Details

• Date:
  4 - 5 September 2009

• Location:
  University of Zurich, Campus Irchel
  • How to get there by public transportations
  • How to get there by privat car

• Languages:
  English and German

• Catering and Conference Dinner:
  Lunch and break provisions are free of charge to registered participants.
  A conference dinner will take place on the evening of 4 September in the Masoala Hall of Zurich Zoo, to which all participants are warmly invited. Please register for the dinner when you register for the symposium. The cost of the dinner is CHF 50.

• Accommodation:
  Accommodation is not included in the registration fee and is the responsibility of the participants.
  

  Hotels can be found at:
  hotels.zuerich.com/english
  Budget accommodation can be found at:
  www.city-backpacker.ch
  www.youthhostel.ch/zuerich

• Registration:
  The registration form can be found here.
  The number of places is limited. Registrations will be accepted in order of submission. The same applies for the conference dinner.

• Registration fee:
  The registration fee is CHF 100 (CHF 40 for students).
  The fee is charged irrespective of the number of days of attendance at the symposium. Registration is only valid when payment of the registration fee has been received.

  Invoice information: Post account number: 30-36270-1 BIC: POFICHBEXXX IBAN: CH96 0900 0000 3003 6270 1 Account holder: Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT), 3011 Bern Fee:  CHF 100 (CHF 40 for students) Payment reference: Darwin-Symposium 2009

• Registration and payment deadline:
  REGISTRATION IS CLOSED!
  The conference reception on Friday morning still allows last registration (not for the conference dinner!).

• Organisation:
  The swiss-academies’ symposium is organised by the Swiss Academy of Sciences  (SCNAT) and the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW).
  Organising Committee:
  • Hans-Konrad Schmutz, Naturmuseum Winterthur (President)
  • Jean-Pierre Berger, Université de Fribourg
  • Toni Bürgin, Naturmuseum St. Gallen
  • Gianni D'Amato, Université de Neuchâtel
  • Gerd Folkers, Collegium Helveticum
  • Johannes Gauglhofer, St. Gallen
  • Jean-David Rochaix, Université de Genève
  • Helmut Weissert, ETH Zürich
  • Markus Zürcher, swiss-academies (SAGW)
  • Pierre Dèzes, swiss-academies (SCNAT)
  • Stefan Nussbaum, swiss-academies (SCNAT)
  • Elisabeth Karrer, swiss-academies (SCNAT)

 

• Contact:
  Elisabeth Karrer
  SCNAT
  Schwarztorstrasse 9
  CH-3007 Bern
  Telephone: +41 (0)31 310 40 95
  E-Mail: karrer@scnat.ch