APASEEM puts out call for scientific presentations

The Asia Pacific Academy of Sciences, Science Education, and Environmental Management, or APASEEM, is putting forth a call for presentations for its upcoming annual meeting. APASEEM is also encouraging regional scientists, science teachers, and resource managers to contribute announcements via its website, at www.apaseem.org.

In keeping with tradition, APASEEM will be using the week before Thanksgiving for the presentations’ conference. The date(s) scheduled are Tuesday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Nov. 19, and if needed, Thursday, Nov. 20. As in the past, the event will be held at the American Memorial Park Auditorium, which seats up to 112 people.

All interested science and environmental professionals—and teachers and students of these disciplines—are encouraged to develop a 15- to 20-minute presentation on an aspect of their recent work that may be of interest to the CNMI’s science, science education, and environmental management community. A topical title and a brief abstract (one paragraph) of your talk will help better advertise the conference, so please send us these when able to. See past year’s talks via our website.

We are also using this opportunity to continue our ongoing membership drive. We mostly operate on annually due membership fees and contributions. If you’ve been thinking about becoming a dues-paying active member, or if your affiliation or agency is able to do so, please encourage this and join. A reminder—most of us remember to pay at or around the date of our annual conference and that fees for professional organizations are tax deductible. Remember, speakers get half off on annual fees if they’ve presented sometime during the previous year. Group rates are available for any organization, public or private—see website for fees and mailing address. Potential new members and/or potential group officers are highly encouraged to make contact with us. 

As background, our updated Academy’s Synopsis document is included on our website.

Contact Michael Trianni (president) via mtrianni@ymail.com; Ken Kramer (vice president) via ken_kramer0886@yahoo.com; Andre Kozij (secretary) via akaspn@hotmail.com; John Furey (treasurer) via jfurey@saipan.com to get on this year’s conference schedule. The organization also has a Gmail account for general correspondence but can also be used for getting scheduled to speak at this year’s conference, apaseem@gmail.com. (APASEEM)