HUMPBACK WHALES WORLD CONGRESS - IMPORTANT REMINDER https://hwwc2015.org [6] The Humpback whales world congress (HWWC) will be held from the 29th of June to the 3rd of July 2015, in Ste Marie, Madagascar. Please reminder that the deadline for abstract submission is the 19 of April (https://hwwc2015.org/call-abstracts.html [7]) The HWWC topics are : basic and applied research, collaboration programs, management, conservation and implentation of sustainable development policy, economic and social involvement. The invited speakers are: _(alphabetic order)_ R. Dunlop, Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory, University of Queensland, Australia K. Findlay, Mammal Research Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa L. Herman, The Dolphin Institute, University of Hawaii, USA E. Mercado, University of Buffalo, New York, USA P. Palsboll, Marine Evolution and Conservation, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands J. Reidenberg, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA J. Roobins, Center for Coastal Studies, USA The members of the scientific committee are : _(alphabetic order)_ O. Adam, NeuroPSI CNRS 9197 University Paris Sud Orsay, France A. Andrianarimisa, Dpt Biology, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar P. Best, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa S. Cerchio, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, USA I. Charrier, NeuroPSI CNRS UMR9197 University Paris Sud Orsay, France V. Dulau Violaine, Association Groupe Local d'OBservation et d'Identification des CEtaces, Ile de la Réunion, France R. Dunlop, Cetacean Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory, University of Queensland, Australia K. Findlay, Mammal Reaserch Institute Whale Unit, University of Pretoria, South Africa N. Gales, Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia N. Gandilhon, Laboratory DYNECAR BOREA CNRS UMR7208, France C. Giacoma, Dpt Biology, University of Torino, Italia H. Glotin, Institut Universitaire de France, Systems and Information Sciences Lab CNRS UMR7296 University of Toulon, France N. Hauser, Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation, Cook Islands, South Pacific L. Herman, the Dolphin Institute, University of Hawaii, USA J.-L. Jung, BioGeMME, University of Brest, France E. Mercado, University at Buffalo, New York, USA P. Palsboll, Marine Evolution and Conservation, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands R. Payne, Ocean Alliance, New Zealand N. Raminosoa, Dpt Biology, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar J. Reidenberg, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA J. Robbins, Center for Coastal Studies, USA H. Rosenbaum, Wildlife Conservation Society, Ocean Giants Program, New York, USA A. Stimpert, Vertebrate Ecology Lab, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, CA, USA P. White, Institut of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK A. Zerbini, National Marine Mammal Laboratory and Cascadia Research Collective, Seattle, USA Reminder that online early registration (https://hwwc2015.org/register.php [8]) is now open until the 24th of May 2015. The early fees are: - regular attendees: EUR150 - student: EUR90 The organizing committee could be open to providing a grant for deserving candidates, under their discretion. During the congress, a photo contest will be organized. Special prizes will be distributed to the winners of the competition. Photos Should be submitted no later than 30rd May 2015 to: info@hwwc2015.org The organizers are: - CETAMADA association (www.cetamada.com [9]) - the University of Antananarivo (www.univ-antananarivo.mg [10]) - the company Festival des Baleines (www.festivaldesbaleines.com [11]) For further information about the venue, submissions, and registration, please visit the HWWC website: http://www.hwwc2015.org [12] or send an email to secretary@hwwc2015.org -- [6] DINA ANDRIANAIVORAVELONA SECRETARY HWWC2015 SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT [1] WWW.HWWC2015.ORG [2] [3] [4] [5] Links: ------ [1] https://hwwc2015.org/images/HWWC_announce_en.pdf [2] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hwwc2015/596124213822902 [3] https://twitter.com/hwwc2015 [4] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5QXET0X1mnxhSicQg48dRQ [5] https://plus.google.com/u/0/113111500944132695494/posts [6] https://hwwc2015.org [7] https://hwwc2015.org/call-abstracts.html [8] https://hwwc2015.org/register.php [9] http://www.cetamada.com [10] http://www.univ-antananarivo.mg [11] http://www.festivaldesbaleines.com [12] http://www.hwwc2015.org