2006 Citizen Science Conference Announced

Shawn Carlson, Executive Director of the Society for Amateur Scientists, has announced that the 2006 Citizen Science Conference will be held in Providence, Rhode Island, from August 24 (Thursday) through August 27 (Sunday). Those who wish to present a paper at the meeting should send an abstract here.

Shawn reports, "As always, we will have a nifty day event on Thursday, meetings Friday and Saturday, a lecture Friday evening and an awards banquet on Saturday evening. Sunday morning will be a poster session."

The meeting will be held at the Providence Marriott Downtown Hotel. The cost of registration for the four day event will be $180. Single day registration will be $90, and registration for only the poster session will be $60.

Conference attendees will be able to register through the Society for Amateur Scientists web site. The link will be provided in a future installment of The Citizen Scientist.

The Marriott will create a web site for conference attendees to register for rooms. The site will be announced in a future installment of The Citizen Scientist. Attendees must make their own room reservations, and they will be able to get a discount if they do it through the special Marriott web site.

Note that attendees will be able to register for the conference only through the SAS web site and make room reservations only through the Marriott site. Again, both sites will be announced in a future installment of TCS.

The Providence Marriott Downtown is located in downtown Providence off Route 95. A map and transportation information are available at the Providence Marriott Downtown web site.

Forrest M. Mims III