, and other refreshments will be available to all registrants during breaks throughout the meeting.

To book rooms at the Doubletree hotel for $89/night please call 1-309-664-6446 and indicate you will be attending the ESA-NCB meetings in Bloomington, IL to be held March 26-29.

Some useful links:

• Area map/directions to DoubleTree Conference Center
• To obtain driving directions to Bloomington, IL, and maps of the area, use the following address for the conference center: 10 Brickyard Drive, Bloomington, Illinois 61701
• Central Illinois Regional Airport (less than 10 minutes from the DoubleTree).
• Willard Airport - Champaign-Urbana (about 1 hour from conference site)
• Information about the airport shuttle from
  • CIRA:
    Blue Nite Limo Service 309-828-2847
    Cassano Limousine 309-452-2237
    Elegant Limousine, Inc 309-888-4900
    ACE Luxury Limousine 309-827-8834
  • Willard airport:
    Illini Limo/C-U taxi: 217-384-5892.
• The Bloomington-Normal Area Conference and Visitors Bureau has an excellent website providing information for visitors.

How to become a member and the benefits of being a member of ESA.

Student exhibitors please contact Marianne Alleyne at vanlaarh@life.uiuc.edu to register.