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Proposal #: 15-19 2013 FASEB SCIENCE RESEARCH CONFERENCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TOPIC FOR CONSIDERATION TOPIC NAME: MITOSIS: SPINDLE ASSEMBLY AND FUNCTION PREVIOUS TITLE: Mitosis: Spindle Assembly and Function SUBMITTED BY: Erich Nigg, Biozentrum der Universitat Basel Rebecca Heald, University of California-Berkeley YEAR REQUESTED FOR 2015 SCHEDULING: SITE REQUESTS: 1. Portugal 2. Nassau, Bahamas 3. Big Sky, MT DATE REQUESTS: 1. June 21-27, 2015 2. June 28-July 3, 2015 3. September 6-12, 2015 YEAR(S) CONFERENCE 2007, 2009, 2012 HAS BEEN HELD: NOTES: Avoid mid-to-late June dates if Gordon Conferences has similar conferences at that time. FASEB SRC Proposal Instructions Attached are the instructions and requirements for submitting a FASEB SRC proposal. Please complete sections 1-6 before submitting your information. Please submit your proposal by September 23, 2013 in order to be considered for the 2015 SRC Series. Proposals will be reviewed by the FASEB Science Research Conference Advisory Committee in mid November. Shortly thereafter, you will receive a letter with the committee’s decision on your submitted proposal. By the end of January 2014 you will receive a second letter which will indicate the location and date for your conference as well as the name of your assigned Conference Manager. Once your conference is approved, your conference manager will schedule a kick-off conference call to discuss timelines, expectations, instructions on fund raising, and program management to help make your organization process successful. Section 1: Organizer Responsibilities By submitting a FASEB Science Research Conference proposal for consideration by the FASEB SRC Advisory Committee, the organizer(s) accepts the responsibility for producing a successful conference. These responsibilities include: 1. Anything related to the scientific portion of your conference. You will need to provide the Conference title and topics. The Conference title and topics should be timely and attractive. 2. Organizers must assist in recruiting no less than 100 participants to the conference. 3. All fundraising efforts are the responsibility of the organizers with support and guidance by the FASEB SRC Staff. FASEB will provide $10,000 for each conference to help defray a portion of travel and registration costs for speakers. 4. Organizers are responsible for contacting all speakers and session chairs and inviting and confirming their participation. Speakers should be informed that their expenses will be reimbursed after the conference and only to the extent that funds are available. We recommend you do not commitment to a speaker a specific amount of funds prior to the Conference. (Note: Invited speakers and session chairs are required to remain at the Conference for a minimum of three full days and three full nights in order to be eligible for reimbursement of any Conference related expenses.) 5. Organizers must include a “Meet the Expert” session in the program. This session is aimed at encouraging the younger investigators an opportunity to network with the more established and senior PIs in your field. This session can be scheduled during meals or at poster sessions. 6. Organizers must provide conference agenda for posting online. 7. Organizers must provide a final conference agenda. It is the organizers’ responsibility to provide the speaker abstracts (in presentation order), poster abstracts, and a poster listing of the submitted abstracts. The Conference Manager will prepare the cover for the program, the participant list and have the final packet of materials reproduced and shipped to the venue. 8. Organizers must provide conference agenda for posting online. 9. Organizers will participate in periodic discussions with their assigned Conference Manager. By doing so, this will eliminate any miscommunication or understanding of the policies and procedures that will needed to be followed. Section 2: Conference Title & Organizer Information: Please insert the title of the Conference as you would like it to be advertised in future publications. List the organizing committee below and complete contact information and attach a brief CVs (maximum 3 pages) in NIH format for each. TITLE OF CONFERENCE: # of EXPECTED ATTENDEES: Preferred Primary Point of Contact for Proposal Questions: Name: Full Address: Telephone #: Email Address: Science Categories (select up to 3) 1) 2) 3) (see Attachment A - for marketing and audience generation purposes) Organizing Committee: Organizer Chair: __________________________ __Title: ____________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Full Address: ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Email: ________________________________________ Organizer Co-Chair __________________________________Title: ____________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Full Address: ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Email: ________________________________________ Committee member: __________________________________Title: ____________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Full Address: ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Email: ________________________________________ Committee member: __________________________________Title: ____________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Full Address: ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Email: ________________________________________ Committee member: __________________________________Title: ____________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Full Address: ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Email: ________________________________________ Committee member: __________________________________Title: ____________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Full Address: ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Email: ________________________________________ Section 3: Program Submission Requirements & Outline: Please insert program details in day order as requested below. Session titles should be listed with session chairs and affiliations. Indicate the proposed tentative talk titles within each session and list up to at least 4 speakers per session (not including short talks selected from submitted abstracts). Please remember to also include the required “Meet the Expert” session. The FASEB SRC Advisory Committee requires all session chairs to be confirmed before the submission of the application. Be sure to indicate with a "C" if the session chair is confirmed, indicate with a “CS” if the speaker is confirmed, indicate with a "W" which session chairs and speakers are women, indicate with an "M" which session chairs and speakers are of a minority group and indicate with the word “NEW” which session chairs and speakers are new to the program. (Note: The committee defines new speakers as one that has NOT spoken at the last two (2) Conferences.) Overview of Program Flow # of Days: # of Sessions per day: # of Speaker per day: # of Session chairs per day: # of Breakouts per day: # of Abstracts per day: SUNDAY To include: Conference Registration 4 p.m. – 9 p.m., FASEB SRC Welcome Reception 5 p.m. – 6 p.m., Dinner 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Title of Session: ______________________________________________________________ Session Chair & Affiliation:_____________________________________________________ Additional Session Titles (if applicable): Title of Session: ______________________________________________________________ Session Chair & Affiliation:______________________________________________________ Title of Session: ______________________________________________________________ Session Chair & Affiliation:______________________________________________________ Speaker 1: __________________________________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Tentative Title of Talk: _________________________________________________________ Speaker 2: __________________________________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Tentative Title of Talk: _________________________________________________________ Speaker 3: __________________________________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Tentative Title of Talk: _________________________________________________________ Speaker 4: __________________________________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________ Tentative
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