As announced earlier, the 2011 TDWG annual conference will be held on October 16-21, 2011 at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana located at the entrance to the famous Bourbon Street district. Hank Bart, Director of Tulane Museum of Natural History, is the local sponsor.

The Programme Committee for the conference has now been organized. The Committee members are:

Chair - Rusty Russell - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Cyndy Parr - Encyclopedia of Life

Greg Riccardi - Florida State University, MorphBank

Joel Sachs - University of Maryland

Rich Pyle - Bishop Museum

Kevin Richards - Landcare Research, New Zealand

Hank Bart - Tulane Museum of Natural History

Gail Kampmeier - Executive Committee liaison

The Programme Committee will be contacting Interest Group Convenors regarding symposia and organization of the program.

Information on accommodations, registration, program, abstract submission and other meeting details will soon be made available at www.tdwg.org.

Chuck Miller

TDWG Chair