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    3rd LAMLA Workshop at SOLAMAC

    “Listening for Aquatic Mammals in Latin America”

    04 November 2018, Lima, Perú

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    Dear Colleagues,

    We would like to invite you to participate in the upcoming workshop "Listening for Aquatic Mammals in Latin America" (LAMLA) to be held prior to the Latin American Society of Aquatic Mammal Experts (SOLAMAC) meeting in Lima, Peru. Please note the schedule has changed because of SOLAMAC organization: LAMLA meeting will be one day only, on Sunday, Nov 4th. The preliminary schedule is given at the end of this message.

    In this third meeting, our aim is to bring together researchers, professionals, and students working on bioacoustics to communicate their work, interact with other researchers. We want to discuss directions for a coordinated regional bioacoustics network and collaboration, essential to strengthen both the scientific and conservation efforts on the species locally, nationally and internationally. This year, we'll also propose a training session in technical knowledge.

    Please join us in order to:

    ·     assess the effort to study sounds from all aquatic mammal species that occur in Latin America;

    ·     share scientific information and methodologies between research groups;

    ·     enhance conservation efforts, locally and internationally;

    ·     define a platform for launching new partnerships, activities or projects.

    We would like to encourage anyone with interest in these studies in Latin America to participate. Please, don't hesitate to forward this message to colleagues or person you think interested but keep in mind work has to be conducted in Latin America, no exceptions.

    We strongly encourage any abstracts accepted for presentation at SOLAMAC and that fit the scope of this workshop, to also be presented at LAMLA.

    ** Abstract submission deadline: August, 15th 2018.

    Abstract submission: please send the completed attached form to < lamlameeting@gmail.com >
    (the answer for acceptance of the abstract will be given before August, 31th).

    ** Registration deadline: 30th September 2018.
     (registration through the SOLAMAC website http://solamac2018.com/)

    Fee for the workshop: US$15 for students; US$35 for professionals.
     (to be added to the general inscription fee for SOLAMAC)

    For any further information, please contact us at lamlameeting@gmail.com.

    Looking forward to seeing you in Lima!

    Best wishes,

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Organizing Committee

LAMLA Workshop - Listening for Aquatic Mammals in Latin America

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8:00-8:30 - Welcome talk by the Organizing Committee
8:30-9:15 - Keynote Address by Dr. Jay Barlow (NOAA)
9:15-10:30 - Training session of “Basic features of acoustic analysis in Raven” by Dr. Renata Sousa-Lima (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
10:30-11:00 - Coffee break
11:00-13:30 - Training session of “Acoustic analysis in R” by MSc Elena Schall andMSc Diego Filun (Alfred Wegner Institute, Germany)
13:30-14:30 - Lunch time
14:30-16:30 - Oral Presentations
16:30-17:00 - Coffee break
17:00-18:30 - Oral presentations and discussion

Maria Isabel C. Gonçalves
Bióloga marinha / Marine biologist

Mestre em Ciências do Mar - Recursos Marinhos / Master's Degree in Marine Sciences – Marine Resources
Doutora em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade / PhD in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation

LaB - Laboratório de Bioacústica / LaB - Laboratory of Bioacoustics

Telefone / Phone: (+55) 73 991276590 / 998241751

Skype: isinhas_goncalves