Hello Everyone-
This is the second announcement for the 2nd Biennial Workshop on
Ethics in Marine Mammal Science (EiMMS).
The workshop will be a full day affair on Sunday, December 11, 2005.
To facilitate attendance and guarantee open access, we have decided to
make the workshop FREE for conference attendees. However, we
would appreciate anyone planning on attending to contact Charles (charles.littnan@noaa.gov)
to register. We need to get an accurate headcount to ensure adequate
space, handouts, and refreshments. (To prevent any disappointment I
will forewarn you that the lavish fare provided at the last workshop
will not be available this time around as we try to stay within a
pretty tight budget.) Additional information and future updates can be
found on the EiMMS website (recently launched and continually
modified): http://eimms.objectis.net
If you visit the site, please register to gain access to a greater
amount of content. We will regularly update the agenda for the
workshop on the EiMMS site.
The room is starting to fill up, so if you were holding off
until the perfect time to sign up...well that time is now.
To review briefly the reasons for holding such a workshop:
Many professional scientific societies have established official ethics
committees to educate their members on professional and research
ethics, provide guidance when dealing with ethical issues, and, in some
cases, set minimum standards to which members must adhere. Indeed, the
European Cetacean Society recently voted to establish an ethics
advisory committee (EAC) and the Society for Marine Mammalogy has
established an ad
hoc ethics committee. Despite this
progress, there are few opportunities for education and dialogue
regarding ethics in research and many society members may lack the
resources required to help them identify and resolve contentious issues
in their work.
The workshop is going to have numerous talks covering a wide range of
ethics issues and the details will be covered on the website in the
very near future. We will be finishing the workshop with an open
discussion of ethics, marine mammals science, and how we would like our
SMM to develop its ethical framework.
There is still some room for additional speakers and we
encourage anyone who might be interested in presenting a talk related
to ethics in marine mammal research to contact us with a brief
description of their presentation.
This is an important topic and pivotal time in our field, be part of
the discussion.
Looking forward to seeing you in San Diego.
Cheers,
Charles Littnan and Dave Johnston
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Charles Littnan, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Marine Mammal Foraging Program
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Fisheries
2570 Dole St.
Honolulu HI 96822
Tel: (808) 983 5392
Fax: (808) 983 2902