In order to open the door to all interested parties, we have eliminated the registration fee for this workshop, Introduction to OBIS-SEAMAP, an online portal for visualizing marine mammal observations. We welcome anyone interested in this unique online data center to register on the conference website and join us. Date: October 11th Time: 1:00-5:00 PM Room 208B Link to Workshop: Intro <http://marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id =342:introduction-to-obis-seamap&catid=918:workshops> to OBIS-SEAMAP OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/) is an open access data center for marine mammal, sea bird and sea turtle observations, the primary purpose of which is to encourage collaborations and improve the understanding of these species by making it easy to share and visualize biogeographic data with advanced mapping and query tools. We are rapidly adding published datasets, developing new tools and adding functionality to better serve the research and management communities. Benefits include an off-site archiving service, multi-faceted visualization of your data and increased visibility of your research program while data providers retain ownership of their data. The event, useful for both data providers and users, will include sections focusing on visual survey data, as well as integrating photo-ID and acoustic data. You are invited to participate as potential data providers and/or users of OBIS-SEAMAP. Lucie Hazen Duke University ljhazen@duke.edu