 Dynamic People = Intriguing MeetingsAMS boasts one of the largest annual meetings of professional, student and amateur malacologists in the world. The fundamental purpose of these meetings is to promote scientific co-operation and friendship, enabling people interested in malacology to exchange ideas and techniques, and to discuss recent advances in research in formal and informal settings.Annual meetings feature: symposia of international scope, contributed paper and poster sessions, exhibits, fieldtrips, workshops on the techniques of specimen collection, preservation, identification, conservation, and molluscan systematics. Past symposia topics have included: ontogeny and phylogeny, molluscan genetics, extinction, neurophysiology, life history, shell microstructure; as well as, functional morphology, biology, behavior, systematics, and commercial importance of cephalopods, bivalves, chitons, and gastropods.
AMS 2012 - June 16th-21st Philadelphia/Cherry HillScientific sessions will include“Magnitude of Molluscan Diversity, the known and the unknown”, symposium chaired by Drs. Philippe Bouchet and Ira Richling Contact Philippe Bouchet (marine) Contact Ira Richling (non-marine) “Status, impacts and management of invasive slugs and snails in North America” symposium chaired by Drs. Rory McDonnell and James Harwood Contact Rory McDonnell “History of Malacology in the Americas”, special session chaired by Dr. Joseph Hartmann Contact Joseph Hartmann “North American Mollusk Conservation”, special session chaired by Jay Cordeiro Contact Jay Cordeiro Theme sessions on cephalopods, conservation, ecology, paleontology, and freshwater mollusks. A joint session between AMS and Conchologists of America will feature presentations by previous winners of COA grants to malacology. Chaired by Drs. Ellen Strong and José Leal. Information for potential vendors at the Annual meetings:Vendors need to request permission for sales at our annual meeting well
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