> SOCIETY FOR MARINE MAMMALOGY 18th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, 12-16 October > 2009 in quebec city, Canada > > The conference webpage is now open to abstract submission and > registration. Early-bird preferred registration rates will be offered > until 20 July 2009. Abstract submissions will be accepted until 30 > April 2009, at Midnight. > The conference webpage will serve as the primary resource for all of > the deadlines and information related to the conference. To learn > more, go to the Society for Marine Mammalogy website > (http://marinemammalogy.org/conference). We encourage you to visit the > conference webpage regularly to find out about new additions to the > program, including social events, tours, souvenirs, pre-conference > workshops or symposia. The organization committee is working hard to > offer you an outstanding scientific program but also, exciting social > events during the week, such as circus and magician performances > during the icebreaker. Preferred rates have also been negotiated for > an evening dinner cruise on the St Lawrence River during the > conference, as well as for pre- and post-conference whale-watching > tours and other exciting activities to conduct in the vicinity of > Quebec City. > > TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION > Experient has negotiated room rates for Biennial participants at the > Hilton and Delta hotels. Both hotels are right beside the conference > centre and a block away from the walls of the Old City and its > restaurants, pubs, etc. > (http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view= > article&id=227&Itemid=211). We strongly urge you to stay at one of > these hotels as these preferred rates were negotiated based on filling > a minimum number of rooms. If we do not achieve the minimums, then the > society will have to pay a penalty. If we exceed the block booking, > then the conference is able to collect free rooms that it can then > make available for third world participants. > > STUDENT AND NON-STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS > The Society for Marine Mammalogy encourages student participation in > the 18th Biennial Conference and has committed funds in the form of > Student Travel Grants to help defray travel expenses. Students must be > members of the Society and have an abstract that has been reviewed and > accepted (either oral or poster) for the meeting to be considered for > a travel grant. More information on applying for these grants is > available on the conference web site > (http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view= > article&id=216&Itemid=216). Deadline for application is 17 July, 2009. > > Similarly, the Society has a programme of conference grants to a > limited number of colleagues in developing and soft-currency > countries. The purpose is to promote international scientific > participation in the biennial conferences. More information on > applying for these grants is available on the conference web site > (http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view= > article&id=244&Itemid=243). Deadline for application is 31 May 2009. > > We are looking very much forward to see you in the Old City of Quebec > for a conference to be remembered!!! > > Mike Hammill > Conference chair > > [email protected] > > Veronique Lesage, Ph.D. > NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] > Chercheur, Cetaces/Cetacean research scientist > Biologie et conservation des mammiferes marins/Marine mammal biology > and conservation > Peches et Oceans Canada/Fisheries and Oceans Canada > Institut Maurice-Lamontagne/Maurice Lamontagne Institute > C.P. 1000/P.O. Box 1000 > 850 Route de la Mer > Mont-Joli, QC G5H 3Z4 > http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/iml/en/sci/LesageV > http://www.osl.gc.ca/mm/en/index.html > TEL (418) 775-0739 > FAX (418) 775-0740 > Email: [email protected] >
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