38th Symposium of the European Association of Aquatic Mammals

Dear Colleagues around the world,



The European Association for Aquatic Mammals (E.A.A.M.), was funded in 1972 to congregate professionals and individuals interested in aquatic mammals and who devote a significant amount of time to maintenance and welfare of aquatic mammals, both in zoological environments and in the wild.

One of the best opportunities to join our efforts is the Annual Conference and as President Elect of the EAAM, it is my great honour to announce the:



38th Symposium of the

European Association of Aquatic Mammals

Hosted by Lisbon Zoo, Portugal

March 12-15, 2010



We strongly encourage everybody with an interest in this field, to participate with knowledge and share their experience with a presentation.

Lisbon is a very nice city and we’ll be spoiled by our host who are intensely organizing the “First Green Conference” for our association EAAM

Please check for general information and deadlines in January 2010 on the website of EAAM http://www.eaam.org/

I look forward to receiving your paper soon and to meeting you all again in the next EAAM conference in 2010.

Sincerely,



Claudia Gili

President-Elect of EAAM

General Curator/Chief Veterinarian

Acquario di Genova - Italy




CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

Hosted by

Lisbon Zoo, PORTUGAL


The European Association for Aquatic Mammals encourages authors to submit oral and poster abstracts for the next symposium in Lisbon, March 12th - 15th, 2009.

All topics related to marine mammal science and husbandry will be acceptable: conservation, education, medicine, practical aspects of husbandry, et cetera. However, for the 37th Symposium, EAAM specially encourages presentations on all aspects of work with aquatic mammal which have a relation with veterinary medicine and reproduction.

Students should feel particularly encouraged to submit their work for oral or poster presentations; following EAAM’s tradition, an Award for the Best Student Presentation will be given.


INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS



Please read attentively the following recommendations before submitting any abstract:

 The abstract must include:

o Title;

o Author(s); if more than one, please mark presenter with an asterisk (*);

o Affiliation of (each) author;

o Text;

 The abstract should be complete and informative (objectives, methods, results, conclusion)

 The form should be clean, typed in black and readable

 The text should have a maximum length of 20 lines (preferably font Arial, size 12)

 Line drawings, figures, graphs, charts, et cetera, should not be included

 Author(s) wishing to present more than one abstract should copy the submission form

 Abstract(s) submitted by students should be reviewed beforehand by their supervisor(s)

Special Remarks:

 The Scientific Committee reserves the right of acceptance for each presentation and may ask author(s) to adjust the presentation(s) and/or format (ex: from talk to poster presentation or vice-versa);

 The Scientific Committee encourages abstract submission by e-mail, using the forms available in the Conference’s Webpage: http://www.zoo.pt/2010_eaam_conference.aspx

 The presentation time allowed will be 15 MINUTES, plus 5 MINUTES for discussion (chairpersons will NOT allow speakers to continue past their allotted time


DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:


8 JANUARY 2010




Hosted by

Lisbon Zoo, Portugal


Return BY EMAIL no later than 8 January 2010 to:

Claudia Gili, President-Elect of EAAM

Acquario di Genova,

Ponte Spinola 16128 – Genova

Italy

Email: cgili@acquariodigenova.it


Authors:

Address:

Affiliation:

Phone: Fax: e-mail



PLEASE CHECK WITH A CROSS X:

Presentation: …Oral (15 min) ..... Poster

Student: ....Yes ..... No



Audiovisual requirements: … 35 mm slide projector …. Overhead projector

….VHS video projector (PAL) …. PowerPoint projection



ABSTRACT (please mark presenting author with an asterisk*):