Photographs taken at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, held 24–25 May in Washington, DC, can be viewed by going to www.carrollphotography.lifepics.com and entering event code AIBS5232506. Photos and high-resolution images on CD that are ordered at this site will be shipped approximately 48 hours after the order is received. Inquiries can be submitted via the contact page at the site.
Please note also that the plenary and keynote lectures from the annual meeting—with audio, video, slides, and transcripts—will be available online in a few weeks for free viewing at the AIBS Virtual Library, www.aibs.org/virtual-library. The speakers and the titles of their lectures are as follows:
- Chris Mooney, Washington correspondent, Seed magazine: "Learning to Speak Science: How the Scientific Community Can Win Back Its Political Influence in America"
- Matthew Nisbet, The Ohio State University: "Framing Science: Understanding the Battle over Knowledge"
- Daniel Esty, Yale University: "From Science to Policy: Biodiversity Protection, Metrics, and Results"
- Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife: "The Endangered Species Act under Attack: The Dynamic Interplay between Science and Policy"
- Shahid Naeem, Columbia University: "Applications of Biodiversity Research to Human Well-being"
- Richard B. Norgaard, University of California at Berkeley: "Values and Valuation in a Rapidly Changing World"
- Stephen Polasky, University of Minnesota: "Valuing Ecosystem Services"
- Stephen Bocking, Trent University, Canada: "Defining Effective Science for Biodiversity Policy"
The AIBS Virtual Library contains free online recordings of plenary and keynote lectures from AIBS annual meetings and other AIBS events since 2000.
The next AIBS annual meeting is scheduled for 14–15 May 2007 in Washington, DC.
