Schedule of Events: provisional and thus subject to change

8 January 2009: Pre-conference excursions and workshops:

Excursions:	#1 Dzibilchaltun ruins and Progresso town
	#2 Ria Celestun (flamingos)
Workshops: Morning	#1 Visualizing Evolution in Space and Time (full day, part 1)
	#2 Spatial Analysis in Macroecology: Basic
Workshops: Afternoon	#1 Visualizing Evolution in Space and Time (full day, part 2)
	#2 Spatial Analysis in Macroecology: Advanced
	#3 Communicating Biogeography

9 January 2009:

7:00am - 8:00am	Posters for Symposia I and II up (in the central garden; number 1 to 100)
8:00am - 8:15am	Opening Ceremony
8:15am - 8:35am	Presentation on Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula
8:40am - 12:20pm	Symposium I: Pattern and Process at Biogeographic Boundaries
12:20pm - 2:00pm	Posters and buffet lunch
2:00pm - 5:30pm	Symposium II: The Biogeography of Disease
5:30pm - 6:15pm	Posters with cash bar; presenters for even-numbered posters in attendance
6:15pm - 7:00pm	Posters with cash bar; presenters for odd-numbered posters in attendance
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Graduate student discussion
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Posters I and II taken down

10 January 2009:

7:00am - 8:00am	Posters for Symposia III and IV up (in the central garden; number 101 to 200)
8:00am - 8:30am	Open for special presentations or meetings
8:30am - 12:20pm	Symposium III: Extinction Biogeography
12:20pm - 2:00pm	Posters and buffet lunch
2:00pm - 5:30pm	Symposium IV: Biogeographic disjunctions between Asia and the Americas
5:30pm - 6:15pm	Posters with cash bar; presenters for even-numbered posters in attendance
6:15pm - 7:00pm	Posters with cash bar; presenters for odd-numbered posters in attendance
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Graduate student discussion
7:00pm - 8:00pm	Posters I and II taken down

11 January 2009:

7:00am - 8:00am	Posters (number 201 to 250, general topics) up
8:00am - 9:00am	Keynote: 2007 Wallace Award recipient, John Avise
9:15am - 12:30pm	Contributed paper session
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Posters and buffet lunch (presenters in attendance from 12:30 - 1:15 pm)
2:0 pm - 3:00pm	Open for panel discussion or forum
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Business Meeting
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Coffee break
4:30pm - 5:40pm	Awards ceremony and closing ceremony
5:40pm - 6:00pm	Posters taken down
8:30pm	Conference dinner

12 January 2009: Post-conference excursions:

7:30am - 4:30pm	Chichen Itza ruins
7:30am - 4:30pm	Loltun caves and Uxmail ruins