You are invited to participate in a workshop on Saturday November 26, 2011 1:00-5:00pm in Room #10, preceding the Society for Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference in Tampa. "The maritime Automatic Identification System: harnessing its potential for marine mammal research" will feature an overview of AIS technologies, trends in implementation, options for AIS data collection, examples of software packages and data processing and QA/QC methods, and real-world case studies of AIS being used in marine mammal research and management. If you are interested in presenting a talk or leading an informal discussion, please contact me directly (mark.mueller@myfwc.com<mailto:mark.mueller@myfwc.com>) to discuss. To see the full agenda and to register visit: http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article... There is no registration fee for this workshop. Let me know if you have any questions. Mark Mueller Research Associate Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 100 Eighth Ave. SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 mark.mueller@myfwc.com<mailto:mark.mueller@myfwc.com> (727) 896-8626, ext. 1904 Fax: (727) 893-9176