Colleagues, Space is running out in the upcoming one-day "Ecological Modeling for Marine Mammalogists" workshop to be held on Sunday, October 11, immediately prior to the 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Québec City. Registrations will be capped at 150 participants, so please pre-register now for the workshop at http://www.marinemammalscience.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article... We currently have room for about 30 more people. If we reach 150 participants before the 11th, we will not accept walk-in registrations. The workshop will be held in the Québec City Convention Center, room 301AB, and it will begin at 8:30 am sharp. The registration fee is $30 US or $35 CAN (note higher registration fee in Canadian dollars to accommodate exchange rate). Cash or a check drawn on a U.S. bank will be acceptable. Registration will begin at 8:00 am. The agenda for the workshop is as follows: 08:00 Registration opens 08:30 Welcome 08:40 Introductory Session 10:40 Coffee break 11:00 Presence-only Session 12:30 Lunch 13:45 Movement Session 15:15 Poster Forum (coffee/snack break) 16:30 Workshop ends The Introductory Session will present the fundamentals of marine mammal ecological modeling, including talks about the purpose of modeling (Ed Gregr, SciTech Consulting), environmental data (Daniel Palacios, Southwest Fisheries Science Center), and modeling methods (Ben Best, Duke University) The Presence-only Session will explore techniques to model marine mammal habitat with common presence-only data, such as acoustic detections or non-standardized survey results (e.g., whale watching or historical sighting data). The speakers for this session are Melissa Soldevilla (Duke University) and Derek Tittensor (Dalhousie University). The Movement Session will tackle the latest methods for exploring relationships between marine mammals and the environment using movement data (e.g., satellite tracking data). The speakers for this session are Robert Schick (Duke University) and Eli Gurarie (University of Helsinki). Finally, our Poster Forum will offer participants a chance to meet and talk with colleagues that are working on similar problems and facing similar challenges. Eleven posters will be presented to stimulate discussion and explore new ideas about ecological modeling. Hope to see you in Québec City! Workshop Organizing Committee: Mark Baumgartner (mbaumgartner@whoi.edu) Ed Gregr Ellen Hines Kristin Kaschner Kristin Laidre Daniel Palacios Kathy Vigness Raposa