Dear Friends and Colleagues, The 35th annual conference of the European Association of Aquatic Mammals (EAAM) is scheduled to be from 16th until 19th of March 2007. Marineland Antibes in France will be our host for this conference. The last time the conference was in Marineland Antibes was 1984. The park has developed a lot since then and as we all know, the south of France is a very nice place to go to. I hope you all are very motivated to come and of course to share your different experiences through papers and/or poster presentations! The EAAM is an organization of people interested in marine mammals in human care, in a zoological environment or in the wild, and includes veterinarians, biologists, zoo and marine park directors and managers, trainers (husbandry professionals), researchers, students and other persons who devote a significant amount of time to the welfare of marine mammals through research, medical care, training, education, conservation, management and related activities. During the conference you can present the results of your work with marine mammals by means of a fifteen minute presentation or by a poster presentation. All topics related to marine mammal science and husbandry will be acceptable: Conservation, Education, Medicine, Practical aspects of husbandry, et cetera. For the 35th Symposium, EAAM would like to encourage presentations that can show both the results of research on marine mammals under human care, as well as that of research in the wild population. The deadline for abstract submission is the 8 of January 2007. An electronic abstract submission form is available on the conference website. Details on the conference program, the location, the workshop, guest speakers, hotel reservations, registration and transportation are available on the conference website: www.marineland.fr and then you chose the EAAM section. For all your further questions please contact: Jon Kershaw: kershaw@marineland.fr <mailto:kershaw@marineland.fr> Looking very much forward to see all your abstract submissions and of course to see you all in Antibes next March! Birgitta Mercera President-elect of EAAM PARC ASTERIX BP 8 60128 Plailly, FRANCE birgitta.mercera@parcasterix.com Birgitta Mercera Responsable Delphinarium PARC ASTERIX BP 8 60128 Plailly, FRANCE birgitta.mercera@parcasterix.com