Virtual Office_Marine Mammal Workshops 2005

The Society for Marine Mammalogy is holding its biennial meeting in San Diego, CA from 11 to 16 December 2005. Workshops will be held prior to the meeting but are not sponsored by the Society.

The deadline for proposals was 21 March 2005. Meeting space has been arranged for workshops and symposia prior to the conference. Rooms at the Manchester Grand Hyatt will be available on Saturday, 10 December, and Sunday, 11 December, at no charge. Organisers will be responsible for any financial arrangements related to their workshops, including audio-visual equipment and coffee. If you need more information about a workshop or symposium, please contact the Scientific Program Co-Chairs ([email protected]) This site was established in March 2005 to link participants and help prepare for the workshops. It is now fully operational as workshop organizers interact with participants round the world.

Here is a complete listing of the workshops, identical to the list with links in the left navigation bar:

1. Ethics in Marine Mammal Research
2. Sirenian International Symposium
3. Comparative Cognition: Insights and Innovations
4. Research and Management of Solitary, Sociable Odontocetes
5. Health Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina
6. Application of GIS and Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Marine Mammal Science and Management
7. Introductory Bayesian Statistical Methods
8. Science and Implementation Considerations of Mitigation Techniques to Reduce Small Cetacean By-Catch in Fisheries
9. SOCPROG and the Analysis of Animal Social Structure Using Individual Identifications
10. Evaluating Stranded Marine Mammals for Signs of Human Interaction
11. Taking Conservation to the Public: Strategies for Getting the Message Out There
12. Effects of Tagging Large Whales
13. Pan-Arctic Beluga Tagging
14. The Conservation of Lesser Known Tropical Marine Delphinids