Dear colleagues,
You are invited! The Cachalote Consortium Workshop 2026 will take place on the 17th of October from 8:30-17:30 at the 26th Biennial conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals <https://www.smmconference.org/> in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Due to the global interest in the workshop and our goal of making this event as inclusive as possible, the workshop will be hybrid, with virtual options for presentations and a social gathering afterwards for those in town for the conference. If you have already registered through the Puerto Rico Conference, we will be in touch with you soon! About the workshop. The Cachalote Consortium was created in 2005 with the goal of bringing sperm whale researchers from multiple disciplines together to promote understanding of global patterns of sperm whale biology, ecology, and conservation. The 2026 workshop continues this tradition and will provide a forum for presenting progress, trading ideas, exchanging and standardizing methodologies, identifying knowledge gaps, inspiring new collaborations, and fostering the next generation of sperm whale scientists. In parallel with the theme of this year’s Biennial, we encourage you to share your ideas on sperm whale science, their societies, and their role in ecosystems amid growing human pressures. We encourage you to share progress on the use of open science and new technologies that promote understanding of sperm whales at multiple scales: social, regional, and global. This year’s workshop will be structured around a series of sessions organized by topic, with keynote talks followed by short presentations, and group discussion. Interested in attending and/or giving a talk? Please use this Google form <https://forms.gle/Pn7hYzFHiUv3anSa6> to register and to indicate if you are interested in giving a presentation. Please submit your answers by 14 Sept 2026. Presentations related to any sperm whale science topic are welcome. Depending on the responses, we will structure presentations and panel discussions around related topics, such as: “sperm whales of the Caribbean,” "male sperm whale behavior and sociality,” “communication,” “sperm whales and ecosystems: past, present, future," "behavior, sociality and culture," "open data and methods,” “human impacts and fishery interactions,” “conservation and management,” etc. Questions? Please reach out to us at [email protected] More details to follow. Thank you! Sarah, Mauricio, Ana, Christine, and Kiku [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] <[email protected]> [email protected] <[email protected]>
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