8th ASA Conference 2024 Wuhan, China
Welcome to the 8th Conference of the Asian Society of Arachnology (ASA 2024), which will be held on 25 – 29 October 2024 in Wuhan, the biggest city in central China, located on the shore of the Yangtze River. We are very excited to host ASA 2024 in ‘The Hub of China’. Wuhan is a famous national historical and cultural city in China. It is an important national industrial, science, technological and education base and the comprehensive transportation hub in China. We are delighted to invite you to Wuhan to share recent developments in all disciplines of arachnology in Asia.
ASA 2024 will feature a diverse selection of plenaries, symposiums, conference sessions and posters that span the entire range of arachnological research in Asia: behaviour, biogeography, ecology, evolution, neurobiology, physiology, systematics and many more.
Our plenary speakers will be Dr. Ingi Agnarsson (University of Iceland), Dr. Matjaz Kuntner (National Institute of Biology), Dr. Shuqiang Li (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dr. Linda Rayor (Cornell University), Dr. I-Min Tso (Tunghai University) and Elizabeth Jakob (University of Massachusetts Amherst).
The conference will be hosted by the Hubei University (http://www.hubu.edu.cn), a key comprehensive university jointly administered by Hubei Provincial Government and China’s Ministry of Education. With a history of over 90 years, it attracts more than 2,000 staff members and 25,000 full-time students.
We encourage participants from Asian and all other regions working on all disciplines of arachnology and arachnid taxa. We promise an inclusive and vibrant academic and social environment during the conference to allow for those important chats between delegates.
The official ASA Conference 2024 website is at https://asa2024.hubu.edu.cn/
Important Conference Dates
Conference Dates
25 to 29 Oct 2024
Abstract Submission
25 Mar to 31 Aug 2024
Registration
25 Mar 2024 onwards
Early Bird Deadline
31 May 2024
Call for Abstracts
Abstract submission for ASA 2024 is now open! Please submit abstracts for your proposed posters or oral presentations online, together with registration for the conference. You are welcome to submit multiple abstracts if desired.
Presentation Topics
We encourage submissions on a wide range of topics including:
- Behaviour
- Biogeography
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Neurobiology/Physiology
- Systematics
Preparation for Abstracts
Please adhere to the abstract formatting template provided (template). Prepare your abstracts and submit them in Registration. Please indicate whether you wish to participate in the student presentation (oral and poster) competitions.
Oral Presentations
- Each presentation to be delivered in a themed session and will last 12 minutes with an additional 3 minutes for Q&A.
- As the schedule of presentation sessions is tight it is of utmost importance that all presenters are ready and in time for their presentations. The introduction of each presenter will be kept brief when introduced by the moderator.
- Presenters must arrive at the seminar room at least 10 minutes before your scheduled presentation to set up with the microphone/headset.
- Upload your presentation slides/PowerPoint at least one session or 2 hours in advance of your presentation using the following format:
<day of presentation>_<starttime>_<presenters name>
for example: 26_Oct_10:00_Long_Yu.pptx
- Presenters are expected to use the provided computer by ASA 2024 during their presentation for seamless integration with the session schedule.
Poster Instructions
- Each delegate will be assigned a poster number prior to ASA 2024.
- Posters may be displayed from the registration on 25 October onwards.
- Two poster sessions will be held in the late afternoon (16:00–18:00 PM) of Saturday, 26 October and Sunday, 27 October.
- Each poster will be provided with a poster board and push-pins, labelled with the preassigned ASA 2024 ID-number.
- Poster layout should be portrait orientation with dimensions of 80 cm x 120 cm (width x height) to fit the poster board.
Registration
Register for the conference at http://reg.skleq.cn/SystemArea/Regist/RegistMain. Creation of an account is required. Please contact Dr Long YU if you have any questions.
Early Bird (Ending 31 May 2024)
Non-students: 1700 CNY or 240 U.S. Dollar
Students: 1200 CNY or 170 U.S. Dollar
Standard (1 June 2024 onwards)
Non-students:2000 CNY or 280 U.S. Dollar
Students:1500 CNY or 210 U.S. Dollar
Program Overview
| 25 October 2024 Friday | 26 October 2024 Saturday | 27 October 2024 Sunday | 28 October 2024 Monday | 29 October 2024 Tuesday | |
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration | Opening Ceremony | Plenary/Oral talks | Plenary/Oral talks | Departure and Post Conference Tours |
| 09:00-10:00 | Plenary talk | ||||
| 10:00-10:30 | Tea Break | Tea Break | Tea Break | ||
| 10:30-12:00 | Oral talks | Oral talks | Oral talks | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-15:30 | Plenary/Oral talks | Plenary/Oral talks | Plenary/Oral talks | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Tea Break | Tea Break | Tea Break | ||
| 16:00-18:00 | Oral talks/Posters | Oral talks/Posters | Closing Session and voting new President and new council | ||
| 18:00-20:00 | Welcome Reception | ASA Council Meeting | River Cruise | Conference Dinner |
