Dear Friends of MARMAM, [cid:image002.png@01D87C3A.66A3FC40] Hope you are doing well and staying healthy in these tough COVID-19 times. While things are getting better in recent months, we, the Aquatic Animal Virtopsy Lab (https://www.facebook.com/AAVLab2014) under Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, are delighted to announce details of our annual "International Cetacean Symposium" series with the theme of "Resilience". The reduction in human activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the global maritime traffic, has brought unforeseen serenity to the ocean and enabled its resilient residents to thrive again. While this effect is likely and unfortunately temporary, researchers and conservation groups around the world are employing multidisciplinary techniques to learn from this unprecedented time, to shed light on cetacean-vessel interactions and conservation of cetaceans. Plenary lectures and invited talks will be delivered online by renowned conservationists, scientists, veterinarians, governmental agencies, academics and students worldwide studying different aspects of assessing and mitigating the impact of maritime traffic on cetaceans. The symposium is open to everyone for FREE! All the participants are required to register to the event via the online registration link provided below. First come, first served basis with limited seats! Reservations will be accepted in the order they are received. Please register only once. It would be our honour to have you joining us in the 2022 International Cetacean Symposium. We hope that the event we put together is as interesting to you, as they are to us! Please also find the following links for your reference: 2022 International Cetacean Symposium (Virtual meeting) Date: 17 June 2022 (Friday) Time: 09:00 - 17:00 (HKT: UTC+8) Venue: Virtual meeting via Zoom platform Details: https://bit.ly/AAVL2022ICS ; https://bit.ly/AAVL2022ICS2 Registration: https://forms.gle/E8SYE9J8nvu1nMAc6 Deadline for registration: 23:59 (HKT: UTC+8) on 15 June 2022 (Wednesday) For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Brian Kot (briankot@cityu.edu.hk<mailto:briankot@cityu.edu.hk>), Mr. Henry Tsui (cltsui9@cityu.edu.hk<mailto:cltsui9@cityu.edu.hk>) and Dr. Tabris Chung (ytchung@cityu.edu.hk<mailto:ytchung@cityu.edu.hk>) anytime. Please circulate as you deem appropriate to interested parties. Act Fast, Make Plans Now to Attend and we look forward to seeing you all soon. Best regards, Aquatic Animal Virtopsy Lab Department of Infectious Disease and Public Health City University of Hong Kong Aquatic Animal Virtopsy Lab Website: https://aavlab2014.wixsite.com/aavlab2014 Follow us at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AAVLab2014 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aavlab2014 Twitter: https://twitter.com/AAVLab2014 Disclaimer: This email (including any attachments) is for the use of the intended recipient only and may contain confidential information and/or copyright material. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email and all copies from your system. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, reproduction, copying, distribution, or other form of unauthorized dissemination of the contents is expressly prohibited.