----- Original Message ----- From: alloprimate Co-Moderator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: alloprimate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 9:22 PM Subject: [alloprimate] (Brookfield Zoo)The Apes: Challenges for the 21st Century Conference >The following conference announcement was sent by Carol Sodaro ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Brookfield Zoo: > >CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT > >Brookfield Zoo is pleased to announce that it is hosting an >international conference "The Apes: Challenges for the Twenty-first >Century," to be held May 10 through May 13, 2000. This unique >conference will focus on the apes of the world and will bring together >researchers, zoological park personnel, and field biologists to share >and disseminate the most current information on husbandry, conservation, >and emergent issues pertaining to captive and wild populations of apes. >This conference will serve as a starting point for defining the >challenges likely to face apes in the twenty-first century. > >Keynote speakers include Dr. David Chivers for lesser apes, Dr. Carel >van Schaik for orangutans, Dr. Gay Reinartz for bonobos, Dr. Claudia >Olejniczak for gorillas, and Dr. Toshisada Nishida for chimpanzees. Our >plenary speaker is Dr. Russell Mittermeier, President of Conservation >International. > >The conference will include several days of presentations as well as an >icebreaker, round table discussions, and a day at Brookfield Zoo >including a silent auction, a raffle, and a banquet. Immediately >following the conference Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago will host the North >American Ape Taxon Advisory Group Meetings. > >The Brookfield Zoo Conference Planning Committee invites you to present >papers, posters, or videos pertaining to husbandry, medicine, nutrition, >behavior, taxonomy, reproduction, fieldwork, or conservation matters. >Deadline for abstract submission is February 15, 2000. > >For information on registration and submission of abstracts contact the >Brookfield Zoo Ape Conference Planning Committee at 708-485-0263 Ext. >604, FAX 708-485-3140, or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >-- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document Vault >-- http://club.voila.fr/docvault/alloprimate/?m=1 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulai langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stop langganan: kirim e-mail ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive ada di http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
