Symposium Antarctic-South American Interactions

The international symposium on ‘Antarctic-South American Interactions in the Marine Environment’ aims to provide a forum where the scientific community will have the chance to debate this issue, besides gathering results from both continents in their latest academic efforts.

The symposium expects the attendance of scientific and non-scientific delegates with diverse background, including undergraduate and graduate students, post-graduates, researchers, general public, and government representatives.

The symposium will happen in Rio de janeiro (Brazil) and the deadline for registration is next 15th October!

More information here.

Marine Biodiversity WIKI goes live‏

I've just got this message from MARBEF and considering that it is of interest to all of you, I've decided to publicate it here...

"Under the banner of MarBEF (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning), the Marine Biodiversity Wiki http://www.marbef.org/wiki has just been launched:

A wiki is software that allows users to create, edit, and link web pages easily. A marine biodiversity wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information on marine biodiversity. VLIZ have developed the basic structure which can be accessed through the front page of the MarBEF website www.marbef.org The Marine Biodiversity Wiki links in depth with the Coastal Wiki (developed by ENCORA, http://www.encora.eu/coastalwiki) to avoid duplication of material and while also solely concentrating on providing information on marine biodiversity. The added value of publishing information in the Marine Biodiversity Wiki is manifold: 1) the Coastal Wiki is an already highly visited website where the information is easily found by search bots. This increases significantly the visibility of your work 2) the information is always linked with the professional contact details of the authors. This insures the necessary quality control of the information 3) by linking in depth to existing Coastal and Marine information, you prevent duplication of effort and 4) the Coastal Wiki guarantees a long term management of the information recorded in the marine biodiversity wiki.

While many wikis are open to alteration by the general public without requiring them to register user accounts the Marine Biodiversity Wiki will require user authentication to edit pages. Many edits by approved contributors, however, can be made in real-time and appear almost instantly online. This can facilitate abuse of the system."

Email sent by: Róisín Nash, Ward Appeltans & Simon Claus

13th Latin American Congress on Marine Sciences and 8th Cuban Congress on Marine Sciences

The Latin American Association of Marine Sciences Investigators (ALICMAR) and the Cuban National Oceanographic Committee (NOC) have agreed to organize their congresses COLACMAR and MARCUBA in Havana city from 26^th to 30^th October, 2009. This double-congress, called ColacMarCuba 2009, will include the 13^th Latin American Congress on Marine Sciences (COLACMAR) and the 8^th Cuban Congress on Marine Sciences (MarCuba’2009). The venue of the meeting will be the Havana International Conference Center, Cuba. ColacMarCuba 2009 will devote special attention to the central topic: “Marine Sciences: integration for development”. The meeting is open to scientists and other professionals related to coastal and marine sciences, services and technologies, and to educators, sociologists, economists, businessmen and policy makers, among others.

REGISTRATION:

Further information on: http://www.colacmarcuba2009.com

News from World Conference on Marine Biodiversity

The page of the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity was finally updated with information concerning the Programme, stands and also a message from the Co-Chairs about the attendance list (the problem of the waiting list).

The Conference will be in Valencia, Spain, from 11 to 15th of November. Check out the new information here.

43rd European Marine Biology Symposium

University of the Azores
Marine Biology Section - Biology Department
Ponta Delgada (São Miguel, Açores)

8 - 12 September 2008

Deadline Late Registration: July, 15

Fees: Before April 30 After April 30 At the 43 EMBS Students* 200,00€ 250,00€ 400,00€ Non Students 300,00€ 400,00€ 500,00€ Accompanying 150,00€ 200,00€ 200,00€ *includes both undergraduate and PhD students that provide a document proving their status (valid student card or equivalent).

For further information visit:

http://www.43embs.com/