ISMAR Meetings

ISMAR has sponsored meetings in venues throughout the world every three years since 1971.

16th ISMAR meeting

The 16th ISMAR meeting will be held in Kenting, Taiwan, in October, 2007, under the chairmanship of Prof. Tai-huang Huang (Academia Sinica). The Honorary Chair of the conference is Dr. Yuan-Tseh Lee, Nobel Laureate and President of Academia Sinica. The venue of the meeting will be the Kenting Howard Beach Resort, located in Kenting National Park. Visit the web site at www.ismar2007.sinica.edu.tw Kenting National Park is Taiwan's first national park, renowned for its rich landscape of hills and water, abundant life, and natural resources. Kenting National Park is located at the southern tip of Taiwan. With warm climate, pleasant scenery, and easy access, it is one of the most popular resorts, attracting millions of domestic and foreign tourists every year. The diversified terrain and tropical climate of Kenting have helped breed a rich and fertile vegetation ranging from upland to coast with a full variety of living species. Combined with its existing facilities and professional interpretation services and activities, this national park offers a profound, insightful, and inspirational ecological journey. The conference participants will surely enjoy a faunal and botanic tour within Kenging. Nestled between beautiful mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Kenting Howard Beach Resort stands elegantly in Mediterranean style inside the national park. It is a five star resort with 405 well-designed rooms and spacious conference facilities. The guests will enjoy a relaxing atmosphere for exchange of scientific ideas, as well as admiring the natural scenery at any time of the day. A Chinese traditional housing complex, the Kenting Youth Activity Center is within 20 minutes walking distance. It can accommodate over 400 persons and will serve as a low cost lodging for students and postdoctoral fellows.

15th ISMAR Meeting

The 15th ISMAR meeting was held in Jacksonville, Florida, USA in October, 2004, under the chairmanship of Prof. Tim Cross. Visit the web site at (www.ismar2004.org ). The meeting took place near Ponte Vedra Beach outside of Jacksonville on the north Florida Atlantic coast at a beautiful time of the year. The conference was held at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort (www.sawgrassmarriott.com).

14th ISMAR Meeting

The 14th ISMAR meeting marked the thirtieth anniversary of ISMARs founding in 1971. In that year the first meeting was organized by Daniel Fiat in Rehovot and Jerusalem, and it was hoped to return to Israel in 2001. However the uncertain political situation there forced a change of venue to the Greek island of Rhodes, where it took place on August 19-24, 2001. Click here for more information.

13th ISMAR Meeting

The 13th ISMAR meeting took place in Berlin in 1998. Click here for more information.