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About the Program The In Vitro Biology Meeting is an international event focusing on the science, novel technologies and advances of in vitro biology for both plants and animals. The program includes keynote and plenary symposia, symposia, workshops, contributed papers and poster sessions. The scientific program will focus on issues pertinent to Plants and Animals while providing participants a unique learning experience in cell culture and biotechnology. This meeting attracts scientific expertise from around the globe and is an opportunity to meet, share and exchange scientific knowledge with international colleagues in a comfortable intimate setting.

About the Location The 2009 meeting will take place during Piccolo Spoleto, when all of Charleston becomes a stage! Piccolo Spoleto celebrates its 31st Festival Season with music, dance, visual arts, theatre and more! Charleston, South Carolina is a city rich in history, tradition, and Southern culture. The Historic Downtown District has stood throughout Charleston's history as the cultural capital of the South and is considered by many to be a living museum, with a wonderful variety of things to do and see. In this beautifully preserved city you can experience tours through historic landmarks, including 18th century homes and plantations, the Battery, museums, restaurants, churches, and the city market. Charleston also boasts numerous art galleries that display the city's impressive appreciation for the visual arts.

Abstracts

Interactive Poster Sessions
A number of posters will be selected to participate in interactive poster sessions. Each session will have a moderator and it will begin with each poster presenter giving a short description of their poster. After the brief introduction, the floor will be open for discussion. We hope this continues to be a positive experience for presenters, poster viewers, and exhibitors alike.

Silent Abstracts
The Silent Abstract is a special abstract category for authors unable to attend the meeting. Abstracts submitted for the Silent Abstract category follow the same abstract format, abstract fee, and scientific review/acceptance by the program committee; and, if accepted, will be printed in the abstract book. (Note: Please do not submit an abstract for a poster or oral presentation if you are not attending the Meeting. Authors, who request a poster or oral presentation slot, but fail to attend the meeting or withdraw the abstract before May 1, 2009, may have their abstracts rejected in the future.)

Disabilities Act
The Society for In Vitro Biology will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate persons with disabilities at the Congress. Embassy Suites North Charleston is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please indicate your special needs when making your reservations.

Exhibits
There will be exhibit booths and tabletop displays allowing registrants the opportunity to examine state-of-the-art products and services. An exhibit prospectus can be obtained by contacting Meeting Director/Secretariat Marietta Wheaton Ellis at (919) 420-7940, fax (919) 420-7939, or email:sivb@sivb.org.

Registration
The pre-registration deadline has passed.  You may register onsite at the meeting.

Registration rates are as follows:

The registration desk opens at 7:00 am, Saturday morning, June 6, 2009 at the Foyer in the Embassy Suites North Charleston Convention Center at 5055 International Boulevard, N. Charleston, SC 29418.

Note: Refund requests must be made in writing. All refunds are subject to an administrative processing fee of $50.00. The amount refunded is determined by the date the request is received. A full refund will be granted if the request is received by March 19, 2009; one-half from March 20 to April 19, 2009; no refund after April 20, 2009.

Student Registration - FREE AT 2009 MEETING
The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) has always believed that the future of in vitro biology lies in today's students and is committed to the future endeavors of science by encouraging the continued growth of upcoming researchers and scientists. To support the Society's vision of encouraging education andinformational exchange, we are offering all students free registration to the scientific sessions of the 2009 Meeting. Also, as an added bonus, all students who register and attend the 2009 Meeting will receive free membership to the Society in 2010!

Special Events

Tour of Ft. Sumter and the South Carolina Aquarium
Plans are underway for a Tour of Fort Sumter and the Charleston Aquarium on Saturday, June 6, 2009. The cost of this event is $55 and includes bus trip to and from the Aquarium/Ft. Sumter demarcation port and tours of both venues.

Fort Sumter was one of a series of coastal fortifications built by the United States after the War of 1812. Begun in 1829 and named for South Carolina Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Sumter, the fort was still unfinished when Major Robert Anderson first occupied it with his 85-man Federal garrison in 1860. Fort Sumter was one of few forts in the South that remained in Federal control during the immediate months after South Carolina and six other state seceded from the Union. As Anderson refused to evacuate, Fort Sumter became the site of the opening battle of the Civil War on April 12, 1861. For 34 hours Confederate forces assailed the fort, with limited return fire from Sumter with nine or ten casemate guns. Anderson surrendered and miraculously no one on either side had been killed. In the 1870's, the fort was rehabilitated by partially rebuilding the outer walls. It served mainly as a lighthouse station until 1897. Since 1948 Fort Sumter has been recognized as a National Monument and administered and interpreted by the National Park Service for the numerous tourists who visit it every year. 

The South Carolina Aquarium inspires conservation of the natural world by exhibiting and caring for animals, by excelling in education and research, and by providing an exceptional visitor experience. Opening in May of 2000 on the historic Charleston Harbor, the Aquarium showcases aquatic life from five major regions of the Southeast Appalachian Watershed: the Mountains, the Piedmont, the Coastal Plain, the Coast and the Ocean. The South Carolina Aquarium is home to over 10,000 plants and animals including river otters, rattlesnakes, loggerhead sea turtles, alligators, Venus flytraps, great blue herons, hawks, owls, sea horses, jellyfish, pufferfish, moray eels, horseshoe crabs, starfish, pythons, sea dragons, and sharks. Some are rare and exotic. And while it is against South Carolina law to keep dolphins and whales in captivity, Charleston Harbor has a large population of resident dolphins and the Aquarium's Riverside Terrace is an excellent vantage point to see these dolphins in their natural habitats.Tickets will be available for this event during the meeting at the SIVB Registration Desk while supplies last.

Evening at the Magnolia Plantation
Plans are underway for a special evening event on Tuesday, June 9 at the Magnolia Plantation.  The Drayton family’s home gives a glimpse of plantation life in the 19th century and beyond. While other historic sites have restored slave cabins and houses similar to this plantation, no site has ever restored a series of structures that interpret African-American history from slavery to freedom and beyond. The gardens at Magnolia Plantation are of such beauty and variety that they have brought tourists from around the world to view them since they were open to the public in the early 1870s. However, many parts of the gardens are much older, some sections more than 325 years old, making them the oldest unrestored gardens in America. The cost for this event is $75 and includes transportation and dinner at the plantation.Tickets will be available for this event during the meeting at the SIVB Registration Desk while supplies last.

Tour of ArborGen
Plans are currently underway for a special tour of the ArborGen facility in Summerville, South Carolina (just 30 minutes away from the site of the conference) on Wednesday afternoon, June 10, 2009. Currently, about one-third of the world’s commercial wood supply comes from planted forests. By applying new technologies, it is estimated that all of the world’s timber production could be produced and harvested on an area roughly five to ten percent of the total forest today.

This means more of the earth’s forests can remain in its natural state, maintaining native habitats and conserving biodiversity. By preserving forests for future generations, we can realize the promise and potential of the world’s forests for cleaner air and to counter global climate change. Thanks to years of research in tree breeding and new discoveries in biotechnology, ArborGen is helping address this need by producing trees that are more productive, thus reducing the need to harvest from native forests. ArborGen, LLC, is a partnership supported by more than 100 researchers and plant scientists from the United States, Brazil and New Zealand. 

SIVB meeting participants are being invited to visit ArborGen and tour their facility. On this tour, you will be briefly introduced to the ArborGen business concept, meet ArborGen scientists, learn about ArborGen research, and see their research and product development facility.  The cost of this tour is $35 and includes round trip bus transportation to the ArborGen facility and lunch. Tickets will be available for this event during the meeting at the SIVB Registration Desk while supplies last.

Student Opportunities
The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) is committed to the future endeavors of science and encourages the continued growth of scientists and their students. To support the Society’s vision to encourage education and scientific informational exchange, SIVB offers a number of special opportunities to assist students and their ability to grow through their scientific community, including: Free Student Registration/Membership initiatives, the Student Awards Program, and the Graduate Student Poster Competitions.  Please see the Student Opportunities page for more information.

Transportation
The hotel is located one mile from Charleston International Airport. The Embassy Suites North Charleston provides a free shuttle service to and from the hotel. Upon retrieval of your luggage at the airport, call the hotel at 843-747-1882 to request this free service.

The hotel also offers a shuttle to the Downtown Market area for a small charge of $5 per person/each way. This service runs from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm daily.