Fun Times Will Be Had in Seattle.
How Much Fun? THIS MUCH
Weed Stampede- 5K Fun Run/Walk
Dinner Party at the Burke Museum
T-Shirt Design Contest
Story Collider Workshops
We are currently planning our 4th annual* Weed Stampede 5K Fun Run/Walk!
- Date: Wednesday July 8
- Time: 7-8 am (to be finalized)
- more information to come.
- during registration you can sign up to join for nominal $5 fee
Past Most Glorious Speediest and Weediest Stampeders:
2017- St. Louis: Gold to Jim Fouracre (USA)
2014- Vancouver: sadly, somehow the names of these speediest weediest runners have been lost to history :(
2011- Madison: Gold to Fabrice Besnard (France) and Katie Greenham (USA)
*when counting North American ICARs
- Date: Wednesday July 8
- Time: 7-8 am (to be finalized)
- more information to come.
- during registration you can sign up to join for nominal $5 fee
Past Most Glorious Speediest and Weediest Stampeders:
2017- St. Louis: Gold to Jim Fouracre (USA)
2014- Vancouver: sadly, somehow the names of these speediest weediest runners have been lost to history :(
2011- Madison: Gold to Fabrice Besnard (France) and Katie Greenham (USA)
*when counting North American ICARs
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Action Shot... 2017 St. Louis
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Finished the Race... 2017 St. Louis
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Super FUN and AMAZING Conference Dinner at The Burke Museum!
-Date: Thursday July 9
- Time: 7-10 pm (to be finalized)
- Purchase tickets during registration- students and postdoc fees are subsidized even more than regular attendees
- We'll sell at ICAR if tickets remain
-check out all the current Details here
More information is coming... including possibly... wait for it...
a live band made of PLANT SCIENTISTS hailing from somewhere in the world that might be touring to our conference (stay tuned!)
-Date: Thursday July 9
- Time: 7-10 pm (to be finalized)
- Purchase tickets during registration- students and postdoc fees are subsidized even more than regular attendees
- We'll sell at ICAR if tickets remain
-check out all the current Details here
More information is coming... including possibly... wait for it...
a live band made of PLANT SCIENTISTS hailing from somewhere in the world that might be touring to our conference (stay tuned!)
We Want YOUR Amazing Design Idea for our Official ICAR 2020 T-Shirts!
Please submit ideas by March 31 for full consideration *see below
- March 31, 2020 Deadline: for ideas and/or images (doesn't have to be in professional grade format)
- Submit your original design via google form to be considered for use in creating the official t-shirt for the 31st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR 2020-Seattle)
- Google form for design submission: https://forms.gle/pXPawwubSpDjKur16
- Designs should be *relevant to plant biology and Arabidopsis research* and/or showcase unique aspects of Seattle, and/or University of Washington, design and culture
- If your design is chosen you will receive 3 t-shirts of your choice in size. You will also receive $100 USD, and bragging rights for the Arabidopsis community!
Design Guidelines
The t-shirt design must include these parts somewhere in the design. This part can be added in the design stage (now) or later on, if your design is chosen.
- the name of the conference (31st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research),
- the date of the conference (July 6-10, 2020) and
- the location of the conference: Seattle, Washington or: University of Washington, Seattle
- The design layout can be done in two different ways:
- Design on the front of the shirt (up to about 12 inches height/12 inches wide)
- Design on the back of the shirt (same dimensions as above)
- If the design is for the back, you could also suggest a small logo on the front shirt (3-4 in wide/2 in tall) with the name, date and location of the conference, or a small picture, or just the title of the conference (as long as the conference name, date, and location are included somewhere in the design, front or back). If you don’t suggest something for the front, the organizers will do this.
- If the design is for the front (meaning the back of the shirt is blank), it must include the conference name, date and location somewhere in the design
- You can suggest a t-shirt color but the final decision is up to the committee
- Simple designs are the best, using 1-4 colors at most (again, you may suggest colors but the final decision is up to the conference committee)
- File format: jpg, tif. If you use Illustrator, Photoshop, or some other drawing program, send it as a jpg, tif, or pdf for easy viewing. If you want to submit an early design (not professional grade) for consideration: a scanned drawing or design, saved as a jpg, tif or pdf, is acceptable.
- If the committee wants to consider the sketch, it may ask you to submit a more professional drawing for further evaluation. The committee may also, at its discretion, or at the advice of the printing company, have professional assistance in finalizing the image.
- Images should NOT be copy-righted (if we can't confirm that any photo images are owned by you, then we can't use them). If you want to use a copy-righted image just for the design stage "mock-up", please indicate that this is what you are doing (in your email when you send us the image or in this google form, when you describe it). If selected, we'll need to develop the image in a non-copyrighted way.
Designs should be *relevant to plant biology and Arabidopsis research* and/or showcase unique aspects of Seattle, and/or University of Washington, design and culture.
Story Collider Workshops: on Monday July 6
Seats are limited to 70 people in each workshop; tickets are first come-first served, and can be purchased during meeting registration process. Note that we are heavily subsidizing the cost of these workshops to reduce the price to attendees via external sponsorship and fundraising.
Workshop: How to Tell Compelling Personal Stories about My Science: We will offer two identical 2 hour Story Collider Workshops on Monday 6 July, 2020 with limited seating (70 seats per session = maximum 140 participants across the two workshops.) With a combination of lecture, discussion, reflective exercises, and hands-on practice, participants will learn about narrative structure, identifying and developing story leads, improving performance, and connecting to audiences. Workshop objectives: Introducing relevant psychology, neurocognitive, and social science theory and literatures; Teaching basics of story structure and composition, including elements of narrativity; Increasing appreciation of storytelling as a process and perceived self-efficacy in creating stories; Providing opportunities and a process for identifying possible stories and developing them; Offering intensive, personalized editing and coaching on story development and delivery. These workshops will be of interest to any scientist interested in learning about ways to more effectively share your science using personal story narratives. The workshop includes information and personal coaching in a two hour setting. Funding to make the workshops affordable is generously provided by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. #1518280. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this event are those of the attendees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Workshop: How to Tell Compelling Personal Stories about My Science: We will offer two identical 2 hour Story Collider Workshops on Monday 6 July, 2020 with limited seating (70 seats per session = maximum 140 participants across the two workshops.) With a combination of lecture, discussion, reflective exercises, and hands-on practice, participants will learn about narrative structure, identifying and developing story leads, improving performance, and connecting to audiences. Workshop objectives: Introducing relevant psychology, neurocognitive, and social science theory and literatures; Teaching basics of story structure and composition, including elements of narrativity; Increasing appreciation of storytelling as a process and perceived self-efficacy in creating stories; Providing opportunities and a process for identifying possible stories and developing them; Offering intensive, personalized editing and coaching on story development and delivery. These workshops will be of interest to any scientist interested in learning about ways to more effectively share your science using personal story narratives. The workshop includes information and personal coaching in a two hour setting. Funding to make the workshops affordable is generously provided by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. #1518280. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this event are those of the attendees and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.