If you only get to one conference in 2007 – make
this the one!
Bioacoustics2007 will be the fourth in a
series organised by the Institute of Acoustics covering bio-acoustics and
bio-sonar.
The purpose of the meeting will be to review the
present state of this rapidly evolving subject area, to report on new
developments and to examine future trends. Equal emphasis will be given to
papers dealing with underwater, land-based and airborne studies, covering work
on the bio-acoustics of cetaceans, bats, insects and birds. Keynote speakers
will include Dorian Houser (Biomimetica) on dolphin sonar, Gareth Jones (Bristol
University) on bat echolocation, Barbara Webb (Edinburgh University) on insect
acoustics and Robert Dooling (University of Maryland) on bird acoustics.
Added attractions will be an after-dinner talk by
Richard Ranft, head of technical services at the British Library, illustrated
with examples of bioacoustics recordings from the BL collections, and a bat-walk
– on opportunity to try out some of the bat detectors that manufacturers will be
exhibiting.