August 21st

WELCOME PACKET for meeting participants. Also available at hotel checkin.

July 1st [Happy Canada Day]: Program is Now Available
For those interested, the program of events and speakers is now available online. For more information please click here.

April 13th: Inexpensive Accommodations Now Available for Booking
For those looking for less expensive accommodations and are willing to put up with spartan furnishings and collegiate neighbors, a limited number of dormitory rooms are available for booking ($40-$50USD per night). All of the dormitory rooms are fully furnished with free wireless access, fans, coffee pots, phones, alarm clocks and linens (bedding and towels). Most have private bathrooms and some have kitchenettes or kitchens. For more information on these accommodations click here. To book a reservation call 503-725-4336 or email shc@pdx.edu

March 9th: Registration is Open
Please register before April 30th to take advantage of the reduced registration fee for attendees. Clicking the "Register Now" button will take you to a third party registration service (RegOnline.com). Please note that all transactions will be tagged REGPortland State University and processed in US currency.

February 8th: Early-Career Participant Travel Assistance Announced
If you are an early-career participant (graduate student nearing completion or post-doctoral researcher) and would like your abstract to be considered for a travel award please indicate so on your abstract submission form . At present, we can offer partial support ~ approximately $500 USD. Because some awards are region-specific, don't forget to indicate the country in which you work.

February 5th: Call for New Materials
The Sixth International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions would like to extend an invitation to presenters and attendees to submit information regarding new (2007 + ) books, papers, educational materials and tools for listing on this website. Please send all submissions to mbicinfo@pdx.edu

January 28th: Abstract Submission Available Online
Sixth International Conference on Marine BioInvasions is now accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations (submissions due by March 31st). Papers are encouraged along the following or related themes:

* Ecological and evolutionary impacts
*How changing global conditions, including climate, will influence bioinvasions
*Predicting the scale and diversity of invasions
*Measuring and/or predicting spread on regional and global scales
*Invasion patterns over time and space: does the past predict the future?
*Detection, identification, and tracking-to-origin capabilities
*Management, rapid response, eradication, and restoration
*Recreational vessels as vectors of invasive species
*Education and outreach: is the message reaching the right audience?

January 26th: MBIC 2009 Flier Now Available
Spiffy new flier now available - please post for interested colleagues and students. High-resolution print quality pdf or standard pdf  

December 10th: Call for Special Sessions
We encourage you to submit proposals for special sessions to Jeb Beyers; the deadline for submission is 3 January. Sessions may be a half or a full day long; please include a title and list of potential speakers.