Key Dates
- Annual Meeting 22 – 25 July 2025
- Pre- and Post-meeting workshops offered
- Early Bird Registration deadline 28 February 2025 (after that, all registration fees increase by $50)
- Travel Award Application deadline 7 February 2025 (results announced by 14 February 2025)
- Abstract submission deadline – 30 April 2025
Meeting outline
- Tuesday, July 22nd
– Registration (all day)
– Icebreaker Boat Trip (9:30 a.m. – noon)
– 1st Session (2 – 5 p.m.) - Wednesday, July 23rd
– whole day of sessions
– Harbour Boat Tour (optional, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.)
– Council Meeting and Council Dinner (evening) - Thursday, July 24th
– whole day of sessions
– Banquet (all student attendees receive a free banquet ticket, 6 – 8:30 p.m.)
– Oral Presentation and Poster Prizes as well as Travel Awards will be awarded during Banquet - Friday, July 25th
– three-quarter day of sessions
– Fellows Meeting (3 p.m.)
– Farewell Reception including colleagues and students from CUHK (4 – 7 p.m.)
Pre- and Post-meeting Workshops
- students receive a US$50 discount on workshop registrations
- Workshop 1: Advanced Topics in Phylogenetic Analysis with Parsimony
Saturday July 19th – Monday July 21st 2025 (directly before annual meeting)Instructors: Pablo A. Goloboff (Unidad Ejecutora Lillo, Argentina), Santiago Catalano (Unidad Ejecutora Lillo & Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina) & Michael Pittman (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Fee: US$150
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Workshop 2: High-throughput Species Discovery Using Nanopore Sequencing: from Specimens to Species in a Few Days
Part 1: Sunday July 20th – Monday July 21st 2025 (directly before annual meeting; high-throughput DNA extraction, PCR and live Nanopore sequencing of amplicon pool)Part 2: Saturday July 26th (directly after annual meeting; data analysis)
Instructors: Rudolf Meier & Amrita Srivathsan (Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Germany)
Fee: US$200
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Workshop 3: Areas of Endemism: Methods and Theory, a Critical Review
Saturday July 26th – Monday July 28th 2025 (directly after annual meeting)Instructors: Claudia Szumik & M. Dolores Casagranda (Unidad Ejecutora Lillo, Argentina)
Fee: US$150
Travel Awards
- please see cladistics.org/awards for a summary of available travel awards
- initial deadline for submission is 7 February 2025 with an announcement of awards by 14 February 2025 (allowing 2 weeks to register at the Early Bird rate).
- Submissions after 7 February will be reviewed and still available funds used.
Meeting and Workshop Registration & Payment
- see link to the registration and payment page below
- Early Bird Registration 28 February 2025 (early bird discount of US$50 expires on 28 February 2025; regular registration fees apply 1 March – 21 July 2025)
- all students attending the meeting receive a free ticket to the Banquet (worth US$65)
- students receive a US$50 discount on workshop registrations
- registration fees:
- Student WHS member: US$150
- Student non-member: US$165 (includes WHS 2025 membership and free banquet ticket worth US$65)
- WHS member (faculty, postdoc & other non-student) without banquet ticket: US$220
- WHS member (faculty, postdoc & other non-student) with banquet ticket: US$285
- Non-member (faculty, postdoc & other non-student) without banquet ticket: US$235 (includes WHS 2025 membership)
- Non-member (faculty, postdoc & other non-student) with banquet ticket: US$300 (includes WHS 2025 membership)
Abstract submission
- deadline 30 April 2025
- see link to the abstract submission page below
Visas
Nationals of ~170 countries and territories can visit Hong Kong visa-free for a period from 7 days up to 180 days. Find out more at Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Immigration Department https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html.
Meeting Venue
The meeting will be held in Room 209AB of the Henry Cheng International Conference Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. This is located right next door to the meeting hotel. Tea breaks will also be held here.
Hotel
The Hyatt Regency Shatin is located right next door to the conference venue and the university’s subway station (University MTR Station), bus terminus and taxi stand. The meeting hotel is the ideal place to stay for the Annual Meeting and also has quick access to both the city centre and beautiful surrounding countryside. Through the university, the organisers have arranged a heavily discounted bed + breakfast rate that also extends before and after the meeting so that you can make the most of your stay in Asia’s World City. Please book directly at this special URL link provided by the hotel:https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/SHAHR/G-SL21 OR by quoting ‘SL21’ on the hotel’s reservation hotline +852 3723 7888. We strongly recommend to reserve your hotel stay ASAP as the hotel does get fully booked during the summer.
Meeting lunches will be provided because of the short lunch break and will be held from 12:15 – 1:45 at the meeting hotel on July 22nd – 25th.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of the most exciting cities. Renowned for its cityscape featuring the most skyscrapers in the world, Hong Kong is a global financial centre and commercial port. The city comprises 200+ islands with a rugged landscape featuring subtropical flora and fauna. Where East meets West, the city is modern but also steeped in tradition. A foodie’s and shopper’s paradise, there is something for everyone in Asia’s World City. Find out more at Hong Kong Tourism Board https://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.html.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Founded in 1963, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a forward-looking comprehensive research university with a global vision and a mission to combine tradition with modernity, and to bring together China and the West. CUHK has a unique college system and is consistently ranked in the top 50 of global university rankings and top 10 in Asian university rankings. Find out more at https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/english/index.html.
School of Life Sciences at CUHK
Established in 2010, The School of Life Sciences (SLS) has ~50 teaching staff, 60+ technical, administrative and clerical staff and 80+ postdoctoral fellows and other research staff. The School offers 6 undergraduate major programmes (Biochemistry, Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, Food and Nutritional Sciences, and Molecular Biotechnology) with a total annual intake of ~200 students. The School has 150+ M.Phil. and Ph.D. students and offers two taught MSc programmes (Biochemical and Biomedical Sciences as well as Nutrition, Food Science and Technology). Research in the School spans the life sciences including in the areas of plant molecular biology and biotechnology, protein structure and function, marine biology, environmental science, and food science and technology. We are excited to celebrate our 15 year anniversary with you in 2025. Find out more at https://www.sls.cuhk.edu.hk/.
