Conference
35th annual European Cetacean Society Conference
April 10, 2024
Conference
35th annual European Cetacean Society Conference
Start date: April 10, 2024
End date: April 12, 2024
Place: Catania (Sicily Island, Italy)
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This conference is being organized by the Marecamp Association at the University of Catania and the Ciminiere of the Metropolitan City of Catania.
Description
The 35th annual European Cetacean Society Conference will be taking place in Catania (Sicily Island, Italy), in the Central Mediterranean Sea.
The conference theme is Marine mammals and human activities: how to reach a sustainable development of coastal areas?
Several studies conducted in the European Seas by many research groups have highlighted the correlation between demographic variations of cetacean populations and worsening in the Mediterranean water quality, especially near coastal areas more susceptible to anthropogenic pressures, which adds value to the role of marine mammals as important flag species, apex predators and bio-indicators of the general health of the marine ecosystem. At the same time, this emphasizes the need for targeted conservation management actions to spatial prioritization, and to preserve marine mammal habitats by addressing sustainable anthropogenic activities.
Being a common concern of many other coastal regions where the attention of the scientific community, the local authorities, and citizens toward marine mammals is essential, especially in areas not yet protected as the Gulf of Catania which needs to take urgent measures, you can follow this topic issues as the main theme of the 35th European Cetaceans Society Conference - Catania 2024.
Keynote speakers:
- Dr. Bruno Cozzi, former professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Neuroanatomy at the Universities of Milan and Padova, former member of the Italian Scientific Delegation to the International Whaling Commission, currently serves as senior scientist at the University of Padova. He wrote textbooks of veterinary anatomy, human neuroanatomy, and dolphin and whale anatomy in Italian, English, German, and Japanese.
- Dr. Frances Gulland currently serves as Chair of the US Marine Mammal Commission, she is a Research Associate at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Gulland has served on a number of federal and state advisory panels, including the Working Group on Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events, the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Team, and California’s Ocean Protection Council and Oiled Wildlife Care Network.
- Dr. Philip Hammond is research professor at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He has contributed to the IWC Scientific Committee, the ICES WG on Marine Mammal Ecology and the IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group, and is an associate editor of Marine Mammal Science and a member of the SMM Conservation Committee.
The 35th ECS Conference will be conducted only in the traditional in-person format. All the speakers of talks and posters will be required to attend the meeting in person.
The conference theme is Marine mammals and human activities: how to reach a sustainable development of coastal areas?
Several studies conducted in the European Seas by many research groups have highlighted the correlation between demographic variations of cetacean populations and worsening in the Mediterranean water quality, especially near coastal areas more susceptible to anthropogenic pressures, which adds value to the role of marine mammals as important flag species, apex predators and bio-indicators of the general health of the marine ecosystem. At the same time, this emphasizes the need for targeted conservation management actions to spatial prioritization, and to preserve marine mammal habitats by addressing sustainable anthropogenic activities.
Being a common concern of many other coastal regions where the attention of the scientific community, the local authorities, and citizens toward marine mammals is essential, especially in areas not yet protected as the Gulf of Catania which needs to take urgent measures, you can follow this topic issues as the main theme of the 35th European Cetaceans Society Conference - Catania 2024.
Keynote speakers:
- Dr. Bruno Cozzi, former professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Neuroanatomy at the Universities of Milan and Padova, former member of the Italian Scientific Delegation to the International Whaling Commission, currently serves as senior scientist at the University of Padova. He wrote textbooks of veterinary anatomy, human neuroanatomy, and dolphin and whale anatomy in Italian, English, German, and Japanese.
- Dr. Frances Gulland currently serves as Chair of the US Marine Mammal Commission, she is a Research Associate at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Gulland has served on a number of federal and state advisory panels, including the Working Group on Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Events, the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Team, and California’s Ocean Protection Council and Oiled Wildlife Care Network.
- Dr. Philip Hammond is research professor at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He has contributed to the IWC Scientific Committee, the ICES WG on Marine Mammal Ecology and the IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group, and is an associate editor of Marine Mammal Science and a member of the SMM Conservation Committee.
The 35th ECS Conference will be conducted only in the traditional in-person format. All the speakers of talks and posters will be required to attend the meeting in person.