Join us at SeaWorld Orlando for the Sixth Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference March 2018! www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18<http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18> Abstracts Submission Deadline Extended! After several requests, we have extended the abstract submission deadline to January 5th. We hope the extra time helps and look forward to receiving your abstract! We invite you to submit abstracts on all topics relevant to aquatic ecosystem health and your results and experiences. The program will consist of invited speakers, as well as oral and poster presentations selected from abstract submissions. Please review the Program Topics: conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18/topics.html Please review the Program Topics, as these are the topics our Program Committee would especially like to encourage. However, accepted abstracts will not be limited to these topics. To submit an abstract, click here: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18/call_abstracts.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And be sure to check out our awesome line up of session chairs here. http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18/bios.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Early Registration Now Open! We are excited to announce conference registration is open! Be sure to register now to get the discounted early rate. The registration fee provides meeting attendees with full participation in all conference sessions and networking functions, including: * Daily refreshment breaks * Lunch on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday * Wednesday Poster Session * Thursday Social at Sea Life Aquarium Click here to register today! http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18/reg_information.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hotel Reservations The SpringHill Suites Orlando at SeaWorld, just minutes from our meeting site, is accepting reservations over our conference dates. Be sure to book your room at the negotiated group rate of $124/night before the block fills. The cutoff date is February 16th! Click here to reserve your room online or visit our webpage for more information. http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18/hotel_info.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Become a Sponsor! The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine invites you to collaborate with us in organizing the Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference. Become a sponsor to promote your organization, demonstrate your ongoing commitment to marine mammals and their environments, and build meaningful relationships with conference attendees. As a participating sponsor of this conference, you will. . . * Establish connections and form collaborations with other companies as well as educational, scientific and governmental institutions represented by conference attendees. * Be involved in discussions to set priorities promoting the health and welfare of marine mammals around the world. * Learn about the latest advances in marine mammal health issues. * ...and much more! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ View Sponsorship Opportunities http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18/sponsor_ops.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank You to Our Sponsors! http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/marinemammal18/sponsors.html Right Whale (Diamond) *Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission - http://myfwc.com/ *UF Aquatic Animal Health Program - http://aquatic.vetmed.ufl.edu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pilot Whale (Platinum) *SeaWorld - https://seaworld.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Manatee (Gold Level) *Georgia Aquarium - http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/ *McRoberts Sales Co. - http://www.mcrobertssales.com/home.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dolphin (Silver Level) *Clearwater Marine Aquarium - https://seewinter.com/ *University of Central Florida Department of Biology - https://sciences.ucf.edu/biology/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This conference is organized by the University of Florida/IFAS Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI). 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