Dear interested participants Thank you for your feedback in response to our initial request for an expression of interest regarding a workshop or conference with a focus on marine mammal research in southern Africa. We have done our best to accommodate all opinions and preferences with regard to date, venue and format. The African Marine Mammal Colloquium is being hosted by the Mammal Research Institute (University of Pretoria) and the Dyer Island Conservation Trust. The AMMC will create a forum whereby all interested people in the region can come together to present briefly their own, or their organisation's, marine mammal-related research, or conservation projects. Focus will be on fostering interaction and collaboration. Location: Kleinbaai, Western Cape, South Africa Date: 18-20 May, 2010 Structure: Two and a half days. Formal presentations (mornings) and open workshop & discussion time (afternoons & third morning). All participants are required to present. Cost: * Prices to be finalised by January 2010, but will be R1500 or less. Payments due at the end of Feb 2010. * We will attempt to reduce costs for student attendees and/or provide some travel sponsorship for those most in need. * Price includes: Accommodation (3 nights), all meals and participation costs. * Price excludes: Transport from Cape Town city or international airport. Drinks at own cost. Further details will be available via the Mammal Research Institute website in due course. Please email: marinemammalogy.southernafrica@gmail.com if you are not already on the mailing list (i.e. you only received this message through a mail server such as MarMam/SANCOR), and would like to be included for direct updates. ----- LINKS Google earth link to Kleinbaai: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-34.600857,19.361515&spn=0.072769,0.1 54324&z=13 Mammal Research Institute: http://www.up.ac.za/zoology/MRI/ Dyer Island Conservation Trust: http://www.dict.org.za/ ____________________________________________ Meredith Thornton Mammal Research Institute University of Pretoria Based at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town 25 Queen Victoria Street Cape Town PO Box 61 Cape Town 8000 South Africa Telephone +27 (0)21 481 3854 Facsimile +27 (0)21 481 3993 Fax to email 0866357818 Websites: http://www.up.ac.za/zoology/ <http://www.up.ac.za/zoology/> http://www.iziko.org.za <http://www.iziko.org.za/> Live Simply... so others may simply live. ____________________________________________ Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail.