Dear bryologists,

The International Association of Bryologists will meet in January 2015 at the Omora Ethnobotanical Park on Navarino Island, in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile. Information about the conference can be found at: http://chile.unt.edu/iab2015.

At this point we would like to invite you to consider organizing a small symposium with 4 to 5 speakers on a special topic.

If you have an idea, contact colleagues who would participate, and if you have commitments from 4-5, submit your proposal on-line at:http://bryology.uconn.edu/iab_symposium_proposal/

Deadline for proposal submission is March 30th.

On behalf of the steering committee,

Juan Armesto, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity - P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Mary Kalin Arroyo, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity - Universidad de Chile, Chile

Lohengrin Cavieres, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity - Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Bernard Goffinet, University of Connecticut, US

Andrés Mansilla, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity - Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

Francisca Massardo, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity - Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

Ricardo Rozzi, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Universidad de Magallanes - University of North Texas

Shaun Russell, Bangor University, UK

Leopoldo Sancho, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Francisco Squeo, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity - Universidad de La Serena, Chile