First Announcement
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XXI IBAC - International Bioacoustic Congress
CIBRA, University of Pavia, 15-18 September 2007
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The XXI International BioAcoustic Congress will be held in the historical
buildings of the University of Pavia, Italy, where Spallanzani in the
18th century studied the ability of bats to fly in the dark. The Congress
is organized, for the third time, by CIBRA, the Interdisciplinary Center
for Bioacoustics and Environmental Research, University of Pavia.
The subject of bioacoustics is principally a marriage between the fields
of biology and physical acoustics. Given its multidisciplinary nature,
the Congress aims to bring together, in informal settings, biologists
from different specialisms (ethologists, physiologists, taxonomists,
ecologists, etc) with engineers, sound archivists and amateur sound
recordists, to foster discussion and exchange of ideas.
During the Congress the 2nd European workshop on animal sound research
and libraries will be held. The workshop will be organized by CIBRA
for the European Network of Bioacoustic Collections for Taxonomy,
Systematics and Conservation. The network was created based on the
agreement of experts who attended the 1st workshop at the Fonoteca
Zoologica (Madrid), 27-30 September 2006, to foster cooperation among
institutions, researchers and interested amateurs to safeguard animal
sound recordings and to optimise their use as a resource for research and
nature conservation.
The Congress is based on thematic symposia that will cover both the
traditional research areas and new emerging themes. To date, five
symposia are planned:
"Advanced tools for sound recording and analysis" (G.Pavan et
al.)
"In-air communication in mammals" (I.Charrier and D.Reby)
"Monitoring the Environment: Bioacoustics as a tool for inventory
and monitoring of biodiversity" (K.Frommolt, et al.)
"The impacts of anthropogenic noise" (Y.Yan, et al.)
"Animal communication networks: from behaviour to brain"
(T.Aubin & N.Mathevon)
Organizing Committee
Gianni Pavan, Claudio Fossati, Michele Manghi, Marco Priano
Scientific Committee
Richard Ranft, Nicolas Mathevon, Isabelle Charrier, Thierry Aubin,
Hong Young Yan, Matija Gogala, David Helweg, Dietmar Todt, Rafael
Marquez, Karl-Heinz Frommolt, Gianni Pavan, Guido Pinoli, Michela
Podestà
Proceedings
Selected paper will be published in a special Congress issue of the
Bioacoustics journal.
Deadlines
Abstract Submission should be made no later than May, 20th. Details
will be published soon.
Presenting Authors should indicate their preferred presentation type,
talk or poster; the final decision will be taken by the Scientific
Committee; Authors will be informed within 20 days after the deadline.
Registration
The registration should be made by email no later than June 30th.
Email address for registration: ibac@cibra.unipv.it
The fees for participants who register by email are: 80€ full
registration, 60€ students, 20€ for the social dinner
Early registration is strongly encouraged: on-site or late registration
will be 100€!
Payment modalities
Bank transfer
PayPal
On location (more expensive!)
Technical/commercial exhibit
Companies and Institutions willing to show and demonstrate their
products and services related with bioacoustics are welcome. Information
about fees and available facilities will be published as soon as
possible.
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Information on the congress will be published on the CIBRA web page at
http://www.unipv.it/cibra and on the official IBAC web page at
http://www.ibac.info
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Gianni Pavan
Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali
Universita' degli Studi di Pavia, Via Taramelli 24, 27100 PAVIA,
ITALIA
Phone
+39-0382-987874 Fax +39-02-700-32921
Email gpavan@cibra.unipv.it,
gianni.pavan@unipv.it
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CIBRA organizes the XXI IBAC Congress, Pavia, 15-18 September
2007
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