Upcoming Events
2011
2012
Maths for the future: Keep Australia competitive
http://www.amsi.org.au/mathsforthefuture.php
Canberra, Australia
Tuesday 7 February to Wednesday 8 February 2012
A national forum proposing strategies to secure future mathematical and statistical skills for Australia, skills that are critical for Australian innovation and competitiveness.
Professor Celia Hoyles, former mathematics advisor to the British Government, will talk about initiatives employed in the UK that have improved standards, reversed teacher shortages and increased mathematics enrollments.
This forum comes five years on from the An investment in the future forum which discussed the findings of the Australian Academy of Sciences' National Strategic Review of Mathematical Science Research in Australia and provides an opportunity to endorse a coherent action plan to ensure the supply of graduates in the mathematical sciences and quantitate disciplines.
2013
International Plant Nutrition Colloquium
Istanbul, Turkey
Monday 19 August to Thursday 22 August 2013
The colloquium will focus on research topics dealing with agro-ecological, environmental, physiological, genetic and molecular aspects of plant mineral nutrition. Major attention will be paid to i) soil nutrient dynamics, ii) root biology and microbe interactions, iii) nutrient management, iv) ion toxicity and remediation, v) nutrient uptake, transport and remobilisation, vi) nutrient functions and vii) mitigating impacts of mineral nutrition on various environmental stress factors such as drought, salinity and diseases. The main theme of the 17th IPNC will be "Plant nutrition for nutrient and food security".
2013
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
Sydney, Australia
Monday 24 June to Friday 28 June 2013
We warmly invite you to be a part of the 24th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR), the largest annual international scientific conference devoted to Arabidopsis thaliana – a model plant worked with by an estimated 16,000 labs around the world. Experiments performed in Arabidopsis often underpin plant research in general and Arabidopsis-driven research leads the way with technologies and concepts.
Society funding for Workshops and Conferences
Click here to view guidelines for Conference seed funding applications.
Click here for application form for Conference funding.
Student Travel Grants
Funds are set aside each year to sponsor student travel to our annual conference, and in this way contribute to their professional development in plant science.
Support will vary from year to year depending on the Society finances, location of meeting and number of applications. The Treasurer will apply a formula in calculating individual entitlements and takes these factors into account. Applicants must be financial members of ASPS and making an oral or poster presentation and supported by a supervisor who is a current member.
The deadline for application is the first Monday evening in September. Download student travel grant application form here.