EUROPEAN CETACEAN SOCIETY
22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008
- The 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society will be organised in The Netherlands (Egmond aan
Zee) in the week of 10-12 March 2008. Workshops will
be set up in the weekend 8-9 March with a possibility to do so also on
Thursday 13 March. The main title is:
"MARINE MAMMALS IN TIME:
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE"
PLEASE take note of the following dates. This time the conference will be early so all
deadlines are early. This saves you a lot of time and thinking, you
will have to act now! The Conference webpages are here.
The Conference will be organised in The Netherlands (Hotel Zuiderduin
in Egmond aan Zee, familiar to some) in the week of 10-12 March 2008.
Workshops will be set up in the weekend 8-9 March with a possibility to
do so also on Thursday 13 March.
- Abstracts for
any talk, poster presentation, video presentation or workshop MUST be
available to reviewers by 15 December 2007. Talks that fit the theme
are very welcome:
- PAST - palaeontology, archaeology, evolution, 16th-17th century whaling or research (strandings),
- PRESENT - forgotten science: lab and museum basic research, taxonomy, anatomy, 20th centary whaling and tourism,
- FUTURE - climate change, effects on populations and food, monitor species. The emphasis is on the less sexy but very basic research.
- Requests for financial support (students or scientists with low financing) must also be available by 15 December 2007.
- This includes information needed for passport and visa.
- Financial support depends on availibility of funds and on number of requests.
- Forms for review submitting are available on the ECS site until 15 December.
PLEASE send requests with the proper form - failure to do so means they may be returned.
- Before the end of 2007 the review process will have led to the acceptance of several talks.
FOR ALL
Take note of the following:
- Early registration for the conference will END by11 January.
- Late registration will end 8 February.
More information, date schedules, subscription forms are available on the conference website. Any information is available through ecs.conference @ gmail.com
The Organising Committee ECS 2008
Colinda Vergeer (Kustvereninging/EUCC)
Esther Philips (CML, Leiden)
Fleur Visser (Nova Atlantis)
Jan Willem Broekema (ECS)
Joost Schokkenbroek (Maritime Museum Amsterdam)
Karin Hartman (Nova Atlantis)
Marije Siemesma (IVN)
Marjan Addink (Naturalis)
Nynke Osinga (Seal Rehab Centre Lenie 't Hart/Pieterburen)
Richard Witte (VZZ)
Steve Geelhoed
Suzanne Duivesteijn