Dear MARMAMers, During Dec.1-5 in this year (2025), Acoustical Society of Japan and America will hold a joint meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, which has been organized once every 10 years. We invite you to join any of 6 special sessions, which cover a wide range of bioacoustics subjects. Special sessions of the joint meeting 1. Active Sensing by Echolocation in Bats 2. Baleen Whale Acoustics 3. Deep Sea Soundscapes, Current Understanding and Monitoring Methods 4. Pinniped Acoustics 5. Sound Categorization and Acoustic Repertoire Description in Animal Communication Research 6. Special Session in Honor of Paul Nachtigall https://acousticalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sessions-for-calls_... The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 28 July 2025 For more detail, see https://acousticalsociety.org/honolulu-2025/ We hope we will meet together in Honolulu in December. Cheers, Organizers of Animal Bioacoustics Special sessions Xavier Mouy, Shizuko Hiryu, Tom Akamatsu, Cynthia Moss, Marc Lammers, Nozomi Kobayashi, Susan Parks, Adam Pack, Satoko Kimura, Lauren Freeman, Héloïse Frouin-Mouy, Daisuke Mizuguchi, Colleen Reichmuth, Julie Oswald, Laura May-Collado, Vincent Janik, Tadamichi Morisaka, Laura Kloepper, Aran Mooney, Aude Pacini, Brian Branstetter -- ************************************************************* Nozomi Kobayashi, Ph. D. Section Chief / Chief Research Scientist Zoological Laboratory Okinawa Churashima Research Institute Okinawa Churashima Foundation https://churashima.okinawa/en/ocrc/marine_organisms 小林希実 一般財団法人 沖縄美ら島財団 総合研究所 動物研究室 係長 兼 主査研究員 〒905-0206 沖縄県国頭郡本部町字石川888番地 TEL：0980-48-2266 FAX：0980-48-2200 E-mail：n-kobayashi@okichura.jp *************************************************************