AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY 13th International Conference ‘Whales and Humans: A Conflicted Relationship’ November 9-11, 2012 Hyatt Regency, Mission Bay, San Diego, California Dear MARMAM subscribers, A reminder to all of you, the EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION for our ACS conference will END on SEPTEMBER 1. So sign up now! Below is a direct link to our ACS conference page with a direct link to the registration page: http://acsonline.org/education/conference/2012-conference./ A direct link to the conference registration and conference program (PDF) can be found here: http://acsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-Confererence-Program-7_... A Direct link to the Hyatt Regency, Mission Bay, San Diego, can be found here below (conference rate is $149/night): https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=9379502 This is shaping up to be an incredible conference with amazing speakers and special guests, whale watch trips, and more. Our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Frans de Waal, C.H. Chandler Professor of Primate Behavior, Emory University, and director of Living Links, Yerkes National Primate Research Center. Speakers and Special Guests are: Bob Brownell (NOAA); Cheryl McCormick (Ascend Nonprofit Consulting); Kate O’Connell (Balaena Consulting); Andrés Ciscneros Montemayor (UBC); Deborah Giles (UC Davis); Cara Lachmuth (UBC); Stephanie Norman (Marine-Med); Brandon Southall (SOCAL-BRS); Denise Herzing (Wild Dolphin Project); Lori Marino (Emory University); Diana Reiss (Hunter College); Thomas White (Loyola Marymount Univ.); Charles “Flip” Nicklin (National Geographic Society); Taryn Kiekow (NRDC); Marla Holt (NOAA); Peter Ross (Dept. Fisheries Oceans, Canada); Susan Chivers (NOAA-SWFSC); Ari Friedlaender (Duke Univ.); Robert Pitman (NOAA- SWFSC); John Durban (NOAA-SWFSC); Michael Weise (Off. Naval Res.); Bruce Mate (OSU); Cindy McInnis (Ocean Alliance), and many more! Don't miss it. Sign up today. We look forward to seeing you... Questions? Contact Kaye Reznick at acsoffice@acsonline.org or call 310-548-6279 Kathy Zagzebski, ACS President Kaye Reznick, ACS Business Manager American Cetacean Society National Headquarters P.O. Box 1391 San Pedro, CA 90733-1391 310-548-6279 www.acsonline.org Uko Gorter, ACS-Puget Sound Chapter president, on behalf of ACS National Headquarters