Apologies for cross posting ECS members are invited to participate in the Ninth European Seminar on Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation which will be held in Valencia, Spain on 3-7 September. Details are given below. There are a limited number of grants available. Applications should be made as soon as possible. kind regards, Peter Evans UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL MENENDEZ PELAYO Ninth European Seminar on Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation Valencia (Spain), 3-7 September 2012 DIRECTORS: J.A. Raga (University of Valencia) & P.G.H. Evans (Sea Watch Foundation & University of Bangor) SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY: F.J. Aznar & M. Fernandez (University of Valencia) PROGRAMME: Over the five-day course, senior marine mammal specialists from Europe and North America will lecture on a wide variety of topics in marine mammal science and conservation. There will also be a day of practicals, discussion fora, and opportunities to interact directly with the lecturers outside the lecture periods. The programme for 2012 will include lectures from Alex Aguilar, Arne Bjørge, Mariano Domingo, Greg Donovan, Peter Evans, Philip Hammond, Christina Lockyer, Graham Pierce, Peter Tyack, and Juan Antonio Raga, and topics include life history strategies, behavioural ecology, dietary studies, acoustics, survey techniques, statistics & modelling, pathology, contaminant studies, management of marine mammal populations, and various aspects of conservation (with practicals on some of these topics). ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo Student Office Plaza del Carmen, 4 E-46003 Valencia, Spain Phone +34. 963. 108 020; Fax +34.963 108 017 E-mail secretaria_valencia@uimp.es LANGUAGE: English (with simultaneous Spanish translation) REGISTRATION: This is limited to a maximum of 100 participants and is subjected to current availability and order of receipt. Students and other interested persons from around Europe and beyond are invited to attend. FORMS: www.uimp.es/blogs/valencia/actividades/marine_mammals/ GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available for the course. Applications should be submitted from 1 May to 31 May 2012. REGISTRATION FEES: c. 130 Euros DEADLINE: 3rd September 2012 (if places are available) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must be university students or post-graduates. DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION: A registration form will be provided by the Student Office. Once this has been completed, it should be handed into the same office together with the following documentation: a) Photocopy of the passport b) Evidence that the applicant is at least a university or graduate student c) Original receipt showing payment of registration fees. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE STUDENT OFFICE IS NOT POSSIBLE IN AUGUST DURING UNIVERSITY VACATION TIMES -- Dr Peter G.H. Evans Director Sea Watch Foundation, Ewyn y Don, Bull Bay, Amlwch, Isle of Anglesey Wales LL68 9SD Hon. Senior Lecturer School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales LL59 5AB Tel: 01407-832892 Mobile: 0776-556-6102 E-mail: peter.evans@bangor.ac.uk> -- Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig / Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilëwch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio â defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk