Any regular or associate member of the Behavior Genetics Association is entitled to submit one paper for oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Association, to appear as a junior author on others (number unrestricted), and to offer an unrestricted number of papers for poster presentation only. With the exception of symposium or workshop appearances, a member may be first author on only one paper given orally and, as first author, should present the paper. The Program Committee may invite distinguished non-members to take part in symposia or to give special lectures. Except by invitation, a paper previously published or read at another professional meeting may not be presented unless it is a substantial elaboration of a preliminary report.

This year we are urging all members to submit paper, poster and symposium abstracts by email. The submission address is bga2kabs@bga.org. All abstracts must conform to the format given in the enclosed "ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS". Each abstract is limited to 300 words, including citations. Please note that citations must be given for references cited in the abstract. The deadline for email submissions is Friday, March 3, 2000. You will receive an immediate confirmation if your abstract is received in good order. If one or more fields of the abstract are missing or in error, you will receive an "unsuccessful transmission" message, with a reminder of the necessary format. If e-mail submission is not possible, mailed or FAXed submissions will be accepted if they are received one month early (February 4, 2000) to allow time for conversion into e-mail.

The Program Committee will try to meet requests for oral presentations or posters, but final decisions will depend on scheduling constraints. Contributors to poster sessions are to post their materials in a designated stall at a specified time and are to be in attendance at a scheduled time for discussion with viewers. Authors of papers to be read aloud in topical sessions are limited to 15 minutes, including questions.

Associate members are eligible for consideration for the Thompson Award with either a poster or an oral presentation. The author must be a student (or be reporting work recently done as a student); he or she must be an active associate member of the Association; he or she must be the sole or first author of the paper and the work must be primarily his or her own. For a submission to be considered for the award, "YES" must appear in the THOMPSON field of the e-mail abstract. Suggestions for symposia or workshop sessions should be sent to the chair of the Program Committee: Dr. John K. Hewitt by March 1, 2000 to be considered. Earlier submission would be helpful. Please include the names of people who have agreed to take part, an outline of material to be covered, the amount of time requested in toto, and an abstract for each talk. Please Note: Symposia of 1 1/2 or 2 hours 'fit in'the schedule more easily than do longer sessions; thus, a limited number of speakers may be advisable. Send all submissions to:
Dr. John K. Hewitt
Institute for Behavioral Genetics
University of Colorado
Boulder CO 80303
USA
Fax: (303) 492-8063
Email: John.Hewitt@colorado.edu