The 21st International Congress of Zoology (ICZ)

Hotels In Jerusalem

Please find hereunder our offer for hotels in Jerusalem.

Dates : 2nd  – 3rd  September 2012  

1. Park Hotel
For over 2500 years, all three of the world’s major monotheist religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – have prayed for the wellbeing of Jerusalem, the capital of Israel. Rising above the entrance to Jerusalem, Park Hotel is a gateway to the ancient treasures of this holiest city. Under the shade of the new Calatrava Railway Bridge, Park Hotel stands adjacent to modern Jerusalem's International Convention Center and is only a short walk from the Israel Museum, the Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus, the Knesset (home of Israel's Parliament) and the Government’s most important buildings.

Standard room BB per night :
Double room :    107 $
Single room :    87 $

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The Future of Animal Evolution under the Human Aegis

A Panel Discussion during the 21st International Congress of Zoology

Sunday, September 2nd 2012, Wise Auditorium, Safra Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 
Human civilization has deflagrated a crisis in animal evolution. It is more profound than the collective effect of the man-induced environmental changes. We are living through either one of the main extinction events of history, or one of the major thresholds of evolution. The process may be accidental and reversible, or creative and historically irreversible. A panel discussion during the 21th ICZ   led by Joseph Heller (Jerusalem) will try to approach various aspects of this problem of zoological philosophy. A number of key speakers of the panel will open the discussions on September 2 in Jerusalem, at the Hebrew University Safra Campus. The discussions will then proceed during the sittings of the Congress in Haifa. The key speakers and their subjects are sketched-out briefly as follows:

Marvalee Wake (Berkeley) We have new evolutionary knowledge to enhance the lives of species on our planet. For example, the use of new methods to reverse the decline of amphibians and controversies around those methods.

Sandro Minelli (Padova) Humankind and the endangered species. From victim to mutualistic symbiont-culture-driven evolution of the endangered species.

Jean-Marc Jallon (Paris Sud) While foods and planes travel more, animal and human pests change habitats and adapt. Drosophila studies show that changes of functioning of temperature sensitive genes and enzyme cascades allow fruitflies to modify the structure of their cuticle and become more robust in new environments. 

Simon Conway-Morris (Cambridge) The history of life clearly shows a biosphere that has become increasingly complex, and irreversibly so. So, too, the outcomes of evolution are far more predictable than is generally realized. One inevitable outcome is intelligence. So what's next?
Dieter Ebert (Basel) Rapid parasite evolution in a changing world. Our worst enemies – parasites and pathogens – tend to adapt with ease, eluding human measures to control disease.
Juergen  Heinze (Regensburg) Social evolution in the times of global change. The genetic bottlenecks associated with the accidental introduction of ant colonies into new habitat has led to so called ‘unicolonial’ societies, in which the borders between individual colonies have vanished.
    
 Francis Dov Por (Jerusalem) We are living the first phases of the ‘anthropozoic’, a new eon in the thermodynamic history of the biosphere, in which the evolution of authentic free animals is restricted, and different type of animal cultigens, new biological entities, are enhanced.

Discussants from the floor will have up to ten minutes to present their own points of view to the panel and are invited to pre-register now with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   and cc This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , giving only name and institution.

Yossi Heller          Dov Por

Third Announcement and Call for Abstracts

The 21st International Congress of Zoology (ICZ)
University of Haifa, 2-7 September 2012

Zoology in a Changing World:
How Animals Respond to Human Activities

Third Announcement and Call for Abstracts

Dear friends

As you may know, the website of the ICZ has been launched! Please visit http://iszscon2012.haifa.ac.il/ for updated information, especially in regards to accommodation in Haifa and the general structure of the meeting.

Please note that on the morning of September 2, a panel discussion on "The Future of Animal Evolution under the Human Aegis" will be held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. If you are interested to spend the weekend before the Congress in Jerusalem, see information concerning the panel and accommodation in Jerusalem on the website.

We are enclosing a list of proposed symposia. We also have sessions for oral and poster presentations, not connected to the proposed symposia. When you send your abstract, please indicate if it falls under any of the proposed symposia or if you wish to present as an oral or poster presentation. The organizing committee will do its best to fulfill your request.

Abstracts should be submitted as a word file and should be one page long (regular A4 paper size). Please use Times New Roman, 12-point font, with a space of 1.5 between lines within the text. The text should include the following sections:

1) a short Background with the aims of the study; 2) a very brief description of Materials and Methods; 3) Results; 4) Discussion and main Conclusions. Please list five key words at the end of the abstract. For the title, contributors and their affiliations please use the following format example:

Rodent Human Interactions in Urban and Agriculture Ecosystems (Font size 14) Smith J., Wang L. and Stein E. Department of Zoology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.  (Add e-mail address here). (Font size 12)

Abstracts should be sent before July 31th, 2012 to the following e-mail address:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. together with the registration form.
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Conference Registration Fees:
Members – 350 EU
Active students  - 120 EU
Accompanying persons – 150EU
Fees include: Abstract book, coffee, tea and refreshments, four lunch tickets, opening ceremony and a half-day tour.
A special half-day tour will be organized for accompanying persons.  

An extra fee of 25 EU will be charged for the society dinner.
Payment should be made before 30 June 2012. An additional 50 EU for members and 30 EU for students will be requested after the deadline.

For accommodation information, please see the website: http://iszscon2012.haifa.ac.il/