XXIII International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, China, August 2002

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Wilson Bull., 112(1), 2000, pp. 162-163
XXIII International Ornithological Congress
Beijing, China, August 2002
Scientific Program addition to the President, the Secretary-Gen-
eral and the Secretary.
The XXIII Internationa] Ornithological General information on the congress can be
Congress will be held in Beijing, China, on obtained via e-mail <[email protected].
11-17 August 2002. The following officers cn>, or via the internet at <http://www.ioc.
were elected: Honorary President, Professor org.cn>. Information about the IOC can also
Ernst Sutter (Switzerland), President, Profes- be obtained from our new home page at <http:
sor Walter Bock (U.S.A., e-mail <wb4@ //www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/IOC/>.
Columbia.edu>). Vice President, Professor All inquiries about the scientific program of
Jacques Blondel (France, e-mail <blondel@ the 23rd congress, as well as comments and
cefe.cnrs-mop.fr>), Secretary-General, Pro- suggestions for the general program, plenary
fessor Xu Weishu (China, e-mail <s-g@ioc. lectures, and symposia should be sent to Dr.
org.cn>). Assistant Secretary-General, The Fernando Spina. The SPC will decide on the
Honorable Liu Feng (China, e-mail <liufeng@ format and contents of the scientific program
public.bta.net.cn>). Secretary of the Interna- of the congress, which is expected to include
tional Ornithological Committee, Dr. Domi- Plenary Lectures, Symposia, Contributed pa-
nique G. Homberger (U.S.A., e-mail <zod- pers (in the form of Oral presentations and
[email protected]>). Poster papers) and Round Table Discussions.
The Scientific Program Committee for the In previous congresses, the plenary speak-
XXIII International Ornithological Congress ers were internationally known ornithologists
has been appointed under the chairmanship of and chosen to cover a diversity of topics to
Dr. Fernando Spina (Istituto Nazionale per la ornithologists. Symposia contributions are in-
Fauna Selvatica, Via Ca' Fornacetta 9, I- tended for the general ornithologist rather than
40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy. Phone: the specialist and should offer updated review
[phone]; Fax: [phone]; papers on recent developments in a research
e-mail <[email protected]>) and field. Contributed papers provide a means for
includes the following members: Dr. Alexan- individual ornithologists to present their most
der V. Andreev (Russia, e-mail <ted@actor. recent findings and ideas to the congress.
ru>). Professor Ding Changqing (China, e- Round table discussions are workshops, dis-
mail <[email protected]>), Professor cussion groups, etc. designed for exchange of
Patricia Gowaty (U.S.A., e-mail <gowa- ideas among specialists in a field. Round table
[email protected]>), Professor Zheng discussions should not be used to present a
Guangmei (China, e-mail <zhenggm@bnu. longer lecture by the organizer of the discus-
edu.cn>). Dr. Hiroyoshi Higuchi (Japan, e- sion group or a series of symposium-type pa-
mail <[email protected]>). Dr. Lu- pers.
kas Jenni (Switzerland, e-mail <jennil@ All interested ornithologists are invited and
orninst.ch>). Professor Marek Konarzewski urged strongly to submit proposals for sym-
(Poland, e-mail <[email protected]. posia and for plenary speakers. Proposals of
pl>). Dr. Theunis Piersma (The Netherlands, plenary speakers should include the name and
e-mail <[email protected]>). Professor Pilai address (including e-mail address) of the pro-
Poonswad (Thailand, e-mail <scpps@mucc. posed speaker, and a statement of the possible
mahidol.ac.th>). Dr. Richard Schodde (Aus- topic and why the person was proposed. Sym-
tralia, e-mail <[email protected]. posia proposals should include a title, a state-
au>). Dr. Lucia Liu Severinghaus (China, e- ment on the expected content of the sympo-
mail <[email protected]>), Professor sium (not exceeding 1,800 characters), sug-
Hans Winkler (Austria, e-mail <H.Winkler@ gested symposia speakers (maximum 5, in-
klivv.oeaw.ac.at>). Professor Zhang Zheng- cluding postal and e-mail addresses), the
wang (China, e-mail <[email protected]>), in suggested conveners (a primary convener and
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a co-convener, including their full postal and reach the Chair of the committee within the
e-mail addresses). We strongly encourage use end of April 2000 at latest. Proposals can also
of the internet to submit proposals. The state- be sent to individual members of the commit-
ments on symposia contents should preferably tee, but in this case submission should be ear-
be sent as *.rtf format files. It is urged that lier so that the proposal can be forwarded to
We
contributors in each symposium be as inter- the chair. thank all interested ornitholo-
national as possible. Round table discussions gists for their proposals and contribution to
can also be proposed at this time although the scientific program of the Congress, and we
there will be a subsequent call for proposals look forward to a fruitful meeting in Beijing
for RTDs and for contributed papers. in the year 2002.
Because BirdLife International has termi- Walter J. Bock Phone (o): 1-212-854-4487
nated its world-wide meetings just prior to the Professor of Fax (o): 1-212-865-8246
Evolutionary Biology
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Department of Fax (h): 1-201-568-7026
being the XXIII Congress the first ever held
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in Asia, the SPC is especially interested to so- Columbia University e-mail: [email protected]
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