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EURING Newsletter - Volume 2, December 1998 FUTURE MEETINGS BIRD RINGING 100 YEARS In 1999 it will be 100 years since Mortensen started to sistematically ring birds in Denmark. EURING has decided to celebrate this anniversary with an international conference which will attract scientists from all over the world. The conference will be held on the island of Helgoland (Germany) between 29 September (arrivals and evening opening ceremony) - 3 October 1999 (departures). All further details on this important EURING initiative will be included in the 2nd Announcement which will soon be distributed. For general information on the meeting please contact: Prof. Dr. Franz Bairlein 14TH EURING GENERAL MEETING The important meeting to celebrate the first 100 years of bird ringing will attract most of the EURING delegates. The next EURING General Meeting will therefore be held just before the conference (29 September 1999) on the island of Helgoland, with arrival of delegates on 28 September. It is crucial that all ringing schemes be represented at the meeting, given the important decisions to be taken by the assembly. We ask all delegates who may have problems attending the meeting (funding, visas) to contact the organisers as soon as possible, in order to try and solve them. EURING 2000 The next EURING analytical meeting, entitled EURING 2000, will take place in october 2000 near Point Reyes, California. Dr. Nadav Nur will chair the local organizing committee, while Dr. David Anderson is the chairman of the scientific programme committee. On the basis of the full success of the previous meetings, this next conference will try to further narrow the still existing gap between theory (statisticians) and practice (biologists). A particular emphasis will be given to breaking down barriers between different scientific disciplines and exploiting new methodologies in the use of data gathered through marked individuals. Further information on the conference will be circulated in the near future. The conference organisers are:
SECOND MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION The European Ornithologists’ Union was established in 1997. The aim of the Union is the advancement of ornithology and the promotion of the scientific study of birds among ornithologists within Europe. The first EOU Meeting was held in Bologna, Italy, and was attended by nearly 250 participants from 28 countries (mostly from the west part of Europe). The aim of the Second Meeting is to create an opportunity for a really large number of ornithologists from the whole of Europe to exchange the most recent results of their work in different topics, to discuss different aspects of their research, to make contacts between central/eastern scientists and western ones as effective as possible. Thus it was proposed to hold this conference in Poland to enable many scientists from central and eastern part of Europe to attend. The conference will include three days of meetings and will consist
of: At the plenary sessions key-speakers will be invited. Language: The conference will be held in English. Proceedings: will be published in English. Venue & Accommodation Gdañsk has a good connection with Warsaw both by train and plain, from some countries there are also direct flights to Gdañsk Airport (ca. 10 km from the centre of the town). The detailed information will be given later on. Gdañsk is an old town famous for its gothic churches, Town Hall, Crane and lots of beautiful old buildings located in Old and Main Town. Within short distance form the town centre, there is a cathedral from the XIII century with the largest church organs in Europe. As it is planned to have as many participants from central and eastern Europe there will be different possibilities of accommodation. There will be double rooms at the students' hostels (the prices (1998) per person per day are: 8.5 USD / first night, 6 USD / second and next nights). There will be also an offer of rather cheap meals at students’ canteen (1998: three meals per day ca. 6 USD), individual subsistence will also be possible. A list of different hotels and more information on them will be enclosed in the Second Announcement. Conference FEE: ca 120 USD, includes conference documents, proceedings etc. Funding for E-European participants: Excursions: there will be post-conference excursions arranged - free of charge. There will be also an offer for excursions organised by a private travel agency. Organising Committee: for further information on the conference please contact: UNIVERSITY OF GDAÑSK XXIII INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS At the 22nd International Ornithological Congress held in Durban, South Africa, 16- 23 August 1998, the International Ornithological Committee voted to accept the invitation from the Chinese ornithologists to host the 23rd International Ornithological Congress in Beijing, China, on 11-17 August 2002. Information can be obtained via e-mail <infocenter@ioc.org.cn>, via the internet at <http://www.ioc.org.cn>, or via the home page of the 22nd congress at <http://www.ioc.org.za>. It will be possible to register and to submit abstracts via the internet. The following are contact addresses of people responsible for the 23rd Congress in Beijing. Professor Xu Weishu, Secretary-General of the 23rdCongress, Beijing Natural History Museum, 1-1-302, Beijing Science and Technology Commission Apt., Balizhuang, Haidian District, Beijing 100037, CHINA. Phone & Fax: + 86-10-6846-5605; e-mail <s-g@ioc.org.cn>. The Honorable Liu Feng, Assistant Secretary-General of the 23rd Congress, China International Conference Center for Science and Technology, Xueyuan Nan Road, Beijing 100081, CHINA. Phone: +86-10-6217-4952; Fax: +86-10-6218-0142; e-mail <liufeng@public.bta.net.cn>. Requests to be included on the mailing list for brochures and for information on the 23rd Congress should be sent to the Secretary- General or the Assistant Secretary-General of the 23rd Congress. Dr. Fernando Spina, Chair, Scientific Program Committee, 23rd Congress, Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, Via Ca' Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), ITALY. Phone: +39-051-65-12-111; Fax: +39-051-79-66-28; e-mail <infsioc@iperbole.bologna.it>. All inquiries about the scientific program of the 23rd congress, as well as comments and suggestions for the general program, plenary lectures, and symposia should be sent to him. Dr. Walter J. Bock, President of the 23rd Congress, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Box 5521, New York, NY 10027-7004, USA. Phone: +1-212-854-4487; Fax: 1-212-865-8246; e-mail <wb4@columbia.edu>. General questions and comments should be sent to him. Dr. Dominique G. Homberger, Secretary of the International Ornithological Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, 508 Life Sciences Building, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1715, USA. Phone: +1-504-388-1747; Fax: +1-504-388-2597; e-mail <zodhomb@lsu.edu>. Inquiries about the International Ornithological Committee should be sent to her. Information about the IOC can also be obtained from our new home page at <http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/IOC/> which is currently under construction. Back to index of EURING Newsletter Volume 2
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