Dear colleagues, We are excited to announce and invite you to attend the upcoming Apes and Dolphins Seminar series. This three part seminar series will explore the scientific and ethical issues surrounding the study of language and intelligence in apes and dolphins. The first seminar in the series, titled "Why can't apes and dolphins talk? Communication and language research with apes and dolphins," will take place on April 13th from 10:00 to 17:00 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in The Netherlands. This day-long seminar will be led by ape language researcher Esteban Rivas from the Institute for Animals in Philosophy and Science, and dolphin communication researcher Justin Gregg from the Dolphin Communication Project, and features lectures covering the study of apes' and dolphins' natural communication systems and the nature of the information they share with each other, as well as the many experiments that have been conducted to teach apes and dolphins to use artificial symbol systems. The seminar will cover the history of the field, current research topics, and future directions, and we encourage a healthy discussion and debate on these subjects throughout the day. For more information and registration information, please visit: <http://www.apesanddolphins.com> www.apesanddolphins.com Or our Facebook page at: <http://www.facebook.com/ApesAndDolphinsSeminarSeries> http://www.facebook.com/ApesAndDolphinsSeminarSeries A PDF flyer can be downloaded here: http://justingregg.com/ApeandDolphinLanguageSeminar.pdf Dates for the second seminar in the series (on ape and dolphin intelligence) and the third seminar (on ape and dolphin ethics) will be announced in the near future. The Apes and Dolphins Seminar Series is a Minding Animals Partner Event. More info about Minding Animals at <http://www.mindinganimals.com> www.mindinganimals.com We hope to see you there! All the best, Justin and Esteban ____________ Justin Gregg, PhD Research Associate, Dolphin Communication Project <mailto:jgregg@dolphincommunicationproject.org> jgregg@dolphincommunicationproject.org <http://www.justingregg.com> http://www.justingregg.com <http://www.dolphincommunicationproject.org/> http://www.dolphincommunicationproject.org/