Actions & Programmes

Electronic Conferences

Electronic Conferences

IUBS has recently agreed to strengthen the day to day scientific discussion among its members and the scientific community. In order to achieve this ambitious goal, we will launch electronic conferences and a discussion forum on the IUBS website.

Electronic conferences will discuss topics from our scientific programmes and stimulate a broader participation than traditional meetings usually allow. In keeping with previous meetings, e-conferences will be organised and moderated by a chairperson. We would appreciate suggestions for e-conferences from scientific and ordinary members of IUBS, as well as from scientists linked to the IUBS programmes.

Because IUBS' mission is to reach scientists from all over the world, including areas off the information highways, we will base our work on low-end electronic tools such as electronic conferences by e-mail instead of video-conferences.

It is our hope that these steps towards the present day communication style in science will stimulate interaction among our members and the scientific community in biology. However, only Your contribution will ensure that IUBS is the platform of Biological Sciences.